HOLDING COURT: Nirelle McDonald, Ngature Stephens and Tayla McDonald (third, sixth and seventh from left) won their respective grades at the Northland Residentials squash tournament.
Home advantage paid off for members of the hosting club at the Northland Residentials squash tournament in Kaitaia last weekend.
A report from the event noted 24 ladies and 28 men made the trek to Kaitaia for the weekend and there were some very hard-fought battles in many grades to
find the champions.
Standouts as far as the local brigade were concerned included Ngature Stephens, along with mother and daughter, Tayla and Nirelle McDonald, all winning their respective championships.
The winners of the men's and women's divisions were as follows. A-grade: Finn Trimble and Sacha Pou-Tito, B grade: Darryn Gibbons and Zoe Dykzeul, C-grade - Ben Sweeney and Nirelle McDonald, D-grade: Ngature Stephens and Denese Gallagher, E-grade: Jeremy Waldegrave and Tayla McDonald, F-grade: Joanne Mason (the men's title uncontested), and, J-grade: Justin Tyson and Amy Brown.
Other top placings for Kaitaia players included Hongi Laing and Cindy Hassan finishing third in the B grade men's and women's events respectively, likewise Dave Palmer and Blair McDonald, who secured third placings overall in the D-grade and J-grade men's divisions respectively.
