Event Round Up Events in Oct/Nov 2012 Ballarat Open Racquetball Championship Oct 18 Finals—Sec School Squash Competition Yrs 7/8 The thin red line Grade Winner Runner Up Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre Oct 19—21 Open Garry Pedersen Peter French Moorabbin Open OCTOBER 2012 Moorabbin Squash & Fitness Centre, Independence St VOLUME 4, ISSUE 9 A Grade Marc O’Brien Charlie Stevenson Oct 19—21 A Plate Dale Edwards David Kelly Australian Teams Championship Squash Vic Office: Barossa Valley, SA T: 9682 2199 New Squash Vic Board Award Winners B Grade Brandon Smits Michael Barclay Go the Vics!! F: 9682 2399 In an historic first for squash and racquetball in Victoria, the new Sep 9 E: [email protected] Recognised B Plate John Phillips Craig Whitfield Squash Vic Board was elected by the members (clubs, venues and Junior Development Series—Tournament #8 The Squash Vic AGM was also the Executive Director associates) at the 2012 AGM. 9 positions were available ‐ three in C Grade Shaun Quinn Peter Tyndall Shepparton opportunity to congratulate Fiona Young each of the Club, Venue and Independent categories. 11 nominations winners of the 2011 Volunteer D Grade Steve Jenes Jane Lokan Enter online at www.squashvic.com.au were received and the new Board comprises: Awards and Grand Prix Squash and Contact Squash Vic on 9682 2199 for information High Performance Manager D Plate Trevor Rowe Carl Reid Oct 25 Richard Cagliarini Director Category Vision for Squash/Racquetball in Victoria Racquetball Champions. Finals—Sec School Squash Competition Yrs 9/10 Squash Vic Patron Sarah Fitz‐ E Grade Katelin Cartledge Ruth McPhee Club ‐ I believe that the focus of Squash Vic should be on Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre Development Coordinator Gerald was on hand to present the Peta Murphy the players – this means supporting clubs and F Grade Claire Armstrong Stefan Tsvetkov Nov 3 Tegan Doherty awards. venues, encouraging grassroots participation – for Squash Vic Junior Novice Tournament Doubles—Open O’Donnell/Rundell Abishara/Andrew both juniors and adults, structuring pennants to Contact Squash Vic for details suit the needs of people’s busy lives and providing A Grade Fuhrmeister/Barclay Davis/Terrill Nov 4 training and tournament opportunities for elite SQUASH SKILLS Coaches Workshop B/C Grade Boyd/Schmidt Turley/Harrison players. I am particularly interested in encouraging Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre girls to play squash and women to keep playing. As D/E Grade Jenes/Rowe Harper/Kemeen Contact Squash Vic for details a current pennant player, and as someone who has Nov 10—11 played tournaments and had some (mainly Lakes Classic Racquetball Championships—Lakes Entrance PEDDERS FRIES FRENCH IN BALLARAT CLIFF HANGER vicarious) involvement with elite squash, I am able Contact Chris Fuhrmeister for further details 51551563 to bring to the Board a player’s perspective. With Australian Open Champion, Cameron White confined to barracks, the Entry form available for download from the Squash Vic Ballarat Racquetball Grand Prix Men's Open Event was always going to be a website calendar section. This is a Grand Prix Racquetball Club ‐ Bryan Bird I look forward to a new era under a re‐vamped last man standing affair. In the end it came down to a final game 'cut Circuit event. Board and a new Constitution. throat' point to decide the championship, in favour of Victorian Open Nov 10—11 Club ‐ Lee‐Anne My vision would be to see Squash grow as a sport , runner‐Up, Gary Pedersen over his Geelong stablemate and top seeded, Djerriwarrh Squash Championships—Squash Logic Melton Carpenter to encourage a growing participation in the sport Peter French, 17/21, 21/9, 21/20. Contact [email protected] for further details and to raise the status of squash as a sport, even to As with all A Grades this year, the unexpected happened, with local Marc Enter online via Squash Vic website. the level of Olympic consideration. O'Brien taking out top seeded Charlie Stevenson in the final 21/15, 21/15. This is a Grand Prix Squash Circuit event. Venue ‐ My vision for squash is for us to find a way to Above: Nathan Lindner from Following a shock semi‐final exit in the Vic Open, Grand Prix leader, Nov 18 Daniel Tanner become a viable and sustainable option through Shepparton, receives his Volunteer Brandon Smits returned to the winners list, with a clinical 21/11, 21/5 Junior Development Series—Tournament #9 creating and innovating to find a business model Award. victory over Yarrawonga stalwart, Michael Barclay. Geelong that will work for squash. Below: Peter French and Cameron Wangaratta's Shaun Quinn, moved a step closer to end of year honours, Nov 23—25 Independent ‐ Although I have no clear plan to increase White from Geelong with their prevailing over a determined Peter Tyndall 21/16, 21/18 in C Grade. Corporate Games—Melb Sports & Aquatic Centre Damien Green participation in the sport, I do feel that building an Grand Prix Racquetball trophies. Sixth seeded Steve Jenes spoiled a fairy tale ending for South Australian Nov 24—25 effective and co‐operative board of management is Grand Prix debutant, Jane Lokan, taking out the D Grade final 21/12, 21/16 Gippsland Squash Teams Tournament—Moe a major step toward being able to devise and and capturing his first Grand Prix title in the process. www.squashvic.com.au Nov 23—25 implement plans for improvement. I feel it is Ballarat youngster, Katelin Cartledge displayed her credentials for better Grays Masters—Ballarat important to recognise that Squash has a very loyal things to come, cutting a swathe through the event and winning the final base of participants that we must continue to cater over the more experienced Ruth McPhee 21/15, 21/1. for, but we also must diversify to offer new or Grade Winner Runner Up revised products that are capable of attracting new @squashvic participants. Open/A Grade Mixed Jarrod Stewart (Moe) Nathan Stewart (Moe) 2012 Country Individual Independent ‐ In the future, I would like to see squash and Open/A Plate Mixed Mark Edgley (LE) Judy Wright (Bairn) Catherine Swift racquetball have high profiles in the wider Squash Championships community so that they can be viable choices for B Grade Mens Damian Tubb (Bairn) Chris Fuhrmeister (LE) Hosted for a second year by Chris Fuhrmeister at Lakes sport‐minded people. With strong junior programs Entrance, players came from Gippsland, Geelong, Mornington B Plate Mens Mark Giacomelli (LE) and clear pathways for development, careful Peninsula, Latrobe Valley and Bairnsdale to compete over the attention to the needs of all players, clubs and weekend. There were some very close matches and some epic 5 C Grade Mens Jordan Rounds (LE) Brandon Smits (LE) www.facebook.com/squashvic venues and a flexible and adaptive approach, setters! C Plate Mens Chris Rounds (LE) Brian Goodwin (Mor) Squash Vic will be able to stimulate higher rates of participation at the community level and provide C Special Plate Mens Jacob Vandervegt (LE) Bruce Coulton (LE) opportunities for players to realise their ambitions D Mens/C Ladies Roger Regan (Gee) Trevor Rowe (LE) and potential. Independent ‐ For both sports to rebound in Australia it is critical Grand Prix Squash award winners, D Mens/C Ladies Plate John Sentry (LE) Michael Smits (LE) Gavin Murphy for the Squash and Racquetball communities to be left—Matt Wealands and right— www.youtube.com/squashvic1 D Mens/C Ladies Spec Pl Rayleen Cooper (Beac) Ben Biggs (Bairn) united and working together. We need to Anthony Morris. incentivise the total Squash and Racquetball E Mens/D Ladies Glenis Slater (Bairn) Natalie Mackay (LE) industry, to have as its goal ‐ every Squash facility in E Combined Elisha Brooks (LE) Josh Harrison (LE) this state has available properly structured junior Squash and Racquetball programs. E Combined Plate Jarrod Vieira (LE) THE THIN RED LINE PAGE 2 PAGE 3 Show your Treasurer you Care: nominate them for a World Squash Day 20 Oct — BE IN IT! Treasurers’ Award 40 clubs to date in Australia have registered, 14 in Victoria. NSW Congratulations : Grassroots Grabs: Whether your treasurer bangs out a budget on the couch in their Uggs, currently has more clubs on board than us!! We need more or sits in an office managing a team of accountants, they’re probably the & .. • Squash Vic is developing Case studies on Victorian club and centres to support this promotional initiative. person who’s doing the most to keep your organisation on its feet. ...who made the Australian Senior Women’s Team some successful local activities. The first in Each year, Our Community and Westpac celebrate these spreadsheet announced recently : the series kicks off with Melbourne It is not too late, register your club/centre at specialists with the Westpac Community Treasurers’ Awards, giving University’s growth in female participation http://worldsquashday.com/ 1. (QLD) through the Hits & Giggles program and two organisations the chance to have their treasurers recognised and 2. Donna Urquhart (NSW) more are being added as this goes to print. rewarded. 3. Melody Francis (VIC) Available on the WSD site for download: Case studies will be uploaded to the Squash Nominations should outline how the nominee ensures good financial 4. Sarah Cardwell (VIC) Vic website under Squash Vic HQ/Resources • WSDLOGO the World Squash Day 2012 Logo management, governance and outcomes. Congratulations also to Coach: Sarah Fitz‐Gerald • University Cup Challenge—a new annual Winners in each category will receive a $5000 prize for their organisation, • POSTER make sure everyone knows about World Squash Day (VIC) competition featuring teams from Monash, a trophy, and $5000 worth of training and tools from Our Community. • SIGNUP sheet get your club members signed up – you can have Melbourne, RMIT and La Trobe Universities as many or as few as you like Each eligible treasurer who is nominated for an award will receive a The World Women’s Teams Championship will be to be held at Monash on November 17. • TEAM LOGOS make your allegiance known held in Nimes, France from 12‐17 November 2012. certificate of recognition to signify the esteem in which they are held by • Squash Logic Melton arranged for the local • MARKING sheet keep track of the scores in your event Australia will be defending the World Championship their organisation. paper to run a photo and article on the • TEAM sheet record your overall team result to add to the global that it won in New Zealand in 2010. This year sees 26 Nominations for the award will close on October 26. secondary school squash competition play tally countries competing which will be the biggest World offs recently which captured local attention Nominate online at www.ourcommunity.com.au/treasurersawards • PRESS Release template for you to add your club details to and Women’s Team Championships ever. The and resulted in a new family joining the send out to local media competition will be very strong with teams from centre.

leading nations England, Egypt and Malaysia. • The Kinglake community is looking to Victorian clubs who have registered to date: develop an aquatic facility incorporating Daniel Wright, & Taylor squash courts! A feasibility study has been • Monash University completed and the group is now focussing Flavell... • Tonic Squash & Gym—Dromana on developing a business plan. The closest • Sandringham Club ...who made the U21 National Talent Squad selected courts to Kinglake are Epping, Lilydale and • Professional Squash Coaches Assoc of Australia recently: Alexandra and with the Whittlesea area Funding Opportunities • Malvern experiencing a growth spurt, the demand Males Females The Country Action Grant Scheme provides grants of up to $5000 to • Lakes Entrance can be demonstrated. Any donations Wesley Cusick (NSW) (NSW) improve the operational capacity and accessibility of community sport • Westerfolds towards the project would be welcomed. TJ Rarere (QLD) Jennifer Brown (NSW) and recreation organisations in rural and regional Victoria and increase • Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre (Contact Squash Vic for details). Tom Calvert (QLD) Selena Shaikh (VIC) the skills of their coaches, officials and managers. • Mulgrave Country Club

Darcy Evans (TAS) (VIC) There are three types of projects likely to be funded: • Geelong Lawn Tennis Club

Daniel Wright (VIC) • Initiatives to improve the operational effectiveness and efficiency of • Mountain District

organisations, for example: • Bentleigh Club x 2 AIS Senior Coach Anthony Ricketts will be coaching the squad and 2 camps are already planned before preparation of a business plan • Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club development of a club or organisation website the end of the year. • Thank you to Mountain District Squash & • Initiatives to improve the skills of club members through provision of Racquetball Club for supporting junior training for coaches and officials, administration staff and 2012 Squash Vic Volunteer squash by providing $500 towards a State management committee members, for example: Award—Nominations Open Junior Team member’s costs—this year the participation in courses (coaching or umpiring accreditation, First recipient is Phoebe Taylor from the Epping Aid, etc.) Do you know someone who makes a difference Squash Centre. Good luck to Phoebe and all workshops for administrators and committee members in financial around your squash/racquetball club? the team members who are competing in management, governance or information technology. Squash Vic would like to recognise the vital the Australian Junior Championships in • Initiatives to increase community participation by provision of contribution that volunteers play. Every Squash Vic Hobart these holidays. accessible sport and active recreation opportunities, for example: The Victorian Government’s 2012 Community Sport and Recreation affiliated Association/League or Club is eligible to • Thank you also to our 100 CLUB members sessions of a sport or active recreation activity for older adults or Awards (CS&R Awards) are now in their 16th consecutive year. The nominate one volunteer who fits the criteria below who have contributed to alleviating costs young mothers to receive a Squash Vic Volunteer Award: awards program recognises and celebrates the efforts of associated with the Junior teams travel. Further information: • Makes a difference in the local squash/ community members who have made a significant contribution to http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/country‐action‐grant‐scheme racquetball community community sport and active recreation in Victoria. Victorians are Don’t forget.....junior players 19 years and encouraged to nominate their club, team, or individuals. • Displays generosity of time, resources and under are required to wear protective Victalent provides a $500 travel assistance grant to community sport and energy eyewear when participating in squash and recreation organisations in rural and regional Victoria to assist athletes, Nominations can be made at: www.sport.vic.gov.au across the • Goes 'above and beyond' racquetball activities coaches, officials and teams with the travel costs of engaging in training following eight categories: • Promotes fun and enjoyment of the game and competition. Clubs, organisations and community groups that deliver Community Sporting Club of the Year (squash/racquetball) sport and active recreation programs in country Victoria may apply for Each nominee will receive a Certificate of funding of up to two nominees in 2013. Young Sportsperson of the Year Recognition and be invited to an awards Further information: Senior Sportsperson of the Year presentation at the Squash Vic Annual General http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/home/grants/all‐grants/victalent Community Participation Award Meeting 2013. Nomination forms are available via Service to Sport and Active Recreation Award the News section of the Squash Vic website or by There are two funding rounds for both grants: Diversity Award contacting Squash Vic. Phase 1 for projects commencing 1 January 2013 – 30 June 2013 Local Hero of the Year applications close 11 Oct 2012 Community Coach of the Year Phase 2 for projects commencing 1 July 2013 – 31 December 2013 THE THIN applications close 5 Mar 2013 Prizes ranging from $1000 to $5000 will be presented to the winners and finalists.