Fridd, not surprisingly, collected the junior open crown by default.
This year, despite the club staging the champs at the height of exams, was special for Fridd because last year he had stumbled in the semifinals to Ben Remihana.
"I've sort of been gearing up for it for the whole year so I was really motivated to win it."
Needless to say, the Otago University-bound health science/physiotherapy student found a comfortable balance between studying and training/playing squash.
"With my study breaks, squash was my time off to just relax and do what I like doing."
Having achieved merits in levels one and two of his NCEA exams, Fridd likes to think he's an adept scholar who will graduate from high school on a similar note in level three.
His school recognises the young man's talent, awarding him the MVP for squash in the past four years.
The quick-paced indoor sport itself provides untold enjoyment to the schoolboy and it has fast-tracked him into the Eastern (Hawke's Bay/Gisborne) senior men's representative squad this year, after he competed in the junior ranks for three years.
Late last month, he was classified the 13th best under-19 squash player in the country after competing at the junior national championship in Burnside, Christchurch.
In mid-April this year, Fridd was ranked 17th best under-19 player at the conclusion of the Oceania Junior Squash Championship staged at Henderson, Auckland.
That also gave him a ranking of 287th in the world junior circuit.
A "late bloomer" compared with other Kiwi youngsters, Fridd only started playing competitively when he was 14. Before that he just went out for the occasional hit with his father, Grahame Fridd, an insolvency officer, and older brother, Daniel, now 20, a builder.
No doubt the teenager has ambitions to see how far he can take the sport.
"For me to start becoming better than them [other age-group Kiwis] will be a huge achievement for me just to show my work ethic and how much I will have to work to catch up with where they are with how long they've been playing."
Like many athletes in the quest for higher honours, Fridd has hit a plateau several times which has questioned his resolve and commitment.
"I've moved up several grades and then slowed down a little bit so that can feel quite frustrating that you're not moving as fast as you can or think you should be.
"I suppose it's all about patience because nothing happens just overnight. You just have to keep working at it."
Fridd initially grappled with his share of demons in trying to make the transition from boy to man from the junior to open men's grades but gradually exorcised them, too.
"At the start you feel a little intimidated because they are stronger and hit the ball much harder but maturity comes through because you get used to playing against them."
He is indebted to coach Joel Le Comte for helping him mould a template that doesn't start buckling any time pressure starts mounting.
"At this point of my career, you could call it, Joel is making a big difference," he says of the mentor he has been consulting for three years.
He is intending to establish a solid summer-based training schedule, when it's a good time to rebuild before the winter code starts.
Fridd says his father and mother Teresa, a home educator, have been a pillar of support and inspiration.
