Once again our Northland contingent did themselves proud over the weekend in a fantastic tournament of junior squash at North Shore in the NZ Junior Open - one of the highlights of the national junior squash calendar. The standard of entries was very high with no less than nine A grade boys competing as well as five A grade girls in the open divisions.
Of the 20 plus entries from our region there were some definite highpoints with some of our younger players scoring some notable victories.
Special Congratulations
to new stars
Sam Sayes and Finn Trimble of Whangarei and
Danielle Nauman of Mangakahia
who were all Division winners.
Sam had a huge weekend being seeded 9th in the Division 2 Boys and beating four D2 players to take the championship final. Fifth-seeded Danielle also scored two wins against higher graded players when she beat two D1’s on the way to taking the Girls Division 1 final. Finn Trimble was successful in the Boys Division 4 final after being seeded third for his event.
Other placings of note include:
- Boys Open - Tate Matson, seeded 6th, finished 6th
- Girls Open - Sacha Pou-Tito, seeded 8th, finished 8th
- Girls Open - Abbie Palmer, seeded 9th, finished 9th
- Girls Div 1 - Jacinta Matson, Winner Special Plate
- Boys Div 2 - James Green, R/Up Special Plate
- Boys Div 2 - Chris Smith, R/Up Plate
- Girls Div 2 - Olivia Brookland, Consolation Plate Winner
- Boys Div 3 - Hayden Nauman, Winner Classic Plate
- Boys Div 3 - Max Trimble, R/Up Special Plate
Full results are available at the link below.
Regards,
Linda Matson
Secretary
Squash Northland
