ASP SquashAUSTRALIAN PLAYER MONTHLY EDITION Issue 2 - July 2016 SAXBY DOES IT AGAIN Tamika Saxby won the Sandgate Open beating Lisa Camilleri in the final. It was her second tour title success in 3 weeks. In late May, Saxby won the City of Perth International. Photo: Toni van der Kreek squashmedia .com.au WELCOME ASP SQUASH MEDIA.COM.AU I hope you enjoyed the first edition of the Toni van der Kreek took some great Australian Squash Player Monthly. photos and between Kirsty Hoani, Toni & myself we hit the social media. June has been an extremely busy month writing and building a new website to My personal congratulations to everyone house the various publications I produce. involved in delivering the QJC. Behind the scenes there is so much to organise I’m pleased to say we have gone “live” to ensure the event is delivered to a high and I must thank my old mate Damian standard. Tomasich for making it all possible. Kim Schramm It is nice to be working with “Damo” again. [email protected] During my time at Q Squash Damo was the go to man for everything to do with our IT, internet and electronic CONTRIBUTORS presentations. Would you like to contribute to ASP Monthly? During June we also launched a Contributors are always welcome. In time we Facebook presence for Squash Media. would like to promote all positive moves around Australia that are contributing to our It has also been a busy time reporting on sport advancing. the Queensland Junior Championships. We all have to do something to re-energise I used the Squash Media Facebook page our sport. If you do something at your club that encourages participation or engagement to alert people to what was happening. please write about it and share it with others My daily reports were sent to the local in ASP Monthly. media (paper and TV) and published on the Northern Region Redbacks webpage. I look forward to hearing from YOU soon. Brisbane based Squash Photographer Toni van der Kreek has kindly agreed for her images to be used as required in the ASP monthly newsletter. www.facebook.com/TKreekPhotography NEWS REEL ASP AUSSIE NEWS : JUNE 2016 Cameron Pilley was named PSA Player of the Month for May recognizing his 2 fantastic effort at the World Series Finals. Pilley went from scrapping through to finishing runner up in this prestigious event. Pilly was the 8th player to qualify for the World Series Finals which features the best 8 players in the World at season end. Mike Corren (6) won his 5th City of Kalgoorlie & Boulder Golden Open with a 6 3-0 victory against Korea's Ko Youngjo (3). In 2014 at the same event, Corren won his 50th PSA title and established a record for being the oldest player to win a PSA tour title at 40 years of age. He has now extended that to 42! Rex Hedrick finished runner up to Kiwi Paul Coll in the PSA M15 New Zealand 12 International Classic played at Palmerston North. Hedrick was beaten 5-11, 7- 11, 1-11. Squash Australia announced that the “Queen of the Court” Nicol David will play 14 two exhibition matches at the 2016 Australian Open. The Malaysian superstar ruled the World of Squash for a record 108 months as the #1 ranked player between August 2006 and June 2015. David won a record 8 World Open titles. Tamika Saxby won her second PSA Tour Title in 3 weeks when she defeated 19 Lisa Camilleri (2) to win the Sandgate Open 11-8, 11-5, 4-11, 11-1. Josh Larkin (6) went down swinging to Peter Creed (4) from Wales in the 19 quarter finals of the PSA M10 Squashways Christchurch International Open 9- 11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11 in a marathon match lasting 84 minutes. WSF World Masters Championships entries close 12 August. Notable 22 Australian entries so far include 2014’s champions Sarah Fitz-Gerald and Brain Cook. Fitz-Gerald is a two-time World Champion in the women’s Over 45 event while Cook lays claim to four world champion titles ranging the Over-45 to Over 65 event. Other Australians making the trip to South Africa include John Alamanos, Raymond Allan, Kevin Beatty, Steven Blencowe, Glenn Bowman, Glenn Bridgeman, Gary Cowan, Basil Crayford, Michael Haybittel, Kevin Healy, Russel Hyde, Garry Irwin, Marilyn Kennedy, Laney Lashbrook-Gough, Brian Lyons, Jane Mackie, Phillip O'Donnell, Darren O'Neill, Aaron Palazzi, Lawrence Parsons, Christopher Photis, Sean Ryan, Chyrel Tait and Maurice Tait. NEWS REEL ASP AUSSIE NEWS : JUNE 2016 Former Women's World No.3 Madeline Perry has extended her contract as the 24 Head Professional at the East Coast Squash Academy in NSW for a further three months. Rex Hedrick was knocked out of the PSA M15 NZ Southern Open being played 25 in Invercargill by #1 seed Paul Coll. The 11-4, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4 score line wasn't a fair reflection of just how tough the match was. Coll needed 60 minutes to overcome the relentless Aussie. Arguably the best State Junior Championship in Australia got underway in 26 Mackay. The Queensland Junior Championships offer an individual and teams championship over 7 days of competition. The QJC has played a vital role in the success of the Queensland Junior Team (Sharks) winning the last 12 AJC Team Championships (Overall Combined) in succession. Queensland’s ALEX EUSTACE looking forward to representing Australia Q UEENSLAND JUNIORS J UNIOR SQUASH ASP C HAMPIONSHIPS QUEENSLAND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS DAY 29 JUNE 2016 9:00 AM Boys U11 Benjamin Murray v Zane Wolpers 9:00 AM Boys U15 Ethan Stephenson [1] v Wesley Dyer [2] 9:40 AM Girls U15 Mackenzie Sleep [1] v Hayley Hankinson [2] 10:20 AM Girls U19 Taylor Jones [1] v Skye Turner [3] 11:00 AM Girls U13 Ella Burge [1] v Ashlyn Barclay [2] 11:00 AM Boys U13 BJ MacDonald [1] v Luke Eyles [2] 11:00 AM Under 21 Connor McNeill [4] v Caleb Johnson [2] 11:40 AM Boys U17 Nicholas Calvert [1] v Joel Arscott [2] 1:00 PM Girls U17 Taylor Jones [1] v Zoe Lockton [7] 1:40 PM Boys U19 Alex Eustace [1] v Jon Van Der Kreek [3] 109 junior players converged on the first game and then recover from 1-2 Mackay Leisure Centre to compete in down to win the U15 State Title 12-10, 7- the Queensland Junior Squash 11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6 in 57 minutes. Dyer Championships from Sunday 26 to was the only player to beat a #1 seed. Wednesday 29 June. Next up was #2 seed Hayley Hankinson 62 boys and 47 girls battled each other (Mackay) in the Girls U15 final. In her for four days competing for the 5 State first year in U15 it was always going to Titles on offer: U11; U13; U15; U17 and be a tough assignment against U19. There was also an unofficial U9 Brisbane's Mackenzie Sleep [1] who is a title and an U21 Mixed event. more seasoned campaigner. 2016 Australian Open Junior U11 Sleep put the foot down right from the Champion Benjamin Murray from the start and never took it off powering away Sandgate Club in Brisbane got Finals for a 3-0 victory in 22 minutes: 11-2, 11- Day underway. 5, 11-5. He was simply too good for his Brisbane Brisbane's Charlotte Stephenson won Region team mate Zane Wolpers the Girls U11 round robin. She won all 5 winning the U11 title 11-2, 11-6, 11-2 in matches and defeated Kayce Hoani- 16 minutes. Vincent (3) 11-3, 11-4, 11-2 to finish in first position. Mackay's Wes Dyer (2) took on #1 seed Ethan Stephenson in the Boys U15 final. It was now time for the first of Dyer played out of his skin to win the the blue ribbon events Q UEENSLAND JUNIORS J UNIOR SQUASH ASP C HAMPIONSHIPS QUEENSLAND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS … the U19 Girls final between minutes winning 11-7, 11-2, 11-6. Arscott Brisbané's Taylor Jones [1] and gave it his all but Calvert was more Southern's Skye Turner [3]. patient and consistent. Shooting for two State titles at this year's At 1pm it was time to see if Stafford's championship Jones didn't waste any Taylor Jones [1] could win her second time winning in three 11-4, 11-9, 11-6 in title for the day against Zoe Lockton [7]. 33 minutes. One down and one to go! Jones was ruthless winning the title in 16 minutes 11-1, 11-5, 11-4. Mission At 11am there were three finals accomplished … title number two was in scheduled. Brisbane girls Ella Burge the bag but little did she know there was [1] and Ashlyn Barclay [2] were to more recognition to come! contest the U13 Girls final. Burge proved she is going to be a future star Both Calvert and Taylor were later with a comprehensive 11-7, 11-3, 11-9 in recognized for their achievements when 15 minutes! they were presented with Eagle Awards. These Achievement Awards are the Showing no ill effects from a slight highest honour a player can receive at concussion sustained on Day 2 the Queensland Junior Championships. Mackay's BJ MacDonald [1] swept past Luke Eyles [2] in the Boys U13 final 11- This brought us to the final match of the 2, 11-3, 11-3 in 19 minutes.