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Bahamas Squash Association Sends Team to Junior CASA in Cayman Islands
By Barbara Albury
Jul 7, 2010 - 12:53:52 PM

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Front row kneeling: Caitlin, Spencer, Donovan Standing from left: Domonic, Pembroke, Ashley, Dylan, Scott Fitzgerald, MIchael, Christina, Michele

Nassau, Bahamas - A few weeks ago, the Bahamas Squash Association (BSA) with assistance from Kerzner International, hosted Scott Fitzgerald, a squash pro from Florida, who held the number one rank as Junior Champion in his native country Wales for a few years, subsequently working his way up to number sixty in the adult world.  Scott was invited to the Bahamas to train select junior players and provide them with new techniques and skills to improve their games. Juniors selected for the training will be representing the Bahamas at Junior CASA, which will be held in the Caymans from July 10 -15.  The event will bring together many junior players from across the Caribbean including countries such as Barbados, Jamaica, St. Vincent, Belize, Venezuela and Bermuda, to name a few.   

The Team representing the Bahamas in Junior CASA consist of Van Rolle, the only Junior from Freeport, Grand Bahamas, along with Dylan Davies, Michael Thompson, Domonic MacDonald and Donovan MacDonald for the boys and Danielle Fields, Christina Fields and Ashley Fox for the girls.  This will be the last opportunity for Van, Dylan and Danielle to compete in Junior CASA as the age categories stop at Under 19. Their coaches for the past six weeks, Jimmy Lightbourn and Barbara Albury, are pleased at how well the Juniors have developed and wish them every success along with the BSA.

In other news, The Bahamas Open Championships will be held sometime in the Fall at the Squash Club, on Village Road.  The categories played in the Championships include the men’s open, women’s open, men’s vets and women’s vets. Last year’s Championships under primary sponsorship from KPMG had the following results:  

Men’s Open Winner: Billy Albury, runner up Van Rolle   

Women’s Open Winner: Barbara Albury, runner up Giselle Pyform   

Men’s Vets Winner:  Jimmy Lightbourn, runner up Mike Fields

Women’s Vets Winner:  Barbara Albury, runner up Michele Thompson     

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Van Rolle from Grand Bahama Island and Billy Albury

Van Rolle was the youngest player in the event and went the distance ending as the second best player in the Bahamas to Billy Albury, the Bahamas men’s open champion. Please visit the Bahamas Squash Association website, www.bahamassquash.net for information about the association, download membership forms and details about the upcoming Championship.


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