THE Toucan Distributors Junior Skill Level Tournament saw more great matches at the Georgetown Club on Thursday evening at the Georgetown Club courts.

In an interesting Category ‘A’ bout, top contender Wiltshire met a much improved Michael Alphonso. The younger boy fought hard and fast for his well-earned points, and played an outstanding match,  but was unable to make headway against the exceptional Wiltshire who reigned successful with an 11/4, 11/2, 11/3 victory. The two left-handed contenders of the tournament, Gianni Carpenter and Samuel Ince-Carvalhal, met in the other Category ‘A’ match with a close first game ending in an 11/9 win for Ince-Carvalhal, who then picked up the pace to secure an 11/4, 11/0 finish.

Surprisingly long rallies came from the Category ‘F’ match between Grant Fernandes and Malia Maikoo, where the two youngsters showed outstanding retrieval and ball placement. Fernandes had to use his speed and recovery skills to move ahead of Maikoo when they reached neck and neck at 8-all in the first game, to win 11/8.  Maikoo came out strongly to secure a 9/2 lead, before conceding only two more points on her way to an 11/4 conquest. She then went on to dominate in a similar fashion in a final game with an 11/3 win.

In Category ‘C’ Kamir Khan and Zachary Persaud fought down to the wire in a 5-game battle, which saw the lead switching back and forth in games 2 and 3 before a thrilling climax in the 5th that had looked to be in Persaud’s hands when he clawed his way back from being 9/6 down to win 4 straight points to hold match ball until a determined Khan took the final 3 to triumph 12/10.

Ethan Jonas put up a valiant effort in his Category `B’ match against Abosaide Cadogan but her improved technique, swift court movement and power allowed her to continue her winning streak with a close match score of 12/10, 11/9, 15/13.

The tournament will end with a full day’s play today.

Results for Thursday evening:    

Category ‘A’

Shomari Wiltshire beat Michael Alphonso 11/4, 11/2, 11/3

Samuel Ince-Carvalhal beat Gianni Carpenter 11/9, 11/4, 11/0

Category ‘B’

 Madison Fernandes beat Lucas Jonas 11/6, 12/10, 8/11, 11/9

Abosaide Cadogan beat Ethan Jonas 12/10, 11/9, 15/13

Category `C’

Kamir Khan beat Zachary Persaud 4/11, 11/9, 11/9, 4/11, 12/10

Louis DaSilva beat Jason Gomes 13/15,  7/11, 11/9, 11/1, 11/6

Category `F’

Manisha Persaud beat Demetri Lowe 11/2, 11/7

Keenen Naraine beat Christiana Fernandes 12/10, 8/11, 11/5

Noah Rahaman beat Kaden Pynaendy 12/10, 10/12, 11/2

Malia Maikoo beat Grant Fernandes 8/11, 11/4, 11/3

Category ‘H’

Mya Dean beat Jnae Singh 6/11, 11/1, 11/4

Matthew Daby beat Solomon Ince-Cavalhal 11/8, 3/11, 11/6