Caption: National Squash champion and junior team coach Rhea Khan with two members of her team, Vithala Chattergoon, 12 and Saavni Chattergoon, 10 during a parang fundraiser. AZP News/Sue-Ann Wayow
By Sue-Ann Wayow
THE main bar located near the golf course at the refinery in Pointe-a-Pierre came alive recently with a live parang band.
Pointe-a-Pierre Squash and Squash TT presented the parang band Levantamientos as a fundraiser.
Levantamientos main core consists of former Petrotrin employees.
National squash champion and coach of the junior squash team Rhea Khan said as part of fund raising efforts especially for the junior members, a game night was usually held where the children get to have fun and play games but this year, they decided to go with a parang instead.
Khan said members of the junior team were in full preparation for the upcoming Caribbean tournament.
The band along with a live DJ had the crowd dancing late into the night.
Khan also put in a plug for her sport especially if one is looking for a good sweat and burn.
“When you get in a sport like squash it is so dynamic, there are a whole lot of series of movements that are involved, jumping, lunging, hitting, squatting and it is a very active dynamic game.”
A Director of Squash TT and national coach, Sheldon Skeete told AZP News that the event was soldout and consideration was being made to make it an annual one.
He said feedback from patrons was very positive and proceeds go towards assisting the national junior squash team in addition to outreach programmes organised by Squash TT for lesser privileged communities.
Skeete said in 2028, for the first time in the Olympics, the squash sport will be featured and attempts were being made from now to raise both awareness and participation in the sport locally.
