Jamaica Defence Power group members (from left) Derrian Barrant, Orville Bennett, and Jemel Sterling pose for a photograph after defeating the Juniors 3-0 within the first spherical of the KPMG Squash League at Liguanea Membership in Kingston, just lately.
TEAM Jamaica Defence Power (JDF) blanked the Juniors 3-0, with a walkover of their first-round match of the KPMG Squash League at Liguanea Membership in Kingston just lately.
JDF captain Jemel Sterling earned a walkover and was awarded a rating of 3-0 over the Juniors’ Krish Khemlani, who forfeited the match.
Orville Bennett beat Hinal Lohana in straight units 21/19, 21/17, 21/18, whereas Ryan Foreman challenged Derrian Barrant in a four-setter whereas posting scores of 13/21, 21/15, 21/20 and 21/20.
Sterling is upbeat about JDF’s probabilities of going to the ultimate.
“We anticipate to go all the way in which,” he mentioned. “We’ve been to the finals earlier than and so we’re giving it our greatest and we’re hoping to win this yr.
“We look ahead to the KPMG league yearly. It’s a event that checks your bodily health in addition to your competence as a squash participant since you get to play towards Jamaica’s finest. The handicap permits you the added factors to compete on a degree enjoying area with these individuals so we look ahead to it yearly.
“Within the JDF we wish to present that we not solely deal with army sports activities as an armed pressure; we wish to [also] present Jamaica that we could be concerned, particularly, in sports activities resembling squash as a result of it reveals our flexibility, our adaptability as nicely, and the truth that we will attain the nation — via sports activities and thru outreach programmes — via squash.”
JDF was overwhelmed 3-0 by Blown, who went on to win the event, final yr. Sterling is undaunted by that truth.
“We’ll proceed coaching and we look ahead to assembly them once more, as we did final yr,” he mentioned. “It was a really intently contested match between us and them, so by way of that it’s simply the preparation, and coming into the sport and giving it our greatest, and I’m certain we will win this time round.”
Two different matches have been performed within the spherical whereas the Premium Reserve versus Avengers matchup was postponed. Every match consists of three best-of-five video games whereas every group consists of 4 gamers, together with one reserve.
Swift Swingers defeated Military Squashers 3-0 whereas group Boast Busters stopped KPMG Squash Rascals by the identical scoreline. Title sponsors KPMG has entered a group for the primary time this season, to rejoice its 25 years of sponsorship.
The 16-team league might be on courtroom once more for the following set of matches at Liguanea Membership and the Senior Widespread Room at The College of The West Indies at present at 6:00 pm.
