Fernandes, Pollard win in Men’s 30-44...

World Masters over-35 Champion, who won back-to-back Sportswoman of-the-yearAwards in 2000 and 2001 and again in 2005 and 2022, beat a determined Rodrigues who seemed satisfied with just playing against Guyana’s greatest female Squash player.

Nicolette, who never left the Court during the three games, won 11-4, 11-0, 11-6.

Meanwhile, Pollard, who did not have things so easy, eventually triumphed 11-5. 11-9, 11-3 over van Dirk van Dirk enjoyed his best moments of the match in the second game when he stitched together three unanswered points with some nice cross-court shots and good rallies. van Dirk threatened to take the game with the score on 9-10 but Pollard prevailed and won the game 11-9 before winning the next game 11-3 to take the match.

While van Dirk seemed the fitter of the two, there is no substitute for experience and Pollard executed several drives and well placed drop shots which van Dirk could not reach.

In other Men’s 30-44 games, Javid Rahaman beat Dane Pereira 11-2, 11-2, 11-5, Javid Ali lost to Nicholas Narain 11-4, 5-11, 5-11, 7-11 and Lee

Fung-a-Fat was beaten by Jonathan Antczak, 13-15, 4-11, 4-11.

In the 55-65 age group, Barbadian Peter Harris, a former National Hockey player, disposed of Guyanese Brian Edwards 11-5, 115, 11-8; Guyana’s Lloyd Fung-a Fat beat Bajan Dean Straker 11-6, 116, 11-7; Bajan Sanjay Amin won 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 over Ron Edwards while Guyanese Narendra Singh got a walk - over from T&T’s John Astleford.

In the 0ver-65, Guyana’s Dennis Dias beat Winston Findley from the British Virgin Islands, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5, 11-2, 11-2, and Orson Simpson lost to Tony Roach 12-10, 116, 11-2, 2-11, 2-11 in an all Barbados matchup.

In the Women’s Over-35s, Fraser won against Tian Edwards 11-6, 11-3, 11-2