Squash Media Is Proud and Excited to Present the 2017 Australian Squash Player Annual - Junior Edition

QUEENSLAND SQUASH

Rachael Grinham will be looking to add to her great collection of 7 CG medals when she partners up with Donna Urquhart in the Women’s Doubles and Ryan Cuskelly in Mixed.

Zac Alexander on the other hand will be striving to win his first CG medal when he partners David Palmer in the Men’s Doubles.

Photos courtesy of Toni van der Kreek Q SQUASH NEWS Editorial

Finally, the wait is over! The Com Games have arrived. On the 4th April the Opening ceremony will take place and the very next day the Squash program begins.

The court is looking absolutely spectacular ... in fact the whole venue looks fantastic!

It is so refreshing to see a world class squash arena. Queensland desperately needs such a facility on a permanent basis.

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a permanent mini arena that was suitable for smaller style sporting events: squash, table tennis, weightlifting and a whole host of other sports.

Fully equipped and set up for filming and showcasing sports WORLD RANKings as at 1 APRIL 2018 that are not designed for large audiences. TM LM HR WHEN Zac Alexander 137 127 36 Sep-12 I have tickets to the Gold and Matthew Hopkin 138 132 89 Jul-15 Bronze Medal playoffs in both Thomas Calvert 168 157 155 Dec-17 Singles and Doubles (Men and Women). I’m so looking forward to Alex Eustace 211 209 203 Feb-18 seeing some of the best players in Joel Luca 217 214 209 Nov-17 the World competing for Gold. Courtney West 269 257 218 Feb-12 Solayman Nowrozi 273 241 189 Jul-17 Being able to witness world class Lachlan Coxsedge 330 305 293 Feb-18 Doubles for the first time is also a Nicholas Calvert 371 341 316 Aug-17 very attractive proposition. Ethan Eyles 466 502 466 Apr-18 Ben Courtice 544 525 333 Jan-16 It will also be possibly the last time we get to see some of our CG TM LM HR WHEN stars, and former World Rachael Grinham 26 29 1 Aug-04 Champions, playing at home Jessica Turnbull 75 79 73 Dec-16 Rachael Grinham (7 CG Medals) Courtney Mather 195 185 185 Mar-18 and David Palmer (8 CG Medals). Taylor Jones 196 183 145 Apr-17

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Zac Alexander #6 Campbell Grayson L SF Manitoba Open 6-11, 9-11, 7-11 (47m) Christopher Gordon W QF Manitoba Open 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 6-11, 11-6 Vikram Malhotra W R1 Manitoba Open 11-4, 11-8, 11-2 Hugo Varela W Q Manitoba Open 11-8, 11-5, 11-2 Jake Hooker W Q Manitoba Open 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 Tom Calvert #8 Matthew Karwalski L R1 Elanora Open 11-7, 3-11, 7-11, 11-8, 4-11 (51m) Alex Eustace #10 Ryunosuke Tsukue L R1 Elanora Open 3-11, 4-11, 8-11 (29m) Rachael Grinham #2 Fiona Moverley L SF Calgary Squash Week Open 10-12, 7-11, 9-11 (32m) Danielle Letourneau W QF Calgary Squash Week Open 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11- 8 (50m) Menna Hamed W R1 Calgary Squash Week Open 11-7, 11-6, 11-6 (31m) Jessica Turnbull #6 Nikki Todd L R1 Queen City Open 4-11, 5-11, 4-11 (20m) Liu Tsz-Ling L QF Malaysian Tour No6 5-11, 5-11, 4-11 (24m) Aika Azman W R1 Malaysian Tour No6 11-1, 11-5, 11-3 (20m) Christine Nunn L SF Sandgate Open 11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 3-11 (35m) Lauren Aspinall W QF Sandgate Open 11-3, 11-6, 11-5 Shehana Vithana W R1 Sandgate Open 11-1, 11-9, 11-5

GOOD LUCK SANDGATE MS OPEN

Great to see some PSA action in Queensland! The Sandgate MS Open attracted some of Australia’s best women squash players to Brisbane.

The 2018 Champion is Christine Nunn who proved her 3-0 win in last month’s Australian Nationals against Tamika Saxby was full of merit. The W#55 was too good for the W#57 winning the final in four. Nunn looks like she is getting back to the form that saw her reach a career high 36 in July 2016.

The Top 8 seeds all went through to the Photo courtesy of quarter finals and the Top 4 seeds went through to the semi finals so there were no upsets.

Sandgate’s Jessica Turnbull lost out to Nunn in the semi final.

Nunn and Saxby will be representing Australia at the Commonwealth Games in April. Seize the Light - Craig Stewart https://www.facebook.com/cstewphotos/ PSA W5 Sandgate Final [2] Christine Nunn (AUS) bt [1] Tamika Saxby (AUS) 11-8, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7 (37m) Semi Finals [1] Tamika Saxby (AUS) bt [4] Abbie Palmer (NZL) 11-5, 4-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5 (44m) [2] Christine Nunn (AUS) bt [3] Jessica Turnbull (AUS) 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-3 (35m) Quarter Finals [1] Tamika Saxby (AUS) bt [7] Selena Shaikh (AUS) 11-7, 12-10, 11-2 [4] Abbie Palmer (NZL) bt [8] Emma Millar (NZL) 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6 [3] Jessica Turnbull (AUS) bt [6] Lauren Aspinall (AUS) 11-3, 11-6, 11-5 [2] Christine Nunn (AUS) bt [5] Taylor Flavell (AUS) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6 Round 1 [1] Tamika Saxby (AUS) bye [7] Selena Shaikh (AUS) bt Anika Jackson (NZL) 14-12, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4 [8] Emma Millar (NZL) bt Alexandra Haydon (AUS) 11-4, 11-8, 11-7 [4] Abbie Palmer (NZL) bt Challen Stowell (AUS) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 [3] Jessica Turnbull (AUS) bt Shehana Vithana (AUS) 11-1, 11-9, 11-5 [6] Lauren Aspinall (AUS) bt Ariel Lyon (AUS) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 [5] Taylor Flavell (AUS) bt Madison Lyon (AUS) 11-3, 11-0, 11-2 [2] Christine Nunn (AUS) bt Katie Davies (AUS) 11-2, 11-2, 11-4 SANDGATE MS OPEN

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Michael Lyon (Fundraiser Mastermind), Champion Christine Nunn, Nathan Turnbull (Centre Operator), Runner Up Tamika Saxby, Councillor Jared Cassidy (Brisbane City Council - Deagon Ward)

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For more information contact: squashmedia .com.au Q SQUASH NEWS Flashback ... 2014 Com Games Tully’s Lisa Camilleri and Innisfail’s Steve Finitsis represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

In 2018 Camilleri and Finitsis participated in the Queen’s Baton Relay.

Camilleri ran a leg in Tully whilst Finitsis ran in Cairns.

I have personally known both athletes since their teens and they have always been first class ambassadors for their home communities, NR, Queensland and Australia.

“It was an amazing experience. Nothing better then coming back to grass roots where my squash journey began to represent the Tully Community “ said Camilleri.

Despite running in Cairns, Finitsis felt he also represented his home community of Innisfail.

Ironically, Finitsis (Runner # 96) handed the Baton over to his cousin Peter (Runner # 97).

The Queen’s Baton Relay began its journey on 13 March 2017 at Buckingham Palace. The mission was for the Baton to travel for 388 days through all nations ALEXANDER and territories of the Commonwealth. The Baton will arrive on the Gold Coast for the XXI Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony on 4 April 2018, where a representative for Her Majesty, will remove the message from the Baton and read it aloud to officially open the Games.

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As part of the Queen’s Baton Relay the Portable Courts were set up at Suncorp Stadium! Well done Brisbane! Ben Murray also caught up with the King!

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BRISBANE CITY NEWS GRAND FINALS SQUASH

The Premier League saw two Sandgate teams battle it out with the Sandcrabs beating the Sandflies. The team of Rhys Dowling, Alex Eustace, Courtney West and Jordan Till beat Josh Larkin, Joel Luca, Nathan Turnbull and Andrew Hunt.

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The two #1s just happen to be Josh Larkin and Rhys Dowling ... two of the best players in Australia. Larkin is currently ranked W#69 and Dowling W#98. They are the 4th and 5th best in Australia based on PSA Rankings. On this occasion Larkin won 3-0. BRISBANE CITY NEWS GRAND FINALS SQUASH

Joel Luca lost to Alex Eustace 0-3

Courtney West lost to Nathan Turnbull 0-3

Jordan Till def Andrew Hunt 3-0 National Junior Rankings - Top 5

Rankings as at 1/4/18

U11 Boys U13 Boys U15 Boys 1 Eric Marsh WA Ben Murray QLD Greg Chan WA 2 Aiden Finlay-Mulligan SA Aryan Madan SA Oscar Curtis WA 3 Michael Lawrence QLD Daniel Marsh WA BJ MacDonald QLD 4 Jonathan Groenewald WA Tyrese Andrews-Tuhoro QLD Eric Gray WA 5 Jia Jay Sia QLD Finlay Galt WA Luke Eyles QLD

U17 Boys U19 Boys 1Abel Jin WA Nick Calvert QLD 2Remi Young WA Lachlan Coxsedge QLD 3 Sam Sergo NSW Eugene Heng NSW 4 Wes Dyer QLD Jack Hudson TAS 5 Dylan Molinaro VIC Jacob Ford NSW

U11 Girls U13 Girls U15 Girls 1 Tara Davies QLD Madison Lyon QLD Ella Burge QLD 2 Haylee Besant NSW Courtney Scholtz VIC Erin Classen WA 3 Kayce Hoani Vincent QLD Maja Maziuk NSW Amber Chen ACT 4 Sienna Butcher NSW Janaanii Sukunesan VIC Kurstyn Mather QLD 5 Joanne Joseph VIC Charlotte Stephenson QLD Tanai Jade O'Brien NSW

U17 Girls U19 Girls 1 Alex Haydon SA Courtney Mather QLD 2 Mackenzie Sleep QLD Grace Pattison TAS 3 Katie Davies QLD Jessica Graham VIC 4 Caitlin Purvis TAS Jessica Osborne NT 5 Hayley Hankinson QLD Hannah Smit ACT BRISBANE CITY NEWS REDCLIFFE JUNIOR SQUASH QUALIFIER 34 juniors participated in the Brisbane Qualifier at the PCYC Redcliffe.

Nick Calvert won Division 1 in straight against Joel Arscott.

On 29th March Squash Australia announced the players chosen to represent Australia at the World Junior Championships in Chennai, India. Individual: 18-23 July and Teams: 24-29 July.

Calvert has been chosen as the #1 player. Congratulations Nick.

Div 1 Nick Calvert 11-7, 11-6, 11-3 Joel Arscott Declan Cashman Div 2 Jack Simons 13-11, 11-8, 5-11, 11-6 Mackenzie Sleep Ella Burge Div 3 Gianluca Bushell 4RR: 3 wins 0 losses Morgan Roberts Jack Hansen Div 4 Celina Krueger 11-9, 11-3, 11-5 Michelle Krueger Alise Fitzpatrick Div 5 Derrick Ch Yu 7-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 Elaine Cheung Jia Jay Sia NORTHERN REGION NEWS TOWNSVILLE JUNIOR QUALIFIER 84 entries were received for the 2018 Townsville Junior Open making the 3rd Redbacks qualifier the most successful in terms of participation numbers

The Compulsory qualifier in Cairns attracted 70 entries whilst the first 2018 Qualifier held at Ingham last October received 71.

Wes Dyer completed the double double! He won the U17 and U19 title in Cairns and repeated that effort in Townsville.

Kurstyn Mather probably caused the biggest upset of the tournament beating Hayley Hankinson in four to set up a match up against her sister Courtney in the U19 final. Kurstyn won 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-3.

BJ MacDonald won the U15 title but couldn’t get past Brody DiBella in the U19 semi losing 11-3, 11-9, 14-16, 6-11, 11-13.

Josh Porter U13B, Michael Lawrence U11B and Kayce Hoani Vincent continue on their merry ways dominating their respective age groups.

Mackay’s Payton Douglas caused a minor upset beating Kayce Hoani Vincent to win the U13 girls event. Douglas won a close five setter 4-11, 11-9, 11-3, 10-12, 12-10. Hoani Vincent won their previous encounter in Cairns in four.

The final Qualifier for 2018 will take place in Mackay in May.

A big thank you to Janelle Fox and her team in Townsville for hosting the Qualifier. Also thank you to Kerry Mather for taking the presentation shots. NORTHERN REGION NEWS TOWNSVILLE JUNIOR QUALIFIER

U11B Michael Lawrence U11G Kayce Hoani Vincent 5RR: 4 wins 0 losses 4RR: 3 wins 0 losses Liam Fascetti Hayley Menta Jack Butcher Teneille Lambert U13B Josh Porter U13G Payton Douglas 6RR: 5 wins 0 losses 6RR: 5 wins 0 losses Lachlan Erba Kayce Hoani Vincent Michael Lawrence Kate Butcher U15B BJ MacDonald U15G Kurstyn Mather 11-8, 11-3, 11-4 11-4, 11-6, 11-8 Matt Brazier Kiara Stubley Josh Porter Amity Alarcos U17B Wes Dyer U19G Courtney Mather 11-4, 11-2, 8-11, 11-9 11-6, 12-10, 11-6 Jake Webb Kurstyn Mather Kyle Hoani Vincent Hayley Hankinson U19B Wes Dyer U21B Robin Morove 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 11-6, 6-11, 12-10, 11-7 Brody DiBella Courtney Mather BJ MacDonald Brody DiBella Novice Sarah Fascetti 5RR: 4 wins 0 losses Photos courtesy of Cooper Alford Kerry Mather Molly Telder 2017 ASP ANNUALS

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April to August

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September to December

SEP 2 2 QLD Juniors Brisbane Junior Doubles Open Brisbane SEP 9 9 QLD AJSTB Southern Region Junior Qualifier Southern Region SEP 15 15 QLD AJSTB Moura Junior Open Moura SEP 22 22 QLD Teams Rockhampton Timed Teams #3 Scottvale Park OCT 6 7 QLD Masters QMSA Carseldine Carseldine OCT 11 14 QLD M10 W10 Q Open TBC QLD OCT 13 14 QLD AJSTB Ingham Junior Qualifier Ingham OCT 20 21 QLD Open Mackay Open Squash 52, Mackay OCT 20 21 QLD Open Moura BAF Open Moura OCT 21 21 QLD AJSTB Southern Region Qualifier Southern Region OCT 21 21 QLD AJSTB Stafford Junior Open Stafford OCT 25 28 QLD M5 W5 Pacific Toyota Cairns Open Sportsworld Cairns OCT 27 28 QLD Masters QMSA Labrador Gold Coast NOV 10 11 QLD Masters QMSA PCYC Ipswich Ipswich PCYC NOV 11 11 QLD AJSTB Southern Region Junior Qualifier Southern Region NOV 18 18 QLD AJSTB Barrett Property Junior Classic Sandgate DEC 1 2 QLD Masters QMSA PCYC Redcliffe Redcliffe PCYC

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