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QUEENSLAND SQUASH SQUASH NEWSLETTER © 2017 © QSM May 2017 - Issue 9 QUEENSLANDERS SET TO REPRESENT AUSTRALIA Nick Calvert, Lachlan Coxsedge and Ethan Eyles have been selected to represent Australia in the World Junior Individual Championships in NZ in July. Courtney Mather has been selected to represent Australia in the Individual and Team Championship. Congratulations! Q SQUASH NEWS EDITORIAL April was a fairly quiet month in There was a boardroom reshuffle Australia but there was plenty of action recently. Ros Preston has stepped in NZ. down as President and will now fulfill the role of Treasurer. Jonathan James Those juniors to make the trip had the has become the new Q Squash opportunity to play in the Oceania Junior President and Nathan Turnbull has Championships and the NZ Junior Open. moved from Treasurer to Vice Those representing Australia also played President. in the Trans Tasman Test Series. On behalf of Q Squash I would like to A number of Masters players participated thank Ros for her distinguished service in the World Masters Games. Dale as President. I would also like to wish Robbins reached the final but was denied Jonathan all the very best as he leads by another Aussie. He won a silver medal Q Squash into the future. in the O55M whilst Danny Woolbank picked up a bronze medal in the O40M. Kim Schramm [email protected] Danny Dale TRANS TASMAN TEST SERIES TRANS TASMAN Seven Queenslanders represented Australia in the Trans Tasman Test Series against NZ. Australia was absolutely belted by the Kiwis 26-10 over the 2 days. 26 Hayley Hankinson made up for her disappointment in the Oceania Junior Championships by winning both her 10 matches. RIP Lachlan Coxsedge and Katie Davies enjoyed one win each. TEST SERIES Q SQUASH UPDATE SQUASH On the 1st of May, Ros Preston stood down as president, handing the reins to myself, Jonathan James. I would like to thank Ros for her contribution as President for the last 5 years. Where Q Squash was when she started to now is a true testament to her fortitude and commitment to our sport. My hope is that she continues to serve the Board and the Squash community for some time to come. I am aware that a percentage of you don't know me, as I am new to the greater Queensland Squash community, so a little background about me, I have played Squash for the last 40 years, firstly in Wellington, my place of birth, then more recently in Brisbane for more than a decade. Professionally, I am a Project Manager primarily in the Energy and Technology sectors, I believe these skills will be an asset to my new role. Your new Q Squash Board is; President: Jonathan James (Brisbane) Vice President: Nathan Turnbull (Brisbane) Treasurer: Ros Preston (Central) Secretary: Rhonda Hite (Central) Directors: Mario Di Bella (Northern), Nathan Stevenson (Southern) and Rhys Mountford-Jones (Southern) The biggest challenge that Squash in Queensland and Australia faces, is the accelerating decline in the number of players, while Squash worldwide is seeing somewhat of a resurgence, Australians continued to switch to alternative sports or worse non-participation of sport altogether. This is a problem facing both metro and rural Queensland and only with a plan to growing squash participation across the whole state will we break this trend. I am committed to developing a realistic strategic plan based on growth and development, one which takes into account the additional challenges faced in rural Queensland. The only way for this to be successful is for all of the state to play an active role. There has been a number of issues with the new affiliation process which we are working on to resolve, and a number of centres and members across the state who are not affiliating as they believe it offers them very little value. I want to work with them to find ways for them to be active in the greater squash community and find ways to make being affiliated better value for all of us. We need to actively review the Q Squash constitution and policies, ensuring they are up to date and fair for the whole Squash community, I would like to see this achieved Q SQUASH UPDATE SQUASH through working groups chaired by a member of the Q Squash Board and made up of representatives from all regions. We need to improve our planning and our communication, providing as many ways as possible to promote our game and communicate with each other about the positive work and events happening across the state. Thank you I firmly believe that our future success begins with looking after our own. If we have a happy squash community, then it will become contagious, new people will feel more welcome and this helps to build a healthy, better functioning squash community. Thank you, once again, to everyone working, playing and supporting our game. I look forward to working with you all, for our game. Jonathan James Email: [email protected] Q Squash President OUR PSA PLAYERS With no PSA events on the calendar for April our PSA stars were most likely training and getting ready for the one and only domestic PSA event for May - the NT Open. This event is a PSA M10 event. PSA WORLD RANKings as at 1 MAY 2017 TM LM PLAYER HWR TM LM PLAYER HWR 66 68 Zac Alexander 36 30 29 Rachael Grinham 1 116 109 Matthew Hopkin 89 61 60 Lisa Camilleri 28 170 168 Thomas Calvert 168 77 75 Jessica Turnbull 73 200 201 Solayman Nowrozi 200 89 85 Samantha Foyle 73 236 229 Joel Luca 222 120 119 Samantha Calvert 111 242 235 Courtney West 218 152 145 Taylor Jones 145 368 370 Lachlan Coxsedge 370 203 206 Ellie Jones 203 382 374 Alex Eustace 238 387 388 Nicholas Calvert 360 425 420 Ben Courtice 333 489 Ethan Eyles 489 Q SQUASH NEWS OCEANIA JUNIOR CHAMPS 20 Queenslanders made the trip across the ditch to compete in the 2017 Oceania Junior Championships. Josh Penfold and Katie Davies were the best of the Queenslanders finishing 3rd in their respective events. QUEENSLANDERS WHO FINISHED IN THE TOP 10 U11B Zane Wolpers: Finished 6th RR Open Lost to Aryan Madan (SA) 11-13, 3-11, 8-11 RR GB Lost to Mikarore Joyce (NZ) 11-9, 3-11, 3-11, 6-11 RR GB Lost to Reece Holmes (NZ) 11-9, 7-11, 6-11, 2-11 U11B Nickolai Wolpers: Finished 8th RR Div 1 Lost to Finn Goodson (NZ) 9-11, 16-18, 11-13 RR Div 1 Defeated Riley McCracken (NZ) 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 3-11, 11-8 RR QR Lost to Reece Holmes (NZ) 11-4, 11-4, 11-1 U13G Shona Coxsedge: Finished 9th PO 9-10 Defeated Hannah Dunbar (NZ) 11-8, 12-10, 11-3 PO 9-12 Defeated Maia Jordyn Kelly (NZ) 11-2, 11-5, 11-3 R1 Lost to Ashlee Pepper (NZ) 11-8, 7-11, 6-11, 9-11 U15G Katie Davies: Finished 3rd PO 3-4 Defeated Hayley Hankinson (QLD) 12-10, 11-9, 11-6 SF Lost to Sze Yu Lee 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 3-11 QF Defeated Samantha Harding (NZ) 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 4-4 Retired R2 Defeated Alexandra Harding (NZ) 11-2, 11-3, 11-3 U15G Hayley Hankinson: Finished 4th PO 3-4 Lost to Katie Davies (QLD) 10-12, 9-11, 6-11 SF Lost to Georgia Lane (NSW) 9-11, 11-13, 11-8, 5-11 QF Defeated Ella Burge (QLD) 11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 13-11 R2 Defeated Katie Templeton (NZ) 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 U15G Ella Burge: Finished 7-8 PO 5-8 Lost to Renee Dudson (NZ) 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 3-11 QF Lost to Hayley Hankinson (QLD) 7-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-13 R2 Defeated Kurstyn Mather (QLD) 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 R1 Defeated Tahlia Ashford (NZ) 11-2, 11-2, 11-0 Q SQUASH NEWS OCEANIA JUNIOR CHAMPS U15B Josh Penfold: Finished 3rd PO 3-4 Defeated Elijah Thomas (NZ) 11-5, 13-11, 4-11, 11-7 SF Lost to Leo Fatialofa (NZ) 11-5, 3-11, 10-12, 3-11 QF Defeated Ben Tomlinson (NZ) 11-7, 11-9, 13-11 R2 Defeated Henry Moran (NZ) 11-0, 11-3, 11-9 R1 Defeated Brandon Adonis (NZ) 11-2, 11-1, 11-1 U15B BJ MacDonald: Finished 5th PO 5-6 Defeated Riley-Jack Vette-Blomquist (NZ)11-5, 5-11, 11-1, 16-14 PO 5-8 Defeated Devlin Gurr (NZ) 11-6, 11-6, 11-0 QF Lost to Remi Young (WA) 5-11, 7-11, 3-11 R2 Defeated Tarin Love (NZ) 11-9, 3-11, 11-9, 11-7 R1 Defeated Kyle Piggott (NSW) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4 U19G Ellie Jones: Finished 5th PO 5-6 Defeated Camden Te Kani- McQueen (NZ)11-7, 11-4, 11-6 PO 5-8 Defeated Winona-Jo Joyce (NZ) 11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7 QF Lost to Nadia Hubbard (NZ) 2-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-3, 8-11 R2 Defeated Xinru He (China) 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 U19G Courtney Mather: Finished 7-8 PO 5-8 Lost to Camden Te Kani- McQueen (NZ)9-11, 3-11, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11 QF Lost to Alexandra Haydon (SA) 6-11, 1-11, 2-11 R2 Defeated Jenny Peng (China) 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 8-11, 11-6 Congratulations COURTNEY MATHER Courtney has been selected to play for Australia Her relocation to Cairns to be coached by Marc Forster and Steve Finitsis, her commitment to pursuing a goal and her dedication to training have all paid off.