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Barbados Regains
Caribbean Junior Squash Title |
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GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC – Barbados
seized their fourth Caribbean Junior Squash overall team crown in six years when
they captured the girls title and finished runners-up in the boys category as
the tournament ended at the South Sound Courts on Friday evening.
The Barbadians dismissed a spirited challenge from Trinidad and Tobago to win
the girls’ final 3-2, and although the Barbados boys team lost 3-1 to Jamaica in
their final, they topped the final team standings ahead of Jamaica, with
defending champions Guyana third and Trinidad and Tobago fourth.
“I feel great,” an elated Barbados manager Sherry Cumberbatch told CMC Sport on
Friday night.
“We came her with a plan, a plan to get back the trophy that Guyana took from us
last year,” Cumberbatch added.
Having whipped Trinidad and Tobago 4-1 in the preliminaries, Barbados entered
the girls final as hot favourites, but T&T lifted their performance and
threatened in a couple of pivotal games.
Cheri-Ann Parris, the Caribbean Under-15 champion, who played unbeaten all week,
gave the Barbadians a winning start when she defeated Tessa Martin 9-4, 9-5,
9-7. Nakita Poon Kong levelled for Trinidad & Tobago when she got past Maia
Blackman 9-2 9-4 9-0.
Barbados regained the ascendancy when the talented 14-year-old Bo Harris,
playing in the U-19 category, outlasted T&T’s Jamie Galt 9-7 9-6 9-7 in a tight
game for a 2-1 Barbados lead.
Tanya Marshall clinched the tie for the Barbadians when she fought off Emily
Barnes in a tense four-game battle. Marshall rallied from a game down to defeat
Barnes 6-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-7, and when Nadia McCarthy took the court to face the
Under-17 gold medallist Joanna Scoon, the Barbadians had already wrapped up
their 12th girls title. McCarthy retired (ill) after Scoon had won the first two
sets at six and five and the third game was locked at 1-1.
The Barbadians have won more Caribbean junior girls titles than all the other
Caribbean teams combined since these junior championships began in 1981.
More info at:
www.squashbarbados.org |
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