Bermuda started strongly winning 12 of 14 matches in the first day's play at the Junior Caribbean Squash Championships in Guyana.

It was almost 13 out of 14 with 11-year-old Jeffrey Olson losing an extremely close match against the local 5-8 seed Alex Arjoon. Olson was leading two games to one before losing the next two games 9-7.

This story was reversed in the Boys Under-17 with Iain Redford causing an upset by beating 5-8 seed Shane Slater from the OECS. Slater lead two games to one, 6-0 and 8-6 in the fourth game but could not close out the tenacious Redford who saved several match balls as he clawed his way to victory for Bermuda.

It was a perfect start for James Stout, Andrew Robinson, Graham Counsell and Robert Maycock who all recorded first round victories without conceding a point. Stout's performance was so perfect he didn't event concede a serve winning 27 straight rallies to clinch a berth in the quarter-finals.

Douglas Olson also caused an upset for Bermuda by defeating the 5-8 seed Nkosi Ross from Barbados. Apart from a small lapse in the second game Olson dominated the match winning 9-2, 9-7, 9-3 and secured a place in the quarterfinals.

Play continues in the individual event until the finals today with the team event being played from Wednesday until Saturday.