TRINIDAD and Tobago finished third overall in the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships Thursday in Jamaica.
T&T's girls finished second and the boys ended up fourth, but the highlight of the week of action for this country's players was when Charlotte Knaggs retained her under-17 title during the individual finals on Sunday night.
As is usually the case in this tournament, Guyana were crowned overall champs.
Their players claimed two individual awards as well as the girls' team title and their boys finished with the bronze medal.
Boys' team champs Bermuda, led by individual winner Noah Browne (under-19) and Dylan Pratt (under 13) were second overall, while Jamaica, boys' runners-up OECS (Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States), Cayman Islands, Barbados and Bahamas, occupied positions five through eight respectively. Knaggs, the national senior champ, was not the only T&T player to stand out in the tournament as Faith Gillezeau finished third in the under-15 division, while Nku Patrick, last year's under-15 runner-up, was fourth in the under-17 category.
Patrick's brother Mandela, last year's under-17 runner-up, was one of three T&T players to finish fifth, as Marie Claire Barcant (under-13) and under-15 players Chad Salandy and Jamie Leigh Edghill also won consolation titles to end up just outside the top four.
Taila Abdool lost in the under-19 consolation final and placed sixth, while Jonathan Blanc (under-15) and under-13 players Alexandria Yearwood and Sebastian Krogh reached the
quarter-finals. Jacob Gillezeau went under in the first round to eventual under-19 champ Browne, while Nicholas Caddle (under-13) and Angelique Jackson also failed to clear the first hurdle.
Cristian Edghill did not win a match, but the under-17 player got a first round bye.
Ryan Jagessar was the coach of the T&T team and Beverly Wilson, the manager.
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