Browne and Franklin into last eight
Bermuda squash players Noah Browne and Michah Franklin have reached the quarter-finals of the Senior Caribbean Championships in Cayman Islands.
In the last 16, Browne defeated Julian Morrison, of Jamaia, 12-10, 8-11, 11-8, 11-3, while Franklin beat Jason Doyle of Ecuador 11-4, 11-4, 11-3.
Browne triumphed over Stewart St John in the first round 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 before edging past Nku Patrick 7-11, 11-1, 11-2, 11-9. He will meet Chris Binnie, of Jamaica, in today’s last eight.
In the second round, Franklin defeated Joshua Pinard 11-8, 11-4, 11-7, before overcoming Jason Doyle, of Antigua and Barbuda, 11-4, 11-4, 11-3.
Franklin will face Sunil Seth, of Guyana, in today’s quarter-finals.
Also reaching the quarter-finals of the women’s competition was Runa Reta who defeated Lynn De Cambra-Mcleod, of Barbados, 11-2, 11-4, 11-3, and Samantha Hennings, of Cayman Islands, 11-1, 11-2, 11-6.
Bermuda have set a squad of 16 players to Cayman for the Championships.