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September 2022 It seems like I was just writing the August Newsletter! Time seems to be speeding up this time of year. Another busy month of Squash has been going on in the Waikato Region. Check out what has been happening below. UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
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WAIKATO GRADED CHAMPS The Waikato Graded Champs were held on the 1st-3rd September at Lugton Park Squash Club. Thank you to Bruce Morgan and the crew at LP for helping to run the event. Congratulations to everyone who participated and to those who won trophies. The Champions of Champions will take place in Invercargill on the 28th-30th October. A Grade Champions: Alan Westrupp (Mercury Bay) Taylor Ashton (Hamilton) B Grade Champions: Robert Boot (Lugton Park) Nicki Blake (Hamilton) C Grade Champions: Angus Henry (Lugton Park) Jude Nightingale (Te Awamutu) D Grade Champions: Gabe Pinvanichkul (Ruakura) Charlie Morell (Lugton Park) E Grade Champions: Scott Clunie (Lugton Park) Erin Furborough (Cambridge) F Grade Champions: Kelly Williams (Morrinsville) Female not contested J Grade Champions: Troy Morrison (Te Awamutu) Bianca Alcock (Hamilton) Club Champions Trophy: Lugton Park Squash Club For photos of the winners, check out Squash Waikato Facebook page FRESHCHOICE LEAMINGTON SUPER 13 SERIES The Freshchoice Leamington Super 13 Series wrapped up at Paeroa A2 tournament on the 10th of September. A big thank you to Aaron Donaldson and Freshchoice Leamington for sponsoring the Super Series this year. Thank you to everyone who participated this year and congratulations to the below top 10 winners. 1st Juliet Roberts (Te Rapa) 55 points 2nd= Jude Nightingale (Te Awamutu) 52 points 2nd= Shannon Nightingale (Te Awamutu) 52 points 4th Dayna Burr (Te Awamutu) 45 points 5th Liam Clark (Lugton Park) 44 points 6th Dave Roberts (Te Rapa) 42 points 7th Rebecca Rouse (Leamington) 37 points 8th Nic Greene (Te Rapa) 36 points 9th Riley Noonan (Morrinsville) 32 points 10th Nicki Blake (Hamilton) 26 points NZ MASTERS INDIVIDUALS & TEAMS EVENT Wow, what a massive 5 days it was helping out at the NZ Masters Individuals & Teams Event. A big thank you to Hamilton Squash & Tennis Club for hosting this national event. Started off with 180 individual entries and 8 district regions competing in the teams event. Congratulations to our Waikato Masters team, who finished 4th in NZ in the Inter-District Teams Event. Also what a special moment for Trevor Coulter (88) and Marina Whiu (82) being capped as the oldest masters competing at the NZ Masters Individuals. You are both an inspiration for our sport. This year saw the introduction of a new 80+ Mens trophy, awarded to Trevor Coulter (Hamilton) who received a standing ovation at prize giving. For all of the individual results, check out our Squash Waikato Facebook Page here. |
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WAIPA BIG NIX INTERMEDIATE TOURNAMENT Yesterday Squash Waikato held a Waipa Big Nix Squash Tournament for Intermediate schools in the Waipa Region. Big thanks to Cambridge Racquets Club and Suzie Halliday for letting us host the event there and for helping out during the day. It was great to bring this tournament back again, after being disrupted in 2021. Congratulations to all that took part on the day and showed such great sportsmanship on and off court. Check out all of the winners on our Squash Waikato Facebook Page. |
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NATIONAL SUPERCHAMPS RESULTS Our Waikato Superchamps Teams had a massive 4-5 days of squash, competing at the National Superchamps from the 21st-24th September at various clubs throughout NZ. Congratulations to all the teams who went away and represented your club, aswell as Waikato. Final results are below: Mens B Grade - Te Awamutu 8th Womens B Grade - Morrinsville 7th Mens C Grade - Thames 4th Womens C Grade - Hamilton 6th Mens D Grade - Te Awamutu 4th Womens D Grade - Lugton Park 5th Mens E Grade - Lugton Park 3rd Womens E Grade - Te Awamutu 4th Womens F/J Grade - Hamilton 4th WERDER 1-DAY SERIES - WINNERS The Werder 1-Day series has come to a close with the final tournament being held by Te Awamutu Squash Club on Sunday. Big thank you to Werder rackets for being the major sponsor and sponsoring the squash rackets for the top 5 players on the points table. Congratulations to everyone who has played in the series and a big thank you to all of the clubs who hosted Junior 1-day tournaments. It is great to see so many clubs encouraging our future generation of squash players in the Waikato. Congratulations to the top 5 winners on the points table: 1st - Hemi Gregory (Te Rapa) 2nd - Olivia Hopping (Te Awamutu) 3rd - Troy Morrison (Te Awamutu) 4th - Tayla Millen (Hamilton) 5th - Indy Furniss (Te Awamutu) |
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SUMMER DOUBLES 2022/23 Entries for the Summer Doubles 2022/23 are open! Register through the Squash Waikato website doubles page here. Starts Thursday 3rd November, through to March 2023. |
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NATIONS CUP & NZ SQUASH OPEN Draws are out for the NZ Squash Open. To get tickets check out the website here: https://www.nzsquashopen.co.nz. To check out the full story, see Squash New Zealand Facebook page. Club & School resource Activity Pack - Squash NZ have created an Activity Pack in relation to the NZ Squash Open. You can access this resource here. NZ JUNIOR NATIONALS & TEAMS EVENT Good luck to our Waikato Junior Team heading away to compete at the NZ Junior National Individuals & Teams Event at Hutt City, Wellington on the 7th-12th October. The boys are currently ranked 5th and the girls are 9th. |
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CLUBHOUSE RESCUE - PREMIERE 21ST OCTOBER For those who haven't visited Te Rapa Squash Club recently, they have had a bit of a revamp thanks to being part of a new TV Programme “Clubhouse Rescue” and some hard work put in by their club members. The show sees sporting legends Israel Dagg and Stephen “Beaver” Donald get stuck into the renos and help turn some run down sports clubs, into amazing community spaces. The renovations begin, October 21st on Bravo New Zealand! |
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