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Top: WSF Men’s World Championships Team 2013 (4th Place) - David Palmer, , Byron Davis, , & .

Bottom Right: WSF Junior Women’s World Championships Team 2013 (11th Place) - , , Nicole Stoneham, Natalie Newton, Grace McErvale & Rodney Eyles.

Photographs Kindly Supplied by:

Classic Action Sports Photography - Australian Junior Championships 2013.

Michelle Eyles – WSF Junior Girls World Team Championships 2013.

Steve Cubbins of squashsite.com – WSF Men’s & Junior Women’s World Team Championships 2013.

Scott Johnson – Australian Junior Open 2013.

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Contents

Squash Australia Board 3 2013 Image Gallery 26-27 Squash Australia Staff 4 Australian Junior Open Report 28 Squash Australia Limited Information 5 Australian Junior Open Gallery 29 President and WSF Report 6-8 Australian Junior Championship Report 30 Chief Executive Officer Report 9-10 Australian Junior Championship Gallery 31 Message from the Australian Sports Commission 11 Australian Defence Squash Association Report 32 National Development Manager Report 11-13 Squash ACT Report 33 National Refereeing Manager Report 14 NSW Squash Report 34 Media Liaison Officer Report 15 Squash NT Report 35 Performance Pathway Manager Report 16-18 Q Squash Report 36 AIS Squash Program Report 18-20 Squash SA Report 37 WSF World Men’s Team Championship 21-22 Squash Tasmania Report 37-38 WSF World Men’s Team Championship Gallery 23 Squash VIC Report 38-39 WSF World Junior Women’s Team Championship 24 Squash WA Report 40 WSF World Junior Women’s Team Championship History 41-60 Gallery 25 Squash Australia Organisational Chart 61

WSF Men’s World Team Championships 2013 Left: David Palmer Right: Ryan Cuskelly

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Squash Australia Board

President Vice President

Mr John Lee Mr Marcus Smith

Director Director

Mrs Carol Kawaljenko Mrs Vicki Cardwell (From March 2013)

Director Vice President

Mr Stephen Bowen Mr Ollie Lind (Until February 2013)

Patron Patron

Mr Ms Sarah Fitz-Gerald

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Squash Australia Staff

Chief Executive Officer Finance and Administration Officer Mr Gary O’Donnell Mr Ryan Wiegand

Performance Pathways Manager National Development Manager Mr Gordon Young Mr Trevor Smith

National Talent AIS National Head Coach Development Coach Mr Byron Davis Mr Rodney Eyles (Until December 2013)

Media Liaison Officer National Referee Manager Mr Ross Solly Mr John Small (From October 2013)

Media Liaison Officer

Mr Andrew Dent (Until August 2013)

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Squash Australia Limited

Office 9, Sports House, 150 Caxton Street, Milton, QLD, 4064 ABN 73 072 625 935

Founded 1934 Founding Member of International Squash Rackets Federation (1976) now (WSF)

Auditor Integrated Audit Service Pty Ltd

Members NSW Squash Ltd Q Squash Ltd ACT Squash Rackets Association Inc Squash NT Incorporated Squash Rackets Association of South Australia Inc Tasmanian Squash Racquets Association Inc Victorian Squash Federation Inc Squash Rackets Association of WA Inc

Associate Members Australian Deaf Squash Association Australian Defence Squash Association Professional Squash Coaches Association of Australia

Executive Officers Council Gary O’Donnell (Squash Australia), Garry Somerville (NSW Squash), Grant Fraser (Q Squash), Samantha Paterson (Squash ACT), Paul Mead, (Squash NT), Phil Sinnott (Squash SA), Chris Doig (Squash Tasmania), Fiona Young (Squash VIC), Don Huffer (WA Squash)

Squash Development Council Trevor Smith (Chairperson Squash Australia), Kaye Reeves (Squash Australia), Peter Saxby (NSW Squash), Ros Preston (Q Squash), Samantha Paterson (Squash ACT), Jarrod Ashcroft (Squash NT), James Rogers (Squash SA), Max Moorhouse (Squash Tasmania), Richard Cagliarini (Squash VIC), Sue Hillier (WA Squash)

High Performance Committee Vicki Cardwell, Byron Davis, Rodney Eyles, Gordon Young (Secretary)

National Awards Committee Andrew Dent, Gary O’Donnell, Ryan Wiegand

Rules and Refereeing Committee John Small (Chairperson), Chris Sinclair, Damien Green

National Selection Committee Richard Cagliarini, Byron Davis, Dawn Moggach, Kaye Reeves, Gordon Young (Secretary)

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President’s Report

1. It is my pleasure to deliver to you GOVERNANCE REVIEW the Squash Australia Ltd President’s 7. The implementation of the Governance Review Report for 2014. recommendations became a key area of work for Squash Australia Members, the Board and staff through 2013. A 2. Unusually, it has been several set of amendments to the Articles was implemented months longer than a year since the while planning commenced on the largest task in the 2013 report. This is a result of two Review, the drafting of a new Constitution for Squash major events which have occurred Australia which will replace the Articles and since the last AGM, and which will have significant Memorandum of Association. ongoing effects on Squash Australia, being: (a) the Squash Australia Governance Review; 8. The membership gave its approval to form a working (b) the implementation of the ASC “Australia’s Winning group comprising Carol Kawaljenko, Peta Murphy and Edge” program . Bob McComas. The working group toiled solidly through the early part of 2014 to generate multiple successive 3. The clear message to be obtained from both the drafts of the Constitution to incorporate the Winning Edge and the Governance Review process is recommendations made by the Independent Governance that sporting bodies in general, and Squash Australia in Review Committee. Once approved by the members the particular, need to embrace changes to: net effect of the constitutional changes will be to facilitate (a) become more business like in the way in which we achievement of the objectives mentioned above, in terms carry out our functions; of being more business like and professional, more (b) become more accountable to our stakeholders, not accountable, and giving scope to the sport to be more the least of whom are our member States and Territories, self-reliant in terms of funding. and the ASC; (c) become more self-directing in the achievement of 9. I thank the committee of Carol, Peta and Bob (in our goals; and particular Carol herself, who took a lead role in the (d) become more self-reliant in finding the resources drafting process), and the representatives of each of the needed to achieve our objectives. members of Squash Australia who made themselves available to discuss and debate the content of the WINNING EDGE Constitution. It was self-evident from the various 4. The impacts and changes caused by the Winning meetings held to discuss the proposed changes that Edge Program (“AWE”) following its announcement in there was a divergence of views in a variety of areas. November 2012 has been guided by our very capable CEO, Mr Gary O’Donnell, and the Squash Australia Staff. 10. I commend the efforts of those who went to the We are all indebted to them for their good work, which trouble to formulate and express their view in such an will be ongoing through a transition period into 2014. open and forthright manner. I feel very confident that each and every person who wished to express a view 5. In April 2013, the funding outcome for Squash about any aspect of the review process and the Australia was announced. Until such time as we recommended outcomes had ample opportunity to do so, complete the process of making Squash Australia (and and indeed took advantage of that opportunity. I also its Members) independent of government funding, we are believe that the collected wisdom and experience of the reliant on the government of the day (through the ASC) members will operate to bring about reasonable for our financial security. The funding provided by the resolution to any points of divergence, to find “common April 2013 announcement has allowed us to proceed ground”. The result, in my opinion, is that we will have a consistently with our Strategic Plan, albeit with our ‘belts Constitution which will serve us well going forward, and tightened’. While there is never any shortage of programs will support the achievement of our objectives. and projects which could promote the sport if we had more funding for the time being, however, the outlook PLAYER MEMBERSHIP under AWE continues to be positive. 11. One of our major objectives must be to increase our player numbers, in particular those in the junior ranks. In 6. The most significant change to the Squash this area I must acknowledge two projects in particular: landscape driven by AWE was that the AIS no longer (a) OzSquash - our introductory program for 5 – 12 year directly manages sport programs. The Squash unit was, olds is blossoming particularly through the initial delivery as a result, closed late in 2013. The program has been focus of Active After School Centres. The future under the stewardship of Byron Davis who concluded his challenge is for our clubs and centres to embrace the position in December. I thank Byron for his forthright and subsequent stages and bring these youngsters into the dedicated work on the program, and wish him well in his centres; and future ventures, squash related and otherwise.

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(b) Australian Junior Squash tour - with over 70 events 17. In any organisation, there is always a dynamic recognised and 1,000 youngsters identified in its first tension between the objective of unity, and the desire year, this has been a resounding success! that the organisation’s processes and personnel be subjected to appropriate scrutiny to ensure goals are COMMUNICATION being met, and complacency does not set in. The 12. The new Constitution continues to encourage Constitutional Review has certainly ensured that goals information exchange between Squash Australia and performance have been in the spotlight, and properly Stakeholders. Those communication channels have so. Now that we have completed that review process and continued throughout this past year, and will serve us implementation of the new Constitution is near, I well in the future. I refer to: anticipate an era of unity of purpose amongst the (a) EOC meetings; organisation and its members, reflective of the fact that (b) SDC meetings; we have spent so much time identifying who we are, (c) Presidents Councils; what we want, and how we are to get it. (d) working Groups; (e) workshops preceding the AGM; 18. That unity, of course, is fundamental to the (f) the AGM itself. achievement of purposes, and will underscore our objectives of increasing player numbers, and improving 13. I have noticed over the last four years, since the our standings both locally and internationally. implementation of the Presidents Council, that it has developed to be a very important forum for the exchange 19. It is part of the role of the Board to optimise the of views and information. Although the discussion at conditions for that unity to surface. The capacity of the times can be what might be called “forthright” or “robust”, Board to do this is a function of the range of talent and the assembled experience and wisdom of the experience resident in the members of the Board. participants tends to have a moderating effect on what might at times be seen as extreme or unfounded views, 20. The Constitutional Review process highlighted the and it has become an important part of the processes by prospect of Squash Australia benefiting from having which the Members are able to indicate to the Board how Board members from a wider experience base than may they feel, as a group, about various issues. have typically occurred in the past. We have set about to put this principle into effect, by making it known publicly 14. Building on the success of this forum, there is no that we are seeking expressions of interest from persons reason why other methodologies for information who might be able to serve on the Board. The responses exchange cannot, and should not, be established. This we have received strongly support the conclusion that is, of course, in line with both the Governance Review there is indeed a pool of talent available to us, and that recommendations, and the new Constitution. we should seek to take advantage of it. THE BOARD 15. I give my sincere thanks to my fellow Board THE GAME INTERNATIONALLY Members, for their dedication to the task of guiding the 21. On the international scene, we have in the last entity through difficult and challenging times over the last couple of years seen a very significant demonstration of year. The mere fact of attendance at the many meetings unity amongst the 147 Squash playing Nations of the (both face to face meetings and tele conference World. This was, of course, our bid to be included in the meetings) the Board holds throughout the year involves a Summer Olympics. As is now well known, although selfless dedication that is deserving of appreciation. In Squash made it to the last three under consideration addition, your Board members are required to peruse (Wrestling, Softball/Baseball and Squash), we ultimately large volumes of material prior to the meetings, and be in lost out to Wrestling. Whilst this is very disappointing, the a position to rationally discuss the many and varied thing to remember is that in this life, the only true issues that arise. I thank each member of the Board for constant is change. The position is not carved in stone. putting in that effort, which is essential to ensuring that issues are discussed and determined in a democratic 22. I am far from convinced that it is the fate of Squash manner, after all relevant facts have been properly to never be admitted to the Summer Olympics. Indeed, it considered. would not be a surprise to me to find that the change in leadership in the IOC (from Jacques Rogge to Thomas 16. I must single out for particular thanks my colleague Bach) might lead to a different attitude towards the notion on the Board, Marcus Smith, who has been the architect of a fixed number of sports, and a fixed number of of the ongoing development of Matrix. As a result of the disciplines. I can see plenty of scope for recalibrating direction given by the members to the Board in 2011, various of the integers that go to make up the through the unanimous decisions to acquire Matrix and composition of the body of athletes at the Olympics, so endorse it for universal use, the Board has caused Matrix as to include Squash (and probably Softball/Baseball as to be further developed to be more useful and user well). So I would encourage everyone to see this as a friendly, and this has largely been a result of the efforts of step along the journey, rather than a disappointing Marcus. Thank you again. conclusion to it.

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23. Australia is categorised as a ‘Major National It is a truly exciting time for the sport in Australia, not the Federation’ of the World Squash Federation, a least for our juniors, who will have the opportunity to responsibility which is never shied away from by the compete in this very exciting event. Board. Australian teams competed in the World Men’s Team Championships, World Junior Women’s Teams 29. In the last five years, we have explored the Championships and the World Games throughout the possibility of holding the as a major year. sporting event whilst holding the open in Canberra in 2010, 2011 and 2012 resulted in a net loss of funds, we 24. I had the honour to represent the organisation at the have gained significant experience through the exercise. World Squash Federation AGM held in Christchurch, Regrettably, the Board felt obliged in the economic New Zealand, in October 2013. Our Trans-Tasman circumstances prevailing not to hold the Australian Open colleagues did a wonderful job hosting the gathering. in 2013. I know there are many who consider that the Meeting documents have been distributed to the Member Open should be held in some format every year, and I States and Territories. Although having just received the believe the result of discussion on the point is that there Olympic bid result, the tempo and enthusiasm of the will be an Open in 2014, and in each year thereafter. many delegates remained hopeful and upbeat. 30. I thank the Board and Committee Members of each 25. The WSF initiated a player recognition system of our Members’ organisations who give so much to our ‘SPIN’, to take effect from 2014. A SPIN number will great sport, while often receiving little or no recognition need to be generated for all players who wish compete in for the many hours of dedication and hard work. WSF authorised competitions, whether they play in the Thankyou, every one of you. Without your efforts, we , World Masters or World Junior would have no sport to administer. Tour events. 31. On behalf of Squash Australia and its Members, 26. Australia is the leading squash nation in Oceania please allow me to acknowledge the many in our and supports the efforts of the fledgling Oceania Squash workforce, the referees, the selectors, the event Federation in its work. The re-instigation of the Oceania managers, team coaches and managers and Squash Junior Championships in January 2014 on the Gold Australia staff who efficiently and effectively deal with the Coast being but one example of assisting the OSF. conduct and delivery of our sport. I also thank our players for their dedication to the game, our juniors and their COMMONWEALTH GAMES parents, and the Court operators who make their facilities 27. The pinnacle events for Squash are the World available for us to play what is one of the best games Championships, and the Commonwealth Games. We are ever conceived. well placed to contribute towards Australian success in July-August 2014 at , and I look forward to 32. On behalf of the Squash Australia Ltd Board, might seeing our Athletes in action there. your efforts of the past translate in 2014 into the success we as a sport truly deserve. 28. Whilst we have one eye on the another eye is predictably Thanking you. focused on 2018 Gold Coast. I am reliably informed that the Gold Coast Organising Committee (GOCOG) is going John Lee to bring the whole project online within time, and under Squash Australia budget. President

WSF AGM 2013 Presidents

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Chief Executive Officer Report

2013 was a year of challenges for The Australian Squash Tour continued to grow over Squash Australia. A Governance Review 2013, with the combined efforts of the host Centres, report with a sweeping set of State & Territory Associations and Performance Pathway recommendations for the members to staff. It remains the cornerstone of the sport’s Elite Junior consider, Australia’s sporting system Development initiatives with Australia’s aspiring players undergoing it largest ever ‘makeover’ with having the opportunity to earn World Tour ranking points the Australian Government’s Australia’s ‘at home’. With a significant number of quality Winning Edge being implemented and international players coming ‘downunder’ to test our local ambitious development initiatives with Oz Squash, the talent, this ensures a challenging competitive Australian Junior Squash Tour and a new Coaching environment for our Australian players and a ‘hook’ to Framework to be completed. gain local media attention.

All of this of course to be undertaken while Australian The work of the members and Squash Australia over Teams represented at the Men’s and Junior Women’s 2013 to implement the Australian Junior Squash Tour by World Teams Championships, World Games and aggregating the large number of junior squash events Australian Championships for Juniors, Junior Open and held across the country into a four tier classification Doubles were to be conducted around the nation. system (Bronze, Silver, Gold & Platinum) proved a great success with over 70 events conducted and 1,000 This 2013 Squash Australia Annual Report will provide individual athletes competing in the AJST’s first year. details on these activities, the performances of Australia’s 2014 is set to grow with 90 plus events registered. The players and teams over the year and the organisation’s key to the AJST and Australian Squash’s future is efforts in a general sense and I encourage you to read it through Clubs and Centres offering local events which fully. are categorised at the Bronze level and building from there. I will however take this opportunity in my report to highlight a number of areas of Squash Australia’s work, our partners Also in the junior competition area was the conduct of the and the Board's activity. 2nd Australian Junior Open, which exploded from year one 140 entrants to 211 young players vying for the Since its endorsement by the members Squash in David Palmer and Sarah Fitz-Gerald trophies at NSW Australia has challenged the national body to expand Squash headquarters – Thornleigh Squash Centre. This beyond areas such as the conduct of Australian was followed later in the year by the Australian Junior Championships and presenting Australian Teams to also Championships in Canberra at Squash ACTs Woden playing a role in Participation, Development and Facilities. Centre with 222 athletes competing in the individuals followed by the keenly contested Australian Junior These latter items have been in the context of working with Teams Championships. the member State and Territory Squash Associations to, where possible, unify operations for improved efficiency, The OzSquash program which introduces primary school presentation and savings. age children to Squash continued to evolve with momentum building for delivery through the Australian • The National Insurance program - with its Public Sports Commissions Active After School program. Liability Insurance Program available to affiliated clubs and centres, the Management Liability coverage to The 'Performance Pathway' - an integrated and protect hardworking committee men and women and coordinated approach to the oversight of Australia’s the player accident program operated in its fifth year National Teams and Squads was particularly active under Marsh Insurance Brokers. through 2013, not only in the context of Australia’s • The web portal - which allows each Member State and participation in the World Games in Columbia, Men’s Territory Squash Association a place on the web World Teams Championships in France, Junior Women’s through an efficient, integrated and supported platform. World Championships in Poland and the conduct of the • Squash Matrix - the national results and ranking Girls & Boys Talent Squads, but also in terms of building system for the sport, continues to evolve in a cost towards the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games effective way. Its modernisation, then continued particularly focussed on Doubles Squash. Australian development to be ‘smart device’ capable with Teams competing in Scotland, England and Darwin. expanded functionality under Squash Australia’s control, puts the sport in a positive position as the I mentioned earlier that the Australia’s Winning Edge was anticipated participant registration interface looks set to be implemented. This substantial system change to for a 2014 rollout. Australian Sport lead to all Australian Institute of Sport programs being closed and so the AIS Squash Unit having been based in Brisbane from the 80s concluded.

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The mechanisms which support Australia’s athletes will table below. Additionally, Directors have also attended The mechanisms which support Australia’s athletes will table below. Additionally, Directors have also attended undergo a significant change and Squash will be no undergo a significant change and Squash will be no meetings withwith serviceservice providers,providers, Member Member Associations Associations differentdifferent as as 2014 2014 rolls rolls out. out. and SquashSquash AustraliaAustralia adviso advisoryry committees. committees. Meetings TheThe Australian Australian Open Open had had been been a a familiar familiar eventevent overover thethe PositionPosition Meetings last three years in Canberra, it was however on a (at last heldheld MeetingsMeetings OtherOther last three years in Canberra, it was however on a Name (at last challenging financial footing, with losses that were meetingmeeting whilewhile attendedattended RepresentationsRepresentations challenging financial footing, with losses that were attended) unsustainable and so was not held in 2013. The sport must attended) DirectorDirector unsustainable and so was not held in 2013. The sport must ACGA AGM & progress to find the partnerships to allow a feature top ACGA AGM & progress to find the partnerships to allow a feature top BoardBoard meetings meetings, , John LeeLee PresidentPresident 12 12 levellevel Australian Australian event event to to be be held. held. 12 12 WSFWSF AGM, AGM,OSFOSF AGM.AGM. Marcus ViceVice AsideAside from from the the substantial substantial changes changes drivendriven byby AustraliaAustralia’s’s 1212 12 12 Winning Edge, the somewhat infamous ‘Blackest Day in Smith PresidentPresident Winning Edge, the somewhat infamous ‘Blackest Day in VickiVicki DirectoDirector r 9 9 AustralianAustralian Sport’ Sport’ was was anotheranother significantsignificant headlineheadline for Cardwell 9 9 AustralianAustralian sport sport and and so so sportsport integrityintegrity becamebecame aa keykey Stephen DirectorDirector 1212 12 12 concernconcern in inAustralian Australian Sport.Sport. WhetherWhether itit isis Gambling,Gambling, Bowen Carol DopingDoping or orChild Child Protection Protection the the headlines headlines havehave notnot readread DirectorDirector 12 11 OSFOSF AGM AGM Kawaljenko 12 11 wellwell andand allall involvedinvolved inin sportsport whetherwhether throughthrough Vice administration, officiating, coaching or playing have a Vice administration, officiating, coaching or playing have a Ollie LindLind PresidentPresident 11 1 1 callingcalling to tobe be vigilant vigilant to to protect protect thosethose whowho playplay andand thethe --MaleMale sport itself. ACGA --AustralianAustralian Commonwealth Commonwealth Games Games Association. Association. OSF OSF - Oceania - Oceania sport itself. Squash Federation. WSF - World Squash Federation. Squash Federation. WSF - World Squash Federation. Behind the scenes work for a sporting organisation is Behind the scenes work for a sporting organisation is The Board is supported in its work by a range of Advisory extensive, with a wide range of responsibilities to be The Board is supported in its work by a range of Advisory extensive, with a wide range of responsibilities to be Committees which are titled Councils, Committees and covered from regulatory aspects including corporation law, Committees which are titled Councils, Committees and covered from regulatory aspects including corporation law, Working Groups. community (e.g. child protection), ethics (e.g. anti-doping) Working Groups. communityto expectations (e.g. child of the protection), sport’s members ethics (e.g. and antiparticipants-doping) to expectations of the sport’s members and participants All member State/Territory Squash Associations are including education programs, communication, calendar All member State/Territory Squash Associations are including education programs, communication, calendar represented in each Council. In 2013, Presidents, development, membership and participation in international represented in each Council. In 2013, Presidents, development, membership and participation in international Executive Officers and Development Councils were affairs. I extend my thanks and acknowledge the Executive Officers and Development Councils were affairs. I extend my thanks and acknowledge the convened ‘face to face’ at least once annually and contribution of many fantastic volunteers across a range of convened ‘face to face’ at least once annually and contribution of many fantastic volunteers across a range of supported by teleconferences. Member representation at committees, tournaments and participation programs that supported by teleconferences. Member representation at committees, tournaments and participation programs that the face to face meetings was as follows; support the sport and delivered these outcomes while to the face to face meetings was as follows; supportfellow theSquash sport Australia and delivered staff I acknowledge these outcomes your dedicated while to fellowwork. Squash Australia staff I acknowledge your dedicated work. To Squash Australia’s partners including the Australian

ToSports Squash Commission, Australia’s Australianpartners includingInstitute theof Sport,Australian the Council Meetings ACT NSW NT Qld Sth A Tas Vic WA Australian Commonwealth Games Association, your Sports Commission, Australian Institute of Sport, the Council Meetings ACT NSW NT Qld Sth A Tas Vic WA financial and organisational commitment to Squash is Australian Commonwealth Games Association, your Presidents 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - financialinvaluable and and organisational greatly appreciated. commitment to Squash is Presidents 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - invaluable and greatly appreciated. Board and Director Activity Executive 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 - Amendments to the Squash Australia Articles as Board and Director Activity Executive 1 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 - Amendmentsrecommended to bythe the SquashGovernance Australia Review Articlesreport andas recommendedapproved by bythe themembers Governance in August Review 2013 reportled to andthe Development 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - abolishing of the President, Vice President - Female and approved by the members in August 2013 led to the Development 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - abolishingVice President of the -President,Male positions Vice being President elected - Femaleat the AGM, and with instead the Board electing its President and Vice President - Male positions being elected at the AGM, Total 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 0 determining what positions it may so chose to operate with with instead the Board electing its President and and who from their number to fill those positions. John Lee Total 3 3 3 2 3 2 3 3 0 determiningwas so elected what positionsas President it may in Augustso chose 2013 to operateand Marcus with and who from their number to fill those positions. John Lee In closing, my personal thanks go to the Board of Smith Vice President in October 2013. Directors and President John Lee for direction and was so elected as President in August 2013 and Marcus In closing, my personal thanks go to the Board of Smith Vice President in October 2013. support as we work towards making 2014 a great year, The Squash Australia Board met on twelve occasions forDirectors Squash andin Australia President. John Lee for direction and through 2013, with seven teleconferences and five 'face to support as we work towards making 2014 a great year, The Squash Australia Board met on twelve occasions face' meetings. Chieffor Squash Executive in Australia Officer. through 2013, with seven teleconferences and five 'face to Squash Australia face'Directors meetings. attend to representational requirements in accord GaryChief O’Donnell Executive Officer with their role, the record of attendance is provided in the Squash Australia Directors attend to representational requirements in accord Gary O’Donnell with their role, the record of attendance is provided in the

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Message from the Australian Sports Commission

The Australian Sports Commission is management and support structures and general committed to ensuring Australian accountabilities by the sports. athletes excel in the international sporting arena, and increasing Importantly, the ASC is focused on promoting grassroots Australians’ participation in sport. participation in sport throughout Australia and to continue a suite of successful national programs such as the These two clear objectives are mutually Active After-school Communities program. reinforcing – international success inspires Australians to participate in sport and greater Increased community sport participation has a profound participation helps nurture our future champions. Sport long term dividend, and remains a vital objective of the inspires individuals, unites communities and encourages ASC notwithstanding the challenges in high performance active lifestyles. sport.

In 2013-14, the Australian Government, through the The ASC looks forward to working in collaboration with ASC, is investing almost $120 million in national sporting the sport sector to encourage more people into sport and organisations for high performance programs and to to drive Australias continued sporting success. promote grassroots participation in sport. Chairman Our partner sports can expect a much sharper focus by Board of the Australian Sport Commission the ASC in future on best practice governance and Mr John Wylie AM administration, intellectual property ownership, athlete

National Development Manager Report

2013 has allowed Squash Australia to Australia to identify opportunities that will attract children continue to increase its focus on to sport and provide a platform for their ongoing supporting, facilitating, and growing participation in sport. community based squash programs The data provided depicts the overarching, national within Australia by demonstrating a squash performance data and offers a comparison cohesive approach with all members in against the previous reporting period. Three the area of participation. The key performance areas have been selected: projects were; the Australian Junior Squash Tour (AJST), the OzSquash program and the 1. Number of programs – a breakdown of the total development of the new Coach Development number of AASC squash programs conducted in Framework. It is pleasing to report growth in participation Australia; for the sport, while highlighting the need that further 2. Number of participants – a breakdown of the total change is required but as a sport we are moving in the number of participants who took part in AASC right direction. squash programs; 3. Number of coaches – a breakdown of the total OzSquash number of coaches who delivered AASC squash programs, identified by coach category. The OzSquash program has made significant in-roads in the area of Active After-School Communities and will Programs continue to grow through the in-school and in-centre areas as the program continues to develop. The Active 2011/12 2012/13 Change State/Territory After-School Communities program is continuing to total total +/- provide sporting opportunities for primary school children NSW 12 17 +42% across Australia. During the 2013 Financial Year, the VIC 11 17 +55% AASC program invested approximately $20m in QLD 8 31 +288% grassroots sport with an estimated $20,000 of that being SA 5 3 -40% allocated to squash programs. For the same reporting period, the AASC delivered 28,000 programs and WA 7 4 -43% engaged approximately 760,000 participants. TAS 0 0 n/a NT 0 7 n/a With the importance of participation being pushed further ACT 2 0 n/a up the sporting agenda, the AASC program is working TOTAL 45 79 +76% closely with sporting organisations such as Squash

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TheThe total total number number reflects reflects a a76% 76% growth growth on on the the previous previous • • EstablishmentEstablishment of of determinable determinable and and measurable measurable KPIs KPIs reportingreporting period. period. In In percentage percentage terms, terms, this this was was a avery very againstagainst the the sports’ sports’ strategic strategic plan plan strongstrong performanceperformance forfor NSW,NSW, VICVIC && QLDQLD butbut a a • • RecognitionRecognition of of athletes athletes – –AustralianAustralian Junior Junior Squash Squash noticeablenoticeable decline decline in in both both SA SA and and WA. WA. TourTour Ranking Ranking (AR) (AR) System System ParticipantsParticipants • • SponsorshipSponsorship opportunities opportunities • • FacilityFacility Operators Operators engagement engagement 2011/12 2012/13 State/Territory 2011/12 2012/13 Change +/- • • CohesiveCohesive approach approach demonstrated demonstrated amongst amongst all all States States State/Territory total total Change +/- total total && Territories, Territories, supported supported by by Squash Squash Australia. Australia. NSW 251 479 +91% NSW 251 479 +91% • • BasicallyBasically it itprovides provides ‘OPPORTUNITY’ ‘OPPORTUNITY’ VICVIC 287287 328328 +14%+14% QLD 168 963 +473% QLD 168 963 +473% ManyMany more more events events have have been been sanctioned sanctioned in in 2014. 2014. SASA 8888 4646 -48%-48% WAWA 156156 9090 -42%-42% TheThe following following data data represents represents the the levels levels of of participation participation TASTAS 00 00 n/an/a amongstamongst the the States States and and Territories Territories for for the the AJST. AJST. NTNT 00 240240 n/an/a ACTACT 5555 00 n/an/a PercentagePercentage of of Participation Participation in in the the Australian Australian Junior Junior TOTALTOTAL 1,0051,005 2,1462,146 +114%+114% SquashSquash Tour Tour as as at at the the 31st 31st of of December December 2013. 2013.

TheThe total total number number reflects reflects a a114% 114% growth growth on on the the previous previous StateState PlayersPlayers reporting period. Participant results exceed the reporting period. Participant results exceed the ACT 62 performanceperformance of of the the total total program program data data and and also also provide provide a a ACT 62 clear reflection of the impact the AASC has on the actual clear reflection of the impact the AASC has on the actual NSWNSW 199199 volumevolume of of participants participants with with an an increase increase of of approximately approximately 1,1001,100 extra extra children children exposed exposed to to the the sport. sport. NTNT 4040 CoachesCoaches QLDQLD 315 315 2011/122011/12 2012/132012/13 SA 112 CategoryCategory ChangeChange +/ +/- - SA 112 totaltotal totaltotal TAS 62 SportingSporting Clubs Clubs 1515 2424 +60%+60% TAS 62 CommunityCommunity 33 5 5 +67%+67% VICVIC 7474 membersmembers InternalInternal (e.g.(e.g. WAWA 163163 88 8 8 0%0% teachers)teachers) TotalTotal 1027 1027 PrivatePrivate providers providers 11 33 +200%+200% StudentsStudents 11 11 0%0% TOTALTOTAL 2828 4141 +46%+46%

TheThe total total number number reflects reflects a a46% 46% growth growth on on the the previous previous reportingreportingperiod.period. Of Of concern concern is is the the growth growth in in the the number number ofof private private providers providers delivering delivering squash squash – –thisthis result result is is contrarycontrary to to the the AASC’s AASC’s goal goal to to engage engage with with sporting sporting organisationsorganisations and and encourage encourage squash squash coaches coaches to to deliver deliver AASCAASC programs, programs, thus thus enabling enabling a agreater greater opportu opportunitynity for for participantparticipant transition transition into into the the sport. sport.

SquashSquash Australia Australia looks looks forward forward to to engaging engaging with with AASC AASC in in thethe future future as as we we align align our our participation participation objectives objectives and and beginbegin to to deliver deliver shared shared sporting sporting outcomes. outcomes. A number of individuals and organisations were AustralianAustralian Junior Junior Squash Squash Tour Tour (AJST) (AJST) A number of individuals and organisations were recognisedrecognised for for their their efforts efforts in in support support of of participation, participation, they were; TheThe AJST AJST has has been been very very successful successful in in 2013, 2013, with with some some they were; • Sue Hillier of WA Squash for her ‘Outstanding 6767 tournamentstournaments beingbeing sanctionedsanctioned andand recognized,recognized, • Sue Hillier of WA Squash for her ‘Outstanding administration support provided towards the highlightinghighlighting the the abilities abilities for for States States and and Territories Territories to to work work administration support provided towards the Australian Junior Squash Tour in 2013’; togethertogether in in the the administration administration of of the the sport. sport. The The benefits benefits Australian Junior Squash Tour in 2013’; • ofof the the Australian Australian Junior Junior Squash Squash Tour Tour (AJST) (AJST) have havebeen:been: • toto the the Vikings Vikings Squash Squash Club Club for for their their ‘Outstanding ‘Outstanding TournamentTournament support support provided provided towards towards the the Australian Australian Junior Squash Tour in 2013’ and • • ParticipationParticipation – –IncreasingIncreasing recognition recognition of of participation participation Junior Squash Tour in 2013’ and throughthrough sanctioned sanctioned tournaments tournaments

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• to Ivan Jensen for his achievement of the first program, the Australian Junior Squash Tour, the ‘perfect score’ and his performance on the Australian inclusion of the Oceania Junior Championships and the Junior Squash Tour in 2013. implementation of the New Coach Development Framework (submitted to the ASC in December 2013).

National Coach Accreditation Scheme – Squash SDC (Squash Development Council) Coaches The SDC met on ten occasions in 2013, either by ACT 14 teleconference or in a face to face delivery. The role of SDC under Terms of Reference is to: INT 52 NSW 63 • Work under the direction of the Squash Australia NT 7 Board and provide information and advice to Squash Australia and Member State/Territory Board QLD 75 Members on national issues which are relevant to SA 34 Sport Development Division (Participation, Coaching, TAS 32 Competitions, Facilities and Referees). • Share information, resources and best practice VIC 116 learning. WA 98 • Foster teamwork and consensus on matters affecting Total 491 the development of the sport in Australia. • Contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and review of national strategies and programs to: oEnsure they deliver outcomes that contribute to the achievement of outcomes contained in the National and Member State/Territory Strategic Plans relevant to the Sport Development Division. oManage risk and ensure implementation does not negatively impact or have any unforeseen outcomes on Squash Australia or any Member State/Territory. • Provide input into Squash Australia decision-making. • Be role models for Squash Australia, Member State/Territory Associations and Club staff and volunteers. • Be active advocates for the sport. In 2013, special recognition and thanks should be made • Provide open and honest feedback to members and to Richard Cagliarini, Mike Cornish, Noel Forster, Max staff for the betterment of the sport. Moorhouse and James Rogers for their efforts in Coach Education and Development. Current coach numbers for Squash Australia continues to grow and remain strong, increasing from 455 at the end of 2012 to 491 at the end of 2013. Trevor Smith Squash Australia Once again I look forward to 2014 being extremely National Development Manager active, with the continued development of the OzSquash

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National Refereeing Manager Report

Refereeing commitments in 2013 that Refereeing continues to meet updated ASC remained significant, despite the requirements for NOAS registration and workforce absence of the Australian and ACT development. Opens, with referees provided to National events and the Australian With the Rules changing on 1st January 2014, work is Squash Tour, including the State already underway on updating resources, including printing Opens. A number of other programs new rule books, and for WSF wall charts and an were initiated, continued or abbreviated version of the Rules. Updated Rules exams supported. Australian Refereeing programs continue to are being produced for Australia and WSF and the Club meet world’s best practice, at least matching and, in level exam is expected to be available online in early 2014. most regions, exceeding achievement elsewhere. A workshop for referees is also preparation to ensure all referees maintain their accreditation under the new Rules. The State and Territory support to refereeing was good. Almost all refereeing costs for State Opens were Our contribution to WSF Refereeing has continued to be funded, including bringing in referees form elsewhere significant in 2013. Chris Sinclair, Damien Green and where local numbers were short. Many States also Nathan Turnbull all had WSF overseas appointments took the longer term view, and used visiting referees to during the year. Chris Sinclair remains on the WSF run player and referee training courses. More is Referees’ Committee and Rules Committee and is a WSF needed achieve refereeing self-sufficiency in all states Senior Assessor. Chris and Damien are WSF Assessors and National Refereeing will continue to support these and part of the WSF Referee Appointments process. John programs. Small and Chris continue to provide advice on the ongoing development of WSF Refereeing, including CBTA A new initiative was started in 2013 with initial rollout of standards for assessors and referees at all levels. For the a Junior Referee Development Program. The Program Oceania Federation, Chris Sinclair continues as has 2 objectives: initially, it provides juniors with skills Refereeing Convenor and John Small is on the Refereeing needed to mark or referee at local, state and national Committee. Both continue to develop better standards for events; but more importantly, by providing juniors with Oceania referees at all levels. the necessary skills, it aims to provide them with a more positive experience of refereeing as a first step to Refereeing priorities for 2014 are expected to include: changing to a better culture for refereeing in the longer assistance for WSF, Regional and National referees and term. It is designed to engage juniors and to do so assessors; assistance for State referees to achieve makes extensive use of our latest video clips of National accreditation; running the National Refereeing appropriate standard in PowerPoint presentations. Workshop for professional development of referees, assessors and tournament referees; further rollout of the Tournaments were well used by referees to maintain or Junior Referee Program; and encouraging and supporting upgrade their accreditation levels. Sixteen State Associations to improve their local refereeing. International, National and AST events were covered with 16 referees provided with 51 assignments. I wish to thank Chris Sinclair and Damien Green for their Referees were mainly National level or above with work on the Rules & Refereeing Committee, as well as opportunities also found for State referees with those who committed voluntary time during the year. potential for advancement to National level. National Good support has again been provided from the top by Referee numbers remained constant with one new CEO Gary O’Donnell and Ryan Wiegand in the Squash appointment and one retirement. Oceania Regional Australia office. numbers reduced with one retirement. John Small Refereeing involvement with the ASC remains Squash Australia significant. Attendance at workshops has confirmed National Refereeing Manager

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Media Liaison Officer Report

I’ve been in the role of Squash Australia must be made to make these players accessible to the Media Liaison Officer since late 2013. media.

Previous officer reports have spoken of We have several strong hooks – defending gold the difficulties of attracting media medallists, players possibly playing in their final games. attention, and not much has changed. We may also focus on some of the more turbulent times for one or two of our players, highlighting how we are However the increasing role of social now all fighting for the one cause – the advancement of and online media continues to provide opportunities for squash! squash, and appears to be the most favoured form of media consumption by most of our players especially. In the coming months we will also ramp up our social media campaign. My plan is to maybe get some of the Traditional media, such as newspapers and television, top players blogging regularly on their preparations, are still important outlets but increasingly focused on introduce some more video content and provide bigger sports like football, cricket and tennis. opportunities for more interaction with fans and followers.

The traditional outlets are also downsizing their sport Facebook and Twitter are still the flavour of the month, departments, leaving their remaining writers to focus on so it’s time for Squash Australia to get on the front foot the big sports and offloading responsibility for ‘other’ and use these avenues to our advantage. sports to AAP. Regular updates, fun postings along with the serious The lack of a big ticket squash event in the last few stuff, accurate and timely reports on our players’ months has made it difficult to attract big media performances will help bring people to our pages. coverage. We received good local coverage late 2013, especially around the hat-trick of Queensland victories The more we get people talking about squash, the harder for . it is for the media and the public to ignore.

Looking to the future, we must focus on the Ross Solly Commonwealth Games and try and maximise our media Squash Australia coverage. We will have limited opportunities, given nearly Media Liaison Officer all our top players are based overseas, so every effort

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Performance Pathway Manager Report

The Performance Pathway incorporates Australian Institute of Sport all aspects of the player pathway which leads to the selection of Australia’s The Australian Institute of Squash Teams for the Commonwealth Sport – Squash Program and Games and World Teams Squash Australia became Championships. more closely aligned with the responsibility of the program After five years of operation, the falling fully under Squash Australia’s control. This is a Performance Pathway strives to build strong foundations change that has been mandated by the Australian Sports to enhance the performance of our athletes and coaches. Commission and the Australia Institute of Sport. The structure and how programs are funded have also In 2013 at the top of the Pathway we saw a solid changed. These changes are a direct result of Australia’s performance from our Men’s Team at the WSF Men’s Winning Edge. Team World Championships in France. Our Junior Women also competed in Poland at the WSF World There were some key contributions to the Performance Junior Women’s Team Championship. Pathway by the AIS this past year. I would like to recognise the work of AIS/Squash Australia Head Coach, The Performance Pathway underwent some restructuring Byron Davis and our National Talent Development early in the year with the two part time National Coaches Rod Eyles and Vicki Cardwell as well as Sarah Development Coaches concluding their positions and a Fitz-Gerald for their work with our athletes. single National Talent Development Coach fulltime position created. The successful candidate being Rodney For more information please refer to the AIS report Eyles. below.

The staffing restructure facilitated changes to the Australian Squash Tour operation of the National Talent Squads and Underpinning programs for the future. The Australian Squash Tour has continued to grow As the year evolved the Australian sports system and develop. The goal of imposed substantial change on sports particularly those the Australian Tour is to with AIS programs. The AIS/Squash Australia program underpin our senior was impacted with the AIS decision to no longer deliver pathway by providing high High Performance programs directly leading to the level competitive opportunities in Australia by hosting closure of the AIS Squash program at the end of 2013. events from each of the Women’s (WSA) and Men’s (PSA) Tours. This will allow our developing athletes the The Australian Squash Tour has continued to grow and opportunity to enhance their skills and abilities and expand. As each year passes the Tour gets stronger with importantly gather World Tour points ‘at home’. more events and higher skilled players from many countries coming to Australia to play. This will only The 2013 Australian Tour had significant increases in benefit our players. International players coming to Australia to compete. The largest increase has been in the women’s tour. 2014 Commonwealth Games preparations continued throughout the year as the Shadow Squad was increased In the WSA while there were two less events in 2013 to sixteen members. Activities included a Doubles Event than in the previous year, more players participated. The in Scotland and a very successful event in Darwin that increase was driven by 53 more players over the 2012 was supported by the NT Government. A third event is tour coming from outside Australia. This increase was planned for Manchester in December 2013. partly due to a reduction of events on the WSA Tour and so players travelled to Australia to obtain competition. The Pathway continues to place a high emphasis on This presents a great opportunity for our younger players analysing and developing both athletes and coaches to train and play more overseas competitors. technical squash skills. As we continue to expand so do the opportunities to develop our coaches, players, The PSA side of the Tour has been very consistent with officials and support staff. The changes that are almost every event reaching capacity. Like the WSA, occurring in the sport will only enhance the development there were two less events this year but only five fewer of all areas of . participants. Just over 50% of the players coming from overseas.

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The priority remains to assist our players in developing I would like to thank Rodney Eyles (QLD) Head Coach and playing in PSA and WSA Tournaments domestically and Vicki Cardwell (VIC) Manager who travelled with the before having to leave Australia to compete overseas in team to Poland. higher World Tour point value events. The World Junior Women’s Team consisted of the A summary of participants on the Tour is; following members in 2013:

2013 Jessica Turnbull (QLD), Natalie Newton (QLD), Grace McErvale (VIC), Nicole Stoneham (VIC) and Moana Gray • 32 Countries were represented – 453 (NSW) as the non- travelling reserve. International - 484 Australian participants = 937 Total participants Please see the Junior Women’s Team report for more information. 2012 National Junior Talent Squads • 32 Countries were represented - 322 Internationals - 620 Australian players = 1041 Our National Talent Squad (NTS) programs have Total participants benefited from the expertise and experience of our National Talent Development Coaches, Rod Eyles and A couple of Australian highlights from 2013 were the Vicki Cardwell. performances of who won four events taking his career total to 47 Tour wins. Lisa Camilleri came back Earlier in 2013 the structure of the NTS program began from injury this year to finish 2013 with three straight to change. Rod Eyles was appointed as the National wins. Talent Development Coach. Rod worked with Vicki Cardwell and now is working with the Underpinning In 2013 Australians have won 39% of the Australian programs with Byron Davis our National Head Coach. WSA Tour events and 57% of the Australian PSA Tour events. A complete listing of the winners and the results The NTS will now focus on giving our younger athletes can be found on the website. more opportunity to represent Australia at a younger age. We are now focussing on Under age groups starting with World Men’s Team Championships U13, U15, U17, U19 and U21.

Australia competed in The NTS program will engage in our partner nations Mulhouse, France in June playing in their events as well as competing in Test 2013 at the WSF Men’s World Matches. January will see the resurrection of the Trans- Team Championship 2013. Tasman Test Match between Australia and New The team claimed fourth place Zealand. The Test Match will precede the Oceania Junior at the championship - this was a great result for the men. Championship on the Gold Coast.

The team members were: During 2013 leading up to the changes the only NTS in operation was the 2013 Girls Squad. The squad was led Cameron Pilley (NSW), Ryan Cuskelly (NSW), by Vicki Cardwell with assistance from Robin Cooper David Palmer (NSW) and Matthew Karwalski (NSW) (QLD). Coach was Rod Eyles (QLD) and Manager was Byron Davis (QLD) The Squad included the following girls:

For more information refer to the World Men’s team Rebecca Baum QLD Report. Jasmin Burnard SA World Junior Women’s Team Championships Samantha Calvert QLD Stacey Cope SA The Australian Junior Women’s Team Rachael Gibson NSW competed in Poland at Moana Gray NSW the WSF World Junior Grace McErvale QLD Squash Championships 2013 in July. They had a very good learning experience playing some exceptional Natalie Newton QLD junior squash talent. The Australian Junior Women Team Eloise O'Connor WA placed 11th in a very skilled field of sixteen nations. QLD

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Nicole Stoneham VIC happen! Thank you to the States for hosting their State and Territory Opens and our independent event Nathalie Sutter QLD operators for their Open events. Jessica Turnbull QLD Victoria Leow VIC I would like to acknowledge AIS National Head Coach Byron Davis for his hard work creating the structure for Kristen Nightingale NSW Squash in Australia. Thank you to our National Talent Future Development Coaches Rodney Eyles and Vicki Cardwell, as well as Sarah Fitz Gerald our Women’s National Our work on the Performance Pathway continues and as Team Coach and National Talent Squad coaches Nathan the Pathway strengthens we continue to provide players Turnbull, James Rogers, Cassie Thomas and Robyn and coaches opportunities to represent Australia. Cooper for their effort in 2013.

The development of the Australian Squash Tour will help Finally, I want to thank the players for their hard work and to underpin the Senior Pathway and the development of dedication. I look forward to seeing each player work the Junior Tour underpins the Junior Pathway. The towards achieving their personal goals in 2014. Australian Tour is a vehicle to continue to promote “Squash in Australia”. The main beneficiaries of our efforts must be the players, coaches and participants of “Squash in Australia”. Gordon Young Squash Australia I wish to express sincere thanks to the numerous Performance Pathway Manager volunteers, helpers at camps and Australian Tour events—without your help these events would not AIS Squash Program Report

AIS/Squash Australia athletes Squash Australia will therefore be responsible for achieved excellent results in 2013 delivering all high performance programs throughout the with the highlights consisting of national performance pathway. A new Squash Australia Cameron Pilley, Ryan Cuskelly, high performance program will be implemented in 2014 to Matthew Karwalski and David Palmer ensure that Australia’s leading athletes are provided with finished 4th at the World Men’s Teams the necessary support to achieve Squash Australia’s Championships in France. Australia Winning Edge targets. was very close to defeating number 1 seeds Egypt in the semi-finals in a fantastic exhibition There have been many people that have contributed to the of squash, and ultimately finished 4th after losing to host success of the AIS Squash program both on and off the nation France in the 3rd-4th play-off. court. First and foremost, was the Head Coach for over 20 years and oversaw a golden era of Australian Cameron Pilley was a quarterfinalist in the British Open Squash. Geoff was ably assisted by squash legends while Lisa Camilleri won 4 WSA World tour events in Heather McKay and Ken Hiscoe in the early years 2013 on the comeback from an 18 month injury lay-off. whereby Australia achieved outstanding international Australia’s leading female player, , made success winning world individual and team championships. the final of the prestigious Tournament of Champions Rodney Martin joined Geoff Hunt in the mid 1990’s and the while also a quarter finalist at the British Open. A program continued to flourish with outstanding number of athletes achieved career best rankings in international results. More recently coaches such as 2013 which bodes well for a strong performance next , Rodney Eyles, Sarah Fitz-Gerald, year at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. and Vicki Cardwell have worked closely with Australia’s leading athletes to achieve excellent 2013 sees the conclusion of the AIS Squash Program results at benchmark events. after 28 years with the Australian Institute of Sport decision not to operate sport programs from 2013 The list of athletes that have been on AIS scholarships onwards. This is part of ‘The Winning Edge’ strategy over the past 28 years is very long but has included most announced by the AIS and Australian Sports of the great names of Australian Squash over this period. Commission in November 2012. Essentially the From individual world champions such as Rodney Eyles, strategy outlines that sport runs sport, which in effect Michelle Martin, Rodney Martin, David Palmer, Rachael means that all National Sporting Organisations are Grinham, Carol Owens and Sarah Fitz-Gerald through to responsible for delivering high performance outcomes numerous athletes winning Commonwealth Games medals for the sport as opposed to the AIS. and World Team Championships, the successes have been many and varied.

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finishes at the Victorian Open and the Buler Challenge in The AIS/Squash Australia program maintained its Hong Kong. service team staff in 2013. Luke Stafford (ACE), Jason Patchell (Psychology), Lauren Nugent (Nutrition), WR 66 Shane Lemcke (Physiotherapist), and Dr Andrew Smith (Medicine) continued in their support roles and provided Rex recorded his biggest win on the PSA tour in 2013 outstanding service. when he won the Phoenix Open. Rex also won two more events in 2013 the Northern Territory Open and the Alice With the closure of the AIS program it is appropriate to Springs Open. acknowledge all of the service providers over the past 28 years that have provided world class training, WR 69 treatment and advice to Australia’s leading players. Without the support of the support team many athletes Zac played in a limited number of events due to a hip would have had shorter careers and would not have problem that saw him undergo surgery in September at the realised their potential. Therefore on behalf of Squash AIS in Brisbane. It is anticipated that Zac will return to the Australia and the AIS, I would like to thank all of those men’s tour in early 2014. people that have contributed to the program’s success over this period. Mike Corren WR 85

World Class Athletes Mike won 4 PSA tour events in 2013 including the City of Perth, Barossa, North Coast and South Australian Open’s. Males This meant that Mike has won 47 PSA tour titles over his career, a fantastic achievement. Cameron Pilley WR 14 Females Cameron has performed well in 2013 both individually and from a team perspective. Cameron was a quarter- Kasey Brown WR 11 finalist in the British Open upsetting current world number 4 Mohammad El Shorbagy 3/2 in the 2nd round Kasey has had a successful 2013 with excellent results on and losing an epic 3/2 match against former World the WSA Tour. Kasey started 2013 off by reaching the final Number 1 in the quarter-finals. of the Tournament of Champions at Grand Central Station Cameron also led the Australian Senior Men’s Team to in New York. Kasey then went on to reach the quarter- a 4th place finish at the World Men’s Team finals of the Texas, British and US Open’s. Championships in France. Cameron recorded a number of impressive wins along the way including his WR 14 first win over former world number 1 in the semi-finals against Egypt. Rachael’s highlights for 2013 included reaching the semi- finals at the Tournament of Champions and the final of the Ryan Cuskelly WR 33 in China. Rachael also won the Victorian Open in July which was her 32nd WSA tour title. Ryan had a solid year with highlights including a semi- final in the New York Metro Open and a quarter-final in Donna Urquhart WR 22 the Colombian Open. Ryan was also a member of the Australian Team at the World Men’s Team Donna has had an injury interrupted season in 2013 with Championships in France that finished 4th. foot surgery required after her first few events early in the year. Donna made the second round of the US Open in Mathew Karwalski WR 49 October.

Matthew has broken into the top 50 in the world Lisa Camilleri WR 43 rankings for the first time in his career with highlights including reaching the 2nd round in the World Open and Lisa has made a very strong comeback from her injury winning the Resistencia Open in Argentina. Matthew issues in 2013. Lisa commenced the year with a finals was also a member of the Australian Team at the World berth at the Australia Day Challenge in Brisbane and Men’s Team Championships in France that finished 4th. followed that up by reaching the final at the South Australian Open. Lisa went on to win three events at the Steve Finitsis WR 55 end of 2013 which included the Queensland, Caboolture and Mackay Open’s. Steve improved his ranking by 18 spots in 2013. This was on the back of some excellent performances which WR 50 included winning the Tasmanian Open and runner up

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Melody started 2013 off strongly winning the Australia Day Challenge in Brisbane. Melody then went on to Rhys won the Australian Junior Championships Under 19 make the final of the South Australian Open. age group and was a finalist at the Australian Junior Open in 2013. Rhys also participated on the Australian Squash WR 56 Tour with his best performance a quarter-final place at the North Coast Open. Rhys started the year ranked 235 and Sarah made the final of the New South Wales Open in finished at 195. August and then qualified for one of the world’s most prestigious tournaments, the US Open, before losing to Tom Calvert WR 220 Low Wee Wern in the first round. Tom came into the program in the middle of the year after International Class Athletes solid performances on the Australian Squash Tour which saw his ranking improve from 270 at the start of the year WR 64 into 220. Tom was also a finalist in the Australian Junior Championships Under 19 age group. Tamika had a consistent 2013 where she recorded numerous semi-final performances at events such as Summary the Alice Spring, North Coast, Queensland, Caboolture and Mackay Opens. I would like to acknowledge the ongoing support that we have received from the Australian Institute of Sport and WR 68 Australian Sports Commission. The AIS has been a world leader in the development of world class athletes since its Christine had a breakthrough performance at the North inception and the knowledge gained by the players has Coast Open where she made her first WSA tour final had a positive impact on the Squash program. before losing to Siyoli Waters 3/1. Christine also recorded semi-final appearances at the Australia Day The University of Queensland and in particular UQ Sport Challenge in Brisbane and the City of Perth WSA have also been great supporters of the program, providing events. a quality daily training environment for the players.

Jessica Turnbull WR 87 The program would like to thank AIS Consultant Coach and National Women’s Coach Sarah Fitz-Gerald, National Jessica had a successful 2013 winning the Australian Senior Men’s Coach Rodney Eyles and Gordon Young AIS Junior Open and Australian Junior Championship in the Administrator for their contributions throughout 2013. I Under 19 age group. Jessica also competed actively on would also like to acknowledge the support from the the WSA tour, improving her world ranking from 102 to Squash Australia Board and CEO Gary O’Donnell. 87 over the course of the year.

Visiting Athletes Byron Davis Squash Australia WR 195 National Head Coach

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WSF World Men’s Team Championship Report

The following report details become a reality. The same again happened in the 3rd the Australian Team game with the spirited Salazar closing out 11/7. This is Performance at the World where David came into his element and slowed the pace Men’s Team Championships down, He played some well thought out, strategic rallies in Mulhouse, France 2013. to win convincing 11/3 in the 4th. David started well in the 5th by varying his pace and showed signs of his class to Team Event close out the match 11/5.

The 24th World Men’s Teams Championships (9th - 15th A spirited Eric Galvez potentially may have posted June 2013) was held in Mulhouse, France. The event concerns for Ryan Cuskelly but Ryan simply outclassed was made up of 31 teams. The Australian team and outpaced Galvez in a commanding, well consisted of Cameron Pilley, David Palmer, Ryan concentrated performance. Ryan showing some very Cuskelly and Matthew Karwalski. The Australian team good signs of listening to the game plans and executing was seeded fourth for the championships - behind Egypt, them well. Cuskelly won 3/0 England, and France respectively. Cameron Pilley outclassed Arturo Salazar 3/0. The Pool Matches scores were comfortable all the way through. Round 1 - Switzerland - Order of Play 1,2,3 The opening pool match saw Australia against Round of 16 - Pakistan - Order of Play 1,3,2 Switzerland. Cameron Pilley played Nicholas Mueller Having reached the round of 16, after some convincing which was always going to be a tough game but Pilley wins in the pool matches, Team Australia were up started well winning 11/6. Mueller seemed a little tense, against a young but potentially dangerous Pakistani side. trying too hard. In the second game Mueller came back Cameron Pilley was up against Nasir Iqbal. It was with a run of consistent plays midway through the game important for Cameron to start well for Australia and he and took out a close 2nd game winning 8/11. Cameron didn’t disappoint. He dominated in the first 2 games by showed signs of brilliance in the 3rd and stuck to the outpacing and outclassing Iqbal. Perhaps a lapse in game plan by closing out Mueller 11/3. Mueller gave one concentration by Pilley and a display of class shots last ditch in the 4th, who seemed always behind in the enabled Iqbal to win the 3rd but Pilley came back in the game, but Pilley prevailed 11/9 with a great opening 4th with some consistent, structured rallies to win the match win for Australia. match. This gave Australia the start we needed to dampen the spirits of the young Pakistanis. David Palmer shook off the cobwebs in the first game against Reiko Peter and got through in a close 11/9 Ryan Cuskelly against Farham Mehboob was very game but seemed comfortable all the same. A steady impressive throughout the 3/0 win. A touch of 11/7 win in the 2nd showed David starting to find his understandable nervousness in the first game was groove and in the 3rd game walked over his opponent present but still managed to win 11/9. Ryan found a with a 11/3 win. good rhythm and stuck to the game plan going on to win in a strong commanding performance. This was a brilliant The opening match for Ryan Cuskelly at the World result for Australia and other teams started to feel our Championships was against Jonas Daehler. Ryan presence. showed signs of nervous energy before he played but whilst on court, he stuck to the game plan and opened David Palmer went on to play the dead rubber against his account up with an 11/7, 11/7 and a commanding Farhan Zaman and completed the impressive dominance 11/4 3rd game. of the Australian side. This was a great performance by Team Australia with all players coming through relatively This gave Australia a 3/0 win in the first pool match which fresh for the upcoming quarter finals. was just the confident start we were looking for. Quarter Finals - Germany - Order of Play 2,1,3, Round 2 - Mexico - Order of Play 2,3,1 Australia came up against a confident German side in the David Palmer played Cesar Salazar (quite a dangerous Quarter Finals. This was, however, unfamiliar territory for player). This was always going to be a great test for the Germans as it was there first time through to the David as the pace of the match would be played at a high quarters in some time. Australia’s experience shone level. It was a tough 1st game, with David expending through. quite a bit of energy to squeeze out the 1st 11/7. As this was David’s first hard hit out for a while, he found himself David Palmer versed a young and confident Raphael behind the eight ball in the 2nd by still trying to play the Kandra in the first tie. David’s experience really came same pace as the first. This is a whole new head space through here as the German wasn’t going to give up for David and coming back from retirement had just

21 2013 Squash Australia Annual Report without a fight. He took a commanding 2/0 lead and in a game score line did not indicate how close Australia were marathon 3rd game, David secured the rubber. to taking down the World Champions. Cuskelly was clearly depleted but his commitment to Australia cannot It was a very classy performance by Cameron Pilley to be doubted. defeat his equally world ranked opponent Simon Rosner in the all important 2nd rubber. Pilley’s confidence was It truly was a proud day to be an Australian. high and never gave the German a look in from the first game. Pilley is now gaining a reputation for starting well 3rd/4th Playoff - France - Order of Play 3,1,2 and certainly delivered in this performance. Rosner tried Patrick Hermann’s assistance was well needed for everything in the 2nd game but Pilley managed to Australia in the lead up to the 3rd/4th playoff against squeeze an all important 14/12 win to take the 2/0 lead. France. After the disappointment of losing to Egypt the Rosner in the 3rd just looked lost and defeated as Pilley day before, Australia were clearly up for the challenge for displayed an array of attacking shots and length to close the bronze medal. a convincing 3rd game 11/5 and the win for Team Australia to now reach the Semi Finals. Once again, Ryan Cuskelly started brilliantly by claiming a tough first game 11/8 against Mathieu Castagnet. A Team Australia decided to rest Ryan Cuskelly in the mirror image of the second saw Castagnet turn the tie dead rubber. into 1 game all. A deafening French home side crowd pumped up the now confident Castagnet to give him a Semi Finals - Egypt - Order of Play 1,2,3 2/1 lead. Cuskelly then dug deep once again and pulled The Semi Finals saw Australia up against the number 1 out a seemingly physically impossible match leveler to seed, Egypt. This was a must win for the Egyptians as win 11/9. Now into the 5th, early on Cuskelly was leaving out may have been catastrophic. noticeably cramping but wouldn’t lie down. Eventually Australia’s performances in the tournament thus far gave Castagnet won 11/6 in the 5th to a rapturous French them the best opportunity to challenge the current World stadium. Champions. Cameron Pilley then went on to try and square the ledger Cameron Pilley gave a brilliant display to defeat the against Gregory Gaultier. A tough but close first game former World Number 1, Karim Darwish, in a marathon 4 saw Gaultier squeeze a 11/9 win. Now the confidence of games. This is the first time in Pilley’s career he has Gaultier was on full display. He looked stronger as the defeated Darwish and he truly picked his moment to match progressed and a battle weary Pilley could not shine. With a score line of 12/10, 14/16, 12/10, 11/9, this contain him eventually losing the 2nd and 3rd 11/4, 11/4. match was truly epic and will go down as one of the most outstanding performances by an Australian. Australia lost the playoff 2/0 and came in 4th position overall at the World Mens Championships. David Palmer was up against in the second rubber. A difficult and at times awkward Mosaad, Summary seemed to rattle Palmer. Mosaad’s style never let Palmer It was a pleasure to be a part of a very proud Australian get into a comfortable rhythm. Palmer set the match up Team. From the moment they were presented with their brilliantly by winning the first game 13/11. A determined Australian Team Uniforms they got the message straight Mosaad came back at Palmer in the second with some away about what we were there to do. strong physical rallies which seemed to be weighing on the Australian. At one game all, the stage was set for I think the Team “punched “ way above their weight and both players to win the all important third game. Palmer played some memorable matches that will go down in lost this game 6/11 to a now confident Mosaad. Palmer our Australian Team History. gave his all in the fourth but unfortunately Mosaad got over the line 11/9 to take the rubber and draw the match I have already used this Team as an inspirational speech at one all. to our Under 19 Junior Women’s side and will proudly reference this Team as one of the great performances at Ryan Cuskelly played in the third and final a World Championship. rubber and this did not disappoint. Cuskelly got off to a brilliant start with a commanding 11/3 first game win. The Finally, we would like to thank Gary O’Donnell, Gordon second saw a display of brilliance by Momen who had Young and the staff of Squash Australia for all their now seemingly got rid of his nerves and completely assistance in the organisation and preparation of the turned the momentum around to his favour. You simply team. had to applaud the somewhat risky but skillful play by Momen to take both the second and third games 6/11, Rodney Eyles 5/11. Once again, Cuskelly displayed true grit and National Senior Men’s Coach determination and miraculously won the fourth 11/7. He wasn’t going to leave any stone unturned. The 11/5 final

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WSF World Men’s Team Championship Gallery

Top Left: Ryan Cuskelly Top Right: Cameron Pilley

Bottom: Semi Final - Australia VS Egypt

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WSF World Junior Women’s Team Championship Report

The 2013 World Junior Australia v Poland - Won 3/0 Championships were held in Wroclaw, Natalie Newton def Klaudia Borek 11/4, 11/3, 11/2 Poland in a brand new Grace McErvale def Natalia Ryfa 3/0 - 11/3, 11/4, 11/2 22 court facility. Following a pre-camp on the Gold Coast, Nicole Stonehame def Aleksandra Surdziel 3/0 - 11/2, the team commenced their journey and arrived in time to 11/5, 11/1 acclimatise and practice prior to the start of the event. Australia v New Zealand - Lost 2/1 The Individual Event commenced with Nicole Stoneham and Natalie Newton both having wins in Round 1. Jessica Turnbull def Eleanor Epke 3/2 - 11/5, 10/12, (Natalie Newton def Klaudia Borek (Poland) 3/0 - 11/2, 10/12, 12/10, 4/11 11/2, 11/2; Nicole Stoneham def Dominika Kejikova Rebecca Barnett def Grace McErvale 3/0 - 11/3, 11/1, (Czech) 3/0 - 11/6, 11/2, 11/6). Grace McErvale and 11/3 Jessica Turnbull both received byes. Abbie Palmer def Natalie Newton 3/0 - 11/3, 11/8, 11/7

Round 2 unfortunately saw Natalie, Nicole and Grace all This lead to the 9-16 Playoffs where the team defeated finish their World Junior campaign ( Sachika Ingale the Czech Republic 3/0, lost to Japan 2/1 and then won (India) def Grace McErvale 3/0 - 11/8, 11/6, 11/5; against Colombia 2/1. Australia finished in 11th position. Sabrina Sobhy (USA) def Natalie Newton 3/0 - 11/4, 11/6, 11/5; (Egypt) def Nicole Stoneham Australia defeated Czech Republic 3/0 3/0 - 11/2, 11/2, 11/5) Jessica Turnbull won her opening match against Kayley Leonard (USA) 3/1 - 5/11, 11/9, Jessica Turnbull def Karolina Holinkova 3/2 - 9/11, 11/4, 13/11, 11/5. 3/11, 11/8, 11/8 Nicole Stoneham def Barbora Krejcova 3/0 - 11/7, 13/11, Unfortunately Jessica was unable to defeat Rebecca 11/4 Barnett from New Zealand in Round 3 (last 32) losing Grace McErvale def Kristyna Alexova 2/1 - 0/11, 11/8, 3/0. 11/9

Whilst the girls were disappointed in their results, they Japan defeated Australia 2/1 definitely learnt a lot and were exposed to the standard of players around the world. They continued to practice well Risa Sugimoto def Jessica Turnbull 3/0 - 11/8, 11/1, 11/5 and get themselves ready for the Teams Event. def Natalie Newton 3/0 - 11/3, 11/7, 11/5 The Teams Event followed with Australia placed in a pool Nicole Stoneham def Ayaka Shiraishi 2/0 - 11/4, 11/1 with Poland, Egypt and New Zealand. The opening match saw Australia up against Egypt. This was always Australia defeated Colombia 2/1 going to be a tough challenge but an opportunity to get on court with the best juniors in the world. Nicole Stoneham def Natalia Londono 3/0 - 11/9, 11/5, 11/6 Australia v Egypt - Lost 3/0 Laura Viviana Tovar Perez def Jessica Turnbull 3/0 - 11/7, 11/8, 11/2 Habiba Mohamed def Nicole Stoneham 3/0, 11/2, 11/3, Natalie Newton def Laura Casallas 3/0 - 11/7, 11/5, 11/7 11/2 def Grace McErvale 3/0 - 11/2, 11/3, Overall, it was a very tough experience for the Australian 11/3 Team. Special thanks to Vicki Cardwell for her time and def Natalie Newton 3/0 - 11/4, 11/1, 11/7 efforts over the cycle. Thank you to Gary O’Donnell, Gordon Young and the staff at Squash Australia for all The team had a win on Day 2 against host nation, Poland their assistance in the organisation and preparation of (3/0) and the final pool match was against New Zealand. the team. This was to be their greatest test and unfortunately went down 2/1. Rodney Eyles National Junior Women’s Coach

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WSF World Junior Women’s Team Championship Gallery

Top Left: Grace McErvale Top Right: Jessica Turnbull

Bottom: Australia Junior Girls Team 2013

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2013 Image Gallery

Top Left: WSF World Junior Women’s Team Championships Coat of Arms 2013

Top Right: Sam Ejtemai at the Australian Junior Championships 2013

Middle: Ryan Cuskelly at the WSF World Men’s Team Championships 2013

Bottom Left: Clive Naylor, Paul Mead & Rhys Dowling Award Winners Bottom Right: Aussie Kangaroo at the WSF World Junior Women’s Team Championships 2013

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2013 Image Gallery

Top Left: David Palmer at the WSF World Men’s Team Championships 2013

Top Right: Aussie flag at the WSF World Junior Women’s Team Championships 2013

Middle: Australian Men’s Team at the WSF World Men’s Team Championships 2013

Bottom Left: Australian Junior Girls team at the WSF World Junior Women’s Teams Championship 2013 Bottom Right: Stella Brown Award Winner.

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Australian Junior Open Report

The 2013 Australian Junior Open was Michelle Eyles was in charge of the tournament desk with held at Thornleigh Squash Centre the assistance of Gary Irwin, Thank you both for your from the 30th March until 2nd April, hard work. with 221 Juniors entered, including players from Japan and New Zealand. The Tournament put their support behind the 2020 bid for the Olympic Games by having a group photo taken It was wonderful to be back at the home of NSW Squash including players, coaches, volunteers and parents at the and to see the fantastic improvements that have been trophy presentation. made since they reclaimed their Centre, and I would like to thank their President, Dawn Moggach for the work she The following players were crowned Australian Junior Open Champions did organizing canteen volunteers, Centre volunteers and for 2013: trophies for the event. Girls Runner Girls 3rd Place Squash Australia decided to introduce an event for the Age Girls Winner Up Jessica Turnbull Grace McErvale 11 year age group and it was great to have many U19 (QLD) (QLD) (VIC) budding players involved. Abbie Palmer Rachael Gibson U17 Stacey Cope (SA) (NZ) (NSW) Vanessa Zoe Massam There were many exciting matches across all age groups U15 over the 4 days, and anyone who attended the event Graham (NSW) (SA) (WA) Ruby Turnbull Tia McLennan certainly watched some great Squash being played by U13 Alex Haydon (SA) (NZ) (QLD) Juniors who thoroughly enjoyed taking part. Sze Yu Lee Laura Maloney Georgie Lane U11 (NSW) (NSW) (NSW) It is pleasing to note that the matches were played in such spirit that one overseas parent commented that the rd support for players from clubs and squads in Australia Boys Boys Runner Boys 3 was wonderful to see and something they do not see in Age Winner Up Place Tomotaka Endo their country. U19 Rhys Dowling (NT) Sam Ejtemai (VIC) (JPN) Scott Galloway Aiden Parkes U17 Rohan Toole (NSW) The tournament was fortunate to have Ashway kindly (NZ) (ACT) donate a set of strings for each player, as well Dunlop Ivan Jensen Corey Sergeant U15 Tye Harland (WA) and new sponsor Harrow also donating their products. It (QLD) (QLD) Ryan Bushel- Trey MacKenzie is exciting to see companies becoming involved in our U13 Toby Moore (TAS) Keegan (NSW) (WA) sport after such a long time. Ethan Eyles Brendan U11 Kobe Fleming (NZ) (QLD) MacDonald (QLD) John Small was Tournament Referee with Neil Butler, Nicholas Norman, Craig Sandy, Mark Treloar, Lesley and Kaye Reeves Kevin Henry and Mark Mason giving up their valuable Tournament Director time to support the event. I would like to thank them for a job well done.

Trophies & Partner Signage at the Australian Junior Open 2013 28 2013 Squash Australia Annual Report

Australian Junior Open Gallery

Top Left: WSF Olympic Back the Bid at the Australian Junior Open 2013

Top Right: Jessica Turnbull U19’s Girls Winner at the Australian Junior Open 2013

Middle Left: Presentation Table at the Australian Junior Open 2013

Middle Right: Tomotaka Endo U19’s Boys Winner at the Australian Junior Open 2013

Bottom Left: Harrow promotion at the Australian Junior Open 2013

Bottom Right: Trophies at the Australian Junior Open 2013

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Australia Junior Championship Report

This years Australian Junior 15 Vanessa Zoe Massam Lauren Aspinall Championships were one of the most YAG Graham (NSW) (WA) (SA) exciting events ever held. Every State/ 13 Alex Haydon Grace Pattison Courtney Mather YAG (SA) (TAS) (QLD) Territory went home with a trophy or medal, and it was particularly pleasing to see Tasmania do well in the 13YAG. rd Boys Boys Girls 3 Age Winner Runner Up Place Congratulations! Must once again go to Queensland who 19 Rhys Dowling Darcy Evans Thomas Calvert were the Champion State and as a result will be YAG (NT) (TAS) (QLD) dominant in the Talent Squads which were chosen 17 Sam Ejtemai Rohan Toole Aiden Parkes following the event. YAG (VIC) (NSW) (ACT) 15 Todd Riches Ivan Jensen Damon MacMillan Thanks must go to Squash ACT, Sam Pattison for the YAG (NSW) (QLD) (WA) 13 Peter Nuttall Jack Hudson hard work she did in organizing the Player function and Maaz Khatri (SA) YAG (ACT) (TAS) to their Junior Committee for the many hours they put in the canteen. Teams It was great to have Melissa Prentice back at the Age Winner Runner Up Tournament Desk. 19 YAG Comb QLD VIC Boys QLD NSW Thanks also to the Tournament Referee, Craig Sandy and Referees Murray Ashcroft, Russell Weatherburn, Girls QLD VIC Pam Addison, John Smit, Bryson Hawkins, Gavin 17 YAG Comb VIC QLD Howard and Dawn Moggach for giving their time. Boys VIC NSW The Teams event was particularly exciting with 2nd & 3rd Girls QLD VIC as well as 4th & 5th only separated by a few points. 15 YAG Comb SA QLD

The following players and teams were crowned Australian Junior Boys QLD WA Champions for 2013: Girls SA WA Individuals 13 YAG Comb QLD TAS Girls Girls Girls 3rd Boys QLD TAS Age Winner Runner Up Place Girls SA QLD 19 Jessica Turnbull Natalie Newton Moana Gray YAG (QLD) (QLD) (NSW) Kristen Kaye Reeves 17 Samantha Nightingale Stacey Cope (SA) YAG Calvert (QLD) Tournament Director (NSW)

19YAG Boy & Girl Winners at the Australian Junior Championships 2013

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Australia Junior Championship Gallery

Top Left: Presentation to Woden Squash Centre at the Australian Junior Championships 2013

Top Right: Girls match at the Australian Junior Championships 2013

Middle Left: Boys match at the Australian Junior Championships 2013

Middle Right: NSW Vs SA at the Australian Junior Championships 2013

Bottom Left: Practicing outside Woden Squash Centre at the Australian Junior Championships 2013

Bottom Right: Boys match at the Australian Junior Championships 2013

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Squash ACT Report

2013 marked a turning point assistance to modernize our facilities. In November 2013 for ACT Squash. In writing two grants were submitted. The first was for annual this report it needs to be noted funding and another for maintenance funds to upgrade that I have only been the ACT Squash owned Woden Centre. Both grants President since July and as such this report will have been successful. In addition funding has also been document the things that Squash ACT has achieved sourced to upgrade our Erindale Centre. More will be since then. known on that in 2014.

• Hosted the Australian Masters and Masters Of the five centres in Canberra it is expected that all will Trans-Tasman tests be upgraded or have received a previous ‘facelift’ by mid • Hosted the Australian Junior Championships 2014. • ACT’s Peter Nuttall won the Boys U13 section of the AJC & maintain the No.1 ranking for the In growing the sport it is imperative that facilities are majority 2013 modern and meet the needs of the customer base. • As part of the Centenary of Canberra we held the Further work will be completed in this area in 2014. Festival of Squash • The Vikings club won the Centenary of Canberra Overall squash in the ACT is starting to look up: club award for the holding of their yellow day. This was a great initiative • numbers have plateaued and it is expected that these will begin to rise in 2014 Competition: • all centres will receive an upgrade by mid 2014 • the Woden Centre will receive much needed In 2013 we saw a slight reduction in pennant player funding resulting in a modern facility for future numbers however this is due to pick up in 2014 with events significant work being put in to growing the competition by all clubs. I would like to personally thank the Board of Squash ACT for their help this year as well as Sam and Sean (before The junior competition remained stable with 68 players he departed). participating in the 2013 Spring Junior Pennant and we expect a similar numbers for 2014. With Sam working I would also like to thank Gary Hampson for his time as with schools to build the school’s squash program we President. He had the vision to at least see what a small hope to increase this number over the next 12 months. Territory could achieve in taking on the Australian Open.

Growing the sport: Robert McComas President One of the major priorities of Squash ACT in late 2013 Squash ACT was to put in place a three year strategic plan and seek

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NSW Squash Report

The past 12 months has been a time of two centres have opened in Sydney Metro area. rebuilding for the NSW Squash. A new Congratulations to both of those operators. CEO was appointed and a new Manager at our Thornleigh Squash Centre was Our juniors continue to keep the NSW flag flying high. appointed. The legal matters have The 2012 AJC was held in Hobart with NSW achieving almost all been finalized due to a lot of runner-up in the overall teams Championship. Individual long hours and hard work by our Legal Championship trophy winners were Vanessa Graham, Director, Chris Barnes. Girls 13 YAG and Jesse Keegan, 15 Boys YAG. Moana Gray won the MC Hazel Medal (Best & Fairest). Garry Somerville was appointed to the CEO role on a Congratulations to the team and officials for a successful permanent part time basis and has settled into the role AJC. extremely well. Conducting the business of a sporting Association is not an easy job these days with many The Active After Schools Community Program is being government regulations, both State and Federal, which taken up by more centres as 2014 draws closer. Well have to be abided by. Sport is now big business and has done to all those who have engaged in this program. We to be run as such. will now endeavour to get more centres into the Oz Squash program. NSW Squash has paid all its outstanding debts and can now begin to pay back the overdraft. This has been no I must acknowledge the support we have had from easy task but with careful planning and a lot of cost Squash Australia during the past 12 months. Their saving we have achieved an outcome sooner than we understanding of our financial situation allowed us to anticipated. To run a successful sporting business we complete all our financial obligations to them for 2012-13. have to run it as a business. We had no choice but to I also must acknowledge the assistance from the NSW introduce better business practice. To achieve this we Department of Communities, Office of Sport and introduced a new method of collecting (Sydney) pennant Recreation. fees. A general meeting was held to explain this to the clubs. Some dissention was voiced but on introduction, No sporting body can exist without their volunteers. We all clubs paid their team entry fee before the are very fortunate to have some of the best there is and commencement of Round 1. This has saved the CEO we thank them all for their time and effort. many hours in sending out invoices and then following them up. Hopefully, they also have introduced better To my fellow Board Members, I thank you for your business practice and no longer have to chase players support and help. It has been a pleasure working with for their pennant fees. you

We have 72 affiliated clubs from around NSW and while Dawn Moggach this is a little down on last year, quite a few centres/clubs President have closed their doors for various reasons. However, NSW Squash

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Squash NT Report

Highlights of 2013 staff effort to ensure the goals and related indicators are being met. What a year for Squash NT! Some huge things have been achieved Karina Gray from Starwin Management filled the over the last 12 months and the Executive Officers role for five months and Paul Mead sport has taken some big steps forward. Below are some filled the Executive Officers role from July and will be highlights: finished with Squash NT at the end of November 2013. A permanent EO will be appointed from the beginning of • NT Open held in Darwin and the NT Link ASSA 2014. Open held in Alice Springs, both PSA/WSA level tournaments; The Year Ahead • Three NT based 2012 Squash Australia Annual Award winners presented at the NT Open: 2014 is shaping up to be another exciting year for • Clive Naylor – Coach of the Year Squash in the NT with the following events already on • Rhys Dowling – Junior Athlete of the Year the calendar: • Paul Mead – Administrator of the Year • Three finalists and one winner in the 2013 Northern • 8 – 11 May 2014: Top End Open – Darwin Squash Territory Sports Awards Centre • NT Volunteer of the Year – Paul Mead • • Finalist in the NT Coach of the Year – Clive Naylor 12 – 15 May 2014: Darwin Outgames – Darwin • Finalist in the NT Junior Athlete of the Year – Rhys Squash Centre – This is an international lesbian, Dowling. gay and transgender sports and culture event being conducted in Darwin. • Darwin International Doubles Tournament with three countries attending (Scotland, New Zealand and • Australia) with their prospective Commonwealth 16 – 18 May 2014: NT Open and NT Junior Games athletes; and Championships – Alice Springs Squash Association • The commencement of the SNT High Performance • Pathway. 11 – 18 October 2014: Alice Springs Masters Games Financially Squash NT has invested a lot into the sport over the last financial year, especially with the Thanks to all the great volunteers, coaches, officials, commencement of the Darwin Squash Centre, however Board and Committee Members and die-hard squashies the Centre has seen steady improvements in the that have made this year such a success for squash in participation rates across the juniors and seniors. the NT. Also, the support of Squash Australia, the NT Government and our great sponsors is greatly Strategic Direction appreciated.

Squash NT recently released its 2013 – 2016 Strategic Sue Shearer Plan – Our Game Plan. It sees four goals around Chairperson Governance, Participation, Elite Performance and Squash NT Facilities. From the Strategic Plan a number of Operational Plans will be prepared which will drive the

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Q Squash Report

Events Australia selected a Junior Women’s Team to represent Australia at the World Junior Championships and Q Squash Northern Region Ltd Queensland was ably represented by Natalie Newton, conducted the 2013 Queensland Jess Turnbull and Grace McErvale with Australia Junior Championships (QJC) at the finishing 11th in the competition. Mackay Leisure Centre in Mackay during the mid-year school holidays Well done to all our representative players you do your with juniors from all over Queensland attending and State, Region, Club, Coaches and families proud, keep participating, some in two events. The individuals were up the good work. followed by the usual teams’ event with Brisbane Region Vipers taking out the winning combined regional team Development again in 2013. During 2013 Q Squash managed a Referee Course The Queensland Open, held at the Northern Suburbs during the year in Mackay at the PSA/WSA event. Q Squash Centre from 24 October to 27 October with Squash also managed three Level 4 Coaching Courses, PSA/WSA events and graded events attracting players in Brisbane (2), Toowoomba and Rockhampton with 21 travelling from all over the world to participate. The potential coaches attending these courses and winner of the PSA event was Jan Koukal and the WSA successfully transitioning into the Level 1 Coaching event was taken out by Queensland’s very own Lisa ranks. Camilleri. Many thanks to Dunlop, Squash Australia and the Australian Government through the Australian Sports In addition to the 5 courses mentioned above, Q Squash Commission for their continued support of this event Brisbane Region Inc also ran the inflatable squash courts which was also supported by Q Squash Ltd, at schools throughout the latter half of the year with many and Gatorade. primary school students attending and having a go at squash for the first time. This is the third successive year Representation that this has occurred in a joint effort between Q Squash, the Queensland Government and QSquash Brisbane Q Squash sent their full contingent of juniors – the mighty Region with amazing results. QSquash Central Region Qld Junior Sharks to participate at the Australian Junior also ran 6 week beginner programmes in Moura, Championships in Canberra during the Bundaberg, Gladstone & Rockhampton giving many September/October school holidays with the team players their first taste of the sport. With a continuance coming away with their tenth straight win of the of the funding from Sport & Rec Queensland the Combined Girls & Boys Age Groups. The team in 2013 programme will be run in Northern Region throughout was coached by Marc Foster, Robyn Prentice and 2014. Nathan Turnbull with Jim Calvert as Manager and Ros Preston, Catering Manager. The team captains this year Roslyn Preston were Tom Calvert and Tiffany Loss. President Q Squash

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Squash SA Report

Squash SA remains levels and continues to effectively deliver the Squash SA dedicated to providing Business Plan. opportunities for people to be healthier, happier and In addition, the Board has initiated an extensive study to connected to their community through sport. Together investigate the financial, operational and management with our members and partners we support South benefits and risks of our licensed venue Racquets SA. Australians to participate in squash and racquetball The study investigates options for asset diversification, through: presenting business cases that provide commercial • beginner, school and junior club programs growth and sustainable investment returns to the • pennant and social in-house competitions Association. The Board is currently working to finalise • tournaments the report (to be released late in 2013), which will be • high performance squads. integral to guide our future strategic priorities and directions. This year, the Board has focused work on four key platform areas, guided by the Squash SA vision, Over the course of the year, we have been fortunate to including: collaborate with a number of partners, supporters and sponsors who are as committed to growing the sport as • participation and membership we are. Squash SA works with and supports operators • improvement of facilities and volunteer administrators from 41 affiliated member • game and player development clubs. In partnership with Squash SA, Member Clubs • governance and administration. play a vital role in building, growing, strengthening and improving our sport. It has been important, given the present economic climate, for the Board to put measures in place that Phil Sinnott reduce Squash SA’s operating expenses and aim to pay General Manager down loan liabilities. Upon thorough analysis, operations Squash SA have been restructured in a way that maintains service

Squash Tasmania Report

2013 was another good year for Open and Master’s pennant competitions and squash in Tasmania. Our tournaments provide an incentive for these age groups to achievements for the year are play more and to improve their standard of play. briefly summarised under the Key Result Areas identified in our Strategic Plan. For our seniors, Gentle Squash provides a great activity to improve their fitness and creates an opportunity for Participation social interaction. The Oz Squash Program was rolled out in Tasmania in 2013 resulting in new junior players enrolling in junior Facilities programs. Tasmania is very lucky to have most of our squash centres in public ownership, mostly local government. After school squash in centre coaching programs were These courts are available to squash clubs and coaches provided in 12 Tasmanian squash centres. The number at very reasonable rates. While most courts do not have of in centre programs running is limited by the number of heating and cooling systems, they are kept in good order coaches available to run the programs. Achievement of by the local government authorities. It is up to our squash our goal to have a coach available to run programs in community to support these facilities through our use of each squash centre at least once per week is essential the courts. for participation to improve. We need to continue to focus on age groups 5 to over 70. Development Two Tasmanian referees were upgraded to State Level Dunlop Competition Ball and Karakal Big Ball junior at the Tasmanian Open. We are looking forward to their tournaments were held at various venues around the assistance in referee development in Tasmania over the state. Juniors participating in these events seem to be next few years. supercharged by playing juniors from other centres. Hopefully, this experience will encourage them to work The coaching accreditation system has been reviewed harder at their squash and participate in Australian and we are looking forward to seeing the new system in Squash Tour Tournaments and seek selection in the place in 2014. Squash Tasmania Performance Pathway Program.

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Performance Pathway We continue to work on ways to promote our sport to the Squash Tasmania Performance Pathway documentation squash community and general public. continues to be reviewed and improved. We are pleased with the program outcomes this year. However, we must Leadership/Management remember that the athlete performance level in this We continue to support a national approach to squash. program is dependent on the volume of players in our Our Vice President, Kent Harbutt, attended the Squash participation programs. Australia AGM and workshops as well as Squash Australia Presidents Council meetings. I represented Tasmania was represented at national championships by Tasmania on the Executive Officers Council. Max junior and Masters’ teams this year. Moorhouse was our representative on the Squash Development Council. The 2013 Tasmanian Open was hosted by the Tasmanian Squash Academy at Eastside. Players from All of our governance activities were completed with the 18 countries participated and the event received usual diligence. excellent publicity in all forms of the media. It was a tremendous promotion for our sport. The prize money Our second annual dinner was held in conjunction with was made available by Squash Australia and the the City of Clarence Open and included our annual Tasmanian Squash Academy. We are still hoping to award presentations. secure a major sponsor for future years. Concluding Comments Profile I am pleased with the outcomes that we have achieved in In addition the Tasmanian Open, which is our highest 2013 and I continue to look forward to seeing the results profile event, the Squash-in-School and Totball programs of our efforts over the next few years. I would like to take were delivered during school time to 50 primary schools this opportunity to thank the squash Tasmania state wide. The promotion was delivered to over 8,000 Committee, the Squash Tasmania Performance Pathway Prep to Grade 6 children directly resulting in 70 new Committee and other volunteers involved in Tasmanian juniors joining squash clubs. The programs were funded Squash. from a Sport and Recreation Tasmania State Grant, sponsorship from the Tasmanian Squash Academy and Chris Doig an allocation from affiliation fees. Most clubs chose to President take advantage of the program. Wynyard Club ran a Squash Tasmania number of promotional programs in addition to Totball and Squash-in-Schools.

Squash VIC Report

“Patience, persistence and strategic plan. The organisation has operated under two perspiration make an consecutive 12-month interim strategic plans and the unbeatable combination for Board sought to set some firm longer term strategic success” Napolean Hill priorities. These priorities needed to reflect any change in (Writer) culture of the organisation since 2011, as well as the national sporting context within which the sport operates. 2013 saw the continuance of the Squash Vic governance Squash Vic secured funding from the State Government reform process with the new Squash Vic Board to engage a facilitator and an extensive analysis and undertaking an extensive induction program. Funding consultation process unfolded over a 6 month period. was received from the State Government to facilitate this The final plan, to be officially launched in 2014, focusses process and 4 workshop sessions saw Board members on 6 key result areas designed to achieve the cover the key areas of – defining governance roles, key organisation’s new vision of Engaged Players. Strong Board functions, improving Board process and continuing Clubs. Great Venues. World Class Events. A special improvement. Squash Vic maintained its association with mention to consultant Steve Whittington for his guidance Deakin University in the governance area with Professor and support during this important project. David Shilbury guiding the induction program. President Peta Murphy obtained a grant to undertake the AICD Squash Vic completed the second year of its women and Company Director’s course and Vice President, Gavin girls participation project funded by the Victorian Health Murphy attended a Financial Reports seminar conducted Promotion Foundation’s (VicHealth) State Sporting through Vicsport. Association Participation Program. The learn to play program – Hits & Giggles – has now introduced over 375 Towards the latter part of the year, the Board embarked new women into the sports of squash and racquetball on its second major project, developing a new 3 year with 17 clubs/venues around Victoria supporting the

38 2013 Squash Australia Annual Report program. South Australia has adopted the program and the first time) Racquetball event at the Melbourne Sports is running their own Hits & Giggles activities. Former & Aquatic Centre in April 2013. 12 teams comprising over Development Coordinator Tegan Doherty, brought a lot 170 players took part, exceeding the previous year’s total of enthusiasm and ideas to Hits & Giggles which saw by $5,000 to raise $23,500 to support those living with additional skill level tiers (intermediate and advanced multiple sclerosis via MS Australia's Go for Gold programs) introduced in 2013. Stage 3 of the program, scholarships and Financial Assistance Programs. Thank now under the guidance of Competition & Participation you to the sponsors and participants who supported the Coordinator, Daniela Paszkiewicz, is about continuing to event and we look forward to doing it all again in 2014. If assist our clubs and venues to provide quality extension you haven’t seen the event video clip, it is well worth a experiences to retain participants and encouraging more look at clubs and venues to become involved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P8HquvPAPY&featur e=youtu.be The Victorian Open was the largest event on the Australian Squash Tour in 2013 thanks to the continued Advocating and lobbying for squash as a priority sport support of two major sponsors – Kooyong Lawn Tennis with local and state government was a key activity in Club and the Victorian Government. The Open was a 2013 with the Executive Director presenting at several $10k event on both men’s and women’s professional forums during the year. Squash Vic was one of 6 circuits, providing a strong field in both quality and Associations to secure funding from the State quantity and Squash Vic was delighted to have Government for a Regional Facility Study and we look Australia’s no 2, current world no 16 and former world forward to publishing the findings in 2014. The study champion, Rachael Grinham play (and win) the women’s conducted with InsideEDGE Sports & Leisure Planning event. will provide a framework for the provision and development of squash and racquetball infrastructure Rachael, Zac Alexander, Song Sun-Mi (Korea) and and for stakeholder and partner participation in the Sarah Fitz-Gerald were also part of a promotional event planning and development of facilities for the next 10 at The Edge, Eureka Tower which although attracted years. Squash has a proud history as one of the most minimal exposure in Australia was featured on a number successful sports in Australia’s heritage. Despite the of international squash websites and media releases. sport’s boom period and commercial development during The Victorian Open graded events for players of all the 60s, 70s and 80s, squash has lost over 70% of its abilities were again well patronised although female facilities due to increasing land values and changing participants continue to be poorly represented. This year community lifestyles. Although the effect of the loss of both Open finals and semi-finals were web streamed live facilities in regional Victoria is not as pronounced as it is to a world-wide audience. In the 3 weeks following the in metropolitan Melbourne, a strategy is required to event, 2,776 hits were registered through the website prioritise efforts to support the sustainability of regional from 38 countries. clubs and venues into the future.

Squash Vic again received funding from Squash Squash Vic wishes to acknowledge the support received Australia in 2013 to support our elite player program – from member clubs, venues, associations, athletes and Squash Vic Academy, Targeted Athlete Program and volunteers during the year, as well as the valuable Talent Development Squad - activities. Group and assistance and contributions from the Department of individual coaching opportunities were provided for along Transport, Planning & Local Infrastructure (Sport & with sports science components and travel assistance. Recreation Victoria), VicHealth, Squash Australia, Victorian players achieving success in 2013: Dunlop, Deakin University, Oxford Education and our Melody Francis, Rex Hedrick and Sarah Cardwell – many partners and supporters. continued in the AIS squash program. All three, along with Taylor Flavell were part of the Commonwealth Thank you to my staff over the year Richard, Daniela and Games Doubles Camp in Darwin with Scotland Tegan for your support and dedication and to State Nicole Stoneham –selected to represent Australia at the Grade Pennant Administrator, Bryan Bird, for his ongoing World Junior Women’s event in Poland contributions. Finally, thank you also to the Board of Sam Ejtemai – won the Australian boys Under 17 title at Squash Vic for your encouragement, patience and the Australian Junior Championships resolve. Vicki Cardwell – Manager of the Australian World Junior Women’s Team Fiona Young Executive Director Squash Vic again partnered with Multiple Sclerosis Squash VIC Australia to host the third 24 Hour Mega Squash & (for

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WA Squash Report

2013 was a difficult year for WA The sessions which were conducted by Chris Sinclair Squash as we failed to secure a and John Small have provided the major impetus for Healthway sponsorship for our increasing referee numbers and of progressing those development programs. With already in the system. such programs well entrenched it was decided to absorb some of the profits of recent years and continue with the Pennant core components of our programs. In this way we will remain in the best situation to regain development The number of Pennant players has again declined sponsorship into the future. slightly. On a positive we have managed to maintain three nights of competition with ladies Divisions on each Country Development night. Some of our Clubs have shown sound growth of numbers to show what can be achieved with a positive Mike Cornish continued his travels throughout the State approach and a logical progression plan. to ensure that students in all regions of Western Australia gained some experience of what Squash is about. Mini Volunteers Squash, Just Squash It and Inflatable Court sessions were presented to well in excess of 10,000 children in WA Squash greatly appreciates the contribution of the areas from Broome to Esperance and most places volunteers who offer their time and energy to assist with between. Visits created the opportunity for other Club the various aspects of activity that are necessary to drive Development opportunities such as Coaching sessions, the sport of Squash in this State. In an era when there is Refereeing sessions, Talent Squad sessions, committee increasing pressure of free time available and member assistance and advice as to how to access consequently less people offering assistance, there is an funding opportunities etc. increased workload on our existing volunteers. It is to their great credit that they continue to contribute so Juniors much.

Whilst the State Junior Team was disappointed to finish Funding 5th overall at the Australian Junior Championships, we are pleased with the emergence of new State Team WA Squash very much appreciates the financial players from an increased number of Clubs throughout assistance and support provided by the Department of the State. It is encouraging to see players from areas as Sport and Recreation. Unfortunately we were unable to far away as the Kimberley and Pilbara now being more secure Healthway sponsorship in 2013 but have been actively involved in our programs. successful in obtaining funding for 2014 promoting the Smarter than Smoking message. City of Perth International Squash Challenge Board The 2013 event was again very well received by the 90 players (57 in PSA & 33 in WSA) who competed in the After fourteen years on the Board (the last nine as main events. Mike Corren taking out the PSA title for the President) Stephen Bowen stood down to focus on his fourth year in a row (five titles overall) and Meagan Craig role as a Board Member of Squash Australia. Shaun from New Zealand winning the WSA event. Billowes assumed the role as President until he transferred from Perth. Matthew Hansen is the newly Referees elected President.

As has been the case in the last few years, a major Don Huffer Referee training and assessment program was General Manager conducted in conjunction with the 2013 City of Perth WA Squash International Squash Challenge.

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History

SQUASH AUSTRALIA HALL OF FAME Members Legends Life Members Vicki Cardwell Sarah Fitz-Gerald A.M Victor Belsham A.M (deceased) Chris Dittmar Ken Hiscoe M.B.E John Cameron Rodney Eyles Geoff Hunt M.B.E, A.M Col Clapper O.A. Michelle Martin O.A.M Bob Finch Sue King Heather McKay M.B.E, A.M Geoff Hunt M.B.E, A.M Rodney Martin Distinguished Service Awards Heather McKay M.B.E, A.M Cam Nancarrow Richard Best Patricia Walker Anthony Ricketts David Donnelly Ken Watson Judith Fitz-Gerald Margaret Zachariah Vic Hunt AJC Service Award Kevin Shawcross (deceased) Chris Sinclair Noel Forster Barbara Slotemaker De Bruine Dawn Moggach Paul Vear Kaye Reeves Peter Saxby

SQUASH AUSTRALIA AWARD WINNERS Senior Athlete of the Year Volunteer of the Year Administrator of the Year 2004 Rachael Grinham 2004 John Holland 2004 Jacqueline Souwer Anthony Ricketts 2005 Paul Vear 2005 2005 Ray Strachan 2006 Greg Hutchings 2006 David Palmer 2006 Meryl Loss 2007 Glynn Bunting Martin Grace Carol Kawaljenko 2007 David Palmer 2007 2008 Brian Keane Stephen Bowen 2008 David Palmer 2008 Brad Gaddes 2009 Sue Doherty 2009 Stewart Boswell 2009 Grant Norman 2010 Kasey Brown 2010 Gary Hampson 2010 Edward Jennings 2011 Cameron Pilley 2011 Carsten Frederiksen 2011 Fiona Young 2012 No Winner 2012 Stella Brown 2012 Paul Mead Junior Athlete of the Year Referee of the Year Coach of the Year 2004 Kasey Brown 2004 Damien Green 2004 Noel Forster 2005 Julius Krauss 2005 Bill Patterson 2005 Kay Barclay Ryan Cuskelly 2006 Byron Davis 2006 2006 John Small Peta Hughes 2007 Mike Cornish 2007 Tamika Saxby 2007 Neil Butler 2008 Clive Naylor 2008 Rhys Dowling 2008 Pam Addison Tamika Saxby 2009 Lorraine Howell 2009 2009 Karim Langer Sam Brown 2010 Tamika Saxby 2010 Russell Weatherburn 2010 Michelle Martin 2011 Bethany Brazier 2011 Nathan Turnbull 2011 Marc Forster 2012 Rhys Dowling 2012 Murray Ashcroft 2012 Clive Naylor

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AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS

1979 1989 1998 2008 Vicki Cardwell Barbara Wall Michelle Martin Kasey Brown (Captain/Coach) Vicki Hoffman Danielle Drady Sarah Fitz-Gerald Lisa Camilleri (Cardwell) Sue King Elizabeth Irving Carol Owens Amelia Pittock Anne Smith Robyn Lambourne Elizabeth Irving Donna Urquhart Di Davis Michelle Martin Rhonda Thorne 1990 (Coach/Manager) (Coach/Manager) 1981 Robyn Lambourne 2000 2010 Rhonda Thorne Michelle Martin Sarah Fitz-Gerald Kasey Brown (Captain) Rae Anderson Danielle Drady Sarah Fitz-Gerald Vicki Hoffman Elizabeth Irving Robyn Cooper Rachael Grinham (Cardwell) Vicki Cardwell Barbara Oldfield Laura Keating Donna Urquhart (Coach) Margaret Zachariah Vicki Cardwell Michelle Martin (Manager) (Coach) (Coach/Manager)

1983 1992 2002 2012

Rhonda Thorne Robyn Lambourne Sarah Fitz-Gerald Rachael Grinham (Captain) Carin Clonda Michelle Martin Rachael Grinham Donna Urquhart Jan Miller Sarah Fitz-Gerald Natalie Grinham Melody Francis Diane Davis Elizabeth Irving Robyn Cooper Sarah Cardwell Di Davis Sarah Fitz-Gerald 1985 Ken Watson (Coach) (Coach/Manager) (Coach) Vicki Cardwell Jan Miller (Captain) 1994 2004 (Manager) Tracey Smith Michelle Martin Rachael Grinham Carin Clonda Sarah Fitz-Gerald Natalie Grinham Di Davis Carol Owens Amelia Pittock Maragaret Zachariah Elizabeth Irving Melissa Martin (Manager) Di Davis Michelle Martin 1987 (Coach/Manager) (Coach/Manager) Vicki Cardwell 1996 2006 (Captain) Sarah Fitz-Gerald Michelle Martin Kasey Brown Michelle Martin Sarah Fitz-Gerald Amelia Pittock Robyn Lambourne Elizabeth Irving Melissa Martin (Friday) Carol Owens Dianne Desira Di Davis Michelle Martin (Coach/Manager) (Coach/Manager)

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AUSTRALIANAUSTRALIAN MEN’S WORLDWORLD CHAMPIONSHIPCHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS TEAMS

19671967 19791979 19911991 20012001 20112011

KenKen Hiscoe Hiscoe FrankFrank DonnellyDonnelly ChrisChris DittmarDittmar StewartStewart Boswell Boswell Stewart Stewart Boswell Boswell

GeoffGeoff Hunt Hunt GlenGlen BrumbbyBrumbby ChrisChris RobertsonRobertson DavidDavid Palmer Palmer AaronAaron Frankcomb Frankcomb

CameCameronron Nancarrow Nancarrow IanIan YeatesYeates BrettBrett MartinMartin PaulPaul Price Price DavidDavid Palmer Palmer

RichardRichard Carter Carter RossRoss ThorneThorne RodneyRodney EylesEyles JohnJohn Williams Williams CameronCameron Pilley Pilley

Rodney Martin Anthony Ricketts 1969 1981 Ken Hiscoe (Manager) Rodney Martin Anthony Ricketts 1969 1981 Ken Hiscoe (Manager) (Coach/Manager) (Coach) (Coach/Manager) (Coach) Ken Hiscoe Steve Bowditch 1993 2003 Byron Davis (Manager) Ken Hiscoe Steve Bowditch 1993 2003 Byron Davis (Manager) Geoff Hunt Glen Brumby Rodney Martin Joseph Kneipp 2013 Geoff Hunt Glen Brumby Rodney Martin Joseph Kneipp 2013 Cameron Nancarrow Greg Pollard Brett Martin Paul Price Ryan Cuskelly Cameron Nancarrow Greg Pollard Brett Martin Paul Price Ryan Cuskelly Richard Carter Ross Thorne Rodney Eyles David Palmer Matthew Karwalski Richard Carter Ross Thorne Rodney Eyles David Palmer Matthew Karwalski 1971 1983 Tristan Nancarrow Anthony Ricketts David Palmer 1971 1983 Tristan Nancarrow Anthony Ricketts David Palmer Ken Hiscoe Byron Davis Ken Hiscoe Dean Williams Ken Hiscoe Byron Davis Cameron Pilley Ken Hiscoe Dean Williams (Coach/Manager) (Coach/Manager) Cameron Pilley (Coach/Manager) (Coach/Manager) Geoff Hunt Ross Thorne 1995 2005 Rod Eyles (Coach) Geoff Hunt Ross Thorne 1995 2005 Rod Eyles (Coach) Cameron Nancarrow Chris Dittmar Craig Rowland Stewart Boswell Byron Davis (Manager) Cameron Nancarrow Chris Dittmar Craig Rowland Stewart Boswell Byron Davis (Manager) Richard Carter Riki Hill Rodney Eyles (Captain) Joseph Kneipp Richard Carter Riki Hill Rodney Eyles (Captain) Joseph Kneipp

1973 1985 Anthony Hill Cameron Pilley 1973 1985 Anthony Hill Cameron Pilley Cameron Nancarrow Dean Williams Brett Martin Anthony Ricketts Cameron Nancarrow Dean Williams Brett Martin AnthonyByron Davis Ricketts David Wright Greg Pollard Geoff Hunt (Manager) (Coach/Manager)Byron Davis David Wright Greg Pollard Geoff Hunt (Manager) (Coach/Manager) Michael Donnelly Ross Thorne 1997 2007 Michael Donnelly Ross Thorne 1997 2007 Lionel Robberds Glen Brumby Rodney Eyles Scott Arnold Lionel Robberds Glen Brumby Rodney Eyles Scott Arnold 1976 1987 Craig Rowland Stewart Boswell Cameron1976 Nancarrow 1987 Craig Rowland Stewart Boswell Chris Dittmar Dan Jenson David Palmer (Captain) Cameron Nancarrow Chris Dittmar Dan Jenson David Palmer Kevin(Captain) Shawcross Rodney Martin Brett Martin Cameron Pilley Kevin Shawcross Rodney Martin GeoffBrett MartinHunt CameronByron Davis Pilley Dean Williams Chris Robertson (Coach/Manager) (Coach/Manager) Geoff Hunt Byron Davis Dean Williams Chris Robertson Steve Bowditch Ross Thorne (Coach/Manager)1999 (Coach/Manager)2009 Steve Bowditch1977 Ross1989 Thorne Anthony1999 Hill Stewart2009 Boswell Dean1977 William Chris1989 Dittmar DanAnthony Jenson Hill AaronStewart Frankcomb Boswell Frank Donnelly Brett Martin Rodney Eyles David Palmer Dean William Chris Dittmar Dan Jenson Terry Cheetham Frank Donnelly RodneyBrett Martin Martin RodPaulney Price Eyles CameronDavid Palmer Pilley (Captain) Terry Cheetham Ian Yeates ChrisRodney Robertson Martin Paul Price ByronCameron Davis (Coach) Pilley (Captain) - Rodney Eyles - - Ian Yeates Chris Robertson -- Byron(Manager) Davis (Coach) Rodney Eyles - - - (Manager) 43

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WORLDWORLD WOMEN’S WOMEN’S TEAM’S TEAM’S WORLDWORLD WOMEN’SWOMEN’S OPENOPEN CHAMPIONSHIPCHAMPIONSHIP YearYear WinnerWinner HostHost YearYear WWinnerinner CountryCountry HostHost 19791979 GreatGreat Britain Britain EnglandEngland 19761976 HeatherHeather McKayMcKay (AUS)(AUS) Australia Australia 19811981 AustraliaAustralia CanadaCanada 19791979 HeatherHeather McKayMcKay (AUS)(AUS) EnglandEngland 19831983 AustraliaAustralia Australia Australia 19811981 RhondaRhonda ThorneThorne (AUS)(AUS) CanadaCanada 19851985 GreatGreat Britain Britain IrelandIreland 19831983 VickiVicki CardwellCardwell (AUS)(AUS) Australia Australia 19871987 England England NewNew Zealand Zealand 19851985 SusanSusan DevoyDevoy (NZ)(NZ) IrelandIreland 19891989 England England Netherlands Netherlands 19871987 SusanSusan DevoyDevoy (NZ)(NZ) NewNew ZealandZealand 19901990 England England AustraliaAustralia 19891989 MartineMartine lele MoignanMoignan (ENG)(ENG) NetherlandsNetherlands 19921992 AustraliaAustralia CanadaCanada 19901990 SusanSusan DevoyDevoy (NZ)(NZ) AuAustraliastralia 19941994 AustraliaAustralia GuernseyGuernsey 19921992 SusanSusan DevoyDevoy (NZ)(NZ) CanadaCanada 19961996 AustraliaAustralia MalaysiaMalaysia 19931993 MichelleMichelle MartinMartin (AUS)(AUS) SouthSouth AfricaAfrica 19981998 AustraliaAustralia GermanyGermany 19941994 MichelleMichelle MartinMartin (AUS)(AUS) GuernseyGuernsey 20002000 England England England England 19951995 MichelleMichelle MartinMartin (AUS)(AUS) HongHong KonKongg 20022002 AustraliaAustralia DenmarkDenmark 19961996 SarahSarah FitzFitz--GeraldGerald (AUS)(AUS) MalaysiaMalaysia 2004 Australia Netherlands 1997 Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) Australia 2004 Australia Netherlands 1997 Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) Australia 2006 England Canada 1998 Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) Germany 2006 England Canada 1998 Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) Germany 2008 Egypt Egypt 1999 Cassie Campion (ENG) U.S.A. 2008 Egypt Egypt 1999 Cassie Campion (ENG) U.S.A. 2010 Australia New Zealand 2000 Carol Owens (AUS) Scotland 2010 Australia New Zealand 2000 Carol Owens (AUS) Scotland 2012 Egypt France 2001 Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) Australia 2012 Egypt France 2001 Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) Australia 2002 Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) Qatar 2002 Sarah Fitz-Gerald (AUS) Qatar 2003 Carol Owens (NZ) Hong Kong 2003 Carol Owens (NZ) Hong Kong 2004 (NED) Malaysia 2004 Vanessa Atkinson (NED) Malaysia 2005 (MAS) Hong Kong 2005 Nicol David (MAS) Hong Kong 2006 Nicol David (MAS) Ireland 2006 Nicol David (MAS) Ireland 2007 Rachael Grinham (AUS) Spain 2007 Rachael Grinham (AUS) Spain 2008 Nicol David (MAS) England 2008 Nicol David (MAS) England 2009 Nicol David (MAS) Netherlands 2009 Nicol David (MAS) Netherlands 2010 Nicol David (MAS) Egypt 2010 Nicol David (MAS) Egypt 2011 Nicol David (MAS) Netherlands 2011 Nicol David (MAS) Netherlands 2012 Nicol David (MAS) Cayman Islands 2012 Nicol David (MAS) Cayman Islands 2013 (ENG) Malaysia 2013 Laura Massaro (ENG) Malaysia

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WORLD MEN’S TEAM’S WORLD MEN’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Year Winner Host Year Winner Country Host 1967 Australia Australia 1975 Geoff Hunt (AUS) England 1969 Australia England 1977 Geoff Hunt (AUS) Australia 1971 Australia New Zealand 1979 Geoff Hunt (AUS) Canada 1973 Australia South Africa 1980 Geoff Hunt (AUS) Australia 1975 Great Britain England 1981 (PAK) Canada 1977 Pakistan Canada 1982 Jahangir Khan (PAK) England 1979 Great Britain Australia 1983 Jahangir Khan (PAK) Germany 1980 Pakistan Sweden 1984 Jahangir Khan (PAK) England 1983 Pakistan New Zealand 1985 Jahangir Khan (PAK) Egypt 1985 Pakistan Egypt 1986 (NZ) England 1987 Pakistan England 1987 (PAK) England 1989 Australia Singapore 1988 Jahangir Khan (PAK) Holland 1991 Australia Helsinki 1989 Jansher Khan (PAK) Malaysia 1993 Pakistan Pakistan 1990 Jansher Khan (PAK) France 1995 England Cyprus 1991 Rodney Martin (AUS) Australia 1997 England Malaysia 1992 Jansher Khan (PAK) South Africa 1999 Egypt Egypt 1993 Jansher Khan (PAK) Pakistan 2001 Australia Australia 1994 Jansher Khan (PAK) Spain 2003 Australia Vienna 1995 Jansher Khan (PAK) Cyprus 2005 England Pakistan 1996 Jansher Khan (PAK) Pakistan 2007 England India 1997 Rodney Eyles (AUS) Malaysia 2009 Egypt Denmark 1998 (CAN) Qatar 2011 Egypt Germany 1999 (SCO) Egypt 2013 England France 2002 David Palmer (AUS) Belgium 2003 (EQY) Pakistan 2004 (FRA) Qatar 2005 Amr Shabana (EGY) Hong Kong 2006 David Palmer (AUS) Egypt 2007 Amr Shabana (EGY) Bermuda 2008 Ramy Ashour (EGY) England 2009 Amr Shabana (EGY) Kuwait 2010 (ENG) Saudi Arabia 2011 Nick Matthew (ENG) Netherlands 2012 Ramy Ashour (EGY) Qatar 2013 Nick Matthew (ENG) England

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WORLD AMATEUR MEN’S Year Winner Country Host 1967 Geoff Hunt (AUS) Australia 1969 Geoff Hunt (AUS) England 1971 Geoff Hunt (AUS) New Zealand 1973 Cam Nancarrow (AUS) South Africa 1975 Kevin Shawcross (AUS) England 1977 Maqsood Ahmed (PAK) Canada 1979 Jahangir Khan (PAK) Australia 1981 Steve Bowditch (AUS) Sweden 1983 Jahangir Khan (PAK) New Zealand

WORLD DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS AUSTRALIAN MEDALISTS Year Medal Athlete Host Year Medal Athlete Host Dan Jenson Hong Kong Anthony Ricketts Australia 1997 Mixed Gold Men’s Gold Liz Irving Hong Kong Stewart Boswell Australia Byron Davis India Joseph Kneipp Australia Men’s Gold Men’s Silver Cameron White India Dan Jenson Australia Anthony Ricketts India Sarah Fitz-Gerald Australia Men’s Bronze 2006 Women’s Silver David Palmer India Robyn Cooper Australia Natalie Grinham India Rachael Grinham Australia 2004 Women’s Gold Mixed Gold Rachael Grinham India Joseph Kneipp Australia David Palmer India Amelia Pittock Australia Mixed Gold Mixed Silver Rachael Grinham India Cameron Pilley Australia Natalie Grinham India Mixed Bronze Dan Jenson India

WORLD CUP TEAM Rachael Grinham Aaron Frankcomb 2011 Cameron Pilley Byron Davis (Coach)

UNDER 21's WORLD CUP TEAM Sarah Cardwell Tamika Saxby 2012 Jamie McErvale Walter Koteka Rodney Eyles (Coach)

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AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 1985 Sally Ann Robbie 1999 Sarah Dubois 2011 Beth Brazier 1985 Sally Ann Robbie 1999 Sarah Dubois 2011 Beth Brazier Sarah Fitz-Gerald Dianne Desira Jennifer Brown Sarah Fitz-Gerald Dianne Desira Jennifer Brown Danielle Drady Anna-Lee Starr Tamika Saxby Danielle Drady Anna-Lee Starr Tamika Saxby Michelle Martin Amelia Pittock Michelle Martin Amelia Pittock Selena Shaikh Margaret Zachariah Margaret Zachariah Di Davis (Coach) Vicki Cardwell (Coach) (Coach) Di Davis (Coach) Vicki Cardwell (Coach) (Coach) Mary Jo Morgan 1987 Sarah Fitz-Gerald 2001 Lisa Camilleri Mary Jo Morgan 1987 Sarah Fitz-Gerald 2001 Lisa Camilleri (A.Coach) (A.Coach) Angela Johnson Kasey Brown 2013 Grace McErvale Angela Johnson Kasey Brown 2013 Grace McErvale Amanda Hopps Amelia Pittock Natalie Newton Amanda Hopps Amelia Pittock Natalie Newton Shannon McNamara Georgina Davis Nicole Stoneham Shannon McNamara Georgina Davis Nicole Stoneham Heather McKay (Coach) Dean Landy (Coach) Jessica Turnbull Heather McKay (Coach) Dean Landy (Coach) Jessica Turnbull 1989 Robyn Cooper 2003 Georgina Davis Rodney Eyles (Coach) 1989 Robyn Cooper 2003 Georgina Davis Rodney Eyles (Coach) Carol Owens Kasey Brown Vicki Cardwell (Manager) Carol Owens Kasey Brown Vicki Cardwell (Manager) Angela Roffe Donna Urquhart Angela Roffe Donna Urquhart Marianne MacDonald Peta Hughes WORLD JUNIOR WOMEN’S TEAM’S MarianneMargaret MacDonald Zachariah Peta Hughes Dean Landy (Coach) WORLD JUNIORCHAMPIONSHIP WOMEN’S TEAM’S Margaret(Coach) Zachariah Dean Landy (Coach) CHAMPIONSHIP 1991 Meeghan(Coach) Bell Michelle Martin (A.Coach) Year Winner Host 1991 Meeghan Bell Michelle Martin (A.Coach) Year Winner Host Meaghan Pratt 2005 Jessica Gillett 1985 Australia (Ireland) Meaghan Pratt 2005 Jessica Gillett 1985 Australia (Ireland) Camille Rouland Samantha Davies 1987 England (England)

CamilleHeather Rouland MacDonald SamanthaLarissa HufferDavies 19891987 EnglandEngland(New (England)Zealand) Margaret Zachariah Heather MacDonald VanesLarissasa Huffer Pickerd 19911989 EnglandEngland (New (Norway) Zealand) (Coach) Margaret Zachariah Vanessa Pickerd 1991 England (Norway) 1993 Rachael(Coach) Grinham Dean Landy (Coach) 1993 Australia (Malaysia) Karen Morrissey 1993 RachaelKym Grinham Keevil Dean Landy (Coach) 19951993 AustraliaAustralia (Australia) (Malaysia) (A.Coach) Karen Morrissey NatarshaKym Keevil Tippett 2007 Kimberley Bessel 19971995 EnglandAustralia(Brazil) (Australia) (A.Coach) Janelle Loader Melody Francis 1999 Egypt (Belgium) Natarsha Tippett 2007 Kimberley Bessel 1997 England (Brazil) Di Davis (Coach) Maggy Marshall 2001 England (Malaysia) Janelle Loader Melody Francis 1999 Egypt (Belgium) 1995 Emma Major Laura Stock 2003 Egypt (Egypt) Di Davis (Coach) Maggy Marshall 2001 England (Malaysia) Narelle Tippett Kelly Fowler (Coach) 2005 Hong Kong (Belgium) 1995 Emma Major Laura Stock 2003 Egypt (Egypt) Michelle Martin (Team Rachael Grinham 2007 Egypt (Hong Kong) Narelle Tippett Kelly FowlerLeade (Coach)r) 2005 Hong Kong (Belgium) Kate Major 2009 MichelleSarah Martin Cardwell (Team 2009 Egypt (India) Rachael Grinham 2007 Egypt (Hong Kong) Leader) Di Davis (Coach) Rheanne Neibling 2011 Egypt (USA) Kate Major 2009 Sarah Cardwell 2009 Egypt (India) 1997 Christina McIver Christine Nunn 2013 Egypt (Poland) Di Davis (Coach) Rheanne Neibling 2011 Egypt (USA) Laura Keating Tamika Saxby 1997 Christina McIver Christine Nunn 2013 Egypt (Poland) Kelly Townsend Karen Cagliarini (Coach) WORLD JUNIOR WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL Laura Keating Tamika Saxby Sarah Fitz-Gerald Judith Mills (Manager) AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONS Kelly Townsend Karen Cagliarini (Coach) WORLD JUNIOR WOMEN’S INDIVIDUAL Di Davis (Coach) Sarah Fitz-Gerald Year Winner Host Judith Mills (Manager) AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONS 1983 Robyn Friday (Australia) Di Davis (Coach) Year SarahWinner Fitz- Host 1987 (England) Gerald 1983 RobynRachael Friday (Australia) 1993 (Malaysia) GrinhamSarah Fitz- 1987 (England) Gerald Rachael 1993 (Malaysia) Grinham 47

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AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR MEN’S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 19801980 PeterPeter Nance Nance DannyDanny Woolbank Woolbank 20102010 JacobJacob AlexanderAlexander GregGreg Middleton Middleton ChrisChris Dittmar Dittmar WalterWalter KotekaKoteka (Coach)(Coach) ChrisChris Carter Carter 19961996 StewartStewart Boswell Boswell SamSam FifeFife DaleDale Robbins Robbins PaulPaul Peters Peters JackJack MolloyMolloy BillBill Hunt Hunt (Coach) (Coach) LiamLiam Kenny Kenny RodRod Eyles Eyles (Coach)(Coach) GregGreg Middleton Middleton GrantGrant GoughGough (A.(A. 19821982 ChrisChris Dittmar Dittmar (Coach)(Coach) Coach)Coach) TristanTristan Nancarrow Nancarrow 19981998 ShaneShane Doherty Doherty 20122012 RhysRhys DowlingDowling GrantleyGrantley Pinnington Pinnington MarkMark Ikin Ikin TomTom CalvertCalvert PeterPeter Shroeder Shroeder PaulPaul Davis Davis TJTJ RarereRarere HadynHadyn Daly Daly (Coach) (Coach) KirbyKirby Sinclair Sinclair RohanRohan TooleToole 19841984 SeanSean O'Connor O'Connor RogerRoger Flynn Flynn (Coach) (Coach) RodRod Eyles Eyles (Coach)(Coach) JamesJames RogersRogers (A.(A. RodneyRodney Eyles Eyles 20002000 MattMatt Sanders Sanders Coach)Coach) ChrisChris Roberts Robertsonon CameronCameron Pilley Pilley Rodney Martin Simon Carruthers Rodney Martin Simon Carruthers WORLDWORLD JUNIORJUNIOR MEN’SMEN’S TEAM’S BillBill Hunt Hunt (Coach) (Coach) JhieJhie Gough Gough CHAMPIONSHIPCHAMPIONSHIP 19861986 RodneyRodney Eyles Eyles RogerRoger Flynn Flynn (Coach) (Coach) YearYear WinnerWinner Host Anthony Hill Jhie Gough Anthony Hill 20022002 Jhie Gough 19801980 Australia Australia (Sweden) MarkMark Carlyon Carlyon LukeLuke Margan Margan 19821982 PakistanPakistan (Singapore) Ricki Curtis Aaron Frankcomb Ricki Curtis Aaron Frankcomb 19841984 Australia Australia (Canada) Adam Shreiber James Rogers Adam Shreiber James Rogers 19861986 Australia Australia (Australia) Geoff Hunt (Coach) Dean Landy (Coach) Geoff Hunt (Coach) Dean Landy (Coach) 19881988 Australia Australia (Scotland) Byron Davis (A. 1988 Anthony Hill Byron Davis (A. 1988 Anthony Hill Coach) 1990 England (Germany) Coach) 1990 England (Germany) Dean Mason 2004 Matthew Karwalski 1992 Australia (Hong Kong) Dean Mason 2004 Matthew Karwalski 1992 Australia (Hong Kong) Shaun Moxham Andrew Budd 1994 Egypt (New Zealand) Shaun Moxham Andrew Budd 1994 Egypt (New Zealand) Mark Carlyon Steven Robinson 1996 England (Egypt) Mark Carlyon Steven Robinson 1996 England (Egypt) Bill Hunt (Coach) Ryan Cuskelly 1998 England (USA) Bill Hunt (Coach) Ryan Cuskelly 1998 England (USA) 1990 John Williams Dean Landy (Coach) 2000 England (Italy) 1990 John Williams Dean Landy (Coach) 2000 England (Italy) Mike Cornish (A. Simon Baker Mike Cornish (A. 2002 Pakistan (India) Simon Baker Coach) Coach) 2002 Pakistan (India) Billy Haddrell 2006 Zac Alexander 2004 Pakistan (Pakistan) Billy Haddrell 2006 Zac Alexander 2004 Pakistan (Pakistan) Grant Hixon Rex Hedrick 2006 Egypt (New Zealand) Grant Hixon Rex Hedrick 2006 Egypt (New Zealand) Ken Hiscoe (Coach) Nathan Stevenson 2008 Pakistan (Switzerland) Ken Hiscoe (Coach) Nathan Stevenson 2008 Pakistan (Switzerland) 1992 Gavin Kadwell Matt Reece 2010 Egypt (Ecuador) 1992 Gavin Kadwell Matt Reece 2010 Egypt (Ecuador) Roger Flynn (H. Joseph Kneipp Roger Flynn (H. 2012 Egypt (Qatar) Joseph Kneipp Coach) 2012 Egypt (Qatar) GeoffCoach) Davenport Dan Jenson Geoff Davenport Dan Jenson (Coach) (Coach) Byron Davis 2008 Jacob Alexander World Junior Men’s Individual Australian Byron Davis 2008 Jacob Alexander World Junior Men’s Individual Australian Ken Hiscoe (Coach) Aaron Fyfe Champions Ken Hiscoe (Coach) Aaron Fyfe Champions 1994 Damien Mudge Matt Hopkin Year Winner Host 1994 Damien Mudge Matt Hopkin Year Winner Host Paul Price Josh Larkin 1980 Peter Nance (Sweden) Paul Price Josh Larkin 1980 Peter Nance (Sweden) Chris Michael Fiteni Mike Cornish (Coach) 1984 Chris (Canada) Michael Fiteni Mike Cornish (Coach) 1984 Robertson (Canada) Robertson

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AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH GAMES TEAMS

Kuala Lumpur World Tour World Tour Div Ent Manchester 2002 Div Ent 1998 Rank Rank Robyn Cooper S, D 15 Stewart Boswell S, D 4 Byron Davis S, D 15 Robyn Cooper S, MD nr Rodney Eyles S, D 4 Sarah Fitz-Gerald S, D, MD 1 Sarah Fitz-Gerald S, D 1 Rachael Grinham S, D 11 Rachael Grinham D 19 Natalie Grinham S, D 14 Michelle Martin S, MD 2 Liz Irving D 8 Carol Owens S, D 6 Joseph Kneipp MD 23 David Palmer S, D 30 David Palmer S, D 2 Paul Price D 44 Paul Price S, D, MD 15 Craig Rowland S, MD 32 Anthony Ricketts S, D 13 Geoff Hunt Coach Geoff Hunt Coach Di Davis Coach Roger Flynn Coach Phil Trenorden Section Mgr Ken Watson Section Mgr World Tour World Tour Melbourne 2006 Div Ent Delhi 2010 Div Ent Rank Rank Stewart Boswell S, D 16 Stewart Boswell S, D 19 Kasey Brown S, D 39 Kasey Brown S, D, MD 7 Di Desira - 41 Lisa Camilleri S, D 34 Natalie Grinham S, D, MD 4 Ryan Cuskelly S, D 41 Rachael Grinham S, D, MD 3 Melody Francis - 57 Dan Jenson D 36 Aaron Frankcomb - 44 Joseph Kneipp S, MD 31 David Palmer S, D, MD 11 David Palmer S, D, MD 1 Cameron Pilley S, D, MD 15 Amelia Pittock S, D 30 Amelia Pittock S, D 58 Anthony Ricketts S, D 4 Donna Urquhart S, D, MD 17 Geoff Hunt Coach Byron Davis Coach Byron Davis Coach Michelle Martin Coach Norman Fry Section Mgr Rodney Eyles Section Mgr

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COMMONWEALTH GAMES RESULTS AUSTRALIAN MEDALISTS

1998 - Malaysia Event Year Gold Silver Bronze Women’s Singles 1998 Michelle Martin Sarah Fitz-Gerald - Men’s Singles 1998 - - - Men’s Doubles 1998 - Rodney Eyles/Byron Davis - Rachael Grinham/ Sarah Fitz-Gerald/ Women’s Doubles 1998 - Robyn Cooper Carol Owens Michelle Martin/ Mixed Doubles 1998 - - Craig Rowland

2002 Manchester - England Event Year Gold Silver Bronze Women’s Singles 2002 Sarah Fitz-Gerald - Rachael Grinham David Palmer/ Men’s Singles 2002 - - Stewart Boswell Stewart Boswell/ Men’s Doubles 2002 - David Palmer/Paul Price Anthony Ricketts Rachael Grinham/ Women’s Doubles 2002 - - Natalie Grinham Robyn Cooper/ Mixed Doubles 2002 - - Joseph Kneipp

2006 Melbourne - Australia Event Year Gold Silver Bronze Women’s Singles 2006 Natalie Grinham Rachael Grinham - Men’s Singles 2006 - David Palmer - Stewart Boswell/ Men’s Doubles 2006 - David Palmer/Dan Jenson Anthony Ricketts Natalie Grinham/ Women’s Doubles 2006 - - Rachael Grinham Natalie Grinham/ David Palmer/Rachael Mixed Doubles 2006 - Joseph Kneipp Grinham

2010 Delhi - India Event Year Gold Silver Bronze Women’s Singles 2010 - - Kasey Brown Men’s Singles 2010 - - - Ryan Cuskelly/Cameron Men’s Doubles 2010 - Stewart Boswell/David Palmer Pilley Women’s Doubles 2010 - - Kasey Brown/Donna Urquhart Kasey Brown/Cameron Mixed Doubles 2010 - - Pilley

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MASTERSMASTERS WORLD WORLD MASTERSMASTERS WORLD MEN’S AUSTRALIAN DOUBLESDOUBLES CHAMPIONSCHAMPIONS WOMEN’SWOMEN’S CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONSCHAMPIONS YearYear WinnerWinner AgeAge YeaYearr Winner Age Year GenderGender WinnersWinners StateState MargaretMargaret 19831983 3535 19791979 Kevin Adams 45 D.D. PalmerPalmer NSWNSW ZachariahZachariah Men’s:Men’s: 19871987 JennyJenny Irving Irving 5050 19791979 Len Atkins 45 J.J. White White QLDQLD

19871987 HeatherHeather McKay McKay 4545 19831983 Ken Hiscoe 45 S.S. McNamaraMcNamara NSWNSW 1996 Women’s: 1996 Women’s: 19901990 RitaRita P Paulosaulos 50 50 19911991 IanIan HockingHocking 55 C.C. FosterFoster NSWNSW Gregory 1990 Heather McKay 45 1991 Gregory 45 J. Bond ACT 1990 Heather McKay 45 1991 Robberds 45 J. Bond ACT Robberds Mixed:Mixed:

19901990 RobynRobyn Prentice Prentice 4040 19911991 DeanDean Williams 35 S.S. McNamaraMcNamara NSWNSW

19901990 DianneDianne Davis Davis 4040 19931993 IanIan HockingHocking 60 G.G. KeenanKeenan VICVIC Men’s: Men’s: 19901990 VickiVicki Cardwell Cardwell 3535 19931993 Peter Wright 50 G.G. Wilcock Wilcock VICVIC Margaret 1993 Margaret 55 1995 Vic Hunt 75 M.J. Morgan VIC 1993 Doueal 55 1995 Vic Hunt 75 M.J. Morgan VIC Doueal 1997 Women’s: 1997 Women’s: 19931993 HeatherHeather McKay McKay 5050 19951995 Fred Green 65 V.V. CardwellCardwell VICVIC

19951995 RomaRoma Casey Casey 6565 19951995 Max Smyth 65 H.H. JohnsJohns ACTACT Mixed: MargaretMargaret Mixed: 11995995 6060 19951995 Terry Rippon 60 S.S. CookCook NZNZ DouealDoueal 1995 Heather McKay 50 1995 Max Samblebe 50 P. Price VIC 1995 Heather McKay 50 1995 Max Samblebe 50 Men’s: P. Price VIC Men’s: 19971997 DianeDiane Ricardo Ricardo 3535 19951995 Brian Cook 45 D.D. PalmerPalmer NSWNSW 1998 2001 Sue Volkze 50 1995 Ian Freeme 40 R. Cooper QLD 2001 Sue Volkze 50 1995 Ian Freeme 40 Women’s R. Cooper QLD Women’s 22001001 VickiVicki Cardwell Cardwell 4545 19991999 Peter Wright 55 R.R. GrinhamGrinham QLDQLD 2001 Mary Sceney 40 2001 Tomas Spark 45 A. Frankcomb NSW 2001 Mary Sceney 40 2001 Tomas Spark 45 A. Frankcomb NSW Sarah Fitz- Men’s: 2005 Sarah Fitz- 35 2003 Brian Cook 55 Men’s: C.White VIC 2005 Gerald 35 2003 Brian Cook 55 C.White VIC Gerald Sarah Fitz- Geoff 2006 Sarah Fitz- 35 2003 Geoff 45 M. Martin NSW 2006 Gerald 35 2003 Davenport 45 2007 Women's M. Martin NSW Gerald Davenport 2007 Women's 2006 Anne Richards 50 2005 Jeffrey Bond 35 D. Urquhart NSW 2006 Anne Richards 50 2005 Jeffrey Bond 35 D. Urquhart NSW 2006 Sue Volkze 55 2005 Simon Gogolin 45 K. Brown NSW 2006 Sue Volkze 55 2005 Simon Gogolin 45 K. Brown NSW George Mixed: 2008 Amanda Hopps 35 2005 George 75 Mixed: A. Frankcomb NSW 2008 Amanda Hopps 35 2005 Oshlack 75 A. Frankcomb NSW Oshlack Geoff 2008 Sarah Nelson 40 2006 Geoff 45 M. Corren SA 2008 Sarah Nelson 40 2006 Davenport 45 M. Corren SA Davenport Men’s: 2008 Gay Mitchell 55 2006 Hugh Colburn 60 Men’s: C. White VIC 2008 Gay Mitchell 55 2006 Hugh Colburn 60 C. White VIC 2010 Vicki Cardwell 55 2008 Jason Mudge 35 K. Brown NSW 2010 Vicki Cardwell 55 2008 Jason Mudge 35 K. Brown NSW Geoff 2008 Women's 2008 Geoff 50 2008 Women's A. Pittock VIC 2012 Michelle Martin 45 2008 Davenport 50 A. Pittock VIC 2012 Michelle Martin 45 Davenport 2012 Sue Volkze 60 2008 Brian Cook 60 K. Brown NSW 2008 Brian Cook 60 K. Brown NSW 2012 Sue Volkze 60 Geoff Mixed: 2010 Geoff 50 Mixed: A. Frankcomb NSW 2010 Davenport 50 A. Frankcomb NSW Davenport 2012 Craig Rowland 40 S. Boswell ACT 2012 Craig Rowland 40 Men’s: S. Boswell ACT Men’s: C. Pilley NSW C. Pilley NSW J. Hawkes NZ 2009 Women's J. Hawkes NZ 2009 Women's S. Kitchen NZ S. Kitchen NZ C. Grayson NZ Mixed: C. Grayson NZ S. Kitchen NZ Mixed: S. Kitchen NZ

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AUSTRALIANAUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS AMATEUR AMATEUR AUSTRALIANAUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS AMATEUR AMATEUR MENMEN WOMENWOMEN YearYear WinnerWinner StateState YearYear WinnerWinner StateState Year WinnerWinner StateState YearYear WinnerWinner StateState R.R. Grey Grey P. P. 19311931 F. F.Strickland Strickland VICVIC 19581958 B.B. Stuart Stuart VICVIC 1932 VICVIC 19591959 NSWNSW SmithSmith ParmenterParmenter R.R. R.R. Grey Grey 19321932 VICVIC 19591959 M.M. Oddy Oddy SCOSCO 1933 VICVIC 19601960 H.H. Blundell Blundell NSWNSW HendersonHenderson SmithSmith 1933 H. Hopman VIC 1960 K. Hiscoe NSW 1934 P. Walker NSW 1961 H. Blundell NSW 1933 H. Hopman VIC 1960 K. Hiscoe NSW 1934 P. Walker NSW 1961 H. Blundell NSW J. Long 1934 H. Hopman VIC 1961 K. Hiscoe NSW 1935 J. Long NSW 1962 H. Blundell NSW 1934 H. Hopman VIC 1961 K. Hiscoe NSW 1935 Innes NSW 1962 H. Blundell NSW Innes D. 1935 N. Heath NSW 1962 K. Hiscoe NSW 1936 D. VIC 1963 H. Blundell NSW 1935 N. Heath NSW 1962 K. Hiscoe NSW 1936 Stevenson VIC 1963 H. Blundell NSW StevensonR. Grey 1936 H. Hopman VIC 1963 K. Hiscoe NSW 1937 R. Grey VIC 1964 H. Blundell NSW 1936 H. Hopman VIC 1963 K. Hiscoe NSW 1937 Smith VIC 1964 H. Blundell NSW SmithM. 1937 M. Weston VIC 1964 K. Hiscoe NSW 1938 M. 1965 H. Blundell NSW 1937 M. Weston VIC 1964 K. Hiscoe NSW 1938 Armytage 1965 H. Blundell NSW ArmytageNo 1938 W. Vestey UK 1965 G. Hunt VIC 1939/45 No 1966 H. McKay NSW 1938 W. Vestey UK 1965 G. Hunt VIC 1939/45 competition 1966 H. McKay NSW 1939 M. Weston VIC 1966 K. Hiscoe NSW 1946 B.competition Meagher VIC 1967 H. McKay NSW 1939 M. WestonNo VIC 1966 K. Hiscoe NSW 1946 B. Meagher VIC 1967 H. McKay NSW 1940/45 1967 K. Hiscoe NSW 1947 V. Watts VIC 1968 H. McKay NSW competitionNo 1940/45 1967 K. Hiscoe NSW 1947 V. Watts VIC 1968 H. McKay NSW J. 1946 competitionI. Carson VIC 1968 UK 1948 V. Watts VIC 1969 H. McKay NSW BarrinJ. gton 1946 I. Carson VIC 1968 UK 1948 V. Watts VIC 1969 H. McKay NSW 1947 I. Carson VIC 1969 BarrinG. Huntgton VIC 1949 B. Meagher VIC 1970 H. McKay NSW 19471948 I. CarsonF. Harris VICVIC 19691970 G.G. Hunt Hunt VICVIC 19501949 B.B. Meagher Meagher VICVIC 19711970 H.H. McKay McKay NSWNSW 19481949 F. F.Harris Harris VICVIC 19701971 G.G. Hunt Hunt VICVIC 19511950 B.V. Meagher Watts VICVIC 19719712 H.H. McKay McKay NSWNSW 1949 F. Harris VIC 1971 G. HuntC. VIC 1951 V. Watts VIC 1972 H. McKay NSW 1950 I. Carson VIC 1972 NSW 1952 J. Tissot VIC 1973 H. McKay NSW NancarrowC. 1950 I. CarsonE. W. VIC 1972 NSW 1952 J. Tissot VIC 1973 H.M. McKay NSW 1951 VIC 1973 NancarrowQ. Zaman PAK 1953 J. Watson 1974 QLD Metcalf Jackman E. W. M. 1951 VIC 1973 Q. Zaman PAK 1953 J. Watson 1974 S. QLD 1952 MetcalfT. Anstee VIC 1974 S. Muneer PAK 1954 J. Morgan UK 1975 Jackman NSW Newman K. S. S. 19521953 T. AnsteeB. Boys VICVIC 19741975 S. Muneer NSWPAK 19551954 M.J. MatherMorgan VICUK 19761975 NSWNSW Shawcross NewmanNewman K.M. M.S. 19519543 B. B.Boys Boys VICVIC 19751976 NSWQLD 19561955 M.J. TissotMather VICVIC 19771976 VICNSW ShawcrossDonnelly ZachariahNewman D.M. H. V.M. 19541955 B. B.Boys Boys VICVIC 19761977 QLDWA 19571956 J.J. Tissot Tissot VICVIC 19781977 SAVIC DonnellyWilliams HoffmanZachariah A. D. H. J. Fitz- V. 19551956 B. Boys VICVIC 19771978 G. Briars WAUK 19581957 J. Tissot VICVIC 1978 SA McCausland Williams Gerald Hoffman A. J. Fitz- 19561957 J. Cheadle VICNSW 19781979 F.G. Donnelly Briars QLDUK 1958 VIC McCausland Gerald 1957 J. Cheadle NSW 1979 F. Donnelly QLD

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BRITISH OPEN BRITISH OPEN AUSTRALIAN AUSTRALIAN BRITISHMEN OPEN BRITISHWOMEN OPEN CHAMPIONSAUSTRALIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSAUSTRALIAN OPEN AUSRALIANMEN AUSTRALIANWOMEN CHAMPIONSMEN OPEN CHAMPIONSWOMEN OPEN AUSRALIANWINNER AUSTRALIANWINNERS MEN WOMEN Year Winner State Year Winner State YearWINNERWinner YearWINNERSWinner Year Winner State Year Winner State Year Winner Year WinnerH. Blundell 1980 G. Hunt VIC 1979 V. Hoffman SA 1969 G. B. Hunt 1962 H. Blundell 1980 G. Hunt VIC 1979 V. Hoffman SA 1969 G. B. Hunt 1962 (McKay) (McKay)H. Blundell 1981 G. Hunt VIC 1980 V. Hoffman SA 1974 G. B. Hunt 1963 H. Blundell 1981 G. Hunt VIC 1980 V. Hoffman SA 1974 G. B. Hunt 1963 (McKay) (McKay)H. Blundell 1982 J. Khan PAK 1981 R. Thorne QLD 1976 G. B. Hunt 1964 H. Blundell 1982 J. Khan PAK 1981 R. Thorne QLD 1976 G. B. Hunt 1964 (McKay) (McKay)H. Blundell 1983 R. Thorne QLD 1982 V. Cardwell SA 1977 G. B. Hunt 1965 H. Blundell 1983 R. Thorne QLD 1982 V. Cardwell SA 1977 G. B. Hunt 1965 (McKay) (McKay) 1984 T. Nancarrow QLD 1983 V. Cardwell SA 1978 G. B. Hunt 1966 H. McKay 1984 T. Nancarrow QLD 1983 V. Cardwell SA 1978 G. B. Hunt 1966 H. McKay 1985 R. Martin QLD 1984 V. Cardwell SA 1979 G. B. Hunt 1967 H. McKay 1985 R. Martin QLD 1984 V. Cardwell SA 1979 G. B. Hunt 1967 H. McKay 1986 R. Martin QLD 1985 J. Miller SA 1980 G. B. Hunt 1968 H. McKay 1986 R. Martin QLD 1985 J. Miller SA 1980 G. B. Hunt 1968 H. McKay 19871987 C.C. Robertson Robertson QLDQLD 19861986 L.L. OpieOpie ENG 19811981 G.G. B. B. Hunt Hunt 19691969 H.H. McKay McKay 19881988 C.C. Dittmar Dittmar SASA 19871987 L.L. OpieOpie ENG 20012001 D.D. Palmer Palmer 19701970 H.H. McKay McKay 19891989 C.C. Dittmar Dittmar SASA 19881988 V.V. Cardwell Cardwell VIC 20032003 D.D. Palmer Palmer 19711971 H.H. McKay McKay 19901990 R.R. Martin Martin QLDQLD 19891989 V.V. Cardwell Cardwell VIC 20042004 D.D. Palmer Palmer 19721972 H.H. McKay McKay 19911991 C.C. Dittmar Dittmar SASA 19901990 S.S. Devoy Devoy NZ 20052005 A.A. Ricketts Ricketts 19731973 H.H. McKay McKay 19921992 R.R. Martin Martin QLDQLD 19911991 M.M. MartinMartin QLD 20082008 D.D. Palmer Palmer 19741974 H.H. McKay McKay 19931993 R.R. Martin Martin QLDQLD 19921992 S.S. Devoy Devoy NZ 19751975 H.H. McKay McKay 19941994 B. B.Martin Martin QLDQLD 19931993 M.M. MartinMartin NSW 19761976 H.H. McKay McKay 19951995 NoNo Event Event 19941994 M.M. MartinMartin NSW 19771977 H.H. McKay McKay 19961996 B. B.Martin Martin QLDQLD 19951995 M.M. MartinMartin NSW 19781978 S.S. Newman Newman 19971997 R.R. Eyles Eyles QQLDLD 1996 1996 M.M. MartinMartin NSW 19791979 B.B. Wall Wall S.S. FitzFitz-- V.V. Hoffman Hoffman 19981998 J. J.Power Power CANCAN 19971997 VIC 19801980 GeraldGerald (Cardwell)(Cardwell) V.V. Hoffman Hoffman 19991999 NoNo Event Event 19981998 M.M. MartinMartin NSW 19811981 (Cardwell)(Cardwell) 20002000 A. A.Ricketts Ricketts NSWNSW 19991999 M.M. MartinMartin NSW 19821982 V.V. Cardwell Cardwell 20012001 T. T.B erdenBerden NEDNED 20002000 L.L. Joyce Joyce NZ 19831983 V.V. Cardwell Cardwell S. Fitz- 2002 S. Boswell ACT 2001 S. Fitz- VIC 1993 M. Martin 2002 S. Boswell ACT 2001 Gerald VIC 1993 M. Martin Gerald S. Fitz- 2003 D. Jenson SA 2002 S. Fitz- VIC 1994 M. Martin 2003 D. Jenson SA 2002 Gerald VIC 1994 M. Martin Gerald S. Fitz - 2004 D. Jenson SA 2003 S. Fitz - VIC 1995 M. Martin 2004 D. Jenson SA 2003 Gerald VIC 1995 M. Martin Gerald 2005 A. Ricketts NSW 2004 N. Grinham QLD 1996 M. Martin 2005 A. Ricketts NSW 2004 N. Grinham QLD 1996 M. Martin 2006 S. Boswell ACT 2005 R. Grinham QLD 1997 M. Martin 2006 S. Boswell ACT 2005 R. Grinham QLD 1997 M. Martin 2007 S. Boswell ACT 2006 K. Brown NSW 1998 M. Martin 2007 S. Boswell ACT 2006 K. Brown NSW 1998 M. Martin 2008 D. Palmer NSW 2007 S. Kitchen NZL 2001 S. Fitz-Gerald 2008 D. Palmer NSW 2007 S. Kitchen NZL 2001 S. Fitz-Gerald 2009 S. Boswell ACT 2008 A.Au HK 2002 S. Fitz-Gerald 2009 S. Boswell ACT 2008 A.Au HK 2002 S. Fitz-Gerald 2010 N. Matthews ENG 2009 J King NZ 2003 R. Grinham 2010 N. Matthews ENG 2009 J King NZ 2003 R. Grinham 2011 R. Ashour EGY 2010 M. Perry IRL 2004 R. Grinham 20112012R. R.AshourAshour EGYEGY 20102011 M.N. PerryDavid MAIRLS 20072004 R.R. Grinham Grinham 20122013 R.AshourNo Event EGY 20112012 N.N.David David MAS 2007 R. Grinham 2013 No Event 20122013 N.DavidNo Event MAS 2013 No Event 53 53 2013 Squash Australia Annual Report

AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 19 YAG BOYS CHAMPION Year Winner State Year Winner State 1958 Richard Carter NSW 1986 Rod Eyles QLD 1959 Geoff Pares NSW 1987 Anthony Hill VIC 1960 Trevor Quick SA 1988 Mark Carlyon QLD 1961 Robert Pratt NSW 1989 John Williams VIC 1962 Robert Pratt NSW 1990 Craig Rowland QLD 1963 Geoff Hunt VIC 1991 Billy Haddrell VIC 1964 Mal Cutler NSW 1992 Grant Hixon QLD 1965 Kevin Shawcross NSW 1993 Dan Jenson SA 1966 Bernie Shea VIC 1994 Dan Jenson SA 1967 William Reedmand NSW 1995 David Palmer NSW 1968 Rob Jolly VIC 1996 Stewart Boswell ACT 1969 Rob Jolly VIC 1997 Stewart Boswell ACT 1970 Dave Thomas QLD 1998 Anthony Ricketts NSW 1971 Mark Perry NSW 1999 Kirby Sinclair NSW 1972 Mark Perry NSW 2000 Cameron Pilley NSW 1973 Mark Mounsey VIC 2001 Cameron Pilley NSW 1974 Dean Williams WA 2002 Luke Margan SA 1975 Ian Yeates NSW 2003 Aaron Frankcomb TAS 1976 Kim Richards VIC 2004 Aaron Frankcomb TAS 1977 Glen Brumby SA 2005 Scott Arnold NSW 1978 Glen Brumby SA 2006 Ryan Cuskelly NSW 1979 Greg Pollard NSW 2007 Zac Alexander QLD 1980 Peter Nance QLD 2008 Zac Alexander QLD 1981 Chris Dittmar SA 2009 Samuel Kang SIN 1982 Tristan Nancarrow QLD 2010 Jacob Alexander QLD 1983 Chris Robertson QLD 2011 Wesley Cusick NSW 1984 Chris Robertson QLD 2012 TJ Rarere QLD 1985 Rod Eyles QLD 2013 Rhys Dowling NT

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AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 19 YAG GIRLS CHAMPION Year Winner State Year Winner State 1964 Jenny McDevitt QLD 1989 Robyn Cooper QLD 1965 Jenny McDevitt QLD 1990 Carol Owens VIC 1966 Robyn Kennedy VIC 1991 Leilani Marsh NZ 1967 Carol Hunter NSW 1992 Sarah Cook NZ 1968 NSW 1993 Rachael Grinham QLD 1969 Lorraine Collins WA 1994 Kym Keevil NSW 1970 Lorraine Collins WA 1995 Kate Major NSW 1971 Jackie Palin VIC 1996 Rachael Grinham QLD 1972 Rhonda Shapland QLD 1997 Natalie Grinham QLD 1973 Sue Heaney VIC 1998 Laura Keating ACT 1974 Rhonda Shapland QLD 1999 Nicol David MAS 1975 Rhonda Shapland QLD 2000 Sarah Dubois NSW 1976 Rhonda Shapland QLD 2001 Sarah Dubois NSW 1977 Kim Johnstone NSW 2002 Amelia Pittock VIC 1978 Carin Clonda NSW 2003 Kasey Brown NSW 1979 Sue Post QLD 2004 Kasey Brown NSW 1980 Wendy Williams VIC 2005 Donna Urquhart NSW 1981 Tracey Smith VIC 2006 Peta Hughes QLD 1982 Wendy Williams VIC 2007 Kimberley Bessell VIC 1983 Liz Irving QLD 2008 Maggy Marshall TAS 1984 Sarah Fitz-Gerald VIC 2009 Zoe Petrovansky QLD 1985 Michelle Martin QLD 2010 Sarah Cardwell VIC 1986 Danielle Drady QLD 2011 Tamika Saxby NSW 1987 Sarah Fitz-Gerald VIC 2012 Natalie Newton QLD 1988 Amanda Hopps WA 2013 Jessica Turnbull QLD

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MC HAZELL MEDAL JUNIOR MC HAZELL MEDAL JUNIOR MEN WOMEN Year Winner State Year Winner State 1992 Perry Daly NSW 1992 Kym Keevil NSW 1993 Michael Soo MAS 1993 Emma Major NSW 1994 Dan Jenson SA 1994 Kym Keevil NSW 1995 Cameron White VIC C. Fitzpatrick 1995 VIC 1996 Stewart Boswell ACT & J. Gruer 1997 Shane Doherty NSW 1996 Rachael Grinham QLD 1998 Peter Hughes ACT 1997 Natalie Grinham QLD 1999 Paul Davis SA 1998 Sarah Dubois NSW 2000 Luke Margan SA 1999 Kasey Sinclair QLD 2001 Matt Reece NSW 2000 Kasey Sinclair QLD 2002 Aaron Frankcomb NSW 2001 Larissa Huffer VIC 2003 Daniel Blackney WA 2002 Amelia Pittock VIC 2004 Rex Hedrick VIC 2003 Kasey Brown NSW 2005 Tom Steward VIC 2004 Christine Nunn ACT 2006 Zac Alexander QLD 2005 Donna Urquhart NSW 2007 Sunil Seth QLD 2006 Maggy Marshall TAS 2008 Zac Alexander QLD 2007 Tamika Saxby NSW 2009 Rhys Dowling NT 2008 Georgina Cumming QLD 2010 Ben Werchon SA 2009 Zoe Petrovansky QLD 2011 Tom Strugnell TAS 2010 Tamika Saxby NSW 2012 Sam Ejtemai VIC 2011 Jasmin Burnard SA 2013 Darcy Evans TAS 2012 Moana Gray NSW 2013 Moana Gray NSW

MISCELLANEOUS AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

Year Age Winner State Year Age Winner State S. Arnold NSW M. Rucklinger PNG U14 U14 D. Urquhart NSW L. Huffer VIC 2002 W. Broadbent USA S. Arnold NSW U16 U16 G Davis NSW L. Yoke Wah MAS 2000 A. Ricketts NSW M. Arnold NSW U21 U14 B. Lewis WA K. Bessell SA 2003 A. Ricketts NSW A. Budd NSW U23 U16 C. Mak HK P. Hughes QLD A. Budd NSW U14 P. Hughes QLD A. Frankcomb NSW 2001 U16 K. Brown NSW U21 K. Sinclair NSW U23 D. Smith QLD

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