{"id":18049,"date":"2024-04-05T01:34:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T01:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18049"},"modified":"2024-04-05T01:34:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T01:34:44","slug":"shomair-wiltshire-and-ashley-khalil-clinch-titles-at-gsa-e-net-national-senior-squash-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/shomair-wiltshire-and-ashley-khalil-clinch-titles-at-gsa-e-net-national-senior-squash-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Shomair Wiltshire and Ashley Khalil Clinch Titles at GSA\/E-Net National Senior Squash Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Tyriq Walters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Squash Association&#8217;s E-Net event concluded on Thursday at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street, with Shomair Wiltshire and Ashley Khalil emerging as the champions in the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s senior categories, respectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the women&#8217;s national draw, Ashley Khalil secured victory over Mary Fung-A-Fat in four sets, with scores of 11-5, 11-9, 5-11, and 11-9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in the men&#8217;s nationals, Shomair Wiltshire faced off against Daniel Ince in a challenging encounter that ultimately ended with Wiltshire claiming victory and earning bragging rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a strong start from Ince, who won the first set 7-11, Wiltshire managed to adjust his game, slowing down the pace and dictating the tempo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to win the next three sets convincingly, with scores of 11-7, 11-4, and 11-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his win, Wiltshire shared his thoughts with NCN sport, acknowledging the intensity of the match and expressing gratitude for coming out on top. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He credited his ability to adjust his strategy midway through the game, allowing him to seize control and secure the win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Drexel University accounting student, Wiltshire now sets his sights on the Caribbean championships scheduled for August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite a brief break from training, he remains determined to maintain his good form and aims to make an impact at the upcoming tournament, especially with it being hosted in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Squash event was made possible through sponsorship from E-Net, with support from the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conclusion of the tournament marks another successful chapter in Guyana&#8217;s squash scene, with Wiltshire and Khalil emerging as deserving champions in their respective categories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters The Guyana Squash Association&#8217;s E-Net event concluded on Thursday at the Georgetown Club, Camp Street, with Shomair Wiltshire and Ashley Khalil emerging as the champions in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18051,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18049\/revisions\/18051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}