{"id":25133,"date":"2025-01-03T19:56:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25133"},"modified":"2025-01-03T19:56:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T19:56:34","slug":"under-19-star-michael-alphonso-shocks-national-champion-nicholas-verwey-at-stena-drilling-skill-level-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/under-19-star-michael-alphonso-shocks-national-champion-nicholas-verwey-at-stena-drilling-skill-level-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Under-19 Star Michael Alphonso Shocks National Champion Nicholas Verwey at Stena Drilling Skill Level Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tyriq Walters | November 19, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Alphonso, an Under-19 squash sensation, made waves in the 2024 Stena Drilling Skill Level Tournament by defeating national champion Nicholas Verwey in a thrilling match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alphonso, who faced the top-seeded Verwey in the Category A Rough Necks, made a remarkable comeback after losing the first set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He triumphed in four sets, winning 10-12, 11-8, 12-10, and 11-3 to claim the victory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verwey finished in second place, while Louis Da Silva took third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Category B, Justin Ten Pow of The Safety Gurus emerged victorious after a tightly contested match against Safirah Sumner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten Pow won 11-2, 11-8, and 13-11, while Blake Edwards and Ethan Bulkan secured second and third, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Category C saw Emily Fung-A-Fatt of Marine Queens dominate her opponent Kaylee Lowe, winning 11-6, 11-4, and 11-5. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Egan Bulkan completed the podium in third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nijad Bacchus of Grease Monkeys claimed the top spot in Category D, defeating Nidal Bacchus in straight sets (11-7, 11-5, 11-4). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paige Mendonca finished third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highly competitive Category E was won by Kristian Viapree of Mud Rats, who triumphed over Maxwell Viapree in a gripping five-set match (5-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6, 12-10).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, in Category F, Namishraj Singh from Electronic Wizards defeated Jude Gobin to take the top spot with a clean 11-5, 11-8, and 11-4 win, while Azaria Proffit secured third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament continues to showcase top-level skill across various categories, and Alphonso\u2019s upset victory over Verwey has been one of the standout moments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq Walters | November 19, 2024 Michael Alphonso, an Under-19 squash sensation, made waves in the 2024 Stena Drilling Skill Level Tournament by defeating national champion Nicholas Verwey in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25088,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25133","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\/25133","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=25133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25134,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25133\/revisions\/25134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}