New CASA Executive expanded to include all nine members

The Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) is the official and acknowledged squash authority in the Caribbean. Our objectives are primarily to promote the game of squash wherever possible by staging regional competitions, upholding the rules, maintaining offices, generating press releases, undertaking public relations and managing funds.

There are currently nine (9) member associations of CASA: 1) the Bahamas 2) Barbados 3) Bermuda 4) Cayman Islands 5) Guyana 6) Jamaica 7) the O.E.C.S. 8) Trinidad and Tobago 9) Venezuela. It was agreed at the last AGM in 2009 that each member will be entitled to have one representative each on the Executive Committee of CASA, It was also agreed that the Senior CASA Squash Championships (which had been held biennially since 1977) will become an annual event from 2010. As a result the biennial Southern Caribbean Squash Championships (last held in 2008 in Guyana) have been discontinued.

General Meetings of CASA will therefore be held annually from 2009 onwards. The next CASA AGM will be held during the annual CASA Championships (Senior CASA XVIII) which will be staged by the OECS in St. Vincent in August, 2010. The most recent Senior CASA General Meeting was held during the 17th Senior Caribbean Squash Championships that were successfully hosted in Grand Cayman from August 17-22, 2009. This tournament, the last that will be held biennially, took place at short notice in the Cayman Islands after the planned event, which was due to be held in Trinidad and Tobago, had to be cancelled due to a swine flu scare in that country. The current CASA individual champions are: Chris Binnie (JAM) and Nicolette Fernandes (GUY). In the individual finals held on August 19, 2009 they defeated Colin Ramasra (TRI) and Karen Meakins (BAR) respectively. The reigning team champions are: Ladies (TRI); Men (TRI); Veterans (CAY); Overall Champion Team (TRI).

Click here to download the CASA Constitution (Word Document).
Click here to download the CASA Regulations (Word Document).

The current President of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) is Mr. Craig Archer, who is also President of the Barbados Squash Rackets Association, who succeeds Roger Salandy (TRI). Mr. Archer is only the second person in the 33 year history of CASA to serve more than one term of office as its President. The other being Douglas Beckford (JAM) who served a third two-year term as the head of CASA from August 2005 until December 2007. Mr. Beckford is a veteran squash administrator and a former President of the Jamaica Squash Association who is also the current Caribbean Director on the Executive Board of the Pan American Squash Federation (FPS).

The current officers of CASA were elected unopposed to serve for a two year period beginning in October 1, 2009. They are as follows:

CASA Title Name E-Mail Territory President Mr. Craig Archer carcher@caribsurf.com Barbados Vice-President Ms. Karen Anderson brookine@yahoo.com Jamaica Secretary Mr. Ronald Burch-Smith rburchsmith@hotmail.com Guyana Treasurer Mr. Ian Patrick patrick1@candw.ky Cayman Officer Mr. Adrian Burrows ABurrows@jbrbuild.com The Bahamas Officer Mr. Patrick Foster patrickf@bermudasquash.com Bermuda Officer Dr. Sherian Slater sherianslater@gmail.com OECS (St. Vincent) Officer Mrs. Nicole Currie nicolecurrie@hotmail.com Trinidad & Tobago Officer Mr. Francisco Paradisi cisco5@cantv.net Venezuela

The previous officers of CASA were elected unopposed to serve for the period January 2008 to August 2009. They were as follows:

CASA Title Name E-Mail Territory President Mr. Roger Salandy salandy4@tstt.net.tt Trinidad & Tobago Vice-President Mrs. Nicole Currie nicolecurrie@hotmail.com Trinidad & Tobago Secretary Mrs. Michele Cornilliac signstoptt@gmail.com Trinidad & Tobago Treasurer * Mr. Earl Wilson ewilson.beil@wow.net Trinidad & Tobago 5th Officer Ms. Karen Anderson brookine@yahoo.com Jamaica 6th Officer Mr. Ian Patrick patrick1@candw.ky Cayman 7th Officer Mr. Craig Archer carcher@caribsurf.com Barbados

(* N.B. The originally selected Treasurer resigned in July 2008 for personal reasons. Mr. Wilson was subsequently appointed by the TTSA in September 2008).

The previous full CASA General meeting was held during the 2005 CASA Championships in Trinidad in August 2005. The officers of CASA elected at that General Meeting on August 9, 2005 for the period September 2005 to the end of 2007 were as follows:

CASA Title Name E-Mail Territory President Mr. Douglas Beckford squashmanja@hotmail.com Jamaica Vice-President Major John Nelson djnelson@kasnet.com Jamaica Secretary Mrs. Gillian Binnie gillbin@yahoo.com Jamaica Treasurer Mr. Raymond Binnie balfjam@hotmail.com Jamaica 5th Officer Mr. Roger Salandy salandy4@tstt.net.tt Trinidad 6th Officer Mrs. Cathy DeGannes-Martin trvlcentre@wow.net Trinidad 7th Officer Mr. Craig Archer carcher@caribsurf.com Barbados

A general meeting of CASA was also held during the 2003 CASA Championships in Barbados in August, 2003. The officers of CASA elected at that General Meeting on August 30, 2003 for the period September 2003 to August 2005 were as follows:

CASA Title Name E-Mail Territory President Mrs. Denise Kyme dk@northrock.bm Bermuda Vice-President Mr. Bob Stewart rstewart@ibl.bm Bermuda Secretary Mr. Roger Sherratt rsherrat@ibl.bm Bermuda Treasurer Mr. John Stout jstout@ibl.bm Bermuda 5th Officer Mr. Craig Archer carcher@caribsurf.com Barbados 6th Officer Mr. Roger Salandy salandy4@tstt.net.tt Trinidad 7th Officer Mr. Colin Ming mpsgy@networksgy.com Guyana

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