TRINIDAD and Tobago advanced to the boys' team final when the CASA (Caribbean Area Squash Association) Junior Championships continued Wednesday night in Guyana.

This country's girls went down against the hosts in the semi-finals, but the boys edged Bermuda 3-2 to reach the title match against the powerful Guyanese.

The big three players were responsible for T&T's triumph as the Britain-based Kale Wilson and Patrick brothers, Mandela and Nku, won their matches.

Wilson, who was crowned Caribbean under-19 champion during the individual finals on Sunday night, came from behind to edge last year's champ Micah Franklin 10-12, 11-9, 8-11, 11-2, 11-4.

Mandela was also forced to battle from behind, but his recovery was far more dramatic as the national under-17 champ lost the first two sets before roaring back to deny D'Vario Thompson 8-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-4.

Mandela had also edged Thompson in five sets en route to a runner-up under-17 final in "individuals" Sunday.

Nku, who was beaten in the Caribbean under-15 final as the top seed, cruised past Kion Knights 11-1, 11-5, 11-5, but under-19 player Ryan Bayne and national under-13 champ Jonathan Blanc lost the other two matches in straight sets.

Heavy title favourites Guyana crushed a Jamaican squad, which had lost 3-2 to T&T in the group stage, 5-0 without even dropping a set in the other semi-final.

The final was in progress after press time last night, along with the Jamaica/Bermuda clash for third place.

T&T girls were given no chance against defending champions Guyana and did not even win a match.

National under-19 champ Charlotte Knaggs had upset Victoria Arjoon in the shock of the tournament last Sunday for the Caribbean under-17 title. But the four-time CASA champ gained revenge in a pulsating five-setter 11-8, 9-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-9.

National under-17 champ Angelique Jackson and national under-19 runner-up Emily Bones, on vacation from studies in the United States, lost the under-19 matches, while Faith Gillezeau and Gabriella Scott, the national under-15 and 13 champs, respectively, also failed to win a set.

The T&T team were back in action yesterday morning and lost against a three-member Cayman Islands squad for third place.

Knaggs and Scott won by default, but Bones, Jackson and Gillezeau were beaten again.

Then the Guyanese went on to retain their title with anther clinical performance to overwhelm the Jamaicans 4-1.