Squash Canterbury is happy to announce the appointment of Kellie Lightfoot in the new Administration Officer role after a long process that drew a high calibre of candidates.  Kellie has a number of years experience in the sport of Netball organising the South Island Secondary Schools Tournament as well as weekly competition management and operational and administrative tasks as the Netball Development co-ordinator for Christchurch Netball over the last five years.  Kellies responsibilities will be interclub, representative, events and Squash HQ operations in a part time role of 20 hours per week.  She is currently working on the Interclub draw.  Kellie has three girls aged 9, 12 and 14 and is married to Michael who is a casual squash player.  Please make Kellie welcome to our community.

 

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Squash Canterbury is proud to announce a five-tournament series for Junior D Grade & Below players this year.  The first tournament is at Christchurch Squash Club on 21-22 May.  Please check out the attached poster and enter online www.squashcanterbury.co.nz/tournaments.asp

Ian Gardiner and the Canterbury referees will be hosting Rules Nights for all interested players this month at Squash HQ.  These are important sessions given the greater importance of knowing all aspects of the rules with the PAR scoring method.  Last year we received complaints about the standard of self-refereeing at weekly Interclub level so please take advantage of these sessions with the experts.

 

    Wednesday 17 March 7pm, Squash HQ

    Thursday 25 March 7pm, Squash HQ

 

If you are interested in becoming a referee or help with hosting a rules night at your club please contact Ian Gardiner direct at home on 03-9429847.  He is a great servant to refereeing and the game.

 

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Christchurch Preseason Open, March 12-14

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Burnside Preseason Open, March 26-28

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Squashways Preseason Open, April 16-18

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Please be advised that the Annual General Meeting for Squash Canterbury will take place on Wednesday 3 March, 2010, at 7pm.

The venue will be upstairs in the lounge at Squash HQ, 8 Takaro Avenue, Sockburn, Christchurch.

 

AGENDA

 

ENTRY FORM

COMPETITION RULES

Well its nearly that time of the year to brush the cob-webs off the squash racket and play this skilful game!

 

We are calling for entries for Winter Interclub Round one over the next few weeks. Entries close 1 March 2010 with the 9-week competition commencing on March 22/23.   Please work from the current online grading list this is updated more often over the summer with the new system.  Note no games will be played over Easter 5/6 April.

NOTE:  Mondays: Mens Divisions 4 and below & all Juniors.  Tuesdays: Ladies and the Top 3 Mens divisions, along with the social mens division (please note these clearly on entry)

 

Please for this round email ALL entries to the Squash Canterbury Office info@squashcanterbury.co.nz

 

The office will be taking over the operations of Interclub again with the introduction of the Administration Officer position.  We thank Vaughan Utteridge from Serious Fun for his smooth running of the Winter and Summer competitions over the last year.

 

If your club/team has special requirements, or your venue is unavailable during Round 1 at any stage please let us know with your entry.

 

There will be a separate email for Masters Entries with that competition beginning 15 April 2010.

 

Any questions please let me know on 3415438.

Squash Canterbury

2010 REPRESENTATIVE CONVENORS

 

    Juniors

    Seniors

    Masters

 

Squash Canterbury seeks to appoint convenors (juniors, seniors and masters) for the 2010 representative teams.  These are volunteer positions and have the ability to be flexible around your work and other commitments. 

 

These all form vital roles in Squash Canterburys structure and you will be working with the Administration Officer and reporting to the Operations Manager.

 

Below is a general brief of the positions:

    Work with Squash Canterbury to appoint selectors (two for juniors, one for seniors and masters).

    Work with Squash Canterbury in setting the selection criteria.

    Select the team in combination with the other selectors.

    Appoint a manager for nationals.

    Assist with the coordination of the nationals event in co-operation with Squash Canterbury staff, including travel, accommodation, uniforms, trainings etc.

    Select a developmental team for the quadrangular tournament.

    Produce reports for the annual report and the board.

 

Please forward your interest to Piet Van Hasselt at info@squashcanterbury.co.nz by 22 February 2010.

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By Geoff Ellis

Photo - team with the London Eye in the background
The Christchurch Boys High School Squash Team recently returned after what is believed to be the biggest tour that the school has embarked on.

 

With some of the worst winters on record - airports closed, trains stopped and yes the Euro Star to Paris also disrupted, snow storms and even Disney Land in California closed, the team rolled on. Somehow we just kept going under the radar of all those disruptions.

 

The boys are indebted to our expats Mike Weston in New York; Robbie Burnett in Ilkely who arranged billets and games. They certainly were wonderful hosts and whose company we all enjoyed immensely. Steve Wren and his son Calvin who many in Canterbury fondly remember stayed with us in Hartford. Calvin played in the US and made the quarter-final. Steve helped us with some of the tour so it was nice catching up with him again.

 

The trip was a huge success and we are indebted to the many people who helped make it all happen. A special thanks also to Gavin Bird our tour leader and Lynda Fahey our team mum and manager. We are sure all the boys will be better players for the experince.

 

Squash results

Poly Prep School New York (top four players excluded) Loss 2-6

City View Pro Team (Our top four players) Draw 2-2

Ilkley (UK) (top four players excluded) Win 7-1. Second day, Loss 3-5.

 

Our best results

US Junior Open (draws of 96. Drop in draw). Our seedings did not always help us for example being seeded against top players in the second round. This also affected Ed and Andrew in the Scottish Junior Open.

 

Andrew Ellis Under 17. 16^th 24th

Paul Coll Under 19. 16^th- 24th

Edward Dromgool Under 19. 16^th-24th

 

Scottish Junior Open (Swiss Draw)

Andrew Ellis Under 17. 15^th

Edward Dromgool Under 19. 13^th

Paul Coll Under 19. 4^th. It was great seeing Paul make the semi-finals. Although the remaining games were close, the frustration was certainly there that he could not quite make it.

A further high light was Sam McCarrolls back to back wins in the Under 15 section.

 

British Junior Open (64 Swiss Draw)

Andrew Ellis Under 17. 43^rd (won 3, loss 3)

Jacob Turnbull Under 17. 49^th (won 1)

Under 19 Paul Coll 23rd (won 3, lost 3)

Under 19 Edward Dromgool 29th (won 3, lost 3)

Draws are now available for round 2 of Summer Interclub. Go to interclub, summer above.

 

 Any questions please contact Vaughan on:

 

M   0275 521 281

E    vaughan@seriousfun.net.nz

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Wishing all squashies and their families a merry xmas and a happy new year on behalf of Squash Canterbury.  We hope you have a great time and we enjoy seeing everyone back in 2010.

Christchurch Boys High Squash Lads leave for the US and UK on 14 December

The long awaited trip has come and on behalf of Gavin Bird, Lynda Fahey (our wonderful team manager), Geoff Ellis and the boys we would like to thank all the Squash community for their support. For supporting our many fundraisers and to all of you who turned up to our farwell dinner at Robbies Elmwood on 1 December thank you. We will be in New york for 3 days, Hartford for the US Junior Open then to the UK for the Scottish and British Junior Opens. We also have games against a school and two club teams. The boys will also visit Madison Square Garden to see an ice hockey game and in Edinburgh will see a football game. There are lots of other fun things planned including a 6 day sightseeing trip to London and Paris. On the 15th of January will be our farwell dinner in the Eifel Tower. An experience we are sure they will never forget. I am sure our boys will come back buzzing with lots of stories to tell ready for the 2010 season, so watch out you players out there - they will be after your points!

Best wishes for Christmas from the Boys’ High team 

The Canterbury Junior Boys Squash National Championship winning team added a major trophy to their cabinet by successfully capturing the Overall Junior Team of the Year Trophy at the Canterbury Sports Awards on Friday night.  This prestigious award was all the more important given that the awards, managed by Sport Canterbury, have amalgamated the summer and winter categories into one this year.  All of the squad members were present at the gala ceremony at the Christchurch Convention Centre with Captain Ed Dromgool accepting the award on stage with a thoughtful speech.  Megan Craig was also a finalist in the Young Achiever Category demonstrating the remarkable achievements she has accomplished in 2008.  Squash was one of the biggest sports represented with 27 people in attendance, all on hand to celebrate the successful on court performances this year.

 

Congratulations to the team for their remarkable achievement and for our other individuals recognised on the night.  It was a great night to be a squashie!

 

 

Lincoln University Overall Outstanding Junior Sports Team Winner: Canterbury Under 19 Boys Squash Team

Team: Ed Dromgool, Paul Coll, Jarrod Beaumont, Andrew Ellis, Spencer Te Pou.  Coach: Mike Allred.  Manager: Paul Coll.

 

SBS Bank Overall Outstanding Young Sports Achiever Finalist: Megan Craig

 

In addition the following individuals & teams were presented trophies as squash winners.

 

SQUASH WINNERS

Administrator Dave Hawes

Coach Paul Bennett

Junior Achiever Megan Craig

Referee Warwick Darby

Senior Team Canterbury Masters Team 2008

Service Naeomi Beaumont

Sportsperson Scott Gardiner

 

The Canterbury Masters team defended their national teams title with an upset win over the home side Bay of Plenty in an intense final in Whakatane, 6-4.  This was the third straight year the team had won the title, showing Canterburys dominance in masters competition.  Keys in the final were wins by Karen Walton and Lawrence Skurr who reversed their results against the same opponents from the individuals event, along with Clark Ellery (B1) who upset Rob Wyatt (A2) a higher graded player.  The team had earlier defeated Auckland (7-3) and Waikato (9-1) in round robin play.

 

Congratulations to the team on behalf of Squash Canterbury.  This is the second national title won by Canterbury, following on from the Canterbury U19 Junior Boys team earlier this month

 

2009 National Champion Canterbury Masters Team

Men: Clark Ellery, Charlie Mayhew, Steve McCarroll, Ed Post, Wayne Seebeck, Lawrence Skurr

Ladies: Pam Geard, Ann Harliwich, Barbara Martin, Judy Smith, Freda Walker, Karen Walton

Manager: Wayne Seebeck

 

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

The team also tasted considerable success in the Oceania Individuals with two national titles (Charlie Mayhew and Freda Walker), two runners-up placings and nine top 4 placings in all.  This was held prior to the teams event at Whakatane.

Mens 40+ Clark Ellery (4th)

Mens 45+ Ed Post (3rd)

Mens 50+ Charlie Mayhew (1st)

Mens 50+ Steve MacCarroll (Winner Special Plate)

Mens 55+ Lawrence Skurr (3rd)

Mens 55+ Wayne Seebeck (4th)

Womens 50+ Karen Walton (2nd)

Womens 50+ Ann Harliwich (3rd)

Womens 50+ Barbara Martin (Winner Classic Plate)

Womens 55+ Freda Walker (1st)

Womens 55+ Judy Smith (2nd)

         Girls Under 11                                                             

  1     Anna Hughes                                                  AK        

  2     Kiriana Andrews                                             WN       

  3     Parearau Kutia                                                 ES        

  4     Kaitlyn Watts                                                   CD        

  5     Maakarini Nelson                                           BP        

  6     Ruby Turnbull                                                 CB        

  7     Taylor Jamieson                                            WN       

  8     Charlotte Galloway                                        WN       

                                                                                                                                                                    

         Girls Under 13                                                             

1       Abbie Palmer                                                 AK          

2       Nicola Kennedy                                            CB          

3       Juee Bhide                                                    AK          

4       Brittany Hill                                                   WK         

5       Ellen Verry                                                    WN         

6       Camden Te Kani-McQueen                         BP          

7       Kasey Calvert                                                WK         

8       Hannah Paul                                                 WK         

9       Luka Unger                                                   AK          

10     Siobhann Murray                                          AK          

                                                                                               

         Girls Under 15                                                             

1       Joely Bennett                                                CB          

2       Hayley Hughes                                             AK          

3       Courtney Bragg                                            BP          

4       Jessica Lepper                                             AK          

5       Paris Dalrymple-Mortleman                         WN         

6       Rhonda Lepper                                            AK          

7       Rosannah Steentjes                                    OT          

8       Claire Cumming                                            CB          

9       Sophie Askin                                                OT          

10     Jacinta Matson                                             NL          

                                                                                               

         Girls Under 17                                                             

1       Megan Craig                                                 CB          

2       Danielle Fourie                                             CD          

3       Rebecca Barnett                                           WN         

4       Ashleigh Dunston                                        BP          

5       Ella Dromgool                                              CB          

6       Jorja Tarrant                                                 WK         

7       Cara Raal                                                      OT          

8       Charvae McLean-Woon                              CD          

9       Brooke Dexter                                               CD          

10     Taylor Flavell                                                AK          

                                                                                               

         Girls’ Under 19                                                            

1       Lana Harrison                                               AK          

2       Amanda Landers-Murphy                            AK          

3       Emma Millar                                                  WN         

4       Eliza Sim                                                        WN         

5       Georgina Shelton-Agar                               AK          

6       Crystal Tahata                                              AK          

7       Catherine Graham                                        AK          

8       Sacha Pou-Tito                                             NL          

9       Nicola Blake                                                  WK         

10     Stephanie Chambers                                   CB          

                                                                                               

         Junior Open                                                                

1       Lana Harrison                                               AK          

2       Amanda Landers-Murphy                            AK          

3       Megan Craig                                                 CB          

4       Emma Millar                                                  WN         

5       Eliza Sim                                                        WN         

6       Danielle Fourie                                             CD          

7       Rebecca Barnett                                           WN         

8       Georgina Shelton-Agar                               AK          

9       Ashleigh Dunston                                        BP          

10     Ella Dromgool                                              CB          

 

         Boys Under 11

1       Todd Bennett                                                CB

2       Quinn Udy                                                    WN

3       Anthony Lepper                                           AK

4       Hamish Van Runback                                  AK

5       Brandon Le Comte                                       ES

6       William Donnelly                                          ES

7       Joshua Robinson                                        AK

8       James Van Kerkhoff                                     CD

                                                                                 

         Boys Under 13

1       Scott Galloway                                             WN

2       Cameron Jamieson                                      WN

3       Leighton Lipsham                                        AK

4       Montell Whatarangi                                     WK

5       Luke Jones                                                   CD

6       Jamie Oakley                                                BP

7       Alex Revington                                             BP

8       Callum Burkes                                               WK

9       Nathan Brocks                                              SN

10     Rios McGhee-Moleta                                   ES

                  

         Boys Under 15

1       Zac Millar                                                      WN

2       James Cooper                                              BP

3       Scott Darroch                                               BP

4       Ben Calvert                                                   WK

5       Jackson Beresford                                       CB

6       Jordan Le Comte                                          ES

7       Brandon Young                                            BP

8       Sion Wiggins                                               AK

9       Jason van der Welt                                      WN

10     Chris Williams                                              MD

                  

         Boys Under 17

1       Lance Beddoes                                            AK

2       Michael Sunderland                                     SN

3       Jarrod Beaumont                                          CB

4       Todd Redman                                              ES

5       Jonathan Barnett                                          WN

6       Logan Brewer                                               BP

7       Andrew Ellis                                                  CB

8       Bradley Robinson                                        AK

9       Dylan Tasker                                                CD

10     Jordan Linn                                                  CD

                  

         Boys Under 19

1       Lui Syder                                                       AK

2       Paul Coll                                                        CB

3       Joseph Watts                                               CD

4       Edward Dromgool                                        CB

5       Bryce Redman                                              ES

6       Liam O’Shaughnessy                                   ES

7       Dylan Irihei                                                   BP

8       Josh McHugh                                               AK

9       Tate Matson                                                  NL

10     Michael Blanchard                                       AK

                  

         Junior Open                                                  

1       Lui Syder                                                      

2       Paul Coll                                                        CB

3       Lance Beddoes                                           

4       Joseph Watts                                              

5       Edward Dromgool                                        CB

6       Michael Sunderland                                    

7       Bryce Redman                                             

8       Liam O’Shaughnessy                                  

9       Jarrod Beaumont                                          CB

10     Todd Redman                                             

 

 

 

Canterbury and NZ Junior representative Megan Craig and the National Canterbury Junior Boys Team have been selected as finalists in the prestigious Canterbury Sports Awards early next month.  This year the awards, managed by Sport Canterbury, incorporate both winter and summer achievements, so qualifying as a finalist was twice as difficult.  Congratulations to both and we look forward to reporting on a great night of success for Squash!

 

Lincoln University Overall Outstanding Junior Sports Team Finalists

    Canterbury Under 17 Cricket Team Cricket

    Papanui High School Girls Touch Team Touch

    Canterbury Under 19 Squash Boys Team Squash

    Canterbury Under 19 Basketball Team Basketball

    Rangi Ruru Under 18 Rowing Squad Rowing

 

SBS Bank Overall Outstanding Young Sports Achiever Finalists

    Josh Leota (Touch)

    Thomas Latham (Cricket)

    Olivia Coady (Rugby Union)

    Megan Craig (Squash)

    Megan Shea (Football)

 

In addition Squash Canterbury nominated in the other awards categories.  Congratulations to these individuals for their efforts to our sport.

 

SQUASH NOMINATIONS

Administrator Dave Hawes

Coach Paul Bennett

Junior Achiever Megan Craig

Referee Warwick Darby

Service Naeomi Beaumont

Sportsperson Scott Gardiner

Rousing speeches and entertaining presentations were the highlights of the Squash Canterbury Awards Night at the Christchurch Football Squash Club on Friday night.  There was plenty of achievements to be acknowledged with a crowd of around 100 squashies gathering and were entertained by MCs Jav and Dan from the Court Theatre.

 

Three members of the 1977 Canterbury junior national championship team were in attendance to acknowledge the title winning 2009 junior team.  These are the only two occasions Canterbury has won the boys championship.  Chris Wasley, Robin Clements and Coach Doug Lawrie were there from the 77 team and everyone appreciated a chance to see their paper clippings, tournament programmes and catch-up.

 

The gracious acceptance speeches were very heart-felt and really made for a memorable night.  Special thanks to Kirsten Taylor, John Horwood and Paul Arscott and the rest of the team at the Christchurch Football club. 

 

AWARDS PRESENTED

 

Referee of the Year - Warwick Darby

Coach of the Year (Donated by Wayne Henderson) - Paul Arscott & Paul Bennett

Junior Personality of the Year (Roger Allred Trophy) - Spencer Te Pou

Junior Player of the Year - Megan Craig

Senior Personality of the Year - Dean Baldwin

Senior Player of the Year - Scott Gardiner

Masters Player of the Year - Karen Walton

Overall Personality of the Year - Paul Growcott

Anderson Hill/Hi-Tec Club of the Year - Christchurch Squash Club

 

Services to Squash Awards Helen Benington (Christchurch Football); Lynda Fahey (Christchurch); Sherril MacDonald (Christchurch Football); Judy Smith (Burnside)

 

Interclub 2009 Best Mens Team Malvern 5 (Mens Division 10)

Interclub 2009 Best Ladies Team University Cup Burnside 9 (Womens Division 6)

Interclub 2009 Best Performed Club Marist Trophy Burnside Squash Club

 

Canterbury Junior Age Group Champions

Under 11 Girls Ruby Beresford (Christchurch)

Under 11 Boys Todd Bennett, (Christchurch Football)

Under 13 Girls Nicola Kennedy (Christchurch)

Under 13 Boys Lucas Wilson (Richmond)

Under 15 Girls Joely Bennett (Christchurch Football)

Under 15 Boys Jackson Beresford (Christchurch)

Under 17 Girls Ella Dromgool (Burnside)

Under 17 Boys Jarrod Beaumont (Burnside)

Under 19 Girls Stephanie Chambers (University & Riccarton)

Under 19 Boys Ed Dromgool (Burnside)

 

Squashways Junior D Grade Series Winners

Girls Ruby Turnbull

Boys Martin Boyce

Canterburys junior players have had tremendous success over the weekend at the Junior National Championships in North Harbour.  Three top-seeded Cantabrians won their respective finals and Megan Craig (Girls U17), Joely Bennett (Girls U15) and Todd Bennett (Boys U11) can now call themselves 2009 National Champions.  Paul Coll (Boys U19) and Nicola Kennedy (Girls U13) finished runners-up in their grade finals.  Jarrod Beaumont (Boys U17) and Ed Dromgool (Boys U19) ended up third and fourth respectively in tightly contested grades. 

 

Canterbury now turns their attention to the teams event with the Canterbury boys team ranked top seeds, and the girls are ranked fourth.  Coll and Dromgool anchor the boys team and are joined by Beaumont, Andrew Ellis and Spencer Te Pou.  Craig heads the girls team along with Joely Bennett, Ella Dromgool, Stephanie Chambers and Poppy Tie.  The teams event concludes on Wednesday.

 

Girls Under 17 1. Megan Craig (Canterbury) def 2. Danielle Fourie (Central) 3-1

Girls Under 15 1. Joely Bennett (Canterbury) def 2. Courtney Bragg (Bay of Plenty) 3-0

Girls Under 13  1. Abbie Palmer (Auckland) def 2. Nicola Kennedy (Canterbury) 3-0

Boys Under 19 1. Lui Ngakuru-Syder (Auckland) def 2 Paul Coll (Canterbury) 12-10, 11-8, 4-11, 11-6

Boys Under 11 1. Todd Bennett (Canterbury) def 2. Quinn Udy (Wellington) 3-1

The Hadlee Canterbury Sportsperson of the Year Awards finalists have been announced and Squash has been lucky enough to receive three category finalists.  Barry Gardiner is a finalist in the Personality award, Vaughan Utteridge is the professional administrator finalist and the HEAD World Masters Squash Championships is a finalist in the Event/Promotion category.  The awards period was July 2008 to June 2009.  The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Thursday 1 October.  Congratulations to all of our finalists.

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