Staff
The two local players competing at the Canadian Junior Squash Championships in Calgary both met tough competition in their opening matches yesterday (April 22).
Angel McCormack, playing in the girls’ under-13 division, lost her first best-of-five match 3-0 to Calgary’s Hannah Treleaven (11-6, 11-4, and 11-6) to drop to the consolation draw of the tournament.
Once there, McCormack rebounded with a 3-0 win (11-3, 11-6, and 18-16) over Charlottetown’s Samantha Lawther last night.
Her next match goes tonight against the loser of Toronto’s Sophie Mehta and Calgary’s Gillian Chick in their ‘A’-side battle.
Meanwhile, under-17 boys’ player Anniss Seid fell 3-0 to Victoria’s Chris Miles (11-8, 11-5, and 13-11).
The loss set up a consolation side match with Steven Nesbitt (Yellowknife) this morning.
Seid got on the right track with a 3-0 victory (11-7, 11-5, and 16-14) to set up a showdown with Montreal’s Farouk Sarmad this afternoon.
