Christchurch Squash Club are seeking applications for the new role of Club Manager at their new eight court facility to be opened in Cashmere in April 2019.
Congratulations to all the Spring 2018 Interclub WinnersClick here to see who won what and the final league standings.
Thats it for 2018! We hope you have enjoyed yourselves and we look forward to seeing you in 2019! Click here to check out the 2019 Programme.
2018 Squash CanterburyAwards EveningFor a full run down on the evening read more.....
Lyttelton Squash Courts - OPEN DAYLyttelton Squash Courts, located at the Recreation Centre 25 Winchester Street, are opening their doors 1pm - 4pm Sunday 25th November.
Come along and 'Give Squash a go'
Suitable for all ages
Girl’s Only Tournament #2On Saturday 10th of November, Squash Canterbury ran the 2nd Girls only Junior Tournament, held at Christchurch Football Squash Club. The tournament attracted 14 entries from beginner level players through to B2 grade players
2018 Membership Questionnaire Thank you to all everyone who participated in our recent membership survey and shared your ideas.
We wanted to share the ideas, as lots of the them are relevant to clubs as well as Squash Canterbury. Hopefully you will find the responses as thought-provoking as us!
NZ Junior 2018 Individual ChampionshipsCongratulations and well done to all our juniors who took part in the NZ Junior Individual Championships.
A massive congratulations to Paul Moran who won the U15 Boy's Championships. This is an outstanding result we are all very proud of you.
“Ground Breaking News for Squash in Canterbury”After many months of work and fund-raising activities by the committee at the Christchurch Squash Club, work has begun on the construction of their new facilities to accommodate 8 courts at Cashmere to be known as the Don Preston Squash Centre.
NZ Junior Team Championships 2018With no rest for the wicked, the Canterbury Junior teams headed straight into teams’ event only a few hours after completion of individuals. Both Canterbury teams headed into the event as 4th seeds.
A BIG Thank you to New Zealand Racing BoardWe would like to say a BIG Thank you to the New Zealand Racing Board for financially supporting the 2018 Squash Canterbury representative programme. Their funding helped support the Canterbury representative teams to attend the SI Quadrangular Tournament in Timaru (which we won), the SIAG Team Championships in Dunedin (which we won) and the Masters Inter-Districts Team Championships in Tauranga (we finished 4th).
GIRLS ONLY Squash Coaching for beginners & improvers - TERM 4
We would like to a say a BIG thank you to the Rata Foundation for providing us with the funding to bring our website into the 21st Century.We are happy to the announce the work has been completed and our website is not only looking good it is also now friendly on all types of devices.
Paul Coll v Diego Elias
The Squash Canterbury Annual Awards EveningThe 2018 Annual Awards Evening will take place Friday 9th November at The Rydges Latimer Hotel, 30 Latimer Square, Christchurch.
Come join us for this exciting evening of recognition & celebration.
Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent Canterbury at the NZ Inter-districts Team Championships in Auckland 7th – 10th October.
NZ Senior National Inter-District Team ChampionshipsThe 2018 NZ Senior National Inter-District Team Championships took place the 31 August – 2nd September at Panmure Squash Club, Auckland. The Canterbury team was:
Men’s Team: Jackson Beresford (CH), Matt Smith (CF), Simon Slade (MP), Charlie Barker (CF) and Nic Wilson (SW)
Women’s Team: Emma Cormack (CF), Ruby Turnbull (CF), Maria Hinz (OX), Amelia Wadsworth (MC) and Grace Hymers (CF)
Canterbury Masters Team Announced Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent Canterbury at the National Masters Inter-District Teams Event in Tauranga next week:
Canterbury Junior Open Congratulations to Caelum Betteridge and Leonie Marshall for taking out the Junior Boys and Junior Girls titles in this year’s Canterbury Junior Open held at Waimea Squash Club in Richmond, Nelson. Caelum won 3/0 against Henry Moran in the final and Leonie took out her Round Robin of four by winning all three of her matches against Caitlin Millard, Kayla Harvey and Jazmine Palmer-Bensemann.
Canterbury Champion of Champions 2018Congratulations to all our winners of the 2018 winners. The Canterbury Championships took place at Linwood Squash Club 17th - 19th August. Read more...
Congratulations to our juniors who won 4 Team Golds and secured the Overall Trophy at this years event.
This years event was held in Dunedin 25th – 26th August. Canterbury was represented in 3 age groups U17, U15 & U13 in the boys and 2 age groups U17 and U15 in the girls.
Squash Canterbury Annual Awards EveningSave the date: Friday 9th November, Rydges Latimer, 30 Latimer Square, Christchurch
Come and join us at this year exciting evening of recognition & celebration.
Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent Canterbury at the SIAG-Teams event in Dunedin this weekend:
Over 100 children registered to “Give Squash a Go” in Christchurch during the July School Holidays. This was the 2nd consecutive year Burnside Squash Club had been part of the KidsFest holiday programme and they enjoyed a whopping 67 children registering to try squash at their club. The club has enjoyed a spike in junior membership with a good number of children joining the club after trying squash through 2017 KidsFest Programme, these children are now playing in the Junior Interclub combined division.
Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent Canterbury at the NZ Senior National Inter-District Team Championships the 31 August – 2nd September at Panmure Squash Club, Auckland:
Men’s Team: Jackson Beresford (CH), Matt Smith (CF), Simon Slade (MP), Charlie Barker (CF) and Nic Wilson (SW)
Women’s Team: Emma Cormack (CF), Ruby Turnbull (CF), Maria Hinz (OX), Amelia Wadsworth (MC) and Grace Hymers (CF)
Manager: Rod Hayes Coach: Adam Odering
The team was announced by chief selector Lawrence Skurr after the recent Canterbury Open. The two teams have been training together at Squash HQ on Thursday nights since the announcement.
Congratulations to the following Canterbury Juniors who have been selected for the NZ Secondary Schools Trans-Tasman Team:
GOLD for Canterbury at the 2018 South Island Quadrangular eventWhat an awesome result!!
The Koru Games was set up to provide South Island year 7 & 8 students with an accessible opportunity to develop their individual skillsets through playing team sport for their school.
The 2018 Open took place at Christchurch Football Squash Club on 13-15 July, with 102 entries. It was great to see so many entries. Oliver Johnston took the Men’s Open title and Emma Cormack beat club mate Ruby Turnbull in the final to take the Women’s Open Title.
The Canterbury Quadrangular Team will be competing this weekend in Timaru at the South Island Quadrangular Tournament against the Midlands, Southland and Otago. We wish the Team all the best for their performances and in securing the trophy for the district.
Charlie Barker, the Men’s Senior Captain will be taking over our Instagram account at the Quads to keep us up to date with what’s happening. Follow us at @SquashCanterbury
Well done to all our juniors who took part in the South Island Junior Age Group Championship at Otago Squash Club during the school holidays. Notable Canterbury results include, Chris Hebberd (MR) claimed the Boy’s U13 title and Scott Butterick (HH) was boy’s U15 runner
The awards night will take place Friday 20th July at Russley Golf Club. Full details can be found on the flyer.
The aim for this event is to honour and recognise the significant, successful and superior contribution of any player, administrator or worthy supporter of squash in Canterbury.
The Canterbury Masters and Under 23's tournament, held in conjunction with each other, was run from the 22nd to the 24th of June at the Burnside Squash club. There were 65 participants across all categories, and some amazing squash on display.
The following Cantabrians played at NZ National Individual Championships last weekend at Henderson Squash Club.
Paul Coll (reigning National Champ and current world #10) seeded 1, Oliver Johnston seeded 5, Jackson Beresford seeded 10, Joe Williams seeded 18, Quinn Udy seeded 19 & Nick Wilson seeded 29
The 2018 Open will take place at Christchurch Football Squash Club on 13-15 July. There are divisions for Men’s Women’s & Junior J Grade’s.
36 Secondary School Students from 17 local Schools battled it out on the courts in the Canterbury Secondary Schools Individual Championships Tournament on Sunday 27th of May.
A very high level of squash was on display with games running behind schedule in the early afternoon due to some very close games, with 12 matches going to the full 5 sets.
An insght into the National Development Squads from Adam Odering. Adam is currently the assistant coach for the boy’s National Development and Emerging Squads. He is also the Club coach at Christchurch Football and the Canterbury Junior Team Coach.
Well done to all the players who competed in the Canterbury Junior Age Group Championships over the weekend at Hoon Hay Squash Club.
A very high standard of squash was on display from all age groups competing. This is a great opportunity to see our juniors playing in an Age Group Tournament. It would be wonderful to see full draws for both our Under 11 and Under 13 boys and girls next year. This tournament is open to all juniors and is a fantastic experience for a junior of any level to be involved in. Don’t miss out next year, look out for it on the 2019 Calendar.
We are currently looking for more coaches within Christchurch to help run and support our existing junior programmes and implement new programmes at local schools and clubs in 2018.
We are looking for people who are ideally available within school hours, some experience in coaching, attended or willing to attend the Big Nix training, great communicators and can interact well with juniors.
On Sunday 29th April our 1st 2100 Junior Tournament was held at Christchurch Football Squash Club. We had players with points range of 100 – 2090 entered, which allowed for 4 even divisions to be created with two divisions playing in the morning and two in the afternoon.
Rocky and Kirsty from Christchurch Football kept all players busy if they were not playing they were referring or marking a game. Games all ran to time with a very high standard of squash on display. There were many close games, Jimmy Stewart may have been a little sore and tired after he played 3 very close games all of which went to 5 sets. Great value for money from your entry fee Jimmy!
You may or may not be aware that following the events of 2011 it was uneconomic to fix or rebuild the existing Christchurch Squash Club on its current site.
Last July Christchurch signed an agreement with the Cashmere Club to build 8 courts on their property under a land lease arrangement. They choose the Cashmere area because research by Squash Canterbury indicated this was the best location for member growth with focus towards juniors.
Unfortunately, they were under insured at the time of the earthquake and though they have approximately $3.0m of their own money the development costs $3.71m.
So, Christchurch just wanted to give you an update of their progress and ask that you visit their website, www.christchurchsquash.co.nz, because this provides more detail and suggests several ways the squash community might be able to assist.
If you are interested in being considered for the either the Senior or Masters Teams please see below links to the Squash Canterbury Senior and Masters selection polices.
Please note, that Masters nominations to be returned by Friday 18th May and the Senior nominations to be returned by 11th June. Please return all nominations to lawrence@skurrexports.co.nz
The 2018 NZ Junior Open took place at Squash City down in Invercargill during the school holidays, 20th – 22nd April.
Congratulations to our juniors who took part. Some notable results include:
Further to feedback at the last Club Forum, Squash NZ are coming to run a workshop on Managing Volunteers. It will take place Saturday 19th May 11.45am - 1.30pm.
At beginning of the workshop there will also be an opportunity for an informally catch up over a light lunch with other clubs, Squash NZ Staff (including Jamie the new chief executive and Daniel) and the Squash Canterbury Board and staff.
18-20 May, Hoon Hay Squash Club (Squash HQ).
U11, U13, U15, U17 & U19 (Boy’s & Girl’s)
Over $500 in prizes up for grabs
It is that time again where Councils nationwide are preparing their major projects and budgets for the next 10 years, and Selwyn Council is no different.
Consultation is now open for the Selwyn District Council Long Term Plan 2018-2028
They are planning to build indoor courts at Foster Park and extensions to Selwyn Aquatic Centre, however there are no plans to include Squash Courts within these projects.
How can you get involved?
Whether you’re keen to pick up a racket for the first time or you fancy dusting off some cobwebs, pop down to your local Squash Club on Saturday 7th April 11am – 1pm for the National Squash Open Day.
Clubs opening their doors are.................
Download a copy of their first Newsletter. Further information to follow.
The Squash Canterbury board wish to appoint a Canterbury Senior Team Coach for the 2018 district squads for Nationals.
The appointment is paid.
The Squash Canterbury Board are proud to announce the appointment of Di McCoy as the Junior Squash Development Officer (Christchurch). The purpose of Di’s role will be to foster the growth and development of junior squash in Christchurch through increasing participation.
“I'm really happy to have been selected to be the Canterbury Junior Team Coach for 2018. I consider it a great opportunity to help more young squash players in the region achieve their squash goals. I look forward to working with Squash Canterbury and doing everything I can to provide the best opportunities for these kids. We've got a bunch of really hard workers coming through and I'm certain with the help of Squash Canterbury and other coaches in the region we can achieve some great results come nationals.”
Adam Odering, 2018 Canterbury Junior Team Coach
Squash Canterbury have a couple of prizes up for grabs. We have introduced 'Fair Play’ and 'Best Host Club' awards for Summer Interclub. Prizes are available in both the mens and womens competitions.
Get YOUR Nominations in now!!!!!!
Nomination’s are OPEN and CLOSE 10pm Sunday 25th March.
The winner’s will be decided through a PUBLIC VOTE
Download a copy of our 2018 Calendar, includes local, district and national events.
Squash Canterbury AGM will take place 7.30pm on Wednesday 28th March at Christchurch Football Squash Club.
Board nominations, remits and agenda items to be submitted to Karen at info@squashcanterbury.co.nz by Friday 9th March.
Club upgradeHokitika are looking to upgrade their courts from keys and coin operated meters to a swipe card door entry and possibly light operation. They are looking at a second-hand option and where wondering if any other clubs where upgrading and/or if anyone could point them in the right direction for a suitable card or tag system? It does not have to be flash. No one has booked a court there since 1996.
If you can help, please contact Craig Nixon at CraigN@westland.co.nz
Another fantastic effort from Canterbury juniors with two top three placings at the Australian Junior Open.
A fantastic start to the year for two Canterbury Juniors. On Sunday Tom Marshall (U13) and Matthew Grocott (U11) won their respective age groups at the Oceania Championships in Redcliffe, Brisbane.
Squash NZ have published their 2018 Tournament Schedule. You can find a copy here.
