Central Graded Champions are off to Nationals

At the beginning of May the Central district Graded Champs was held at Inglewood Squash Club across all grades of squash. This hotly contested tournament saw a total of 68 entries from 13 different clubs in the Central District – Inglewood, Waitara, Kawaroa  Park, Hunterville, Ohakune, Turangi, Okato, Hawera, Taihape, Ashhurst-Pohangina, Eltham, Whanganui,  Squash Gym were all represented.

Pauline Stachurski, tournament controller of this tournament shared, ‘there were some excellent skills displayed by many players, particularly the younger ones who have a great future ahead of them’ and a highlight of the weekend was at the end of the tournament ‘there was a truly amazing ‘B’ Grade final between Frazer Christian and Jordan Lockwood.  The large number of onlookers cheered and clapped as they were astounded by the skills displayed during the many very long, hard rallies’.

Each winner has won the opportunity to represent Central at the New Zealand Graded Champs held in Tauranga in early July. We congratulate our Central Champions and wish them the best of luck at the National Finals where they will face other district champions in their grade from around New Zealand. Go Central!

While the tournament was for individual glory there is a team component with a Team Club Trophy for the club with the greatest winners. This year the Trophy Winner was Ohakune Squash Club.

Squash Central would like to thank Inglewood Squash Club for being fantastic hosts for this tournament and acknowledge the many hours of work that go into a weekend like this from its volunteers to run a successful district tournament. See the list below of the winners from this event.