{"id":25777,"date":"2025-01-23T16:18:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25777"},"modified":"2025-01-23T16:18:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:18:25","slug":"dominant-performances-on-day-one-of-the-squash-one-guyana-presidents-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/dominant-performances-on-day-one-of-the-squash-one-guyana-presidents-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominant Performances on Day One of the Squash One Guyana President&#8217;s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Tyriq Walters<\/em><br><em>December 13, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opening day of the Squash One Guyana President&#8217;s Cup at the National Racquet Center in Wolford Avenue saw dominant performances from Mary Fung-A-Fat, Alex Arjoon, and the Khalil siblings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The doubles matchups brought exciting action, with the junior mixed doubles pair of Demetri Lowe and Safirah Sumner overcoming Malia Maikoo and Justin Goberdhan in a thrilling contest that ended 6-11, 11-8, 11-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sibling rivalry took center stage next, as Ashley Khalil and Jason-Ray Khalil showcased their dominance, defeating Shomari Wiltshire and Larissa Wiltshire in straight sets, 11-9, 11-8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the mixed doubles event, Mary Fung-A-Fat and Alex Arjoon made quick work of Kirsten Gomes and Jonathan Antczak, winning 11-8, 11-8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The competitive spirit continued as Demetri Lowe and Blake Edwards triumphed over Nidal Bacchus and Nijad Bacchus, winning 11-1, 11-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deje Dias, the Game Committee Chair of the Guyana Squash Association, expressed excitement over the upcoming finals, anticipating an exciting conclusion to the tournament this weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The action at the National Racquet Center will continue tonight as players compete for the coveted titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tyriq WaltersDecember 13, 2024 The opening day of the Squash One Guyana President&#8217;s Cup at the National Racquet Center in Wolford Avenue saw dominant performances from Mary Fung-A-Fat, Alex&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25777","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\/25777","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=25777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25778,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25777\/revisions\/25778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}