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Here is a short report to the SquashTalk readers regarding the development of squash here in Trinidad and Tobago. As the squash world is becoming aware, there is talent here in the Caribbean, as shown just last week by Gavin Cumber batch from Barbados in the U.S. Junior Olympics. I am sure that you North American players have watched, played, or heard of Max Weithers and Richard Chin.

Although they may be living in Canada and New York respectively now, their squash origins are firmly Caribbean: they were born and brought up in Guyana and had much of their early squash learning there. And Trinidad is by no means short of the same sorts of squash talent. There is a good and growing junior squash program which is run by Brian Jackson, who is the President of the Trinidad and Tobago Squash Association, Helen Pasea, a former Trinidadian women's national player and Cecelia Prudent, the former no. 1 Trinidad women's national player.

squash was just recently a junior tournament here in Trinidad which boasted some 80 odd juniors from Trinidad, Barbados and Guyana. Guyana has always been the richest with talent in squash of the three, and that rubs off on Barbados and Trinidad, since we see each other and compete regularly. I happen to be currently on the Trinidad and Tobago Senior National Team and also register with PSANA, however, I have not had the chance to play any pro tournaments this year because I concentrated my efforts in playing tournaments in the Caribbean and representing Trinidad at the Southern Caribbean Championships which was held in Barbados this summer.

Trinidad boasts today at least 400 people actively playing the game here. There are four clubs in the capital of Trinidad known as Port-of-Spain and one two clubs in the southern part of the island. We don't have a great number of tournaments that are put on during the year but we have a good interclub league that is held during the latter months of the calendar year.