SVG reclaims OECS Squash Title

The SVG squash team reclaimed the OECS Team Championships trophy in emphatic fashion as the 2012 OECS Squash Championships came to a close last Sunday.{{more}}

The squad defeated hosts BVI by a 8-4 score, making a clean sweep of the Men’s, Women’s and Veterans team titles in the process. The final showdown followed an 11-0 thrashing of St Lucia the day before, with all players (Jules Snagg, Kevin Bailey, Shane Slater, Jason Doyle, Amber Glasgow, Greta Primus, Tessa Shallow-King, James Bentick, Sherian Slater, Telbert Samuel and Leroy Lewis) claiming comfortable victories. After barely losing the OECS team championship to BVI in 2011, an improved team SVG ensured that the trophy would return to Vincy soil.

In the individual event, national champions Jules Snagg and Amber Glasgow played admirably, but fell short in the Men’s and Women’s Open finals respectively. Snagg was beaten by defending champ Joe Chapman 2/11, 1/11, 3/11, while Glasgow was defeated by former pro player Daniela Schumann 0/11, 3/11, 2/11. SVG also took bronze in both categories, following wins by Kevin Bailey and Greta Primus over St Lucians Charlie Sonson and Monique Lovell. There was Vincentian success in the 40+ categories, as James Bentick defeated his rival Sonson 11/6, 11/4, 8/11, 11/5, while Primus defeated Lovell 11/8, 11/9, 11/7 to claim the titles. Following their performances in the team event, Sherian Slater and Leroy Lewis also finished atop the Women’s 50+ and Men’s 60+ rankings respectively, capping a highly successful weekend for the SVG contingent. As a result, the Vincentians secured most of the spots on the OECS team for the upcoming Caribbean Squash Championships to be held in Trinidad in August. The SVG Squash Association would like to thank its sponsors and supporters, without whom this success would not have been possible.