This was the 3rd year we have ran this tournament and is proving to be a great way to wrap up for the year. In 2020 we saw 14 Town teams entered and 6 Country Teams entered. It would be wonderful to see team size’s increase from two players per team to 3 or 4 per team in the years to come, through continuing to invest in our junior players both in town and in the country clubs. Thank you to everyone who supported this tournament on the day, helping our juniors referee/mark, collecting entry fee, and in the kitchen all your support is appreciated. If anyone is interested in learning how to run a tournament in 2021 please do get in touch it is very rewarding and we are always looking for support with this in the junior competitions.
Our morning kicked off with our Ungraded Division. For most of these players they have been attending Squash Canterbury Afterschool coaching programmes or attending club programmes, how-ever have not yet had an opportunity to put all the coaching into a competition game. Plenty of nerves as players took to the court, however these quickly settled and there was some fantastic squash played. This is also a great opportunity to “Have a go” at the refereeing and marking of a game in an environment of players all at a similar level. Thank you to all those that supported our players in the refereeing & marking of their games.
Ungraded Results
1st Place: Nikita Tamepo & Olympia Tamepo - Country
Runner Up: Charlie Cosgrove & Aidan Haverkort - Country
Plate: Evelyn Low & Maisy Cowie - Town
With just two teams entered into our Division 4, the children played their Championship game 1st which resulted in both teams winning a game each, so the winner was determined by the total number of sets won 4 sets to 3. These players all then enjoyed a round robin competition giving each player 3 games in the morning, half of the games being 5 setters.
Division 4 Results
1st Place: Aidan Urban & Vin Schelp - Town
Runner Up: Fabian Cron & Ferdi Tan - Town
With only 1 team entered for Country in this division, the odds were stacked against them. Our two top seeded teams both won 3 matches, with the overall winner determined on a countback of sets won. 2nd seeds Town, Ashton Cameron & Joe Robinson winning 18 sets to 11. Jude Lim, Joe Robinson & Ashton Fisher winning all their games 3-0 well done boys! Our plate winners were Ashton Fisher & Max Dillon-Roberts a combination of Christchurch SC and Burnside SC juniors. Unfortunately, many of the winners from this division had to leave prior to prize giving, so photographed is Jude Lim from Rangiora Squash Club (Country team) our runner ups.
Division 3 Results
1st Place: Ashton Cameron & Joe Robinson - Town
Runner Up: Jude Lim & Jasmine Harkness - Country
Plate: Ashton Fisher & Max Dillon-Roberts - Town
This was our top Division, with all players graded up to 900 points. It was wonderful having both Sasha and Casey Ellery playing in this division from Greymouth, hopefully those that missed out on playing you this year will pop over to Greymouth next year to give you a game. It was also the first time 50% of players in this division were female, great to see the girls coming through the grades together.
Division 2 Results
1st Place: Sophia Barakat Adlam & Lewis Stewart - Town
Runner Up: Benjamin Robb & Ethan Garrett - Town
Plate: Maria Evans & Aidan Evans - Country
