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October 2022 Wow a every full on month of October, before the wind down of the Squash Season commences. Check out what has been happening below. UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
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G.J. Gardner Homes New Zealand Junior National Individual and Inter-District Teams Championships Congratulations to all of our Waikato players who took part in the Junior Age Groups. Some tough competition over the few days, but I know you all represented Waikato well. BU19- Connor Hill [8] 9th, Cody Paul [20] 18th, Austin Furniss [24] 26th, Mark Seager [25] 19th BU17 - Liam Smith [7] 5th BU15- Fergus Hill [7] 8th GU17- Marina Aleksic [17] 17th, Charlie Morell [28] 29th, Shannon Nightingale {31] 31st GU15- Charlize Davy [4] 4th, Charlee Neilson [7] 10th For the full draws click this link: https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx... Monday 10th October- Results 3pm Waikato Girls [9] vs Canterbury [4] 0-4 6pm Waikato Girls [9] vs Otago [3] 0-4 Tuesday 11th October - Results 12pm Waikato Boys [6] vs BOP [3] 0-4. All boys picking up one game each. 3pm Waikato Girls [9] vs Eastern [8] 2-2 even on games, Eastern won on points countback.Well done to Marina and Charlie Morell for picking up the first wins for the Waikato Girls 6pm Waikato Boys [6] vs Wellington [7] 1-3. Congratulations to Cody Paul for picking up a 3-0 win for the team. Wednesday 12th October - Results Waikato Girls [9] vs Northland [7] 1-3. Congratulations to Charlee Neilson for picking up a win for the girls team. Waikato Boys [6] vs Southland [8] 3-1 A big congratulations to all of the Waikato Junior players for representing Waikato. Thank you to Emma Millar and Rebecca Hill for coaching and managing the Waikato team. |
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NZ MASTERS TRANS-TASMAN TEAM Congratulations to Alan Westrupp (Mercury Bay), Nadine Cull (Taumarunui) on being selected in the NZ Masters Trans-Tasman team who took on Australia in the 25th Test series between these two countries. 1st Test - Australia 11-3 2nd Test - Australia 9-5 3rd Test - Australia 10-4 AUSTRALIAN MASTERS AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS Alan Westrupp - Runner Up Men's 35 Nadine Cupp - Runner Up Women's 45 |
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US OPEN - ARLEN SPECTER US SQUASH CENTER Joelle King competed in the US Open earlier in October. RD 2 - Joelle King beat Jana Shiha (EGY) 3-2: 11-5, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5 (61m) RD 3 - Joelle King beat Tinne Gilis (BEL) 3-0: 11-3, 11-5, 11-5 (27m) QF - [5] Joelle King (NZL) bt Sabrina Sobhy (USA) 3-0: 19-17, 11-9, 11-8 (51m) SF - [2] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) bt [5] Joelle King (NZL) 3-0: 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 (35m) |
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SPRING INTERCLUB 2022 - WINNERS Spring Interclub wrapped up on the 11th/12th of October. Thank you to all of the clubs who entered teams and supported the last round of Interclub. Congratulations to all of the winner of Spring Pennants. |
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CHAMPIONS OF CHAMPIONS 2022 The Champions of Champions took place at Squash City Invercargill, 28th - 29th October. The Waikato have 5 representatives who competed down there. A big congratulations to Bianca Alcock for winning the Womens F/J Grade title. Mens C Grade - Damian Davy (Thames) - 8th Womens C Grade - Charlize Davy (Thames) - 5th Womens D Grade - Charlie Morell (Lugton Park) - 3rd Mens E Grade - Scott Clunie (Lugton Park) - Runner Up Womens F/J Grade - Bianca Alcock (Hamilton/Aria) - Winner |
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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. |
SQUASH WAIKATO AWARDS & EXHIBITION NIGHT The Squash Waikato Awards were held alongside an exhibition match this year, hosted by Hamilton Squash & Tennis Club on Monday 31st October. We were so incredibly lucky to be able to showcase WR#5 Joelle King & WR#4 and former #1 Mohamed Elshorbagy in our Waikato Region. The night started off with 16 lucky Juniors getting to take the court and play some squash against Joelle, Mohamed and Emma Millar. They got the opportunity for some photos and received a signed poster at the end of the session. Next up was the presentation of the Squash Waikato Awards, led by Squash Waikato. Congratulations to all of the nominees and the award winners. The award recipients were presented their award by Squash Waikato Ambassador Joelle King. Whilst dinner was taking place MC Phil Buscke-Somervell dived into a very honest and raw Q & A session with Joelle & Mohamed. It was great to hear their different experiences and for them to open up so much about some of the struggles they have faced, especially around the R word Retirement. Lastly it was the main event of the night the exhibition matches. First was the doubles pairing of Zac Millar & Joelle taking on Emma Millar & Mohamed (rocking their Waikato Shirts). The match was highly entertaining, and the crowd were getting into it, as well as having some professional coaching from our Waikato Juniors. What a great experience for them! Next up it was a Battle of the Sexes match with Joelle taking on Mohamed, in what again was a very entertaining match and showcased just how athletic these two are. What a difference it is watching these two live, as opposed to on the television. I want to say a big thank you to the following:
***MORE PHOTOS TO COME ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM *** |
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SQUASH WAIKATO CALENDAR 2023 & INTERCLUB PENNANTS The Squash Waikato Wall Calendar will be printed this year and available for clubs to collect from the Squash Waikato office before the end of the year. Also, all of the Interclub Pennants have been printed and are available for collection aswell. Please email manager@squashwaikato.co.nz to organise a collection. Otherwise, these will be given out at the Club Roadshows next year. |
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