{"id":26122,"date":"2025-02-02T01:03:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T01:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26122"},"modified":"2025-02-02T01:03:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T01:03:38","slug":"gsa-highlights-2024-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gsa-highlights-2024-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"GSA Highlights 2024 Achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Jan 2, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) is celebrating a successful 2024, marked by key milestones and achievements that have further solidified the sport&#8217;s growth in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with NCN Sport, GSA Chairman of the Games Committee, Deje Dias, discussed the significant impact of the National Racquet Center on Woolford Avenue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facility, with its five courts and innovative walls that can convert the playing area from singles to doubles courts, has become an ideal venue for hosting major events. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pilot event, the recently concluded One Guyana President\u2019s Cup, showcased the center&#8217;s versatility and spacious environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dias also highlighted the accomplishments of Guyana\u2019s top-ranked champion, Nicolette Fernandes, who won the Masters Over-40 championship for the second time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fernandes continues to prove her extraordinary talent in the sport, demonstrating skills that are &#8220;supernormal.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Dias praised the senior Guyanese squash team for their triumph at the senior CASA tournament in August 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana clinched several titles, including doubles titles and overall victories in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s categories, as well as in the veterans&#8217; division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, players in the President\u2019s Cup were awarded monetary prizes, marking another milestone in the sport&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking ahead, Dias and the GSA are focused on continuing the upward trajectory of squash in Guyana, with plans to enhance local tournaments and elevate the overall experience for players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 2, 2025 The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) is celebrating a successful 2024, marked by key milestones and achievements that have further solidified the sport&#8217;s growth in Guyana. In an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26122","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\/26122","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=26122"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26123,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26122\/revisions\/26123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}