Squash: Trimble shows class to take A grade final

Max Trimble.

Northland's top grade squash players have been found, which means they now have the opportunity to compete at the New Zealand Grade Championships in November in Christchurch.

Squash ace Max Trimble claimed the men's A grade title after having just been promoted to the A grade by beating experienced Kerikeri player Mal McBain in the final.

The match-up earlier this month was a rematch after the pair had met at the Kerikeri Open earlier in the year, which had gone to five with Trimble winning on that occasion also.

In the ladies B grade final, Jacinta Matson and Fiona Moselen played off which also saw youth pitted against experience, and, once again youth had the day with Matson taking the title.

Abbie Palmer and Sacha Pou Tito battled it out in the A grade ladies final, with Palmer having won the last encounter between these two.

However, Pou Tito dug deep as she claimed the win and the A grade ladies title in the process.

The senior players can now look to their respective club champs and the junior players have one more local tournament, the Kerikeri juniors, this weekend and many will be travelling to Junior Nationals in Napier in a week's time.

The finals results and title holders for 2013 are:

NORTHLAND RESIDENTIALS

A Grade Ladies

Winner: Sacha Pou Tito; Runner-up: Abbie Palmer.

B Grade Ladies

Winner: Jacinta Matson; Runner-up: Fiona Moselen.

C Grade Ladies

Winner: Shontelle Goodhew; Runner-up: Nirelle McDonald; Third: Cindy Hassan; Special Plate: Vicki Ferguson; Plate: Penny Froggatt; Consolation Plate: Bridget Johnson.

D Grade Ladies

Winner: Mirna Manuell; Runner-up: Michelle Salmon; Special Plate: Margaret McKenzie; Consolation Plate: Delwyn Houlihan.

E Grade Ladies

Winner: Debs Pou Tito; Runner-up: Reanna Watson; Special Plate: Rochelle Bekker; Consolation Plate: Debbie Shepherd.

F Grade Ladies

Winner: Tayla McDonald; Runner-up: Cathy Charles.

J Grade Girls

Winner: Gina Hassan; Runner-up: Anna Moselen.

A Grade Men

Winner: Max Trimble; Runner-up: Mal McBain.

B Grade Men

Winner: Vincent Robson; Runner-up: Reagan Wakeling.

C Grade Men

Winner: Phillip Tana; Runner-up: Bryce Phillips; Special Plate: Alan Bee; Plate: Gavin Turketo; Consolation Plate: Jerrie Coetzee.

D Grade Men

Winner: Aaron Randall; Runner-up: Mitch Prout; Special Plate: Keegan Robbins; Plate: Shayden Toka; Consolation Plate: John Tito.

E Grade Men

Winner: Ngature Stephens; Runner-up: Neal Erstich; Third Michael Grbin; Plate: Tyson Matiu.

F Grade Men

Winner: JJ Stewart; Runner-up: Malcolm Shepherd; Third: Matthew Zimmer.

J Grade Boys

Winner: Devlin Gurr; Runner-up: Cory Ferguson.