Grand Prix Circuit to head down to Geelong Event Update Geelong will play host to a new event on the Grand Prix Circuit this year at the Leisuretime Centre in Corio on November 27—28. To be managed by the Corio Squash Club and supported by the City of Greater Geelong, Squash Vic and the Geelong Squash Racquets Association, the event is registered on the PSA and WISPA calendars. The thin red line The City is hoping to attract international and national entries for the Open and locals will have the opportunity to play alongside the stars in the graded events. VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6 JULY 2010

Prize money and trophies will be up for grabs in what the City hopes will become an annual tournament. Squash Vic Executive Director, Fiona Young said, “it will be great to have a good quality event to boost the profile of the sport in the Geelong region. “ 2010 Details of the Geelong International Squash Open will be available in the coming months but mark the dates in your diary NOW! Victorian Open Squash Vic Office Staff: Squash Vic is on Facebook Executive Director Events in August/Sept Fiona Young Left: check out local squash Squash legend and racquetball news 6 August High Performance Manager Heather McKay with at Primary School Racquetball competition commences Richard Cagliarini Victorian Open www.facebook.com/ winners 8 August Development Coordinator and . SquashVic Leigh Sands CPR Course—Sports House, 375 Albert Rd, Albert Park

Contact Squash Vic 9682 2199. Finance Administrator (P/T) Donna Millington 8 August T24 Graded #6 State Doubles Titles—MSAC Match & Pennant Men’s State Grade Pennant Finals Contact Squash Vic 9682 2199. Entry via Squash Vic website. Administrator (P/T) Bryan Bird She was so strong and kept fighting right until the Premier Grade Alexander, Camilleri take the spoils 9—15 August end so I had to try and recover for the final.” Yarra Valley CC (1) 2/6/86 def. Squash Logic (1) —Canberra 2/6/77 Queensland pair Zac Alexander and Lisa Camilleri Camilleri has now won events in Darwin, Perth, Ian Worsam 3/27 def. Brad Kemp 0/14 15 August claimed the spoils at the Victorian Open squash Adelaide and Melbourne to make it 10 Malcolm McClarty 0/9 lost to Michael Woolley 3/27 T24 Junior Graded #7—Wangaratta tournament in Melbourne on July 4 but both were tournament wins on the women’s professional Jonathan Klein 0/23 lost to Luke Sims 3/29 Contact Squash Vic 9682 2199. Entry via Squash Vic website. made to work hard for their victories in the men’s and tour. “Every time I win the pressure builds and it Nathan L’Huillier 3/27 def. Steve Robinson 0/14 women’s finals. gets harder and harder,” Camilleri said. “I was

15 August Top seeded Alexander came back from losing the first going to take a break before the Queensland State 2 Timed Squash Tournament—MSAC game to second ranked , winning 6 Open at the end of July, but I thought I’ve been MSAC (1) 3/9/102 def. Lilydale Club (2) 1/5/68 Contact Squash Vic 9682 2199. Entry via Squash Vic website, ‐11, 11‐6, 11‐9, 11‐7 to take out his first Victorian playing so well, I might as well keep going and try Paul Green 0/11 lost to Wayne Pryor 3/27 calendar section. Open men’s crown, while Camilleri won her third and get more titles under the belt.” Nick Pattison 3/33 def. Sean Keenan 1/19 women’s crown with an 11‐8, 11‐9, 12‐10 triumph Shane Murarenko 3/27 def. Paul Smith 0/4 Results – prefix denotes seeding: 17—19 August over Victoria’s Amelia Pittock. Matt Sanders 3/31 def. Gary Robinson 1/18 Australian Open Doubles Invitational—MSAC Men It was Alexander’s second win on the 2010 Australian Come and see some top players from England, New Zealand, 1‐Zac Alexander (Qld) bt 7‐Matthew Karwalski State 3 INSIDE THIS Squash Tour in just his second tournament but he was Scotland, and Australia in doubles action as a warm up for the (NSW) 6‐11, 11‐6, 11‐9, 11‐7 Croydon (1) 2/8/116 def. Moorabbin (4) 2/8/103 ISSUE: pushed all the way by Karwalski. The New South Michael Flanagan 0/17 lost to Clinton Schramm 3/28 Commonwealth Games. Admission is free. Welshman attacked from the start and surprised a Women Darren McDonald 2/35 lost to Nigel McBride 3/33 22 August Commonwealth 2 sluggish Alexander, before the top seed recovered 2‐Lisa Camilleri (Qld) bt 5‐Amelia Pittock (Vic) 11‐ Stewart Ballard 3/35 def. Stephen Lee 1/27 Level 1 Coaching Course (Day 2) —MSAC Games Team and slowly began to take control, taking advantage of 8, 11‐9, 12‐10 Mark Zaloumis 3/29 def. David Docherty 1/15 announced some Karwalski errors to get vital breaks in the each 27—29 August of the three remaining games. State 4 Wangaratta Open Squash—Wangaratta WWCC reminder 2 DON’T FORGET IF YOU MISSED THE LIVE ACTION Monash Uni (1) 3/11/127 def. Westerfolds (3) 1/5/93 Contact Wangaratta Squash & Racquetball Club ‐ John/Elaine The 21‐year‐old Alexander, who took out the season‐ YOU CAN VIEW THE REPLAY OF BOTH FINALS Ian George 3/28 def. Paul Dobson 0/21 Broadway 5721 5721 opening Top End Open in Darwin, has now beaten AND THE INTERVIEW WITH HEATHER MCKAY ON Results and pics 3 Simon Rose 3/34 def. Andrew Tome 2/27 Karwalski in all five clashes on the PSA tour. SQUASH VIC’S WEBSITE AT: Poay Thiam (Sky) Loo 2/38 lost to Chris Noye 3/32 30— August from Vic Open ’10 Alexander will now take a week off before playing in www.squashvic.com.au Anurag Gill 3/27 def. Tom Burns 0/13 Oceania Masters—Apia, Samoa Event update 4 the NSW Classic in Sydney ahead of trying to qualify See the Oceania Squash Federation website at for the Australian Open, which begins in Canberra on Over 160 players entered this year’s Victorian www.oceaniasquash.org for details August 10. Open. Don’t forget it is not just about the pro’s... Best Player Awards – sponsored by GP circuit heads 4 There were graded events for all abilities—check Ranges Fitness to Geelong Earlier the 27‐year‐old Camilleri made it four 82 Main Road, Upwey 10 September tournament wins in a row with her win over 2005 out who won what and some of the photos from 9754 2181 Primary School Racquetball Team Challenge State Final—MSAC champion Pittock. Camilleri and Pittock are the same the weekend on page 3! www.rangesfitness.com age and grew up playing juniors together. 12 September “We know each other’s games really well and know Premier – ‐ Knox Park T24 Junior Graded #8—State Singles Titles—MSAC each other’s strengths and weaknesses,” Camilleri Squash Vic is on YouTube State 2 – Shane Murarenko ‐ MSAC (right, above with Contact Squash Vic 9682 2199. Entry via Squash Vic website. said. “It was a tough tournament for me because we check out local squash and Catherine Swift from Ranges Fitness) had to play the semi‐finals and final on the same day, State 3— Stewart Ballard—Croydon (right, below) 18—19 September which is a bit unusual. And I was really pushed in the racquetball action at State 4— Matt Delbosc—Knox Park Ballarat Open Racquetball—Wendouree semi‐final (by Korea’s Song Sun‐Mi). www.youtube.com.au/squashvic1 Contact Ballarat Squash & Racquetball 5339 1281 THE THIN RED LINE PAGE 2 PAGE 3

Event Winner Runner‐Up Juniors off to Alice Springs Men’s Open Zac Alexander (AUS) Matt Karwalski (AUS)

YOU can help our The State Junior Team to represent Victoria at the Australian Junior Women’s Open Lisa Camilleri (AUS) Amelia Pittock (AUS) juniors by Championships in Alice Springs later this year was announced at the purchasing a raffle conclusion of the recent State Junior Titles. Men’s Premier Colin West (CAN) Nathan L’Huillier (YV) ticket or donating to the junior fundraising 19YAG Ben Couch, Nikhil Raniga, , Men’s State 2 & Below Paul Smith (Lily) Leigh O’Connell (Msac) program. 17YAG Daniel Wright, Darcy St John, Nicole Stoneham, Monica Paine Contact Richard at 15YAG James Watson, Dominic Smith, Molly Denham, Aeron Skidmore Women’s State 1 & Below Samantha Gavin (Msac) Sherelee Peter (Msac) Squash Vic for details. 13YAG Jacob Oates, Jason Holmes, Kirstie Wild, Belle Reid Men’s A Justin Steven Masih Ho (FIJI) Greg Murphy (Ben) Every little bit helps!! Coaches: Cameron White and Lorraine Howell Manager: Richard Cagliarini Women’s A Carol Newby (Geel) Lynley Solomon (Melb) Cook: Lucy Paine Men’s B Aljo Taffard‐Phillips (Mul) Jorge Frei (Reg) A 7 player Tour Group under the guidance of Manager/Coach Greg Paine will also be participating in the individual events. Women’s B Lynette Vai (PNG) Michelle Imlig (Glad Park)

Men’s C Marika Serevi Matanatabu (FIJI) Puneet Kumar (Epp) Victorian Duo in Volunteer Grant Men’s D Brett Cameron (Dro) Jason Holmes (Wfd) Commonwealth Games Team Victorian Volunteer Small Grants are available for Victorian organisations to attract new volunteers from diverse backgrounds, Australian squash legend David Palmer will be create new volunteering opportunities and strengthen existing aiming to add gold to his medal collection when he volunteering programs as a way of engaging new volunteers. hits the court for his fourth and final Common‐ Eligibility— Community not‐for‐profit organisations that involve wealth Games in Delhi in October. Palmer has won volunteers at a local level. one silver and four bronze medals since he made Funding range of grant— Up to $5,000 his Commonwealth Games debut in Kuala Lumpur Open Dates—7 September 2004 ‐ this program is open for in 1998. applications on an ongoing basis 4—13 October The 34‐year‐old from Lithgow in New South Wales Program Guidelines and applications — go to http:// will be desperate to clinch a gold medal before he www.grants.dpcd.vic.gov.au/web18/dvcgrants.nsf/ calls time on a glittering career that has seen him AllDocs/02E6A4E787DD9401CA257180002C7188 reach number one in the world and win two World and four British Open titles. He is joined in the men’s team by Canberra’s Stewart Boswell, Hobart’s and northern New South Wales pair and Ryan Cus‐ kelly.

The women’s team will be led by world number nine and also features New South Wales’ Donna Urquhart, Lisa Camilleri from Tully Important Reminder in far north Queensland and Victorian duo and Amelia Pittock. The Victorian Working with Children Check (WWCC) helps to protect children (under the age of 18) from sexual or physical harm The 10‐strong Australian team features a mixture by ensuring that people who work with, or care for, them have had their criminal history checked. of youth and experience, with four players having played in previous Games and six making their From 1 July 2010, any new employee or volunteer working in debut. connection with clubs, associations or movements of a recreational or sporting nature who meets the ‘child related work’ criteria will Squash made its first appearance at the Common‐ have to submit a WWCC application prior to commencing such wealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 and in just work. three editions of the Games, Australia has won 22 medals, six gold, seven silver and nine bronze. It is also an offence to engage staff or volunteers who perform ‘child related work’ (in connection with clubs, centres etc) if they You can see our CG team athletes in action at the have not applied for a WWCC and were required to do so. Australian Doubles Invitational from August 17— Don’t get caught out—this applies to all squash and racquetball clubs, centres, associations etc. 19 at the Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre. As the event takes place during the day, Squash Vic For further information contact: will upload video footage of the event on its You www.justice.vic.gov.au/workingwithchildren or call 1300 652 879 or Tube channel at www.youtube.com.au/SquashVic1 Squash Vic 9682 2199.

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