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Wednesday, July 24, 2013JAMAICA’S Junior squash players have made it to four of the eight finals being contested at the Caribbean Area Squash Association’s (CASA) Junior Championships now under way in Trinidad and Tobago.All Jamaica Under-13 champion Mia Mahfood, Under-15 contender Jonathan Walker, team captain Ashante Smith and local squash star Alyssa Mullings will all play for the top prize in their various age groups today.Reigning All Jamaica Under-15 champion Alyssa Mullings sailed into the final following easy wins in the quarters and the semi-finals. The defending Under-15 Caribbean champion made short work of her quarter-final round opponent Olivia Lindsay, beating the Bermudian, 11/1, 11/4, 11/3, and then dispatching Alexandria Yearwood of Trinidad in the semi-finals 11/2, 11/5, 11/2.The win brings the 14-year-old Mullings one step closer to completing a personal hat-trick, as she seeks to retain her regional crown, having already taken the All Jamaica Junior and Senior titles this year. Mullings will face Barbadian Amanda Haywood in the final today.Mahfood beat Makeeda Harding of Guyana 11/4, 11/7, 11/9 in the quarters and then dismissed Charlotte Toogood of Bermuda 11/6, 11/6, 11/2 in the semi-finals. The 11-year-old will now face Barbadian, Megan Best as she goes for her first regional title.Similarly, Walker fought off Shermane Griffiths in the quarter-finals, beating the Barbadian 12/14, 12/10, 11/7, 11/2, and then beat Dylan Pratt of Bermuda 11/6, 11/3, 11/7 in the semi-finals. The Jamaican will go head-to-head with Ben Mendecki of Guyana for the Under-15 Championship.Team captain Ashante Smith was also in top form, easily dismissing Zaki Williams of Barbados 11-3, 11-2, 11-2 to book a spot in semi-finals where he promptly dismissed Guyana’s JC Jeffrey 11/4, 9/11, 11/6, 11/1. Smith will do battle against Mandela Patrick of Trinidad and Tobago today.The Championships end on July 28.
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