The Christchurch Boys’ High School Squash Team continued their excellent success at recent awards nights by taking out the Junior Sports Team Award at the Sir Richard Hadlee Sport Canterbury Awards night at CBS Arena on Friday.  This followed on from taking out the Zonta Sports Awards for best junior boys team and the team of the year category trophy at the Squash Canterbury Awards.  Congratulations on behalf of Squash Canterbury to the players, parents, supporters and the school.

 

Megan Craig and Paul Coll were also honoured with being finalists in the junior female and male sections in highly competitive categories.  43 squashies were amongst the 700-strong crowd as Canterbury Sport was honoured after going through a difficult season.

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SATURDAY 5 NOVEMBER

12:00-3:00pm
Christchurch Football Squash Club
Westminster Street, St Albans

• FREE Hits
• Rackets and balls supplied
• Coaching tips
• Full list of Squash Club Details in Canterbury

 

By Piet Van Hasselt

120 Squashies crammed into the Robbies Elmwood restaurant last night to celebrate the end of a disrupted and busy winter season at the Squash Canterbury Awards Night.  Much fun was had thanks to our hosts Dean Baldwin from Robbies, and the speeches were heartfelt from presenters and winners alike.  Congratulations to Linwood Squash Club won the Club of the Year for the first time and President Jess Wilson won the Senior Personality award.  Fred Williams took out the Overall Personality of the Year award.  All of the category winners are listed below.

 

CATEGORY AWARDS:

 

SERVICE TO SQUASH AWARDS

 

    Darryl Cotton (Linwood)

o        Darryl is a very enthusiastic and keen helper to our club.

o        Always fixing things at the club without being asked.

o        Has carried out Bar duties, junior assistant coach as well as maintenance around the club.

o        Always willing to come down to the club after hours to ensure the snow or earthquake has not affected the club.

o        A former club president and also running the juniors before John came onto the scene.

o        Darryl is always available to any person in the club to help on a personal level, ie. he was there when liquefaction needed to be removed from a members neighbours property, without any argument he gets stuck in even if it is to make a letterbox for a club member.

o        No job is too hard or too much for Darryl, he is a great role model for all members, young and old, in our club and he is very adored within our club.

o        The dedication he shows, has even encouraged his whole family to join the club and give the game a go!!!

    Ann Harliwich (Mt Pleasant)

o        Has been the lifeblood of the Mt Pleasant Club for many years.

o        Everything that has been done at the club has either been done by Ann or she has organised someone to do it.

o        Club Captain and teams organiser.

o        Regularly competes in tournaments and competitions.

o        An extremely valuable contributor to the ladies game, collecting valuable feedback and ideas from ladies players and passing onto Squash Canterbury.

o        Helped organise the Super League and Div 1 competition this year.

o        A Canterbury Masters Selector.

o        Helped set-up a new committee at the club at the last AGM after a call to arms had half the members show up, demonstrating the overwhelming value she offers to the club from the members.

    Shirley McDonald (Burnside)

o        An extremely committed committee member in charge of membership, with is practically a full time job.  Runs and develops the IT platform and has brought the club screaming into this century!

o        Participates in many tournaments throughout Christchurch and the South Island.

o        Captain of the winning Masters Interclub Team 2011.

o        Member of the winning Ladies Div 3 team.

o        Contact for any problems, anytime and known to get out of bed to meet new members, deliver keys, open bar and more!

o        Willing to try hard and enjoy the drink after.

o        The development of squash and new members is at the heart of everything she does.

 

TEAM OF THE YEAR

 

• Christchurch Boys High School
• Completed a three-peat of titles at the NZ Secondary Schools Titles going undefeated at the event in Auckland.
• Team members Andrew Ellis and Chris van der Salm were named to the NZ Tournament Team and for the World Junior Boys Squad for 2012.
• Andrew Ellis and Jacob Turnbull were members of the team for the past three years.
• South Island Secondary Schools Champion
• Canterbury Secondary Schools Champion.
• Toured Malaysia in the middle of the year.
• Winner of the Zonta Awards for Best Junior Boys Team.
• Finalist for the Sir Richard Hadlee Sport Canterbury Junior Team Award.
• Special acknowledgement for Gavin Bird who is standing down from organising the team after 20 successful years.

 

COACH OF THE YEAR

 

    John Brown (Christchurch Boys High School)

o        Coach of the successful Christchurch Boys High School Squash Team that won Nationals for the third time in succession this year.

o        John has been involved in coaching squash for a very long time and has achieved fantastic results with both individuals and teams that he has coached.  Some of the individuals over recent years have included Ella Dromgool (who has won National Titles), Ed Dromgool, Jarrod Beaumont, Ruby Turnbull (Runner-Up National Title), Chris Van Der Salm (World Junior Boys Squad).

o        John Brown regular attends junior tournaments including the SI Champs, NI Champs, NZ Champs and is there the entire weekend coaching individuals who he coaches.

o        He also went away as coach with the ChCh Boys High squash team to Malaysia this year and spent a huge amount of time with the boys getting them prepared for this trip.

 

    Catherine Garlick (Westport)

o        Team coach for inaugural Hokitika/Westport Junior Tournament

o        Has established a solid coaching programme for the juniors at Westport.

o        Cath is not short on ideas to keep interest amongst the juniors strong.

o        The skill level of Westports juniors has increased ten fold under Caths guidance.

o        Despite long work hours Cath has worked hard in the interests of juniors and the club.

 

    John Patterson (Linwood)

o        Level 1 coaching achieved this year.

o        John has a mature knowledge of squash having been involved for many years before getting into the coaching side of things

o        John is assisting with Squash Canterbury Junior Development Squad.

o        Since taking over the Juniors within Linwood Squash Club, the junior numbers have doubled.

o        John has introduced new skill sets to the juniors, and encouraged the players to strive to the best of their abilities.

o        While doing all this, John has continued to play and be a role model for Linwood junior players by making his way up the ranks on the grading list.

 

WINNER: John Brown

 

ROGER ALLRED JUNIOR PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

 

    Luke ONeill (Linwood)

o        Helping with Linwood Club Junior night he is a very encouraging young man to the other players with a great attitude, and mature presentation for a boy of 13 years old.

o        Luke is participating in the Canterbury Junior Development Squad being the first of any Linwood Squash members to participate in this.

o        Luke has been entering the Junior Tournaments, in his first year of participating in Squash at this level.

o        Luke has represented Casebrook Intermediate School, in the inter-school competition.

o        Luke has been participating in further training with our Club coach, John Patterson, which has been beneficial to his attitude and general squash knowledge.

    Max McDonald (Westport)

o        Gone from an E2 to C2 over 2011 season.

o        Max is now helping with the juniors where possible.

o        Now ranked in Top 5 players in the squash club.

o        Always of a cheerful nature on and off the court.  His enthusiasm for the game has become quite infectious.

o        Many members of the club have commented on the apparent weight loss and increase in fitness of some of the Westport clubs senior members.  All agree this is a result of Max making them work harder for the win, which doesnt always come!

 

    Theo Zbijowski (Burnside)

o        Member Canterbury U19 Junior Team, played #1 after Andrew Ellis injury

o        2^nd NZ Junior Nationals U17

o        2^nd SI Junior Nationals U17

o        2^nd Burnside Senior Club Champs

o        Canterbury High Performance Squad member

o        Assists regularly with Burnside Junior Club Night

o        Coaches Burnside High School Girls Squash Team

o        Well mannered, good temperament on and off the court, readily assists at any time and all round good guy.

 

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Max McDonald 

WINNER: Theo Zbijowski

 

JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR

 

AS A JUNIOR:

* Megan has had a stellar year anchoring the NZ girls team to a highly credible seventh placing in the World Junior teams event at Harvard University in the USA. 

* In the Individuals Event, reached the 4th round in a prestigious world field.

* Winner of the NZ U19 National Title.

* Won two titles in Malaysia: Penang Junior Open and Junior All-Star Tournament in Selangor

* Winner of the Anthony Ricketts Classic in Australia.

 

AS A SENIOR:

* 5th at NZ Senior Nationals.

* Finalist at the North Coast open at Coffs Harbour in Australia.  From the 13th she knocked off her more experienced opponents and narrowly lost the final 3-2.

* Runner-up in the Australia Day Challenge in Queensland from the 15th seed.

* Winner of Squashways Preseason Open.

 

WINNER: Megan Craig

 

SENIOR PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

 

Jess Wilson (Linwood)

 

o        Jess has taken up the role of President for the Linwood Squash club in 2010, within her first 18 months, the club has embraced an Online Court booking system, which has been the baby for Jess to get setup.

o        On court, Jess is always polite to her opposition and has a good laugh before and after the game, no matter if she wins or loses. 

o        Jess is well known around the squash community, by attending competitions, even if she is not competing, to support her friends and fellow squash players, and giving then valuable advice and keeping their spirits up.

o        Jess is always there to help, whether it is to fill-in for a tournament that may need extra competitors or to assist with tournament control when things get busy.

o        Jess helped out in the kitchen at the Christchurch Club when the World Masters tournament was being held.  Her friendly attitude to all visitors/players was well received and they came back for more food, just to say hi and to catch-up with Jess.

o        When the earthquake happened in February 2011, Jesss house was damaged, as well as having liquefaction around the suburb, but she still managed to remember her squash club and get down there to have a clean up and email all members to ensure that every one was safe.

o        In summary, Jess is a very unselfish person, and puts her club and members first and is always willing to assist other clubs if required.

 

WINNER: Jess Wilson

 

SENIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR

 

Paul is one of NZ’s brightest squash hopes competing for the NZ Men’s Team for the World Teams event in Germany despite being a teenager.  Paul is ranked 5 nationally and embarked on his professional squash career with some strong showings at Australian PSA events including a semi final finish at the ACT Open.  Paul finished off his junior career this year by not dropping a set and taking out the NZ Junior Open.

 

SENIOR

• NZ Men’s Squash Team, World Teams Championships in Germany during August.  First time picked despite being a teenager and first Canterbury male to make the team in 12 years.
• World Team Champs: Played 3 out of 7 possible rubbers, winning 2 matches against Swedish and Korean opponents.
• 5th at NZ Senior Nationals, undefeated in team leading from the #1 spot.
• Played in many PSA events in Australia highlighted by a semi finals finish from an unseeded spot in the ACT Open.
• Winner of local events when he is available and not busy playing overseas: Greymouth Open, Squashways Preseason Open.
• Canterbury Senior Squash Team #1, NZ Nationals
  JUNIOR
• Canterbury representative at NZ Junior Open in April
• Won the NZ Junior Open in April without dropping a set.

WINNER: Paul Coll

 

MASTERS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

 

WINNER: Freda Walker

(Speech from Wayne Seebeck)

 

OVERALL PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

 

    Toni Andrews & Tony Wilson

o        Tony & Toni are the back bone of the Linwood Club.  They are always there for their members no matter how hard the question or request it will be sorted.

o        Tony & Toni are available for tournaments at short notice, are enthusiastic club captains, great organisers and well known around the squash community.

o        Both did a great job on the South Island Open this year at the Linwood club.

o        Tony & Toni have a do or die attitude.

 

    Fred Williams

o        Canterbury Senior Convenor for the last 3 years.

o        Is fully inclusive of all players and has Canterbury red and black flowing through his veins.

o        Mt Pleasant President formed a new committee this year to help ease the workload off Ann Harliwich (who had previously done everything at the club).

o        Is the brain-child of the Interclub Div 1 mens points cap which created an increased and exciting competition in 2011.

o        Chaired two meetings regarding Division One during the year.

o        Division 2 player for Mt Pleasant.

o        Regular and valued contributor at Presidents Meetings.

o        Is well respected by all and constantly looking for improvements to develop our game.

 

WINNER: Fred Williams

 

CLUB OF THE YEAR

 

         Hoon Hay Squash Club

 

o        Since the beginning of 2011, Hoon Hay increased its membership by 50%, now having over 100 members.  Many of the new members came from the University of Canterbury squash club who joined at a special rate.  Held a special social night targeted at the students.

o        Won five Interclub titles and had nine top three finishes amongst the 16 interclub team entries for round two.

o        A weekly club night has been established.

o        Hoon Hay won the C grades mens regional competition and competed at the Nationals in Timaru.

o        One third of the club attended a referees evening.

o        Monthly leagues have been established to encourage players and to help new members find others of a similar level.

o        Hoon Hay has introduced junior starter packs, with a free racket, shirt and drink bottle, to give to new junior members from the community.

o        Hoon Hay juniors are also well represented with Kelsi Carrick representing Canterbury in the U19 girls junior nationals team and seven Hoon Hay juniors are active members of Canterbury Junior Development Squads.

         Linwood Squash Club

o        Came to the aid of the Richmond Squash club following the February quake by opening their doors and offering the use of their facility for free to all Richmond members.  A weekly social night was established especially for Richmond and is well attended.  Linwood also hosted the Richmond club championships (with bar takings going to Richmond) and Richmond players have been included in the Summer Pennant.

o        Linwood never wanted anything out of this arrangement, apart from the fact that they knew the Richmond members had somewhere to go to continue with their very social behaviour.

o        Ran the South Island Open tournament expertly in conjunction with Linwood Open tournament at Queens Birthday weekend after the Southland Stadium was damaged due to the snow in late 2010.

o        Junior numbers have doubled over the last year and fortnightly junior nights are held.

o        Improvements to the facilities have been a door from the lounge into the viewing gallery, in the middle of the two courts.

o        The club has introduced a 3 month membership, which has assisted the squash community and especially those that live in the East.

o        A-Base online court booking system has been installed.

 

WINNER: Linwood Squash Club

By Geoff Ellis

THIRD TIME A WINNER

After previous years as a finalist and also being awarded a Highly Commended in 2009,  Andrew Ellis led his Christchurch Boys High team to receive the award as Top Boys Junior Team at the highly prestigious Canterbury Zonta Awards yesterday evening. With just under 400 people in attendance and 22 high schools represented at the Addington Raceway,  it was a wonderful way to recognise this achievement. There were many extremely talented sports people as nominees so to even be a finalist was an honour in its own right.

 

This is the third year in a row that the school has won the National Secondary Schools Squash title. For Andrew Ellis and Jacob Turnbull it is the end of an era with their top school team, that goes back five years. For all School verses School games it is 63 wins and 3 losses.  For the first three years as part of a six-man team they formed a bond with well known players Edward Dromgool and Paul Coll. In the first year they finished 4^th then 2^nd before taking the title in 2009 against Auckland Grammar. This was the first time in 25 years that the School had ever won the trophy and only the third time it had ever been awarded to a South Island School. It was also a special night for teacher in charge Gavin Bird who steps down after twenty years with the Schools top team.

 

Next week the team joins Megan Craig and Paul Coll as finalists in Junior Categories at the Sir Richard Hadlee Canterbury Sportsman of the Year Dinner.  43 Squash Cantabrians will be there to cheer them all on.

 

 

Back Row: Chris van der Salm, Jacob Turnbull, Andrew Ellis, Michael McCarroll, Gavin Bird (manager)

Front Row: John Brown (coach), Lynda Fahey (camp mum/manager), Sam McCarroll, Jackson Beresford

Congratulations to Megan Craig, Paul Coll and the Christchurch Boys High School Squash teams for being selected as category finalists at the Sir Richard Hadlee Sport Canterbury Awards on November 4.  This gives squash considerable exposure amongst a ton of high achieving Canterbury players and teams this year.  Squash Canterbury put forward these nominations along with others for consideration by the judging panel (see below).  All will receive an award on the night.  These awards are the combined result of the Hadlee and Sport Canterbury Awards due to the earthquake this year.

 

More details on all nominations achievements will be given following the night.

 

FINALISTS:

Young Sportsman: Paul Coll

            Other Finalists: Anton Cooper (Bike), Matt Henry (Cricket)

Young Sportswoman: Megan Craig

            Other Finalists: Tahlia Hensen (Bike), Grace Spoors (Rowing), Sophia Batchelor (Swimming)

Junior Team: Christchurch Boys High School Team

            Other Finalists: CGHS (Cricket), Aranui Girls HS (Volleyball), St Bedes (Rugby)

 

OTHER SQUASH NOMINATIONS:

Sportsman: Paul Coll

Sportswoman: Megan Craig

Administrator: Jess Wilson

Coach: John Brown

Club: Linwood Squash Club

Lifetime Achievement: Barry Gardiner

Please go to the SIT Platform to find the Mens, Ladies, and Junior Draw for Summer Interclub 2011.

By Piet Van Hasselt - UPDATED, Full Results

The end to a long winter squash season produced plenty of close match-ups and exciting twists at the Interclub Round 2 Finals this week.  The Hoon Hay Mens Division one side led the charge for their club taking out the top mens prize on offer last night over Christchurch in a thriller, 11-8.  Captain Ben Scott captained got Hoon Hay off to a fast 3-0 start over Gary Roberts.  The Post family got Christchurch back into contention with Jonty defeating Nathan Chappell, 3-1, and Ed coming back for the win over Cam Wilson, 3-2.  This set-up a titanic last match between Hoon Hays Tate Wilson and Christchurchs Mike Allred.  Tate prevailed in five-sets played in a white-hot atmosphere.  The ladies division one trophy was won by Nicky Dunlops Burnside after Hoon Hay was unable to field a team.

 

Thanks to Squashways and Christchurch for hosting finals on Monday and Burnside and Football for hosting Tuesdays finals.

 

Special thanks to Ian Gardiner and his crew of referees who helped in almost three-quarters of the finals despite the new format of playing on Monday and Tuesday nights and more games on concurrently.

 

TROPHY AND PRIZE PRESENTATIONS: Please be advised that trophies for each grade winner will be presented at the official Squash Canterbury Awards Night on Thursday 3 November at Robbies Elmwood doors open 6.30pm, with presentations 7-9pm, cost $5 for nibbles.  Please make sure you have a team member on hand.

 

Number of Titles by Club (with 1 grade to add), purely for entertainment purposes:

5 Burnside, Hoon Hay

4 Football

2 Malvern

1 Linwood, Rangiora, Richmond, Squashways, Sumner

 

Number of Top-3 Finishes by Club, purely for entertainment purposes:

13 Football

12 Burnside

9 Hoon Hay

6 Malvern

5 Christchurch

4 Richmond, Squashways

3 Linwood, Rangiora

2 Lincoln, Mt Pleasant, Sumner

1 Amberley, Cashmere, Oxford

 

Ladies Division 1: Burnside beat Hoon Hay by default, 11-0

Third Place: Football 1 & ChCh/Rich 1; Minor Premiers: Burnside

 

Ladies Division 2: Burnside 1 beat Richmond 1, 11-4

Judith Smith beat Lorraine Rouse, 3-0; Bronwyn Smales beat Charlene Smith, 3-0; Lee-Ann Blanken lost to Penny Gray, 0-3; Jenny Hoffman beat Linda Wilson, 3-1.

Third Place: Rangiora 1 & Christchurch 1; Minor Premiers: Burnside 1

 

Ladies Division 3: Football 4 beat Football 3, 10-7

Jody Taylor beat Jenny Skerten, 3-1; Helen Benington lost to Andrea Smith, 1-3; Wendy Dawson beat Mary Wakeman, 3-0; Kate Watson lost to Wendy Oliver, 1-3.

Third Place: Linwood 1; Minor Premiers: Football 4

 

Ladies Division 4: Malvern 1 beat Burnside 4, 14-3

Berry McIlroy beat Shirley McDonald, 3-1; Sarah Clausen beat Kat Jordan, 3-0; Sandra Williams beat Nicola Donaldson, 3-2; Janelle Schnell beat Helen Ingham, 3-0.

Third Place: Football 5; Minor Premiers: Malvern 1

 

Ladies Division 5: Linwood 2 beat Burnside 6, 14-5

Toni Andrews beat Jane Briggs, 3-0; Chrissie Rutland beat Amanda Daniel, 3-2; Di Brewer beat Christine Sweeney, 3-1; Sandy Widdowson beat Gillian Hoffman, 3-2.

Third Place: Mt Pleasant 1; Minor Premiers: Linwood 2

 

Ladies Division 6: Hoon Hay 3 beat Sumner 1, 12-6

Maria Cullen beat Sam Boreham, 3-1; Kayti Carrick beat Emma Thomas, 3-2; Emma Goodwin lost to Margot Bohanon, 1-3; Morgan Wilson beat Chloe Dearlove, 3-0.

Third Place: Malvern 2; Minor Premiers: Hoon Hay 3

 

Mens Division 1: Hoon Hay 1 beat Christchurch 1, 11-8

Tate Matson beat Mike Allred, 3-2; Ben Scott beat Gary Roberts, 3-0; Cam Wilson lost to Ed Post, 2-3; Nathan Chappell lost to Jonty Post, 1-3.

Third Place: Squashways 1 & Mt Pleasant 1; Minor Premiers: Christchurch 1

 

Mens Division 2: Football 2 beat Christchurch 3, 13-7

Peter Atkinson beat Akshay Hari, 3-2; Jeremy Bennett beat Phil Tough, 3-1; Darren Kett lost to Lawrence Skurr, 2-3; Iain ORourke beat Matt Thomas, 3-1.

Third Place: Football 3; Minor Premiers: Football 2

 

Mens Division 3: Squashways 4 beat Burnside 3, 11-5

Brad Stuart beat Phil Crossland, 3-1; Ajith Polonowita beat Peter McLean, 3-1; Steve Petrie beat Howard Buchanan, 3-0; Tom Grace lost to Matt Tapp, 0-3.

Third Place: Hoon Hay 2; Minor Premiers: Squashways 4

 

Mens Division 4: Hoon Hay 3 beat Lincoln 1, 14-4

James Lilley beat Jason Palmer, 3-1; Torren McKee beat Rob Barnett, 3-2; David Hawes beat John de Ruiter, 3-0; Steve Abercrombie beat James Ryan, 3-1.

Third Place: Squashways 5; Minor Premiers: Squashways 5

 

Mens Division 5: Burnside 7 beat Football 7, 10-7

David Nye beat Pierre Van der Merwe, 3-1; Guy de Lacey lost to Steve Macgrath, 2-3; Michael Briggs beat Brigid Peddie, 3-0; Richard Jordan lost to Aaron Trotter, 0-3.

Third Place: Christchurch 6; Minor Premiers: Burnside 7

 

Mens Division 6: Rangiora 2 beat Hoon Hay 5, 12-5

Callum Harrison beat Ben Nicholson, 3-1; Dean Hurley beat Steven Basher, 3-0; Graham Fortune lost to Scott Garry, 1-3; Lawrence Tamepo beat Michael Lightbourne, 3-1.

Third Place: Cashmere 2; Minor Premiers: Hoon Hay 5

 

Mens Division 7: Malvern 2 beat Rangiora 4, 13-5

Matt Roberts beat Phil Barrow, 3-2; Rodney Fairbrass beat Wayne St Johnston, 3-0; Graeme Murdoch lost to Curtis Dyer, 2-3; Michael Berry beat Nic Webby, 3-0.

Third Place: Malvern 3; Minor Premiers: Malvern 2

 

Mens Division 8: Sumner 4 beat Squashways 7, 12-7

Craig Travers beat Dean Brown, 3-2; Jan Tonascia beat Dion Blair, 3-2; Royce McKean lost to Ross Homer, 1-3; Ged Kilpatrick beat Trevor Rees, 3-0

Third Place: Linwood 3; Minor Premiers: Sumner 4

 

Mens Division 9: Burnside 13 beat Hoon Hay 7, 14-3

Mike Vorster beat Luke Bilbrough, 3-0; Ben Thornton beat Alex Minish, 3-2; Jeff Knowles beat Chieu K. Au, 3-1; Michael Steenkamp beat Steve Coakley, 3-0.

Third Place: Burnside 12; Minor Premiers: Burnside 13

 

Mens Division 10: Hoon Hay 8 beat Lincoln 3, 13-5

Jeremy Lane beat Dene Franklin, 3-0; Wil Hishon beat Hamish Gates, 3-1; Alex Opie lost to Alex Murray, 2-3; Zeke Tranter beat Travis Ryan-Salter, 3-1

Third Place: Malvern 5; Minor Premiers: Hoon Hay 8

 

Mens Division 11: Richmond 6 beat Oxford 3, 9-7 (178-164 on points)

Lucas Wilson-Taopua beat Gordo Gossett, 3-0; Brendon George lost to Paul Morriss, 1-3; James Turpin lost to Gregory Dayton 0-3; Kyle Sloane beat Hamish White, 3-1

Third Place: Football 13; Minor Premiers: Richmond 6

 

Mens Division 12 (Social): Football 16 beat Football 15, 12-3

Blair Shephard beat Larry Santy, 3-0; Ed Leisten beat Glen Crozier, 3-0; Derek Black beat Andrew Tomlinson, 3-0; Phil Forrest lost to Mark Lewis, 1-3.

Third Place: Football 18 & Richmond 7; Minor Premiers: Football 15

 

Junior Division 1: Football J1 beat Burnside J1, 14-0

Temwa Chileshe beat Dale Bradley, 3-0; Lwamba Chileshe beat Arash Tahan, 3-0; Michael Christie beat Theo Moolenaar, 3-0; Hamish Waters beat Adam Priest, 3-0.

Third Place: Football J2; Minor Premiers: Football J1

 

Junior Division 2: Hoon Hay J2 beat Malvern J1, 10-6

Nathan Watts lost to Jacob Ludemann, 0-3; Lloyd Sparks beat Tuku Thomas, 3-0; Alex Cook beat Gus Thomas, 3-0; Jessica Gray lost to Aidan Tuhull, 2-3.

Third Place: Amberley J2; Minor Premiers: Hoon Hay J2

 

Masters: Burnside 3 beat Burnside 2, 18-8

Third Place: Burnside 1; Minor Premiers: Burnside 3

The Canterbury Squash Foundation held it’s inaugural dinner recently at the Chateau on the Park Hotel in Christchurch.  The foundation was formed with several aims in mind, notably to celebrate the history of squash in Canterbury, maintain and increase squash networks, and provide financial support to worthy squash causes. For this event, the cause was to support those squash clubs affected by the Canterbury earthquakes. The support required will be ongoing because some Christchurch clubs are still not open, eight months after the devastating February earthquake.

The dinner was a great success with more than 90 people attending. Joseph Romanos, author of Long or Short? The story of New Zealand Squash’, was the MC. He spoke about aspects of the book and in particular focused on Canterbury’s pivotal role in the early development of New Zealand squash. Then he interviewed a number of squash legends from the Canterbury region, and a future player to watch out for. Joseph interviewed Megan Craig, recent winner of the national junior title and already ranked the 15th among the world’s juniors. Barry Gardiner, Sarah Cook and Rod Hayes were also interviewed. All have had very successful squash careers - Barry has twice won world masters squash titles, Sarah was once a world junior championship finalist and won three New Zealand senior titles, and Rod represented New Zealand in 1976 and 1983. Joseph did a great job: the interviews were funny, serious and informative all at the same time.

There were some notable attendees, including 1976 Olympic hockey gold medalist Selwyn Maister, and another very successful New Zealand hockey player and coach, Pat Barwick. It was also great to see Aucklander Don Cotter support the event. Don is the chairman of the New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame. He, Robin Clements and Lindsay Walton all traveled down from Auckland to attend. The Hall of Fame has also donated a further 26 copies of the history book Long or Short’ to the Canterbury Squash Foundation to raise future funds.

The event raised more than $11000 and donations were until very recently still coming in from squash clubs around the country. Those clubs and squash associations that made donations were: North Shore, Oamaru, Ohakea, SquashGym Palmerston North, Queenstown, Lugton Park, Kawaroa Park, Squash NZ, Squash Canterbury, Gore, Mercury Bay, Malvern and the World Women’s Teams Championships.

The event was also well supported by the business community both within Christchurch and further afield. The following businesses made donations to the event: Mondo Travel, Chateau on the Park, Pegasus Bay Winery, Russley Golf Club, Terrace Downs Golf Resort, Ed Post & Associates and GSA Design Palmerston North.

Thanks also to Tim McGoldrick from Harcourts for offering his expert services as auctioneer on the night.

All donations from the squash and business community are gratefully accepted, and the total raised will go a long way to helping out those clubs most affected by the earthquakes.

Canterbury have finished second overall at the South Island Junior Age Group Teams Event in Mosgiel over the weekend.  The tem consisted of many of the Squash Canterbury Development Squad players from seven clubs including Westports Max McDonald.  The tournament consisted of various age group teams of three players and Canterbury took out the Girls U17 and Girls U13 grades and performed well in the others.  Thanks to coach Jason Wilson, managers Marliesje Carrick, Roger Harris and Jenny Light and transport helper Henry Minish for their assistance.

 

Boys U17: 3^rd

Sam Lawson (Hoon Hay), Alex Minish (Hoon Hay), Kyle Sloane (Richmond)

Girls U17: 1^st

Kelsi Carrick (Hoon Hay), Sarah Schnell (Malvern), Kate Fox (Amberley)

Boys U15: 2^nd

Max McDonald (Westport), Jacob Ludemann (Malvern), Aidan Barbour-Ryan (Hoon Hay)

Girls U15: 3^rd

Ruby Beresford (Christchurch), Kayti Carrick (Hoon Hay), Laura Carlyon (Richmond)

Boys U13: 5^th

Tim Light (Amberley), Caelum Betteridge (Hoon Hay), Luke ONeill (Linwood)

Girls U13: 1^st

Shalee Harris (Hoon Hay), Fiona Fox (Amberley), Katie Light (Amberley)

 

Coach: Jason Wilson

Managers: Marliesje Carrick, Roger Harris, Jenny Light

Transport help: Henry Minish

 

Overall Positions: Otago, 1^st; Canterbury, 2^nd; Southland, 3^rd; Midlands, 4^th.

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WINTER INTERCLUB GRAND FINALS 2011

Monday 17th October- Squashways and Christchurch

Tuesday 18th October- Burnside and Football

Come along to support those teams that made it to the Finals, for information please click the link below.

 

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Results from the NZ JUnior Team Nationals Competition in Henderson, 11-13 October.

 

BOYS

Unfortunately on the eve of the boys competition, Canterbury #1 Andrew Ellis was forced to withdraw due to a shoulder injury.  This meant that the seedlings were re-done and Canterbury went from the 4th seed to the 7th seeding.  As a result their draw changed.  Luckily Canterburys Tom Grace was in Auckland for the individuals and has been drafted into the team.

Andrew Ellis (Burnside) - injured; Theo Zbijowski (Richmond); Jonty Post (Christchurch); Jackson Beresford (Christchurch); Michael McCarroll (Christchurch); Tom Grace (Squashways); Coach: Mike Allred; Manager: Mike Beresford, Liz Bersford

 

2 Pools with Crossover

Round Robin: Lost to (6) Eastern, 0/4

Round Robin: Lost to (2) Wellington, 0/3

Round Robin: Lost to (3) Bay of Plenty, 0/4

Round Robin: Beat (10) Northland, 4/0

Playoff for Position 7th/8th: Lost to Waikato, 0/4

Finished 8th

  

GIRLS

The newly crowned U19 champion Megan Craig headlines the team.

Megan Craig (Christchurch); Kelsi Carrick (Hoon Hay); Ruby Turnbull (Football); Emma Cormack (Football); Ruby Beresford (Christchurch); Coach: Mike Allred, Manager: Mary Turnbull, Liz Beresford

 

2 Pools with crossover

Round Robin: Lost to (3) Wellington, 1/3

Round Robin: Lost to (2) Central, 1/3

Round Robin: Lost to (7) Northland, 1/3

Finished 7th

Megan Craig has continued her dominance of the junior scene taking out the NZ National Junior U19 title without dropping a set.  Theo Zbijowski had a great showing in the boys U17 grade making the final after beating A grader James Cooper in the semis, but was defeated by the number one seed Zac Millar in the final.  Ruby Turnbull and Emma Cormack also performed well finishing third and fourth respectively in the girls U13 grade.  Interestingly all of the number one seeded players won their respective grades.

 

Megan Craig, the 18-year-old from Marlborough/Canterbury who is the number 15 ranked junior in the world and just outside the top 120 in professional senior rankings had a relatively straight forward victory in her final as she put away Manawatus Danielle Fourie, a world junior team mate in straight games. Fourie has a junior ranking of 29. Earlier Craig defeated Waikatos Jorja Tarrant in the semifinal also in straight games.

 

The teams event kicks off today with the boys seeded 4th and the girls seeded 6th.  The boys will be playing without number one Andrew Ellis who had to withdraw due to injury.

2011 NZ National Junior Squash Championship, Henderson Squash Centre, Auckland.

U19 Men Semifinals:
Lance Beddoes(Auckland) bt Todd Redman(Hawkes Bay) 11-2 11-4 11-5, Jonathan Barnett(Wellington) bt Michael Sunderland(Auckland) 11-8 11-3 11-9.
Final:
Beddoes bt Barnett 11-7 9-11 11-5 11-5
U19 Womens Semifinals:
Megan Craig(Marlborough) bt Jorja Tarrant(Waikato) 11-5 11-6 11-5,
Danielle Fourie(Manawatu) bt Rebecca Barnett(Wellington) 14-12 11-3 11-7.
Final:
Craig bt Fourie 11-8 11-7 11-6

There were no surprises in the other Junior Nationals results with the top seed in each age group winning the final.

FINAL RESULTS
U19B: Lance Beddoes beat Jonathan Barnett 3/1
U19G: Megan Craig beat Danielle Fourie 3/0
U17B: Zac Millar beat Theo Zbijowski 3/1
17G: Hayley Hughes beat Courtney Bragg 3/2
U15B: Scott Galloway beat Sam Sayes 3/0
U15G: Ellie Epke beat Abbie Palmer 3/1
U13B: Finn Trimble beat Quinn Udy 3/2
U13G: Anna Hughes beat Pare Kutia 3/0
U11B: William Donnelly beat Ronan Thornton 3/0
U11G: Kaitlyn Watts beat Anika Jackson 3/0

CANTERBURY TEAM RESULTS:

 

Megan Craig (Christchurch), seeded 1^st in U19 - won the U19s without dropping a set.

Andrew Ellis (Burnside), seeded 9^th in U19 - withdrew from the 2nd round after injury, will not take part in teams event.

Jonty Post (Christchurch), seeded 16^th in U19 - 3rd in special plate.

Michael McCarroll (Christchurch), seeded 29^th in U19 - consoltaion plate 1st round finisher.

Theo Zbijowski (Richmond), seeded 3^rd in U17 - was runner-up after defeating A grader James Cooper in the semis

Jackson Beresford (Christchurch), seeded 5^th in U17 - won the classic plate.

Kelsi Carrick (Hoon Hay), seeded 9^th in U17 - runner-up consolation plate.

Ruby Beresford (Christchurch), seeded 11^th in U15 - 3rd place in the plate.

Ruby Turnbull (Football), seeded 2^nd in U13 - 3rd place

Emma Cormack (Football), seeded 4^th in U13 - 4th place

 

hendersonsquash.wordpress.com/tournaments/nz-national-juniors/

Megan Craig (U19) and Theo Zbijowski (U17) have qualified for their age group finals at the NZ Junior Nationals at 4.20pm today at Henderson Squash Club.  Best wishes to both!  Full results by tomorrow.

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The Canterbury Masters team has finished fourth at the NZ Masters Teams Event in Nelson today to conclude a very tight competition.  Canterbury recorded wins over Waikato 8-2 and Wellington 7-3, but had losses over Bay of Plenty 8-2 yesterday and Auckland this morning 6-4.  This left them tied with Auckland for third place on two wins.  Bay of Plenty and Wellington had three wins a piece and the final placings came down to a tiebreaker.  Team member Ed Post noted much to their delight the Canterbury team won the popular skits competition.

Thanks to Masters Convenor Wayne Seebeck for sending through the resutls.

 

Canterbury beat Waikato, 8-2

Erin Dippie lost to Nadine Cull, 1-3

Karen Walton beat Teresa Simons, 3-2

Sue Wasley beat Liz Hamilton, 3-1

Ann Harliwich lost to Kay Newman, 0-3

Freda Walker beat Diane Moss, 3-0

Greg Johnston beat Stephen OToole, 3-1

Clark Ellery beat Jeff Herbert, 3-0
Scott Gardiner beat Paul Kennett, 3-0

Ed Post beat Gordon McGregor, 3-0

Laurie Skurr beat Murry Frith, 3-0

 

Canterbury beat Wellington, 7-3

Ann Harliwich beat Chris Castle, 3-0

Freda Walker beat Sue Netto, 3-0

Erin Dippie lost to Mickayla Kerr, 0-3

Sue Wasley beat Rhonda Christianson, 3-0

Karen Walton beat Gerry Brooking, 3-1

Laurie Skurr beat John Wilcox, 3-1

Greg Johnston lost to Corey Love, 1-3

Scott Gardiner beat Nick Wiffem, 3-2

Grant Craig lost to Stu Davenport, 2-3

Ed Post beat Rob Walker, 3-0

 

Cantebrury lost to Bay of Plenty, 2-8

Karen Walton lost to Cheryl Te Kani-McQueen, 1-3

Freda Walter lost to Michael Galloway, 1-3

Erin Dippie lost to Kathryn McKay, 1-3

Ann Harliwich lost to Annette Hahipene, 0-3

Sue Wasley lost to Vicki Beker, 0-3

Wayne Seebeck beat Ash Brownrigg, 3-0

Scott Gardiner lost to Paul Bedford, 0-3

Clark Ellery beat Jonathan Leach, 3-0

Grant Craig lost to Danny McQueen, 1-3

Ed Post lost to Brent Sherman, 1-3

 

Canterbury lost to Auckland, 4-6

Freda Walker beat Francy Stephenson, 3-0

Erin Dippie lost to Lisa Cowlard, 0-3

Sue Wasley lost to Heather Saies, 1-3

Pam Geard beat Wani Hoyte, 3-0

Karen Walton lost to Mandy Kennedy, 0-3

Clark Ellery lost to Gary Duberly, 0-3

Ed Post lost to Mark Waldin, 2-3

Scott Gardiner beat Richard Van Rynbach, 3-0

Greg Johnston beat John Cheeseman, 3-2

Wayne Seebeck lost to Kevin Smuts, 0-3

The Junior NZ Nationals get underway on Saturday at the Henderson Squash Club, with Canterbury sending a full contingent of 10 junior players.  The individuals event will be played from Saturday to Monday, followed by the teams event from Tuesday to Thursday.  The sides have a new look about them with seven first-year players included.  The girls team is headed by NZ Junior #1 Megan Craig who is also the #1 seed for the U19 grade.  The other Canterbury girls are all new to the Teams event, but have high seedings in their age groups and definitely are players to watch for in the future.  Andrew Ellis leads the boys team along with the other returning player Jonty Post.  The other three players have all improved their points markedly this year.  Mike Allred coaches both sides while Mike Beresford and Mary Turnbull handle the management duties along with other parents due to the unavailability of Lynda Fahey whose mother passed away last week.  Our thoughts are with Lynda and her family.

 

CANTERBURY BOYS TEAM

Andrew Ellis (Burnside), seeded 9^th in U19

Theo Zbijowski (Richmond), seeded 3^rd in U17

Jonty Post (Christchurch), seeded 16^th in U19

Jackson Beresford (Christchurch), seeded 5^th in U17

Michael McCarroll (Christchurch), seeded 29^th in U19

Coach: Mike Allred

Manager: Mike Beresford

 

TEAMS EVENT

Seeded 4 of 10

Draw (2 pools): Tue 9am vs (9) Otago; Tue 3pm vs (5) Central; Wed 6pm vs (8) Waikato; Thu 8am vs (1) Auckland; Thu 2pm, Playoff for placing with other pool

 

CANTERBURY GIRLS TEAM

Megan Craig (Christchurch), seeded 1^st in U19

Kelsi Carrick (Hoon Hay), seeded 9^th in U17

Ruby Turnbull (Football), seeded 2^nd in U13

Emma Cormack (Football), seeded 4^th in U13

Ruby Beresford (Christchurch), seeded 11^th in U15

Coach: Mike Allred

Manager: Mary Turnbull

 

TEAMS EVENT

Seeded 6 of 7

Draw (2 pools): Tue 12pm vs (3) Wellington; Wed 9am vs (2) Central; Wed 3pm (7) Northland; Thu 11am, Playoff for placing with other pool

Canterbury Squash Legend Barry Gardiner has continued his success by taking out the 75+ age group title at the NZ Masters Individuals Event in Nelson at the weekend.  Canterbury also captured four runner-ups placings with Scott Gardiner, 40+, Karen Walton 50+, Wayne Seebeck, 55+, and Tom Hannon, 75+, all performing admirably.  Scott Gardiner had a thrilling five-setter against Palmerston Norths Rod Bannister in the final.  In addition five others featured in the top four of their age group with Grant Craig defeating Stu Davenport for third place in the 45+ mens grade, along with Phil Tough third, 55+, Freda Walker third, 55+, Ann Harliwich fourth, 50+, Judy Smith fourth, 55+.

 

CANTERBURY TEAMS EVENT

The Teams events concludes tomorrow with the combined Canterbury team having recorded two wins over Waikato, 8-2, and Wellington, 7-3.  Their remaining games are against the top seeded Bay of Plenty side and Auckland.  The format is a round robin with five teams.  Canterbury has a very strong tradition of success and was runner-up last year to Bay of Plenty.

By Wayne Seebeck in Nelson

The roof of the Nelson squash club was raised off its foundations when NZ defeated Australia  in the trans tasman series  for the first time since 2000.  In fact it was only the fourth time that NZ has won since the competition began in 1984.

With NZ winning the first test 9/3 Australia was on the back foot in the second test played last night at the Nelson squash rackets club.  The galleries were filled to watch the first match NZ Kathryn McKay 45+ put NZ on a winning streak by repeating her win over Sue Williams of Australia, while on court 2 the first match was the mens 60+ with Tony Naughton repeating his sucess beating Michael Mcdonald 3/0. 

 35+ Corey Love NZ was dominant again to defeat Australia"s Troy Northey 3/0, once again showing the perfect range of drops and boasts.  Again it was NZ on top in the 50 + women with Kaye Newman  repeating her success in the 50 + women. 

 Australias first win of the evening was in the 40+ women with Sonia Pinter getting her revenge over Lisa Cowlard Nz  3/1 .

NZ Gary Duberly in the 45+ beat Dale Robbins 3/2 a very long closely fought match , just taking it out 3/2 in the end..

At this stage  New Zealand looking strong with 5 matches to Australia`s one.  Now Australia edged back in the 60+ women reversing last night result with Kathy paterson defeating Francy Stevenson 3/2 in  a hard fought match with every point fiercely contested.

NZ now 5 Aust 2.  Then came a classic battle in the 50+ with NZ Mark Waldin finally after a long hard fought battle with  Waldin having match point in the 4th set McClarty made a strong come back to level the score at two all.  In the 5th game the spectators were thrilled with the see saw back and forth when finally Waldin took the match 3/2.   NZ 6 Aus /2 .

NZ now only needed to win one more match to win the series.  Scott Gardiner of NZ 40+ could not manage to repeat his win of the previous night over Warren Millar of Australia.  Now NZ 6 Australia  3

Freda Walker 55+ wasn’t able to overcome Anne Richards Australia who  played superbly to win 3/1. NZ 6 Australia 4 

Next on court is Mickayla Kerr 35+who was impressive in repeating her last nights win over Michelle May 3/0 

 NZ Needed one more win to clinch the series. Mickayla`s win sealed the  win for NewZealand.

At this stage the result is clear.  Nz have over come the mighty green and gold,  The final match of the night was the 55+ men with Kevin Smuts NZ winning 3/0.   The final result of the night was 8/4.  New Zealand Test series winners 2/0.

After a sterling start with a warm welcome from the Nelson Mayor Aldo Miccio where he declared this day a Aussy Hug day, and hugs were exchanged, and the national anthem was beautifully sang buy Local girl Dominique Donaghy , the games began in earnest.

After a many years of competition, New Zealand are finally in front after the first round by 8 to 4.  The night began with a resounding lost, with Freda Walker going down to a inform Anne Richard 3/0 from Australia, and Australian Malcolm McClaity beating NZ Mark Waldrin 3/2.  However the tables were to turn with the  2 stars of the night were Corey Love and Mickayla Kerr from Wellington repesenting the NZ 35 age group have resounding wins that gave the New Zealand team a much needed boost. 

Cory Love played Troy Northey from Australia and after winning a very even first set the supremley confident Kiwi showed he was a class above his opponent when he turned on a string of beautifully drifting boasts and deftly placed drop shots to leave his opponent bemused and stranded, taking the last 2 sets confortably. Ex Marlborough Player MicKayla Kerr kept the home crowd entertained when defeating Michell May 3/2 making the most of what appeared to be a nervous start from May.  However May recovered to take 2 games and then a huge batttle in the 3rd with Kerr going down 14/16.  But Kerr upped the pressure and took the next two games.

Lisa Cowlard NZ won 3/0 and kept her Aussie opponent Sonia Pinter under pressure the whole match.

Outstanding Australian players were Anne Richards who totally donaminated Walker taking out the game 3/0 and 45+ age group Dale Robbins showed calm, experience and control to overcome highly ranked NZer Gary Duberly 3/1.  Duberly was on fire initally, taking the first game with some wonderful boasts.  Robbins slowly took contol in the second and with great anticipation never loooked back. NZer Kay Newman ousted Mandy Hamilton 3/0 . Firing on all cylinders, hitting the ball at pace and took the first game comfortably, 15/5. Hamilton took the rally lead in the 2nd game but Newman came back from 5-9 down to win 15/11.  Newman dominated the back hand and made few errors close battle in the 3rd with Newman being the victor.

Final results of the first round were New Zealand 9 Austalia 3.  A new day tomorrow will see the Australian out to turn the tables.  Games begin 5.30 pm at the Nelson courts.  Public are welcome to come and support their teams.

Please click below for the Winter Interclub 2011 Grand Final Poster.

 

Monday 17th October: Squashways, Christchurch

Tuesday 18th October: Burnside, Football

 

Grand Finals Poster

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Don Cotter (NZS Hall of Fame Chairman) has announced the following four squash identities as the 2011 inductees into the Hall of Fame.

 

Norm Coe
The left-handed Norm Coe was one of New Zealand’s leading squash players through the 1950s and early 1960s. He was runner-up in the New Zealand championship in three consecutive years, 1955-57. However, his biggest contribution to squash was as a coach. Not only did he coach any number of leading players, ranging from Neven Barbour and Trevor Colyer to Joanne Williams and Philippa Beams, but he coached the New Zealand men’s team in four world championships through the 1970s and in the following decade played nearly as big a role coaching national women’s teams.

Ann Stephens
For 15 years Ann Stephens (nee Mackenzie) was the leading New Zealand women’s player. Playing an athletic, robust game she won five New Zealand titles in from 1956-63 and represented New Zealand from 1960-68. She was part of Mitchell Cup-winning teams with Oamaru and Hamilton. Her record would have been even more impressive but for the fact that she divided her time between squash and badminton, at which she was also a New Zealand champion. In 1957 she played in both sports’ national championships on the same weekend.

Pam Davis
One of New Zealand’s most accomplished women’s players, she won a national junior title and then, as Pam Buckingham and later Pam Guy won five national senior titles and a New Zealand Open crown. She represented New Zealand with distinction from 1968-79. The 1970s was a time of strength for New Zealand women’s squash, but no-one rose as high in that era as Pam. Her trademarks were her fitness, strength and power and she had a fiercely competitive temperament that helped her to win many close matches.

Paul Steel
Hailing from Whakatane, Steel was an only reasonable junior who blossomed once he reached the senior ranks. Physically imposing on the court, he prepared thoroughly, kept himself superbly fit and cut his errors to a minimum, which enabled him to pull through in several important long matches. Steel won the national title in 10 successive years, from 1992-2001, a feat unprecedented among men. He represented New Zealand with pride from 1991-2002 and attained a world ranking as high as No 15.

The induction dinner will take place at Remuera Rackets on Friday November 25th at 7.00pm.
For tickets please contact Don on 09 365 2147 or 021 850 045.

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Please find attached information and application from the Squash Canterbury Development Fund that has been developed this year.  Please circulate to your menetworks.  If you have any questions please contact the Squash Canterbury office.

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Please find above the Playoff Format for each division for your information.  Despite the quakes and snow we have been able to the maintain similar semi final formats for most of the grades.  Thanks for your co-operation of going later than usual in these extenuating circumstances.

 

This year finals are being held on the nights that you play interclub on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 October.  This was recommended at a Presidents meeting last year, so we are delighted to make this change from the usual weekend timeframe where some players were unavailable.   Four clubs are hosting games over the two nights (two venues night) see the draw as games have been scheduled already.  These clubs were chosen because they can host four courts and a final nights atmosphere can be created.  Fixtures were chosen at random and all finals are considered neutral games. A poster for the finals days will be circulated soon.

 

Semi finals will be held at the home of higher ranked team where possible some round robin have already been allocated at courts for the semi weeks, so this may not always be possible unfortunately.

 

If your team is unable to field a team due to players being away for Canterbury representative playing duties, Squash Canterbury encourages both teams to discuss an alternate date to be played the week that the semi final is scheduled at a suitable venue organised by the teams. We trust teams will be co-operative with this.

 

Best wishes for the last few weeks of your round robin games.

 

If you have any questions, please dont hesitate to contact karen@squashcanterbury.co.nz

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The Squash Canterbury Junior Teams is organizing a Fund-Raiser trivia night to help pay for their playing and dress gear.  This is being held on Sunday 2nd October 7 - 9.30pm at Robbies Elmwood, $15 per ticket. Get your friends, family or inter club team together and form a team.

 

For more details contact Paul Growcott on 3482266 or paul@squashways.co.nz

By Paul Growcott, Squashways

After the February earthquake in Christchurch, the Tawa Squash Club got together and thought they needed to do something to support the squash players in Christchurch region. They decided that a trivia night dressed in red and black would be the only way to go. The night was a great success raising $1000, which the club wanted to use to sponsor a tournament in Christchurch. Squashways decided to hold an open tournament last weekend in conjunction with the Canterbury Squash Foundation dinner hosted Joseph Romanos at the Chateau on the Park which was also fundraiser for Squash clubs affected by the earthquakes.

 

Steve Baker Tawa Squash President who attended both events said he was proud of the Tawa squash club for their achievements raising the money especially after touring around the city seeing all the devastation.

 

Pictured Steve Baker presenting Paul Growcot with the Sponsorship cheque

           

Please click below to find the criteria and nomination forms for the Squash Canterbury 2011 Awards.

 

Nominations close: 13th October 2011

 

Nomination Form

Squash Canterbury Awards Night 2011

Date: Thursday 3rd November 2011

Time: Doors open 6.30pm, Presentations 7pm-9pm 

Venue: Robbies Elmwood

 

Please click here for details

 

 

 

From Ed Post, Canterbury Squash Foundation

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I have good news and bad news!

The bad news is that Stu Davenport has had to pull out for work reasons, he has had to make a hasty trip to China. This is somewhat disappointing to hear with only a few days to go! No doubt Stu had very good reasons ,otherwise he wouldnt have done it. My apologies to all of you attending.

However we still have a great line-up of local squash legends who Joseph Romanos will interview and that will be heaps of fun in itself.

The good news is that I have just successfully Skyped Joelle King on site at the Chateau on the Park , on the big screen, just to make sure the technology worked! She is in Montreal right now, and will be in New York when we interview her. And the technology did work which is great. Joelle is really looking forward to the interview, which she will be doing at 6am New York time. She said she is so jet-lagged at the moment that getting up at 6am will be like having a sleep in!

We will have an area set aside on the night to display squash memorabilia. For now we think itd best for all of you to bring your own memorabilia on the night to share. Its always good to go down memory lane , even to see old interclub results from years back. Rod Hayes has a few of those Im sure he would rather not remember! So bring along anything of interest, and Ill make sure we get photos!

Also there are some great auction items that weve lined up.

See you all on the night!

NZ Junior and Canterbury/Blenheim product Megan Craig had an outstanding weekend at the North Coast Open at Coff’s Harbour in Australia. Seeded 13th, Craig battled through to the final and narrowly lost 2-3 to Hong Kong’s Liu Tsz-Ling (6/11 7/11 11/9 11/4 7/11, 42mins) after beating Hong Kong’s Carmen Lee 3-2 in the semi-final, beating top seed Melody Francis (Australia) in the quarter-finals, defeating Australia’s Maggy Marshall in a very fast Round 2 match (21 mins) and knocking off Moana Gray (AUS) in an equally fast Round 1 match (11/3 11/7 11/8, 22min).

From Ed Post - Canterbury Squash Foundation

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Our earthquake fundraiser is on this coming weekend, on the 10^th September.  So last chance this week to get your ticket.  For those of you already coming, and if you dont yet have a ticket , youll need to get one from one of the trustees , either me, Lawrence Skurr, David Hawes, Murray Withers or Doug Lawrie before Saturday, and you will need to have paid by then as well.

 

In addition to those interviews with our local squash legends, Joseph Romanos will also interview Stu Davenport , ex World No 3 , and all going well with the technology on the night , we hope to interview Joelle King , live from New York at the very end of the dinner. Joelle will be in New York preparing for the USA Squash Open.

 

So it will be a fun night, and Im sure there will be a few good stories told, and as well we will all feel good knowing that by attending we will be helping out those squash clubs damaged in the earthquakes.

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Thank you for being so patient during our journey from the Red Zone and thank you to all who have continued to support us throughout.  Our staff look forward to seeing you here!  So get on down to find something for your summer sports needs!

 

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The Canterbury Masters team has been named for the NZ Masters Individuals and Teams Event at the Nelson Squash Club at the end of September.  The event is in conjunction with the Biennial Trans Tasman Test Series for the Vic Belsham Trophy, which features two Canterbury squad members Scott Gardiner and Freda Walker.  Convenor Wayne Seebeck has picked a strong team with a lot of familiar names from previous years included.  Greg Johnston and Erin Dippie make their debuts at Masters level.  Best wishes on behalf of Squash Canterbury for this always highly competitive team.

 

Canterbury Masters Team 2011

MEN: 35-39: Greg Johnston, Linwood, A2; 40-44: Scott Gardiner, Burnside, A1; 45-49: Clark Ellery, Greymouth, A2; 45-49: Grant Craig, Squashways/Blenheim, A2; 50-54: Ed Post, Christchurch, B1; 55+, Lawrence Skurr, Christchurch B1; Reserve: Wayne Seebeck, Christchurch, B2.

WOMEN: 35-39: Erin Dippie, Greymouth, B1; 40-44: Sue Wasley, Burnside B1; 45-49: Karen Walton, Christchurch, B1; 50-54: Ann Harliwich, Mount Pleasant, B1; 55+: Freda Walker, Christchurch, Football, B1; Reserve: Pam Geard, Hoon Hay, B1.

Manager: Wayne Seebeck

 

New Zealand has finished 23rd at the squash world teams championships at Paderborn, Germany. The Kiwi team of Martin Knight, Campbell Grayson, Evan Williams and Paul Coll were the 15th seeds but a tough Pool with eventual champions, Egypt and an upset against Hong Kong and other nations saw them play off against Argentina for 23rd position out of 32 teams.  New Zealand No1 Martin Knight easily defeated Gonzalo Miranda in 35 minutes while Wellington’s Evan Williams had to fight hard for a while to overcome Roberto Pezzota in five games in 49 minutes.   As a result of the overall contest being decided the final match featuring Campbell Grayson was not played.   Earlier in play off matches New Zealand had fallen to 12th seeds Pakistan 2-0, although Campbell Grayson had a tough five game match eventually losing in 59 minutes 13-15 in the fifth.

Pakistan 2 New Zealand 0
Yasir Butt bt Campbell Grayson 10-12 3-11 11-9 11-6 15-13
Amir Atlas bt Martin Knight 11-4 12-10 11-2.

New Zealand 2 Argentina 0
Martin Knight bt Gonzalo Miranda 11-3, 11-9, 11-9 (35m)
Evan Williams bt Roberto Pezzota 11-7, 3-11, 4-11, 11-6, 11-5 (49m)
Campbell Grayson v Hernan D’Arcangelo (Match not contested)

 

In the pool play offs New Zealand has gone down to Switzerland 2/1.

Martin Knight v Nicolas Muller 2/11 5/11 2/11
Campbell Grayson v Reiko Peter 11/5 11/7 11/6
Evan Williams v John Williams 5/11 6/11 3/11.

The Christchurch Football Ladies and Hoon Hay Men have taken out the titles at the Canterbury Districts Super Champs Elimintations at the Christchurch Squash Club over the weekend.  The teams will compete at the National FInals in Timaru 14-17 September.  Special thanks to Dave Barron and the rest of the Christchurch Squash Club for the use of the courts. 

Men:

Rnd 1: Hoon Hay bt Football 1, 3-2; Christchurch bt Football 2, 3-2;

Rnd 2: Football 1 bt Christchurch, 3-2; Hoon Hay bt Football 2, 5-0;

Rnd 3: Football 1 bt Football 2, 3-1; Hoon Hay bt Christchurch, 4-1;

Final Placings: Hoon Hay 1st, Football 1 2nd, Christchurch 3rd, Football 2 4th

Ladies:

Rnd 1: Football bt Christchurch, 3-2

Final Placings: Football 1st, Christchurch 2nd

New Zealand has beaten Korea 3/0 in the 17/32 play off pool at the World Team Championships in Germany.  In the lower play-off ties, New Zealand rediscovered their winning ways by beating Korea 3/0. But the experienced Kiwis, seeded 15, were fully stretched by the fledgling nation making only their second appearance in the event.  New Zealander Martin Knight, ranked 48 in the world, twice had to recover from fight backs from Seung Taek Lee before beating the unranked Korean 11-4, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-0.  "We knew we were going to be tested - all three players were good, even though we didn’t know much about them," said Paul Hornsby, the new NZ national coach. "Their racket skills were good and they moved well - we had to play tidy squash to beat them."

[15] NEW ZEALAND bt [25/32] KOREA 3/0
Paul Coll bt Se Hyun Lee 13-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5 (65m)
Martin Knight bt Seung Taek Lee 11-4, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-0 (53m)
Campbell Grayson bt Seung-Jun Lee 11-5, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8 (40m)

New Zealand has missed out on the top 16 playoffs at the squash World Teams Championships at Paderborn, Germany after falling to defending champs and second seeds Egypt in final round robin play. Egypt used a team featuring the world No3, No9 and No13 ranked players and were able to dominate the Kiwi team winning 3-0. However 19-year-old Paul Coll from the West Coast now has the experience of playing an opponent of the calibre of No13 Hisham Mohd Ashour. The Egyptian beat Coll 11-9 115 11-4 in 25 minutes, while Wellington’s Evan Williams was defeated in straight games by Mohamed El Shorbagy the ninth ranked player in straight games.  Kiwi No1 Martin Knight ranked at 46 in the world lost to No3 ranked Karim Darwish 11-4 12-10 11-5 in 37 minutes.  As a result of Hong Kong beating Sweden in the same pool as the New Zealand team the Kiwis miss out on the top 16 playoffs and will now face South Korea for positions 17-32.

 

Egypt 3 New Zealand 0

Mohamed El Shorbagy bt Evan Williams 11-3 11-8 11-5,

Hisham Mohd Ashour bt Paul Coll 11-9 11-5 11-4,

Karim Darwish bt Martin Knight 11-4 12-10 11-5

 

New Zealand has won its second match at the mens squash World Team Championships in Paderborn, Germany.  The 15^th seeded Kiwis team accounted for Sweden 3-0 early this morning.  In the first game Kiwi No1 and Commonwealth Games silver medallist Martin Knight defeated Christian Drakenberg in four games in 66 minutes to give the New Zealand team a winning start. Campbell Grayson then won in straight games against Sebastian Viktor while Greymouth/Canterbury Paul Coll made his debut with a straight game 31 minute victory over Tsz Fung Yip. On day one New Zealand lost to Hong Kong 0-3 and will now play defending champions and second seed Egypt. To make the top 16 they need to cause a massive upset over Egypt or hope that Sweden beat Hong Kong.

 

Martin Knight bt Christian Drakenberg 15-13 6-11 11-8 11-8,

Campbell Grayson bt Sebastian Viktor 11-8 11-4 11-3,

Paul Coll bt Tsz Fung Yip 11-9 11-6 11-8.

 

New Zealand have had a tough start to the squash World Team Championships in Paderborn, Germany.  The 15^th seeded Kiwis have been beaten 0-3 by 18^th seeds Hong Kong in their first contest of the tournament early this morning.  In the first game Kiwi No2 Campbell Grayson was defeated in five tough sets by Dick Lau, while Commonwealth Games silver medallist, Martin Knight was beaten in four games by Max Lee in the top singles.  In the dead third match Evan Williams from Wellington made his debut with a straight game loss to Leo Au.  The Kiwis now take on Sweden early on Tuesday morning (NZ time) in a must win contest if there is any chance to progress to the top 16. The other nation in Pool B is defending champions and seconds seeds Egypt.

 

New Zealand v Hong Kong scores:

Campbell Grayson lt Dick Lau 7-11 11-4 7-11 7-11 11-7 7-11,

Martin Knight lt Max Lee 6-11 11-7 6-11 7-11,

Evan Williams lt Leo Au 10-12 5-11 7-11.

 

The Canterbury U19 Junior Teams for the NZ Junior Nationals in Auckland in October have been announced.  Congratulations to all on their selection.

 

Boys: Jackson Beresford, Andrew Ellis, Michael McCarroll, Jonty Post, Theo Zbijowski

 

Girls: Ruby Beresford, Kelsi Carrick, Megan Craig, Emma Cormack, Ruby Turnbull

 

Managers: Lynda Fahey & Mike Beresford

Coach: Mike Allred

 

Results of the Canterbury Junior Age Groups held at Squashways over  18-20. Thanks to Lynda Fahey and Paul Growcott for organizing and running the event.

 

 

Boys Under 19                                      Girls Under 17

1^st                  Chris van der Salm                                Claire Cumming

2^nd                 Andrew Ellis                                          Kelsi Carrick

3^rd                 Jonty Post                                            Kate Fox

           

            Boys Under 17                                      Girls Under 15

1^st                  Theo Zbijowski                                      Ellish Cummack

2^nd                 Chris Williams                                       Kayti Carrick

3^rd                 Jackson Beresford                                Ruby Rose OBrien                               

 

            Boys Under 15                                      Girls Under 13

1^st                  Lucas Wilson-Taopua                           Ruby Turnbull

2^nd                 Sam Doyle                                            Ruby Beresford

3^rd                 Jacob Ludemann                                   Emma Cormack

 

            Boys Under 13                                      Girls Under 11

1^st                  Temwa Chileshe                                    Lily Bray

2^nd                 Lwamba Chileshe                                  Emma Pennells

3^rd                 Brendon Van Der Merwe                        Katie Light

New Zealand has been grouped with second seeds and defending champs, Egypt in the upcoming men’s world squash teams championships in Paderborn, Germany.  Also in Pool B is Hong Kong and Sweden. New Zealand is the 15th seed out of the 32 nations competing and has a team comprising of Martin Knight who is ranked 46th in the world followed by Campbell Grayson at 57th, Wellington’s Evan Williams and Canterbury/Greymouth’s Paul Coll who was a member of the New Zealand team at the world junior championships last year. Egypt are led by current world No 2 Ramy Ashour.  The tournament runs from Sunday 21 Saturday 27 August. New Zealand has been runner-up on three occasions; 1977, 1985 and 1987.

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After delays due to the earthquake Squash Canterbury is proud to announce a 4-event Junior D Grade & Below Series for those aged 19 and under.  The fourth tournament is at Squashways on 2-3 September.  Note the pricing policy for entry fees of only $5.  Our Junior Development Officer Tim McVie is the series coordinator.

Entries Close August 25.

 

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CHRISTCHURCH SQUASH MASTERS TOURNAMENT (R30)

Thursday-Saturday 22-24 September

Open to all masters players 30 and above

Aiming for 100 players

Viewer discretion advised!

Entries online www.squashcanterbury.co.nz/tournaments.asp

Tournament Controller Greg Atkins: 0272399711 or gregatkins@xtra.co.nz

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Christchurch Boys’ High School continued to dominate New Zealand Secondary Schools Squash by winning the National title for the third time in a row which was held over the weekend in Auckland. Recent Old Boys Paul Coll and Liam Kennedy were there to cheer the team home to a 3-2 victory over Tauranga Boys High School in the final. Coach John Brown said all the hard work that had been put in prior to the event had paid off especially in the final. For Andrew Ellis and Jacob Turnbull it has been three successful National titles. It is also the end of a twenty year era for Gavin Bird teacher in charge of squash at the School, winning three National titles in a row is a great way to finish. Squash Canterbury would like to thank him for all his efforts. The B team must also be congratulated for finishing a creditable eighth out of the 36 teams. Once again Lynda Fahey skills were to the fore in support and help for both teams. Andrew Ellis and Chris van der Salm were selected for the New Zealand Tournament team.

 

CBHS A Team


CBHS B Team

Please be advised that due to the heavy snow and extreme conditions Interclub for August 15/16 has been postponed.  We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank you for your parience with the earthquakes and now second snow delay.  Teams have noted their reluctance to travel late at night following interclub and this decision has been made in the best interests of safety for all.

All games will be tacked onto the end of the round robin.  The August 22/23 games will be played as they are currently on the draw.  The new draws will be completed by the end of the week.  Please check the usual Squash IT platform to see the draws.

 

The offices at Squash HQ is closed until further notice.  To contact Piet please call him on 0275337348.

Results from the Christchurch Football C Grade Tournament held over the weekend with around 50 entrants.

Mens A: 1^st: Michael Wilson JNR; 2^nd: Glen Wicksteed; 3^rd: Chris McCarroll

Mens B: 1^st Sam Lawson; 2^nd: Paul Wotton; 3^rd: Joe Williams

Mens C: 1^st: Alex Minish; 2^nd: Steve Scobie; 3^rd: Rino Adair

Womens A: 1^st: Bridgette Martin; 2^nd: Wendy Dawson; 3^rd: Jody Taylor

The Greymouth Open was held over the weekend with an impressive 68 entries.  Gerymouths own and recently named NZ senior representative Paul Coll won the mens title over Greymouths Clark Ellery.  Erin Dippie continued her great form defeating Shayle Higginson of Richmond in the final of the womens open.  Congratulations to Keith Barrow and the rest of his volunteers for putting on an always fun event. 

 

RESULTS:

Mens Open: Paul Coll (Greymouth/NZ) beat Clark Ellery (Greymouth) 3-0; Jimmy Campbell (Greymouth) 3rd

Womens Open: Erin Dippie (Greymouth) beat Shayle Higginson (Richmond) 3-0; Leigh Rodd 3rd

Mens Div 1: Ben Coll (Greymouth) beat Josh Hughes (Greymouth) 3-2; Barry Gardiner (Burnside) 3rd 

Womens Div 1: Amiee McHardy (Nelson) beat Linda Connors (Greymouth) 3-1;

Mens Div 2: Max McDonald (Westport) beat Phillip Barrow (Rangiora) 3-0; Al Hungerford 3rd

Please CLICK HERE to see the Tournament Poster with all entry information.

Christchurch Boys’ High School embark this week for Auckland to attempt a three-peat of titles at the NZ Secondary Schools Championships.  Canterbury senior representative Andrew Ellis heads the #1 seeded A team, while the CBHS B team is seeded #8.  The teams are slated to meet in the quarter finals stage all things going well.  Best wishes to both teams on behalf of Squash Canterbury.

PROMOTIONAL POSTER

 

From Ed Post, Canterbury Squash Foundation

After all the turmoil weve had this year, its time to have some fun, and in doing that, help those squash clubs most affected by the earthquakes.  The Canterbury Squash Foundation is pleased to announce that the Joseph Romanos evening is now on the 10^th September ( exactly nine months after we first proposed this on 10^th December last year! ). The promotional poster is attached. We look forward to as many squashies as possible , currently playing or not , attending this event.

 

Joseph will be the Master of Ceremonies for the night , and will interview a number of ex top international and national squash players featured in his book   Long or Short ? The story of New Zealand Squash .

 

The main attraction will feature an interview with ex World No 3, Stu Davenport, and of course there will be some local personalities interviewed on the night.  Joseph is an author of 40 books on sport, and is a great interviewer of sports people. Joseph always gets the most out of the people he interviews, he will be sure to make it a great fun night!

 

So lets get together on the 10^th September, have some fun, tell a few old squash stories, and help get those squash clubs worst affected by the earthquakes back up and running.

 

I would appreciate it if Club Presidents can forward this email on to their members, it would be great if each club can at least commit to getting 1 table of ten together for the night.  Details on how to get your ticket is on the poster.

 

Look forward to seeing you all there!

 

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Sunday 18th September 2011

Registrations close 15th September

All enquires to:

Mike Allred

02102303868 or mike@squashcanterbury.co.nz

 

ANDERSON AND HILL SQUASH TOURNAMENT

Christchurch Squash Club
26-27 August 2011

8 Draw,1 Game Friday ,2 Games Saturday

Food Supplied after last game

All Blacks vs Aust 9.30 on BIG SCREEN

Entry Fee $15.00

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Two prominent Canterbury players feature in the 12-strong New Zealand Masters Team to play Australia in the Biennial Trans Tasman Test Series for the Vic Belsham Trophy in September.  Current Canterbury Open Champion Burnside #1 Scott Gardiner will compete in the 40+ age group, and is joined Christchurch Football Squash Club representative Freda Walker in the 55+ division.  The Test Series will be held in Nelson on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 September, prior to and in conjunction with the NZ Masters Individuals and Teams Event.  Canterburys Wayne Seebeck is the current NZ Masters Convenor of selectors.

 

NZ Team:

MEN: Corey Love, Wellington, 35+; Scott Gardiner, Canterbury, 40+; Gary Duberly, Auckland, 45+; Mark Waldin, Auckland, 50+; Kevin Smuts, Auckland, 55+; Steve Kardos, Bay of Plenty, 60+.

LADIES: Mickayla Kerr, Wellington, 35+; Lisa Cowlard, Auckland, 40+; Kathryn Austin, Bay of Plenty, 45+; Faye Newman, Waikato, 50+; Freda Walker, Canterbury, 55+; Francy Stevenson, Auckland, 60+.

Squashways Open Tournament

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8-10 September

Entries Close 1 September

Entry Fee $30

Limited Entries

Entries to Paul Growcott 0275317012 or info@squashways.co.nz

After two weeks of tough competition at the World Junior Women’s Squash Championships in Boston, New Zealand seeded 9th have beaten 10th seeds, Wales to take out seventh place in the teams event.  Manawatu’s Danielle Fourie beat Fiona Murphy in straight games to start the clash followed by Kiwi No1 Megan Craig (Marlborough) who dropped the second set but was ahead when her opponent retired from the match.  Wellington’s Rebecca Barnett did not play the dead’ match as the contest was already a win to New Zealand 2-0.   By finishing seventh the Kiwis end up one place ahead of their previous result from two years ago.

 

7th place play-off:
[9] NEW ZEALAND bt [10] WALES 2/0
Danielle Fourie 3-0 Fiona Murphy 18-16, 11-8, 11-6 (29m)
Megan Craig 3-1 Tesni Evans 12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 9-5 rtd (39m)
Rebecca Barnett v Hannah Davies (dead rubber match not played)

 

5/8 Semis:
[4] ENGLAND bt [9] NEW ZEALAND 2/1
Emily Whitlock 3-2 Megan Craig 12-10, 8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8 (42m)
Sophie Lemom0-3 Rebecca Barnett 3-11, 8-11, 5-11 (23m)
Victoria Temple-Murray 3-2 Danielle Fourie 8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 7-11, 11-5 (51m)

 

Blenheim/Canterbury teenager Megan Craig has led NZ into the quarter-finals of the World Junior Teams Events at Harvard University in Boston today.  In the morning tie, NZ #1 Craig won 3-1 over Alexandra Fuller in a very tight contest and helped NZ sweep South Africa 3-0.  In their final pool play match, the ninth seeded Kiwis took down the eighth seeded Canadians, 2-1.  Craig was crucial in getting NZ off to a great start winning in a gruelling five setter, 11-9 in the final set.  Team-mate Danielle Fourie lost in five, while Rebecca Barnett took the tie for NZ with a 3-1 result.  This now sets up a Quarter final against the second seeded host side from the USA tomorrow (4.30pm local time).  Prior to the tournament NZ targeted a top-eight placing, after finishing eighth at the event two years ago.

 

[9] New Zealand 3-0 South Africa
Megan Craig 3-1 Alexandra Fuller 11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 11-9 (32m)
Danielle Fourie 3-0 Lume Landman 11-6, 12-10, 11-9 (23m)
Rebecca Barnett 3-0 Elani Landman 8-11, 4-11, 8-11 (?m)

[8] Canada v [9] New Zealand
Danielle Letourneau 2-3 Megan Craig 11-5, 8-11, 7-11, 11-9, 9-11 (41m)
Hollie Naughton 3-2 Danielle Fourie 12-14, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-6 (47m)
Michelle Gemmell 1-3 Rebecca Barnett  11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9 (36m)

Full Results from Todays games:
Pool A: [1] Egypt 3-0 [8] Canada  (3-1, 3-0, 3-0 )
Pool A: [9] New Zealand 3-0 South Africa (3-1, 3-0, 3-0 )
Pool B: [2] USA 3-0 [10] Wales (3-0, 3-0, 3-0 )
Pool B: [7] Australia 2-1 Guyana (3-0, 3-2, 1-3 )

Pool C: [3] India 3-0 Ecuador (3-0, 3-0, 3-0 )
Pool C: [6] Hong Kong 2-1 [11] France (0-3, 3-0, 3-1 )
Pool D: [4] England 1-2 [5] Malaysia (3-0, 1-3, 2-3)
Pool D: [12] Germany 2-1 Netherlands (3-0, 0-3, 3-1 )

Pool A: [1] Egypt 3-0 South Africa (3-0, 3-0, 3-0 )
Pool A: [8] Canada1-2 New Zealand (2-3, 3-2, 1-3 )
Pool B: [2] USA 3-0 [7] Australia (3-0, 3-0, 3-0 )
Pool B: [10] Wales 3-0 Guyana (3-0, 3-0, 3-0)

Quarter-Finals (playing order 1,3,2) :
18.45  Egypt v Wales
14.15  Malaysia v Hong Kong
12.00  India v England
16.30  USA v New Zealand

Full Results and Live Streaming of Games:

http://www.worldsquash.org/worldjuniors2011/

New Zealand have this morning lost their first clash at the world junior women’s squash teams championship beaten 3-0 by the top seeds Egypt on day one at Harvard, Boston.  The Egyptian team has the two players who contested the individual championship final over the weekend and are expected to take the team title. New Zealand are aiming to equal, or better their eighth placing at the last world junior teams event. After the loss to Egypt the Kiwis who are ninth seeds take on South Africa who are seeded in 13-16 and then eighth seeds Canada over the next couple of days.  The New Zealand team all lost in straight games to their Egyptian counterparts. The youngest of the team, Abbie Palmer at 13-years-old was beaten by Kanzy El Defrawy 11-2 11-4 11-2. Rebecca Barnett lost to Nouran El Torky 11-7 11-6 11-5 and Kiwi No1 Megan Craig was defeated by the weekends winner of the individual world junior title and the current No18 on the world senior rankings Nour El Tayeb 11-2 11-8 11-6.

Results:
Pool A: [1] Egypt bt [9] New Zealand 3-0
Kanzy El Defrawy bt Abbie Palmer 11-2, 11-4, 11-2
Nour El Tayeb bt Megan Craig 11-2, 11-8, 11-6

Nouran El Torky bt Rebecca Barnett 11-7, 11-6, 11-5

World Junior Team Seedings & Groups.
Seedings:
1: Egypt, 2: USA, 3: India, 4: England
5: Malaysia, 6: Hong Kong, 7: Australia, 8: Canada
9: New Zealand, 10: Wales, 11: France, 12: Germany
13-16: South Africa, Netherlands, Guyana, Ecuador

Pools:
A: Egypt, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa
B: USA, Australia, Wales, Guyana
C: India, Hong Kong, France, Ecuador
D: England, Malaysia, Germany, Netherlands

 

www.worldsquash.org/worldjuniors2011/?page_id=909

Congratulations to Tim Preston and Judith Casbolt for taking out their respective open titles at the Canterbury Masters Open over the weekend at the Christchurch Squash Club.  The event attracted 60 entries and special thanks to Ed Post and his team for their superb tournament control.

 

Mens Open: Tim Preston 1st, Charlie Mayhew 2nd, Clark Ellery 3rd

Ladies Open: Judith Casbolt 1st, Erin Dippie 2nd, Karen Walton 3rd

Mens A Grade: Lawrence Skurr 1st, Wayne Seebeck 2nd, Fred Williams 3rd

Ladies A Grade: Jody Allen 1st, Diane McCoy 2nd, Liza Tonkin 3rd

Mens B Grade: Chris McCarroll 1st, John Paterson 2nd, Dave Hawes 3rd

Ladies B Grade: Jo Godfrey 1st, Toni Andrews 2nd, Marliesje Carrick 3rd

Mens C Grade: Barry Gardiner 1st, Glenn Clyne 2nd, Stu Camp 3rd

Ladies C Grade: Di Brewer 1st, Jane Briggs 2nd, Jen Sweetman 3rd

Mens D Grade: Steve O’Brien 1st, Dale Heglun 2nd, Greg Walls 3rd

Results from the SI Junior Age Groups in Timaru. Canterbury players in bold.

 

Boys U19: Jonny Barnett 1^st, Zac Miller 2^nd, Andrew Ellis 3^rd

Girls U19: Ellie Epke 1^st, Taylor Flavell 2^nd, Ella Dromgool 3^rd

Boys U17: Chris van der Salm 1^st, Theo Zbijowski 2^nd, Jackson Beresford 3^rd

Girls U17: Sophie Askin 1^st, Sophie OConnell 2^nd, Kelsi Carrick 3^rd

Boys U15: Sam Sayes 1^st, Luke Jones 2^nd, Callum Seymour 3^rd

Girls U15: Paris Dalrymple-Mortleman 1^st, Emily Fleet 2^nd, Coleen Hollows 3^rd

Boys U13: Funn Duncan 1^st, Rafa Yam 2^nd, Quinn Udy 3^rd  

Girls U13: Ruby Turnbull 1^st, Ruby Beresford 2^nd, Kiriana Andrew 3^rd

Boys U11: Temwa Chileshe 1^st, Kobe Fleming 2^nd, Fynn Duncan 3^rd

 

Please be advised that due to the continued extreme snow/ice weather conditions Interclub has been postponed for Tuesdays 26 July.  There is projected to be more icy conditions tonight which is hazardous given the late finish of the interclub competition.  We again apologise for any inconvenience caused.  Stay warm and safe everyone.

 

NOTE: This week’s games (25/26 July) will be moved to the end of the round.  This is 19/20 September for most grades, unless you are in a grade with six teams or Div 1 men, which started a week later.  All round robin games will be played before the semis in all cases.  This will push the grand finals round out to 10/11 October.  The juniors draw remains unchanged as it fits within the school term.  I am making the changes to the draw online this afternoon.

Megan Craig’s great run at the Women’s World Junior Squash Championships has come to an end. 

Craig, seeded 9/16, pulled back the third game to make it 1/2 but was unable get past her higher seeded opponent, Emily Whitlock from England, to make it into the quarter finals.

Whitlock, seeded 5/8, won 11/4, 11/6, 12/14, 11/6 in 46 minutes.

Due to the extreme snow conditions overnight, Interclub has been postponed for Monday 25 July.  The state of the roads and late finishes for Interclub means that conditions will be dangerous.  Apologies for any inconvenience.  The season will run another week later for the grades that are affected.

 

Hopefully things will improve and we can get games underway for tomorrow night.

Canterbury and Marlborough 18-year-old, Megan Craig has this morning won her latest match at the women’s junior world squash championships played at Harvard, Boston. Craig beat Maria Elena Ubina(United States) 11-6 11-5 11-1 in 20 minutes to move into the fourth round where she will play Emily Whitelock(England) for a place in the quarterfinals.

Manawatu’s Danielle Fourie wasn’t so fortunate as she was defeated in the third round by Egyptian seed Kanzy El-Dafrawy 11-3 11-6 11-4 in 30 minutes. Wellington’s Rebecca Barnett is through to the 3rd round of the plate after her 1st round loss in yesterday’s main draw. Rebecca had good win’s against Fiona Murphy (Wales) 11-7, 13-11, 12-10 and Lakshya Ragavendran (India) 11-2, 11-8, 11-2.  North Shore’s Abbie Palmer had a tough match against Elani Landman in the plate and lost 10-12, 6-11, 7-11.

 

www.worldsquash.org/worldjuniors2011/

FOOTBALL C Grade & BELOW TOURNAMENT

Thursday 4^th August to Saturday 6^th August

$5 Entry Fee

PAR Scoring to 15 in all grades (win by 2)

Prizes: Certificates, spot prizes

Entries Close Friday July 29

Email your name, code, mobile number to chchfootballsquash@gmail.com  or contact Chris McCarroll 021 847288

 

Big Screen Test Rugby - NZ vs Australia

Blackout Saturday Night Social to Support the All Blacks when the take on the Wallabies at Eden Park

 

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Canterbury squash teenager Paul Coll’s rapid rise in New Zealand squash circles continued over the weekend with the Greymouth product named to the NZ Senior Men’s Team.  Coll will join his team-mates for the World Men’s Team Championships in Paderborn, Germany at the end of August.

 

Coll is the first man from Canterbury to make the NZ team since George Crosby a decade ago.

 

Coll, 19, was excited and delighted with the selection which was announced last night at the NZ Nationals in Hamilton.  Other players named to the team include Commonwealth Games silver medallist Martin Knight, Campbell Grayson and Evan Williams.

 

Coll finished fifth in the individuals in a field full of the countries top players. 

 

He has been very active playing in a string of Australian events this year and following the national teams event concluding tomorrow, he returns across the ditch to play in three PSA tournaments before the worlds.

 

Highlights for Paul this year include reaching the semi finals at the ACT Open in Canberra and the quarters of other another Australian event. 

 

Coll attended the squash hot-bed of Christchurch Boys High School and this year is up in Auckland studying the first of two years of an Architecture Diploma at Unitec. 

 

He graduated from the junior ranks after helming NZ to a sixth placing, their best finish since 1992, at the World Junior Teams Championships last year in Ecuador last year.

Canterbury/Blenheim teenager Megan Craig continued her great form finishing fifth in the individuals at the NZ Nationals.  She defeated rivals Emma Millar and Amanda Landers-Murphy in her last two games.  Craig, 18, is heading off to Boston next later this week to head the NZ Junior womens squash team at the World Junior Championships.

TEAMS EVENT

Canterbury are seeded 4th in the mens and 5th in the ladies draws at the NZ Nationals Teams Event in Hamilton.  The girls are playing in a round robin of five teams, and the men have two pools of three teams, with a crossover match following pool play.  Unfortunately for the men, Tate Matson was a late withdrawal due to illness.  The teams event finishes Tuesday.

World squash No14 Joelle King (Waikato) was able to almost play the perfect game as she won the New Zealand nationals defending her title by defeating world No17, Jaclyn Hawkes from Auckland.   Twenty-two-year-old King beat her friend and close rival Hawkes, aged 28, with surprising ease 11-9 11-2 11-5 in the final and was a little surprised herself with the scoreline at the Hamilton Squash and Tennis Club which also celebrated its 75th anniversary.

"I thought I was going to be a lot closer. I played quite well and didn’t let her have a snap at it. It’s quite nice to beat someone that close in the world rankings in straight games said King, the doubles gold and mixed doubles silver medallist at last year’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi. "I’ve been home for the past two months and it’s quite nice to see the things I’ve been working on put into match play and come off," said King who now plays strong tournaments in Malaysia and Singapore and is targeting the world top 10 rankings.

Earlier King had accounted for Waikato player, Kylie Lindsey in straight games in the semifinals, while Hawkes beat Tamsyn Leevey of Wellington, also in straight games in what was a solid field for both the men’s and the women’s tournaments for a national championships featuring a large number of internationally ranked players. The best of the women’s world junior team members who depart for the junior world championships in the United States in just over a week was Megan Craig from Canterbury/Marlborough who reached the quarterfinals before falling to Leevey in five games.

Meanwhile in the men’s final Martin Knight (North Shore) the world No47 ranked player scored a straight games win over 57th ranked Campbell Grayson (Herne Bay) 11-6 11-7 11-8, a repeat of the result from last weekend in the Central Open.
Knight won through to the final with a straight games win over Wellington’s Evan Williams and Grayson had to battle a little more to overcome Kashif Shuja in four games.  Grassroots Trust New Zealand Squash Open, Hamilton Squash Club, results:

Women’s singles quarterfinals:
Joelle King (Waikato) bt Lisa Cowlard (Auckland) 11-6 11-0 11-1; Kylie Lindsey (Waikato) bt Amanda Landers Murphy (BOP) 11-9 12-10 3-11 11-8; Tamsyn Leevey (Wellington) bt Megan Craig (Marlborough/Canterbury) 11-7 6-11 9-11 11-7 11-1; Jaclyn Hawkes (Auckland) beat Emma Millar (Waikato) 11-5 11-4 11-9.
Semifinals: King bt Lindsey 11-5 11-4 11-3; Hawkes bt Leevey 11-7 11-3 11-7.
Final: King bt Hawkes 11-9 11-2 11-5

Men’s singles quarterfinals:
Martin Knight (Auckland) bt Lance Beddoes (Auckland) 11-2 11-2 11-2; Evan Williams (Wellington) bt Paul Coll (Canterbury/Greyouth) 11-8 11-5 14-12; Kashif Shuja (Auckland) bt Danny McQueen (BOP) 11-6 11-5 11-8; Campbell Grayson (Auckland) bt Chris Lloyd (Auckland) 11-7 11-5 11-7
Semifinals: Knight bt Williams 11-5 11-4 11-2; Grayson bt Shuja 11-9 11-2 6-11 12-10
Final: Knight bt Grayson 11-6 11-7 11-8.

 

www.squashsite.co.uk/2009/newzealandnationals2011.htm

Canterbury stalwarts Scott Gardiner and Karen Walton lived up to their seedings and captured their respective titles as Squash Canterbury Open Champions over the weekend.  There were 100 entries in all over 8 grades.  Special thanks to the capable crew at the Christchurch Squash Club for tournament control and manning the bars throughout the duration of this event.

 

Womens Open: 1^st Karen Walton; 2^nd Ann Harliwich; 3^rd Liza Tonkin; 4^th Wendy Hearn; Special Plate: Andrea Grover; Plate: Mary Turnbull; Consolation Plate: Janelle Schnell

 

Mens Open:  1^st Scott Gardiner; 2^nd Greg Johnston; 3^rd Andrew Ellis; 4^th Tim McVie; Special Plate: Tim Preston; Plate: Simon Slade; Consolation Plate: Jackson Beresford.

 

Womens A: 1^st Bridget Quaid; 2^nd Ruby Beresford; 3^rd Kirsty Mathers; 4^th Rachel McVie; Plate: Ineke Winkleman; Consolation Plate: Jane Briggs

 

Mens A: 1^st Shaun Lynch; 2^nd Daniel Clark; 3^rd Carl Tyson; 4^th Hayden Ross; Special Plate: Ashley Gilbert; Plate: Darren Dudson; Consolation Plate: Glen Wickstead.

 

Mens B: 1^st Colin Fowler; 2^nd John de Ruiter; 3^rd Peter Anderson; 4^th Andrew Keys; Special Plate: Torran McKee; Plate: Nick Conlin; Consolation Plate: Bob Warner.

 

Mens C: 1^st Francis John; 2^nd Matt Pfahlert; 3^rd Joseph Williams; 4^th Mike Wilson; Special Plate: Paul Wotten; Plate: Sam Lawson; Consolation Plate: Lucas Wilson-Taopua.

 

Mens D: 1^st Alex Minish; 2^nd Royce Campbell; 3^rd Steve Scobie; 4^th Sam Taylor; Plate: Pat Ryan; Consolation Plate: Frank MaacDonald

 

Mens E: 1^st Aaron Warner; 2^nd Jacob Ludemann

CANTERBURY MASTERS SQUASH OPEN 2011

July 21-24

$5 Entry Fee

NOTE: Squash Canty is trialing a low cost tournament, to appeal to all who find the constant demand for entry fees a challenge.

Hosted by the Christchurch Squash Club. Chester East St.

Entries Close July 11

PAR Scoring to 15 in all grades (win by 2)

Prizes: Certificates for Grade Winners, some spot prizes

Draw Format: 8 person graded draws

Entries Online: www.squashcanterbury.co.nz/tournaments.asp

OR: Email your name, code, mobile number and anytime you cant play to karen@squashcanterbury.co.nz

All enquiries to Karen Hill at Squash Canterbury Office - 03 3415438

SEE POSTER FOR DETAILS

Please be advised that the last week of Interclub Round 1 is on line for July 11/12.  This includes all the finals and playoff matches following the results of this week.  Thanks to all for submitting last weeks quickly so that we could complete the draw.

 

NOTE: Unfortunately Sumner is out of action so there have been some changes if you were supposed to be playing there.  Please look at the IT Platform for a full update just to check your final game venues.

Special thanks to Christchurch Squash Club for coming to the rescue with hosting our latest displaced clubs.

If you notice any errors, please let me know ASAP thanks.

Best wishes to everyone for a fun week of Interclub.

 

ROUND 2

The draw has been completed and now needs to be added to the IT Platform we use different draw software than the platform at present.  This will happen Monday and Tuesday of next week.  Round 2 commences July 18/19 and runs through to Grand Finals Nights on October 3/4 for all grades except juniors.  Juniors will run in line with school term 3 timetables commencing on August 1 with the Final on October 3.

GREYMOUTH OPEN

August 5-7

$30 Entry Fee

Entries Close July 29

Traditional Saturday Night Party

Theme: Meet the Flintstones

Tournament Controller: Keith Barrow (03) 768 7070 or keith_barrow@amp.co.nz

Entries Online: www.squashcanterbury.co.nz/tournaments.asp

CLICK HERE FOR POSTER

The Squash Canterbury Open for 2011 is on this weekend at the Christchurch Squash Club.  The event has attracted 100 entries in 8 divisions.  The mens field includes five A graders headed by A1 Scott Gardiner from Burnside, Greg Johnstone (Linwood) and the Burnside duo of Andrew Ellis and Tim McVie.  The number one in the ladies open draw is Karen Walton from Christchurch who heads off Ann Harliwich (Mt Pleasant), Mary Turnbull (Football) and Wendy Hearn (Hawkes Bay).   The event runs through until Sunday.

 

Open Semi Finals Saturday 7.10pm

Open Grand Finals Sunday 3.10pm

Prizegiving Sunday 3.50pm

Please be advised that the remaining two weeks of Interclub Round 1 will re-commence July 4/5.  Thanks to the clubs for submitting inspections and we can now re-commence games largely as per usual.

 

Unfortunately Sumner and Mt Pleasant are out of action so there have been some changes if you were supposed to be playing there.  Please look at the IT Platform for a full update if you were down to play at Sumner and Mt Pleasant.

 

Thanks for your patience over the last few weeks.  Safety of our players is of prime concern to everyone at Squash Canterbury.

 

Special thanks to Christchurch Squash Club for coming to the rescue with hosting our latest displaced clubs from Sumner and Mt Pleasant.

 

Please note the following games have changed for Monday and Tuesday 4/5 July (will do the next weeks changes on Monday):

 

MONDAY

Mens Div 6 Mt P 3 v ChCh 4 (moved to Christchurch 4, 7.30pm same night)

Mens Div 7 Sum 3 v Burn 9 (moved to Christchurch 5, 7.30pm same night)

Mens Div 8 Mt P 4 v ChCh 6 (moved to Christchurch 3 & 4 early, 6.00pm same night)

Mens Div 13 Sum 5 v Mt P 5 (moved to, Squash HQ 1 & 2 early, 6pm - TUESDAY 5 July)

 

TUESDAY

Ladies Div 4 Mt P 1 v Rich 4 (moved to Christchurch 4, 7.30pm same night)

Mens Div 2 Sum 1 v Foot 2 (moved to Christchurch 5, 7.30pm same night)

Ladies Div 7 Sum 1 v Mt P 2 (moved to Christchurch 3 & 4 early, 6.00pm same night)

 

If you notice any errors, please let me know ASAP thanks.

Best wishes to everyone for a fun week of Interclub.

Come down to Squashways tonight from 7-30 and watch some of Squash Canterbury top players battle it in doubles.

 

Div 1 teams

Scott Chappell & Chris Jarrett

Jason Oxenham & Simon Slade

Doug Latham & Matt Fahey

John Brown & Chris Van der salm

Scott Gardiner & Gerard Double

Jutta Tuunanen & Logan Ahlfeld

 

Div 2 teams

Richard Lee & Toni Liken

Ashley Gilbert & Olivia Lloyd

Hayden Ross & Matt Thomas

Michael McCarroll & Tom Hasson

Sam McCarroll & Jackson Beresford

 

Dear Club Presidents and Team Contacts

 

Please be advised that for safety reasons due to the earthquake on Monday 13 June, we have decided to postpone next weeks Interclub (Monday & Tuesday 27/28 June) for all venues.  Please pass this onto your team members. 

 

We are still waiting on many inspection reports from various clubs from engineers (acceptable via email/phone from an engineer direct to Squash Canterbury).  Due to this many of the courts are still not playable.  Safety of our players is of prime concern to everyone at Squash Canterbury, especially those visiting other clubs.

 

Sumner has indicated they will be out of action for the end of this round and the next, and Mt. Pleasant could be in the same position definitely out in the short term.

 

Could clubs please ensure that we receive reports or communication that the venue is safe from an engineer by Friday 1 July, noon.  We will not schedule games for Round 2 until this information has been gathered.

 

All things going well, this means that the Interclub draw for 13/14 June on 4/5 July, and the original draw for 20/21 June on 11/12 July.  I will email all of you once the plan is further clarified.  This would push out the start of Round 2 for the week following (no bye week between rounds) and the finals days would go to September 26/27.

 

Please alert me of any issues around clubs and damage etc.

 

Squash HQ and the Squash Canterbury Offices have just received the green sticker following an inspection and clearance to re-open from the council.

 

We have been accepting team entries for Round 2, and are presently tidying them up.

 

We are sorry for the inconvenience.  We hope you and your families are safe.

South Island Junior Age Groups
16-18 July (Games start 9am Saturday)
U11, 13, 15, 17, 19 (as at 18 July)
$30 Entry Fee
MOVED TO TIMARU SQUASH CLUB

Entries Close July 6
Tournament Director - Nicky Dunlop 021 655733
Entries/Enquiries to southislandjuniors@gmail.com
CLICK HERE FOR FLYER

 

 

FULL LETTER ATTACHED HERE

 

The organising committee for the South Island Junior Age Group Squash Tournament scheduled for the 16^th -18^th July 2011 have given due consideration to the recent events in Christchurch and after discussions with Squash New Zealand now formally advises all players, intending players, parents, clubs and regions, that in the interests of the game and the safety of those who wish to play in the event we have moved the tournament from Christchurch to Timaru.

FULL LETTER ATTACHED HERE

 

The organising committee for the South Island Junior Age Group Squash Tournament scheduled for the 16^th -18^th July 2011 have given due consideration to the recent events in Christchurch and after discussions with Squash New Zealand now formally advises all players, intending players, parents, clubs and regions, that in the interests of the game and the safety of those who wish to play in the event we have moved the tournament from Christchurch to Timaru.

Please be advised the Canterbury Open is nearly upon us and this year we are using a new trial initiative of only a $5 entry fee.  NOTE: Entries have been extended to Friday 25 June due to last weeks earthquakes

 

All level of players are encouraged to enter.  There will be plenty of divisions!  ChCh Squash Club is hosting.

 

Entries Online: www.squashcanterbury.co.nz/tournaments.asp   (then just choose Canterbury Open from the drop down box).

 

June 30-July 3
$5 Entry Fee

NOTE: Squash Canty is trialing a low cost tournament, to appeal to all who find the constant demand for entry fees a challenge.

Hosted by the Christchurch Squash Club. Chester East St.

Entries Close June 20 (Extendd due to Earthquake)

PAR Scoring to 15 in all grades (win by 2) expect for Open grades, 11 (win by 2)

Double dots in open grades, single dot otherwise

Prizes: Certificates for Grade Winners, some spot prizes

Draw Format: Attempts will be made to find Canterbury A,B,C,D,E Grade Champions (depends on entries)

Entries Online: www.squashcanterbury.co.nz/tournaments.asp

OR: Email your name, code, mobile number and anytime you cant play to karen@squashcanterbury.co.nz

All enquiries to Karen Hill at Squash Canterbury Office - 03 3415438

SEE POSTER FOR DETAILS

 

A strong New Zealand junior women’s squash team for the world championships in Boston next month has been confirmed.  The team will be led by Marlborough/Canterbury player Megan Craig, 18 who has had recent success with two titles in Malaysia. Rebecca Barnett(Wellington) the national junior champion is named along with Manawatu player Danielle Fourie who has also been competing with success in Malaysia. The North Shore’s Abbie Palmer is the fourth player and the youngest at just 13-years-old. She will play for North Shore in the upcoming Mitchell Cup national teams event at the Herne Bay Club June 24-26. Barnett will represent Mitchell Park out of the Hutt Valley.   The coach of the New Zealand team is Joanne Williams (Waikato).

The team leave July 16 for the July 20-30 event in Boston which will be the host for the world junior women’s teams championships and the individual championships.

New Zealand Junior Women’s Squash Team:
Name, region, age.
Megan Craig (Marlborough/Canterbury), 18,
Rebecca Barnett (Wellington), 16,
Danielle Fourie (Manawatu), 18,
Abbie Palmer (North Shore), 13.
Coach: Joanne Williams(Waikato).

 

ENTRY FORM

Please find above the entry form with details for the Super Champs Eliminations 29-31 July.  Entries close Friday 15 July, 5pm.  Please email or fax the entries to our office.  

Head Squashways Open held 16 to 18 June. Special thanks go to the A Team Lynda Fahey and Stef Downes for all their assistance over the tournament.

 

Results-

 

Womens Open                         Mens Open

 

1^st:        Jutta Tuunanen                          1^st:        Scott Gardiner

2^nd:       Shayle Higginson                      2^nd:       Edward Dromgool

3^rd:        Sue Wasley                               3^rd:        Evans Chileshe

4^th:        Mary Turnbull                            4^th:        Andrew Ellis

S/Plate: Jo Dudson                               S/Plate: Tim Preston

Plate:    Lynda Wilson                            Plate:    Theo Zbjowski

 

Mens Div 2                                           Mens Div 3

1^st:        Daniel Clark                               1^st:        Tom Grace

2^nd:       Toni Liken                                 2^nd:       Glen Wicksteed

3^rd:        Micheal McCarroll                      3^rd:        Tom Hasson

Plate:    Chris Gaiger                              S/Plate: Nick Colan

                                                            Plate:    Sam McCarroll

 

            Mens Div 4

1^st:        Joe Williams

2^nd:       Nick Dromgool

3^rd:        Mark Robertson

S/Plate: Jeff Knowles

Plate:    Lucas Wilson-Tuapoa

The following results are from the Burnside Open held June 10th-12th.

 

Mens Open

1st - Scott Gardner (Burnside); 2nd - Tim McVie (Burnside); 3rd - Steve Leckie (Midlands)

 

Mens A Grade

1st - Dean Williamson (Burnside); 2nd - James Boulton (Burnside); 3rd - Chris Gaiger (Football)

 

Mens B Grade

1st - David Grant (Burnside); 2nd - Stephen Abercrombie (Hoon Hay); 3rd - Gerard Collins (Burnside)

 

Mens C Grade

1st - Joe Williams (Burnside); 2nd - Sam Reid; 3rd - Lucas Wilson Taopua (Richmond)

 

Womens Open
1st - Jutta Tuuanen  (Football); 2nd - Shayle Higginson  (Richmond); 3rd - Sue Wasley (Burnside)

 

Womens A Grade

1st - Kristy Mather (Football); 2nd - Rachel McVie (Burnside); 3rd - Ruby Beresford (Christchurch

By Piet Van Hasselt

Squash Canterbury is happy to announce the Canterbury team to contest the Quadrangular Tournament in Oamaru, June 17-19.  This tournament features a unique mixture of master, senior and junior players and will take on Southland, Otago and Midlands over the weekend.

 

Of note is the strong ladies contingent attending who are able to represent either the senior or masters grade strongly in each rubber.  The senior mens group is the same trio that went away last year and are amongst the most active players in interclub and tournaments.  There is a good spread of clubs represented with eight amongst the selections.

 

Wayne Seebeck and Marliesje Carrick will manage the team.  Thanks to the convenors Lynda Fahey (juniors), Fred Williams (seniors) and Wayne Seebeck (masters) and fellow selectors for their work in assembling the teams.

 

Senior & Masters Ladies: Karen Walton (Christchurch), Ann Harliwich (Mt Pleasant), Freda Walker (Football), Nicky Dunlop (Burnside) and Judith Smith (Burnside)

Senior Men: Greg Johnston (Linwood/Christchurch), Tim McVie (Burnside) and Adrian Rewharewha (Richmond)

Masters Men: Wayne Seebeck (Christchurch) and Aaron Goodmanson (Mt Pleasant)

Junior Girls: Claire Cumming (Christchurch), Kelsi Carrick (Hoon Hay) and Ruby Beresford (Christchurch)

Junior Boys: Jackson Smith (Christchurch); Michael Wilson (Richmond) and Alex Minish (Hoon Hay

Managers: Wayne Seebeck and Marliesje Carrick

Unfortunately due to the Monday 13 June earthquakes and its effects the Squash Canterbury board met last night and are postponing ALL Interclub games on 20/21 June.  This is to give all clubs time to make assesments and time for accurate draws to be completed if more courts are unavailable for an extended period of time.  Squash HQ, Lincoln and Mt Pleasant are currently out of action waiting on building inspections and Sumner has suffered more damage and is also awaiting an inspection.  Also a number of other clubs are waiting to get the go-ahead before re-opening.  We are looking at finishing off the remaining two weeks of Round 1 and then extending Round 2 out to compensate.  Safety of our players is of prime concern to everyone at Squash Canterbury.

We thank you for your patience as its trying times for everyone in Christchurch.  The Monday 6.3 earthquake was a major event and we hope you and your families are okay.  Please stay tuned for future updates.

Please be advised that Masters Interclub Squash for Thursday 16 June has been postponed due to the earthquake and its effects.  We will play the games at a future date when there are no games to catch-up.  On a brighter note, Richmond are putting together a team so that we wont have a bye, so there will be a new draw coming - bye team will have a game etc.

Dear Club Contacts

 

Please be advised that for safety reasons due to the 5.5 and 6.0 aftershocks yesterday afternoon, we have decided to also postpone tonights Interclub (Tuesday 14 June) for all venues.  Please pass this onto your team members.  Many of our clubs are getting inspections done over the next couple of days.

 

All things going well, the plan is to play this weeks Interclub draw (13/14 June) at the same venues next week (20/21 June), and the following original weeks draw (20/21 June) on the week after (27/28 June).  I will email all of you once the plan is know.

 

Please alert me of any issues around clubs and damage etc.

 

Squash HQ and the Squash Canterbury Offices are closed until further notice a council inspection needs to be completed just like the September and February ones before the building can be cleared.  For urgent matters please call Piet on 0275337348.

 

We are sorry for the inconvenience.  We hope you and your families are safe.

 

Regards

Piet

Please be advised that for safety reasons and the 5.5 and 6.0 aftershocks this afternoon, we have decided to postpone tonights Interclub for all venues (Monday 13 June).  A call for Tuesday’s game will be made in the morning.  Please pass this onto your team members.  We are sorry for the inconvenience.  We hope you and your families are safe.

New Zealand junior squash player Megan Craig has won her second successive title in as many weeks in Malaysia. Craig, 18 from Canterbury/Blenheim beat Malaysia’s Tan Yan Xin who has already been ranked inside the world top 70 professional players in four games 11-3 11-5 9-11 11-5 in the under 19 final of the Penang Junior Open in Malaysia.

The win holds Craig in good stead to be selected as the top player for the New Zealand junior team as it heads to the world junior championships in Boston next month. The side is named after the Auckland juniors on June 18-19

Palmerston North’s Daniel Fourie finished the under 19 tournament in fifth place while Ellie Epke (Auckland), 13 was a beaten finalist in the tournaments under 15 section. She was defeated by local, Jadeleen Lee in the final 11-8, 7-11 11-5 12-10.  Last week Craig won the under 19 title at the Junior All-Star tournament in Selangor, Malaysia and Epke the under 15 title at the same event.

Results:
Penang Junior Squash Open:
Under 19 singles final:
Megan Craig bt Tan Yan Xin(Malaysia) 11-3 11-5 9-11 11-5
Under 15 singles final:
Jadeleen Lee(Malaysia) bt Ellie Epke 11-8, 7-11 11-5 12-10

www.asiansquash.com/Tournament_AsianJuniorSuperSeries.htm

New Zealand junior squash players have won a title and finished runner up in another event at the strong Junior All-Star tournament in Selangor, Malaysia.

Megan Craig from Blenheim and Canterbury won the under 19 girls final scoring a four-game win over the opponent Ka Yi Lee from Hong Kong. Palmerston North’s Danielle Fourie reached the quarterfinals of the same event. Auckland’s Ellie Epke, 14 was beaten in five games by Malaysia’s Jadeleen Lee in the under 15 final.

Eighteen-year-old Craig and Epke along with other Kiwi competitors will now play the Penang Junior Open.

Results: Milo All-Star Tournament, Selangor:
Under 19 girls final:
Megan Craig (New Zealand) bt Ka Yi Lee (Hong Kong)
6-11 11-5 11-9 11-7
Under 15 girls final:
Jadeleen Lee (Malaysia) bt Ellie Epke (New Zealand)
11-2 11-9 11-13 3-11 12-10

By Paul Growcott

It is with deep sadness to inform the Squash community that Bill Berry passed away at Darfield hospital surrounded by family on Wednesday, 1^st June, aged 82, after a courageous battle with cancer.

 

On the behalf of the Squash community I want to convey to Bev and family, our sincere condolences on the passing of very special and caring man, one of a kind

 

Over the 25 years I knew Bill, he was always helping or assisting someone including myself to further their life skills, either on or off the squash court.

 

Bill will be missed by the Squash Community throughout New Zealand especially the Darfield area.

 

Messages for Bill may be left in his tribute book www.tributes.co.nz or posted to the Berry Family, C\- PO Box 31300, Christchurch 8444.

In lieu of flowers donations to Darfield Hospital would be appreciated and may be made at the service.

The funeral service to celebrate Bills life will be held in the Darfield Recreation Centre, North Terrace, Darfield on Saturday, June 4, at 1.30 pm.

 

I think I can speak on the behalf of the squash community and say our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

Photo: Bill Berry with the 2006 NZ Junior Coach of the Year Award

 

 

LIFE MEMBERSHIP PRESENTED

During the moving service which was attended by hundreds in Darfield on Saturday, Bill Berrrys wife Bev was presented with a plaque for Bills life membership to Squash Canterbury for his long and outstanding service to squash in the region.

Tony Harrison made the presentation on behalf of the Squash Canterbury board and its member clubs.

The board was able to present this due to the overwhelming support by the Canterbury clubs who unanimously backed the life membership nomination put forward by Burnside and Malvern squash clubs.  This was in the process of being noted at a special general meeting, but earlier on in the week was ratified by the clubs votes of support.

Canterburys Jutta Tuunanen and Marlboroughs Josh King were won their respective titles at the 2011 South Island/Linwood Open over Queens Birthday weekend.  Linwood played host to the games along with the Christchurch Squash Club run by the capable crew of Toni Andrews, Jess Wilson and many other volunteers.

 

Ladies Open Grade:

Main Draw

1^st Round: (1) Jutta Tuunanen beat (16) Lynley Gainsford; (8) Sue Wasley beat (9) Julie Gardiner; (5) Katrina Palmer beat (12) Claire Cumming; (4) Erin Dippie beat (13) Julie Sime; (3) Freda Walker beat (14) Liza Tonkin; (6) Cara Raal beat (11) Jess Marshall; (7) Fiona Whooley beat (10) Jaimee Leach; (2) Shayle Higginson beat (15) Andrea Grover

2^nd Round: (1) Jutta Tuunanen beat (8) Sue Wasley, 3-0, 11/3 11/4 11/5; (4) Erin Dippie beat (5) Katrina Palmer, 3-0, 11/9 11/5 11/6; (6) Cara Raal beat (3) Freda Walker; (2) Shayle Higginson beat (6) Cara Raal, 3-2, 11/5 9/11 11/5 8/11 11/8

 

Semi #1: (1) Jutta Tuunanen beat (4) Erin Dippie, 3-0, 11/3 11/2 11/9

Semi #2: (6) Cara Raal beat (2) Shayle Higginson, 3-1, 12/10 11/8 7/11 11/9

Final: (1) Jutta Tuunanen beat (6) Cara Raal, 3-0, 11/5 11/8 11/4

3^rd/4^th Playoff: (4) Erin Dippe beat (2) Shayle Higginson, 3-1, 11/5 14/12 9/11 11/9

 

Mens Open Grade:

Main Draw

1^st Round: (1) Josh King beat (16) Theo Zbijowski; (8) Tim Preston beat (9) Jonny Douglas; (5) Evans Chileshe beat (12) Jonty Post; (4) Tate Matson beat (13) Aaron Goodmanson; (3) Matt Nation beat (14) Carl Tyson; (6) Greg Johnston beat (11) Ben Scott; (7) Clark Ellery beat (10) Simon Slade; (2) Grant Craig beat (15) Chris Williams

2^nd Round: (1) Josh King beat (8) Tim Preston 3-2, 11/6 8/11 9/11 11/2 11/6; (5) Evans Chileshe beat (4) Tate Matson, 3-2, 5/11 12/10 9/11 11/9 11/2; (3) Matt Nation beat (6) Greg Johnston, 3-0, 11/4 11/5 11/6; (2) Grant Craig beat (7) Clark Ellery, 3-0 11/8 11/2 11/4

Semi #1: (1) Josh King beat (5) Evans Chileshe, 3-1, 11/5 8/11 11/8 11/8

Semi #2: (3) Matt Nation beat (2) Grant Craig, 3-0, 8/11 11/5 13/11 11/5

Final: (1) Josh King beat (3) Matt Nation, 3-1, 9/11 11/7 11/5 11/8

3^rd/4^th Playoff: (2) Grant Craig beat (5) Evans Chileshe, 3-0, 12/10 11/4 11/3

 

Ladies B Grade: Janine Altenburg 1^st; Jo Dudson 2^nd; Jolene Godfrey 3^rd

Mens B Grade: Chas Craig 1^st; Anthony Liken 2^nd; Daniel Clark 3^rd

Mens C Grade: Colin Fowler 1^st; Barry Gardiner 2^nd; Scott Garry 3^rd

Mens D Grade: Sam Lawson 1^st; Lwamba Chileshe 2^nd; Alex Minish 3^rd

By Piet Van Hasselt

Canterbury has announced their squad to contest the Senior Nationals in Hamilton, July 8-12.  The squad features nine of the 10 players that went away last year.  Professional teenagers Paul Coll and Megan Craig headline the squads and will look to finish even higher than their impressive fifth placings last year in the individuals.

 

Joining Paul on the squad are team-mates from the successful 2009 NZ Junior championship teams event side, Ed Dromgool and Andrew Ellis who are now strong A2 players.  Grant Craig will be the teams most experienced player and always brings plenty of determination and guts every time hes out on the court.  Tate Matson is a former NZ Junior squad training member and is the only newcomer to the squads.  He represents Hoon Hay as an A2 graded player and is down here to study for University from the Northland region.  Tim Preston has been named at the non travelling reserve after returning to work in Christchurch from Palmerston North for at least this year with the Earthquake recovery.  Tim has been playing interclub with the Christchurch Squash Club.  

 

Playing alongside Megan is an unchanged line-up featuring Jutta Tuunanen who took out the South Island/Linwood Championship last week and was the 2010 Senior Canterbury Player of the Year award winner.  Shayle Higginson will once again represent the red and blacks and will play an important role on the team.  Shayle is a Richmond club stalwart who are currently displaced following the earthquake and has been playing with a combined Richmond/Christchurch entry for Interclub.  Erin Dippie from Greymouth returns again to the team and finished third with a couple of good wins to finish the South Island Open over the weekend.  Katrina Palmer rounds out the side after taking a short break from the game over the summer and is on the cusp of an A2 grading.

 

Returning to manage the squad is the experienced duo of Lynda Fahey and the coach is Mike Allred who are both currently away in Malaysia working with the Christchurch Boys High School and NZ Junior Teams respectively.

 

Squash Canterbury thanks senior convenor Fred Williams and his fellow selectors Lawrence Skurr (men), Mary Turnbull (ladies) and Mike Allred (men and ladies) for their time and wishes the team the best for their build-up and the tournament itself.

 

Men: Paul Coll (Greymouth/Squashways), Grant Craig (Blenheim/Squashways), Ed Dromgool, Andrew Ellis (Burnside) and Tate Matson (Hoon Hay).  Non traveling reserve: Tim Preston (Christchurch)

Ladies: Megan Craig (Blenheim/Christchurch), Erin Dippie (Greymouth), Shayle Higginson (Richmond), Katrina Palmer (Hoon Hay) and Jutta Tuunanen (Football)

Coach: Mike Allred

Manager: Lynda Fahey

CHRISTCHURCH OPEN

22-25 June

Entry Fee $30

First game Wed or Thu

Saturday Night Prizegiving and Entertainment
All Welcome
Entries to lynda@marshlands.co.nz

Include full name, code, grade and cell phone number
Queries contact: Chris Cumming 021 2111644 or Mike Beresford 027 4331346
CLICK HERE FOR POSTER

Sunday 19 June

9.30am - 12.30pm

Entry Fee $5

Certificates for prizes

Entries close Mon 13 June

All entries online: www.squashcanterbury.co.nz/tournaments.asp

Squashways Open

17-18 June (Friday & Saturday, No Sunday Games)
$30 Entry Fee

Entries Close June 10
Entries to Paul Growcott - paul@squashways.co.nz or 027 5317012
CLICK HERE FOR FLYER

CLICK HERE FOR POSTER

Just got news through of an Earthquake Fundraising Event at the ChCh Squash Club.   All proceeds to Christchurch Earthquake Relief.

Martin Knight is in town on Monday 6 June and will offer coaching tips, have hits against some locals (first ten tickets sold) and play an exhibition match against Jason Oxenham.

The cost for this night is $20, beginning at 6pm.

 

Limited Tickets available from;

Stu Camp: stuart.camp@marshallday.co.nz

Chris Cumming:  woodbridge12@paradise.net.nz

 

 

CLICK HERE FOR POSTER

After delays due to the earthquake Squash Canterbury is proud to announce a 4-event Junior D Grade & Below Series for those aged 19 and under.  These are expected to be exciting events with the numbers increasing last year.  The first tournament is at Burnside Squash Club on 8-9 July.  Note the pricing policy for entry fees of only $5.  Our Junior Development Officer Tim McVie is the series coordinator.

 

Please see the poster for more details.

NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING:

 

The Squash Canterbury board formally gives notice that a special general meeting will be held on 15 June to consider the life membership of Bill Berry.

 

We have received life membership nominations that contain background information on Bill (attached) within the required timeframe from Malvern and Burnside Squash Clubs.

The board considers there are special circumstances that warrant calling a special meeting to consider this.

 

Special General Meeting

Wednesday 15 June, 5.30-5.45pm

Robbies Riccarton

Proxy votes are encouraged and can be provided by return email to info@squashcanterbury.co.nz

 

Note: Votes are as per the usual General Meeting specifications:

One per club in Canterbury;

Two votes for Burnside, Christchurch and Christchurch Football club who have over 200 members.

Linwood/South Island Open

1-5 June (Queens Birthday Weekend)
$35 Entry Fee

Entries Close 25 May (Extended)

Canterbury Selection Tournament

Entries to Toni Andrews - linwoodsquash@yahoo.co.nz or 03 3298274 or 027 2659388

CLICK HERE FOR FLYER

BURNSIDE OPEN

10-12 June

Entry Fee $30

Entries Close 3 June
Entries to burnsidesquash@gmail.com or text 0212258252
Include full name, code, grade and cell phone number
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The defending National Secondary School Champion Christchurch Boys’ High School team leaves this Thursday for their long awaited tour of Malaysia returning the 12th June. We wish them well and look forward to hearing how their progress.

 

Please be advised we are now taking online entries for Round 2 of the Winter Interclub via the usual Squash IT Platform.  Entries close off on Monday 20 June.

If you have any weeks where you cant host games in Round 2, please let me know as soon as possible.

Thanks for your co-operation in these trying circumstances and we can all look forward to the business end of the season.

 

ROBBIES Winter Interclub Round 2: 9 Weeks + 3 Week Playoffs
4/5 July to 19/20 Sept

Entries Due 20 June via Squash IT Platform

Finals on Mon/Tue format at venues to be selected.

 

As per Round 1 and Earthquake Meeting Agreements:

    That all clubs work together for the greater good of the game, to keep people playing and particularly help out the displaced clubs by hosting their interclub matches for no charge.

    All club courts would be utilised with neutral venues hosting displaced and other teams.

    Round 1 didnt see a lot of major changes to the draws from previous years, but there may be an increase in Round 2 teams.  Squash Canterbury will attempt to minimise the impact, but the clubs and organisers understand that we are in extraordinary circumstances this season.

    Early spots at out of town venues would try and be avoided for town teams.  But may need to be used in extenuating circumstances.

    Where possible it is hopeful we can have the Div 1 grades block-booked at courts going around the venues for Round 2 again.  This depends on the entries received and draw eventualities.

 

Winter Interclub 2011 Fees (all including GST)

Senior Grades = $140 per team for two rounds or $80 one round.

Juniors = $90 per team for two rounds or $50 one round

Masters = $80 per team for one round

NOTE: Invoices for Round 1 are being sent out now.  As noted earlier these will reflect a 50% reduction in fees from Summer Round 2 as half the games were cancelled due to the earthquake.

Wed 29 June, 6.30pm, Squash HQ

Entries Close 22 June

Cost $30 Entry Fee

Contact Mike Allred mike@squashcanterbury.co.nz 021 02303868

Faciliator: Dave Clarke, Squash NZ Coaching Director

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Results of the Squashways Open Squash tournament held over the weekend of 13 to 15 May.

 

Mens Open                                           Womens Open

1^st                     Scott Gardiner               1^st                     Megan Craig

2^nd                    Greg Johnston              2^nd                    Jutta Tuunanen

3^rd                     Clark Ellery                    3^rd                     Shayle Higginson

4^th                     Nigel Lloyd                   4^th                     Erin Dipple

S/Plate:            Tim McVie                     Plate:                Mary Turnbull

Plate:                Doug Latham

 

            Mens Div 2                                           Womens Div 2

1^st                     Chris Williams               1^st                     Bridget Martin

2^nd                    Jackson Beresford        2^nd                    Kaye Jellev

3^rd                     Jonty Post                    3^rd                     Jo Godfrey

S/Plate:            Michael McCarroll          S/Plate:            Stef Downes

Plate:                Shaun Lynch                 Plate:                Ruby Beresford

 

            Mens Div 3

1^st                     Al Smith

2^nd                    Sam McCarroll

3^rd                     Chris McCarroll

S/Plate:            Ta Karati

Plate:                Glen Wicksteed

 

            Mens Div 4

1^st                     Michael Wilson

2^nd                    Malcolm Baker

3^rd                     Hamish McCarroll

S/Plate:            Dean Brown

Plate:                Ben Nicholson

 

            Mens Div 5

1^st                     Lucas Wilson-Tuapoa

2^nd                    Alex Webby

3^rd                     Temwa Chileshe

Plate:                Alex Minish

Mt Pleasant Squash Club Website 

Mt Pleasant Squash Club has joined the digital age and now has its very own website. As we all know this side of town was hit pretty hard in February and fortunately the club made it through.

If you or anyone you know in the Mt Pleasant, Woolston, Redcliffs or surrounding areas is looking for a way to get fit then they should consider popping down to the Club Night on Wednesdays at 7pm for a free hit and to check out the club.

You can also check out their new website if you want to see some of the facilities they have available:

http://www.mtpleasantsquash.co.nz  or even become a fan of them on Facebook: http://www.mtpleasantsquash.co.nz/facebook

 

Christchurch Football Squash Club is seeking expressions of interest for the position of Club Coach. The Club seeks to provide a range of coaching opportunities for its members including:

    Subsidised group and individual coaching for all ages and abilities

    Pre-season training and general fitness programmes

    Introductory new member coaching

In particular the Club runs a very strong junior programme with a number of junior members ranking highly at regional and national age group level.

We are seeking a motivated and resourceful individual (or individuals) to support and further develop these programmes.

For further information contact:
John Horwood (Club President)
Ph: (03) 378-6441 (Daytime) Mob: 027 381 9703

Expressions of Interest accompanied by brief resume detailing background, qualifications, experience, etc should be e-mailed to: john.horwood@otago.ac.nz

Closing date for submissions: Monday 23 May 2011.

 

Squashways Open Tournament

13-15 May

$30 Entry Fee

Entries Close 5 May

Canterbury Selection Tournament

Entries to paul@squashways.co.nz
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The Robbies Riccarton Interclub Division One grades commence tonight in what looks set to be exciting competitions.

 

The mens grade features nine teams from seven clubs and has a points cap in place to spread the eleven A graders around.  Teams operate under a points cap of 13600 for each interclub night based on the points at the cut-off date.  A number of former A graders have come back to play this year so the number ones for each squad are very strong.  Burnside is the defending First Round Wilson Trophy and CSRA Cup Round 2 Winners.

 

The ladies grade has five teams from four clubs and due to earthquake circumstances teams will have three players each night.  Christchurch are the defending Kathy Hargreaves Shield champions.  Many familiar faces return headlined by Megan Craig, Jutta Tuunanen, Shayle Higginson and Katrina Palmer from the 2010 Canterbury senior team.

 

The earthquake displaced Richmond club are represented in both grades which is a tribute to the clubs hard work.

 

This year the games are being held at a one venue each week where possible to allow other squashies the chance to come down and watch Canterburys top mens and ladies players in action.

 

MEN DIV 1 TEAMS:

Burnside 1: Scott Gardiner, Tim McVie, Gareth Robb, Theo Zbijowski

Christchurch 1: Jason Oxenham, Mike Allred, Megan Craig, Ed Post, Gary Roberts, Jonty Post.

Christchurch 2: Greg Johnston, Tim Preston, Matt Fahey, Akshay Hari, Jackson Beresford, Simon Kidgell.

Football 1: Evans Chileshe, Richard Hollows, Adam Odering, Nathan Smith, Carl Tyson, Jacob Turnbull, Jutta Tuunanen.

Hoon Hay 1: Tate Matson, Ben Scott, Cameron Wilson, James Liley, Steve Conlan.

Mt Pleasant 1: Charlie Mayhew, Dave Williams, Jonny Douglas, Simon Slade, Aaron Goodmanson.

Richmond 1: Adrian Rewharewha, Ashley Gilbert, Mark Revis, Mike Dale, Iain Perrian.

Squashways 1: Chris Jarrett, Doug Latham, Scott Chappell, Anthony Liken, Shaun Lynch.

Squashways 2: Tim Williams, Patrick Mulvihill, Steve Leckie, Logan Ahfield, Chris van der Salm.

 

LADIES DIV 1 TEAMS:

Burnside 1: Ella Dromgool, Nicky Dunlop, Sue Wasley, Kate Grundy

ChCh 1/Richmond 1: Megan Craig, Shayle Higginson, Karen Walton, Katie Douglas, Jaimee Leach, Rhonda Tapp

Football 1: Jutta Tuunanen, Freda Walker, Sandra Roberts, Kirsten Taylor

Football 2: Carla Campbell, Mary Turnbull, Brigid Peddie, Marilyn Gray

Hoon Hay 1: Katrina Palmer, Pam Geard, Ann Harliwich, Jo Seddon

 

MENS DIV 1 DRAW

Rd 1 3 May: Games at Squashways, 7.30pm

Rd 2 10 May: Games at Christchurch, 7.30pm

Rd 3 17 May: Games at Squash HQ, 7.30pm

Rd 4 24 May: Games at Mt Pleasant & Squashways, 7.30pm

Rd 5 31 May: Games at Christchurch, 7.30pm

Rd 6 7 June: Games at Football, 7.30pm

Rd 7 14 June: Games at Squash HQ, 7.30pm

Rd 8 21 June: Games at Mt Pleasant & Squashways, 7.30pm

Rd 9 28 June: Games at Burnside, 7.30pm

 

LADIES DIV 1 DRAW:

Rd 1 3 May: Games at Squash HQ, 7.30pm

Rd 2 10 May: Games at Burnside, 7.30pm

Rd 3 17 May: Games at Football, 7.30pm

Rd 4 24 May: Games at Christchurch, 7.30pm

Rd 5 31 May: Games at Squash HQ, 7.30pm

Followed by Semis (at Football) and Finals (at Burnside) Weeks

Greymouth and Canterbury product Paul Coll has won his second straight NZ Junior Open title over the weekend in Auckland.  Coll went through the tournament without dropping a set and beat fellow NZ Junior Lance Beddoes in the final, 3-0.  Blenheim and Canterbury junior Megan Craig finished third after being defated in the semi finals.

 

More results once they come to hand.

Scott Gardiner (Burnside) defeated Evans Chileshe (Football) in the Mens Final while Footballs own Mary Tunbull took out the Womens honours over Julie Gardiner at the Christchurch Football Open over the weekend.  Thanks to Steve Scobie for the results, and to the rest of Football team for their great organisation for the event.

 

Mens Open

Final: Scott Gardiner (1) def. Evans Chileshe (3) 15-13 15-11 15-8 .

3/4: David Gardiner (2) def. Brendon Frew (4) 15-7 15-12 16-14 .

 

Womens Open

Final: Mary Turnbull (1) def. Julie Gardiner (2) 15-11 15-4 15-11 .

3/4: Andrea Grover (3) def. Nan Patrick (4) 15-9 15-10 15-13 .

 

Womens A

Final: Kelsi Carrick (1) def. Kirsty Mather (3) 12-15 13-15 17-15 15-9 15-12 .

3/4: Leanne Maitland (4) def. Ruby Beresford (2) 16-14 9-15 15-8 13-15 15-8 .

 

Mens A

Final: Theo Zbijowski (4) def. Matt Gray (7) 15-10 11-15 15-7 15-7 .

3/4: Daniel Clark (9) def. Michael Mccarroll (6) 15-12 11-15 15-10 15-8 .

 

Mens B

Final: Nathan Chappell (2) def. Tom Grace (8) 12-15 15-11 15-13 15-12 .

3/4: Chris Mccarroll (4) def. Rob Karaitana (11) 15-12 15-13 15-17 15-5 .

 

Mens C

Final: Mark Ling (1) def. Ricky Knowles (10) 14-16 14-16 15-10 15-13 15-10 .

3/4: Hamish Mccarroll (3) def. Dean Brown (5) 11-15 15-6 15-6 18-20 15-13 .

 

Mens D

Final: Joe Williams (6) def. Sam Lawson (1) 14-16 17-15 15-9 15-11 .

3/4: Alex Minish (5) def. Lwamba Chileshe (10) 15-11 13-15 12-15 15-5 15-7 .