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April 2023 Our first Waikato Event took place this month and tournaments are in full swing by now. It has been pleasing to see the growth in tournament entries this year and also in Winter Interclub numbers, with 100 teams all up. Keep an eye out for two Waikato Events this upcoming month, Waikato Open and Waikato Masters at Te Rapa. The Waikato Open is promising to be a big one, with the return of Lwamba Chileshe and Temwa Chileshe. Upcoming Tournaments:
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WAIKATO DOUBLES RESULTS Congratulations to all of the winners at the Waikato Doubles held by Te Awamutu Squash Club. Lots of great squash on display and great hospitality as always. Thank you TA squash club for being great hosts once again and to all the volunteers for the hours you put in to make it a great Waikato event. Mens Open Winners - Ben Calvert & Finn Trimble Mens Div 1 Winners - Patrick Downard & Jason Dudli Mens Div 2 Winners - Shane Hayvice & Gavin Stacey Womens Open Winners - Jorja Metcalfe & Nicki Blake Womens Div 1 Winners - Nic Greene & Lisa Ashton Mixed Open Winners - Ben Calvert & Taylor Ashton Mixed Div 1 Winners - Cliff Nightingale & Renae Boyden Mixed Div 2 Winners - Nigel Kovacevic & Wendy Calder |
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JUNIOR QUAD RESULTS Our Waikato Junior Quad team returned on Sunday 2nd April from Whangarei after playing in the Junior Quadrangular against Northland, Auckland and Bay of Plenty. Thank you to coach Emma Millar and manager Rebecca Hill. Also to the parents who took cars and helped out with the team. U15 Girls - Charlee Neilson and Dayna Burr (Te Awamutu) U15 Boys- Fergus Hill (Te Awamutu), Hemi Gregory (Te Rapa) U17 Girls - Charlize Davy (Thames), Paige Rendall (Huntly) U17 Boys - Riley Noonan (Morrinsville), Liam Clark (Lugton Park) U19 Girls - Sophie Hodges (Hamilton), Marina Aleksic (Ruakura) U19 Boys - Connor Hill (Te Awamutu), Cody Paul (Hamilton) Results were as follows; Waikato vs Auckland 2-10: Fergus Hill and Charlee Neilson getting wins Waikato vs BOP 3-9: Connor Hill, Riley Noonan and Sophie Hodges getting wins Waikato vs Northland 3-9: Connor Hill, Sophie Hodges and Charlee Neilson getting wins |
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AUTUMN INTERCLUB WINNERS 2023 Congratulations to all of the Autumn Interclub Pennant Winners for 2023. It was great to see an increase in teams playing this year. Winter Interclub kicks off on Tuesday 2nd May (Mens) and Wednesday 3rd May (Womens). If you are interested in upskilling yourself on the rules before Winter Interclub starts, then check out https://worldsquashofficiating.com/ to sit your Level 0 and Level 1. It is a great FREE resource, so get your team together and give it a go. |
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WAIKATO RACKETBALL OPEN The Inaugural Waikato Racketball Open done and dusted! 24 tired but happy entrants enjoyed a day of R'Ball on Saturday 15th April. Thank you to Ruakura and Te Rapa for hosting this event. Thanks to all players for their sportsmanship. Waikato V BOP teams Challenge next up - 10th of June. Come on you Mooloo! If you are keen to give Racketball a go, then contact Richard richard@bodyiq.nz Div 1 Mens Winner - Richard Harris (Waikato) Div 2 Mens Winner - Garth Littlejohn (Waikato) Womens Winner - Cherie Fletcher (Auckland) RACKETBALL INTERCLUB A 5 week Racketball Interclub will be running on Thursdays, starting on Thursday 18th May.
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WAIKATO DISTRICT SUPERCHAMPS It may seem too early for this, but it is that time of year again where Clubs battle it out for Club Pride and to go on to represent Waikato at the NZ Superchamps Nationals. For more information please see poster below:
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WAIKATO CUP 2023 - NEW DATES & FORMAT A new competition for 2023, based on the Nations Cup which was held in Tauranga last year. The Waikato Cup is an inter-cluster competition based on the 7 clusters in the Waikato Region. Each cluster will provide a male and female player in the below grades, a total of 10 players per cluster. All players can register to be part of their cluster here Grades: A/B grade, C grade, D grade, E grade, F/J grade If two or more players in the same grade and cluster register to play Waikato Cup, the player with the higher points will be selected, with the second highest being a reserve. If a cluster cannot provide a player in a specific grade, then they are eligible for an import from another cluster. The competition will take place inbetween Winter & Spring interclub rounds on the following dates: ➢ Week 1 – Tuesday 1st August (Both) ➢ Week 2 – Tuesday 8th August (Mens), Wednesday 9 th August (Womens) ➢ Week 3 – Tuesday 17th October (Mens), Wednesday 18th October (Womens) ➢ Semi-Finals – Tuesday 24th October (Mens), Wednesday 25th October (Womens) ➢ Finals – Wednesday 1st November (Both) For more information around the format/rules, then check them out here. |
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NZJO - RESULTS We had 10 players recently compete at the New Zealand Junior Open at Remuera Rackets Club on Friday 14th - Sunday 16th April. Results are below: Girls Open: Sophie Hodges 3rd, Charlize Davy 24th, Marina Aleksic 27th, Charlee Neilson 30th Girls Div 1: Shannon Nightingale 7th, Dayna Burr 8th Boys Open: Connor Hill 6th, Riley Noonan 19th Boys Div 1: Fergus Hill 7th Boys Div 2: Hemi Gregory 4th To check out full results click here BRITISH OPEN - RESULTS RD 2 - Joelle King vs Katie Maliff 11-9 11-3 11-5 RD 3 - Joelle King vs Olivia Fietcher 11-7 11-5 11-5 QF - Joelle King vs Rowan Elaraby 11-13 11-5 10-12 11-4 11-5 SF - Joelle King vs Nouran Gohar 3-11 9-11 1-11 AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR OPEN - RESULTS Emma Millar recently took a group of Juniors over to Melbourne to compete in the Australian Junior Open. We had 3 of our Waikato players travel over with her and their results are below: U19 Boys: Connor Hill 13th U15 Boys: Fergus Hill 14th U15 Girls: Charlee Neilson 8th To check out full results click here BATCH OPEN - RESULTS RD 2 - Lwamba Chileshe vs Manu Paquemar 11-2 6-11 11-9 11-7 RD 3 - Lwamba Chileshe vs Toufik Mekhalfi 2-11 6-11 3-11 RD 2- Temwa Chileshe vs Brice Nicolas 6-11 6-11 11-7 7-11 |
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