Northland junior squash players had a successful outing at the NZ Junior Age Groups held at Hamilton Squash Club.
Northland junior squash players had a successful outing at the NZ Junior Age Groups held at Hamilton Squash Club.
Freddie Jameson has taken out the Under 11 Boys title at the NZ Junior Age Groups held at Hamilton Squash Club.
The number one seed was far too strong for his opponent Charlie Prince in the final, playing some great length and winning in a comfortable three sets.
Third seedTyler Ranger progressed through to the finals of the Boys Under 19, where he played top ranked Scott Galloway in the final.
Gregory made Ranger work hard with some great shot selections, eventually winning in three sets.
Other Northlanders to place in the top five of their divisions were Zoe Dykzeul, Finn Trimble (both third), Montana Vette-Blomquist, MacKenzie Johnson (both fourth) and Riley-Jack Vette-Blomquist (fifth).
Northland was well represented with 19 of our juniors playing and over 200 juniors competing from around New Zealand in a great weekend of squash with excellent results from them.
In the Junior teams event, fifth seeded Northland upset Waikato, the fourth seed, on the first day.
They proceeded to take out Eastern and Bay of Plenty claiming three wins and second in their pool.
In the third and fourth playoff, the boys draw saw a close battle between Wellington and Northland with it coming back to points.
Ultimately, it was Wellington who prevailed by a margin of 114 to 112 points.
In the Girls Northland, the third seed, took 2nd in their pool to set up a third and fourth matchup between them and Eastern.
It was a close battle between the Northland and Eastern teams with some tense matches but it was Eastern who prevailed to take out third spot, leaving Northland fourth.
Shelley Kitchen took out the 2016 Masters Championship title for the second year running at the NZ Masters Nationals being held in Dunedin.
Meanwhile, Northlander Shelley Kitchen has taken out the 2016 Masters Championship title for the second year running at the NZ Masters Nationals being held in Dunedin.
The former world top-10 player used her athleticism and racket skills to dominate Joanna Shanks in the women's 35 grade yesterday.
Shanks never stopped trying and hit some classy winners during the second set but Kitchen showed the benefits of being a relatively recent touring professional to prevail 15-5, 15-8, 15-5.
Full Results: Results from NZ Junior Age Groups Under 11 Boys: 1) Freddie Jameson, 7) Paddy Ferguson Under 11 Girls: 4) Montana Vette-Blomquist Under 13 Boys: 7) Maz Saunders and Campbell Griffin, 10) Flynn Venmore Under 13 Girls: 10) Amy Brown Under 15 Boys: 5) Riley-Jack Vette-Blomquist Under 15 Girls: 10) Anna Moselen, 15) Shea Ferguson Under 17 Boys: 18) Cory Ferguson, 26) Brad Moselen Under 17 Girls: 3) Zoe Dykzeul, 7) Annmarie Holst Under 19 Boys: 2) Tyler Ranger, 3) Finn Trimble, 23) Shayden Toka Under 19 Girls: 4) MacKenzie Johnson, 8) Sian Duggan Masters Results Championship: 2) Hongi Laing, 3) Neil Rossiner, 5) Richard van Rynbach, 7) Linda Matson, Eugene Venter and Bruce Smith Division 1: 1) Cindy Hassan, 2) Julie Geange Division 2: 1) Sharon Macdonald Overall Teams: 7) Northland
