Whangārei's Abbie Palmer is in the NZ women's squash team for the world championships in China in September.
Waipū 20-year-old Abbie Palmer has been named in the NZ women's squash team heading to the world championships in China in September.
Palmer, who is based in Auckland, has a world ranking of 84 and finished third at the NZ National champs in June.
She is the current NZ under-23
champion and the 2018 winner of the NZ woman's doubles and mixed doubles national titles. As a junior Palmer represented NZ at three world Junior team championships and also represented NZ at the Youth Commonwealth games in 2015, where she won a Silver medal in the woman's doubles and a Bronze in mixed doubles.
The team for China is led by world No 4 and three-time medal winner at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Joelle King. The 29-year-old has had a superb 18 months on the PSA world circuit and is rated highly by all of her rivals around the world.
King's women's double teammate Amanda Landers-Murphy who has a current singles ranking of 35 is also named in the team. Landers-Murphy, from Rotorua, was a beaten finalist in the NZ National Champs by King and won the gold medal in doubles with King on the Gold Coast.
