Kamo Rugby and Squash Club was full to bursting over the weekend as they hosted a celebration of Kamo Rugby, as well as not just one, but two squash tournaments at once over the weekend. 

In a huge logistics exercise for Kamo Squash Club organisers, twenty six pairs of doubles players and eighty four singles players battled it out over Thursday and Friday nights, and throughout the weekend as they competed in the annual Ivan Pohe Memorial Doubles tournament, and the Wilkinsons/Stirling Sports Kamo B Grade singles tournament.

The doubles competitors ranged from the ‘Strictly Social’ annual pairings of Kamo Stalwarts Tina (Finlayson) Jones and Mel Matheson, and Carol Gardner and Wayne Churton, to the ‘Serious’ division, where Ryan Chestnut paired with recently named NZ Under 19 team reserve, and A graded player Tate Matson, to take the title and the Ivan Pohe Memorial trophy.

The ‘Tryhard’ division, was won by father and son pairing of Ben and Greg Hyde, while the ‘Fun’ division, of mainly mixed pairs went to Neil Lewis and Miranda Jex-Blake.

In the Kamo B Grade tournament, part of the Black Knight series, upsets in both semi-finals of the top mens division, meant that Kamo’s Ben Hyde and Whangarei’s Jared Gravatt battled for the top honours, with Hyde continuing his winning ways to take the title, while top seeds Daniel Notton and Kelvin Moselen played off for third and fourth places instead. 

Mangakahia’s Sacha Pou-Tito topped the ladies division one, beating Fiona Moselen in a four set final.

In a thrilling division two ladies final between two of Northlands fastest rising junior girls, Wellsford’s Brittany Gibbons just held off Mangakahia’s Danielle Nauman, to win in the fifth set.

The mens division five, a round robin draw also full of young rising stars, was won by
Whangarei’s Sam Dykzeul, who survived a countback situation to edge out Nathan Chestnut of Mangakahia

Winner of the Black Knight lucky draw was Sacha Pou-Tito.

Kamo Squash Club hosts the Northland Masters tournament at the end of July.

Full results:

Ivan Pohe Memorial Doubles:

Serious:  Winners Tate Matson and Ryan Chestnut (Mangakahia) R/up Clayton Campbell and Daniel Notton (Whangarei/Kamo) Special Plate Kelvin Moselen and Craig Lilley (Kamo) Plate Mike Hebditch and Josh Thomas (Whangarei/Kamo) Cons Plate Mark West and Kerry Chestnut (Mangakahia)

Strictly Social Doubles:  Winners Colleen Pyne and Fiona Anderson (Kerikeri) R/up Jacinta Matson and Danielle Nauman (Mangakahia)

Fun Doubles:  Winners Neil Lewis and Miranda Jex-Blake (Mangakahia) R/up Bruce and Elisha Smith (Kamo)  Third Sacha Pou-Tito and John Tito (Mangakahia)

Tryhard Doubles:  Winners Greg and Ben Hyde (Kamo) R/up Kane Turketo and James Green (Kamo/Mangakahia) Special Plate Sean and Greg Prinsloo (Kamo) Plate Shontelle and Leah Goodhew (Kamo), Cons Plate Pat Smith and Michele Salmon (Kamo)

Wilkinsons/Stirling Sports Kamo B Grade:

Mens Div 1

Winner Ben Hyde (Kamo) R/up Jared Gravatt (Whg) Sp Plate Daniel Notton (Kamo) Plate Ryan Chestnut (Mgk) Cons Pl Chris Jensen (Kamo)

Mens Div 2

Winner Glen Wynyard (Kamo) R/up Sam Johnson (Kamo) Sp Plate Carlo Aprea (Kamo) Plate Sam Sayes (Whg) Cons Pl Angus MacDonald (Whg)

Mens Div 3

Winner James Green (Mgk) r/up Kane Turketo (Kamo) Sp Plate Alan Rockell (KK) Plate Chris Smith (BB) Cons Pl Claude Shepherd (KK)

Mens Div 4

Winner Greg Prinsloo(Kamo) R/up Peter Houben (Whg) Sp Plate Cameron Johnson (Kamo) Plate Andrew Johnson (Kamo) Cons Pl Milton Brookland (Whg)

Mens Div 5

Winner

Sam Dykzeul (Whg) R/up Nathan Chestnut (Mgk) Third Rikajn Stuart (Kamo)

Mens Div 6

Winner Vincent Robson (KK) R/up Rob MacInlay Sp Plate Aaron Cooze(Whg) Plate Liam Seeley (Whg) Cons Pl Campbell Shepherd (KK)

Ladies Div 1

Winner Sacha Pou-Tito (Mgk) R/up Fiona Moselen (Kamo) Sp Plate Gae Lewis (Mgk) Plate Shontelle Goodhew (Kamo) Cons Pl Debbie Johnson (Kamo)

Ladies Div 2

Winner Brittany Gibbons (Wfd) R/up Danielle Nauman (Mgk) Sp Plate Amanda Gould (Kamo) Plate Miranda Jex-Blake (Mgk)

Ladies Div 3

Winner Annie Greene (Kamo) R/up Karen West (Mgk) Sp Plate Jacinta Matson (Mgk) Plate Renee Larmer (KK) Cons Pl Michele Salmon (Kamo)

Ladies Div 4

Winner Caitlin Foster (Mgto) r/up Michelle Hammond Sp Plate Nirelle McDonald (Kta) Plate Marise Gordon (Otago) Cons Pl Robyn Hammann (Whg)

Ladies Div 5

Winner Tracey Klaricich (Kamo) R/up Sharyn Thomas (Kamo) Third Bridget Johnson (Kamo) Cons Pl Penny Wilson (Kamo)

Ladies Div 6

Winner Mackenzie Johnson (Kamo) R/up Olivia Brookland (Whg) Third Gabrielle Sykes

Raffle winner Sheryl Monaghan

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