St. Lucia Yacht Club

The 18th St Lucia Squash Open came to an end on Saturday following a number of matches to decide the winners in the different categories. This was immediately followed by the prize giving ceremony at the St Lucia Yacht Club.

The tournament was sponsored by the St Lucia Electricity Services, Bank of Nova Scotia, IGY Rodney bay Marina, Harmony Marina Suites, Coco Resorts, Cap Maison, Treetop Adventure Tours, Heineken, Dominos, Village Inn and St Lucia Yacht Club commenced play at 5.30 pm with the results for the evening as follows:

In the Mens Open division:-
· For 7th place Ben Gilmore and Carlos Segovia both of St Lucia had a long five setter to determine the winner. Segovia took an early win taking the first two games 11/4 and 11/8 before Gilmore came back to win the next two games 13/11 and 11/9 to level the games at two each. In the third game Gilmore took an early lead to 5/1 before Segovia fought back to bring the game to 9/6 and following the exchange of points a few more times and two match points Segovia won the final game 13/11

· For 5th place Barbadian Nigel Griffith defeated Jason Noon of St Lucia in four. Noon took the first game 11/6 and took an early lead in the second game as well as had two game points but Griffith took the second game 13/11 Griffith won the third game 11/7 and the fourth game there was a struggle for winning position as each competitor went point for point. Griffith emerged the winner at 11/9

· For 3rd place St Lucian Charlie Sonson was able to reverse the scores of the previous match defeating Vincentian Kevin bailey in four to keep St Lucia in the top three spots. Sonson won the first game 11/9 and Bailey retaliated to win the second game only giving Sonson one opportunity to serve. The score was 11/1. Sonson took the lead in game three to 10/1 before Bailey came back to take some points – the game went to Sonson at 11/6. Game four saw both players assertively trying to make the game theirs with Sonson coming out the winner at 11/9

· The finals lasted over forty five minutes between #1 seed Colin Ramasra of Trinidad and Tobago and #2 seed Joycelyn Martin of France. The first three games were close and exciting with Ramasra taking the first game 13/11 but unable to win any other games despite getting close. Martin won the next three 12/10 11/9 11/4

In the ladies division:-
· St Lucian Monique Lovel and recent winner of the ladies OECS title defeated St Lucian top female junior Megan Piper in four. Lovel took the first two games 11/9 11/8 and Piper took the third game 11/8 but was unable to sustain the win into the fourth game. Lovel won the fourth game 11/3

In the bowl category
· David Piper defeated Nick Devaux both of St Lucia in an exciting five setter. Devaux won the first and third games 11/5 11/6 while PiPer took the second and fourth games 11/7 11/5 to level the games to two each. The fifth game was nail biting to the end with Piper emerging the winner at 12/10

· Randolph Khan of St Lucia defeated Chris Defreitas in three straight games 11/3 11/4 13/11

In the consolation draw juniors Daniel Piper and Andre Segovia played the final match to determine the winner of the consolation draw. Piper won the match in three straight games 11/5 11/7 11/5

The prize giving followed immediately afterwards at the St Lucia Yacht Club

ST LUCIA SQUASH OPEN 2011 SPONSORS

BRONZE

Dominos Pizza

SILVER

Bank of Nova Scotia
Cap Maison
Coco Resorts
Harmony Marina Suites
IGY Rodney Bay marina
St Lucia Electricity Services Ltd
Treetop Adventure Park
Windward & Leeward Brewery

Cheryl Renwick President St Lucia Squash Association