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MARCH 2020SQUASH WA NEWS

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EDITORIAL© WA Squash - 20

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David Ilich

Damon Macmillan

Tim Cowell

Tye Harland

Mike Corren

Lewis Christie

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WA MEN: TM:

Congratulations to Mike “Moose” Correnfor winning his second West Coast Open inas many years and Sue Hillier for winningthe Women’s Open.

Congratulations to the Marsh Boys: Daniel,Eric and Alexander. Firstly, all 3 boys areranked in the Top 2 in Australia in theirrespective age groups. Alexander is #1 inU11 whilst Daniel and Eric are ranked #2.

The most notable achievement is that inMarch 2020 all 3 boys were ranked in theTop 10 in U15 inAustralia: Daniel 2, Eric8 and Alexander 9.

“Moose” was too good for surprise finalistTim Cowell winning in straight whilst SueHillier had a tough battle against AmandaHopps.

Sue won a tight first game 16-14 beforewinning the next two by a morecomfortable margin 15-10, 15-11 to securethe title in three.

“Absolutely GroovyBaby” ... Hippie Nightwas a great success atMirrabooka on 22February. GeorgiaDennison won theprize for best dressedhippie!

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BU11 1 Alexander Marsh

BU13 2 Eric Marsh

3 Alexander Marsh

4 Jonathan Groenewald

BU15 2 Daniel Marsh

BU17 1 Greg Chan

2 Oscar Curtis

3 Dylan Classen

BU19 3 Greg Chan

5 Remi Young

GU13 4 Maxine Salter

GU15 3 Isla Harris

GU17 1 Erin Classen

GU19 5 Erin Classen

Our National Top 5

Ranked Juniors

Congratulations

ADMINISTRATION

Dean’s DiaryDean W

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In keeping with my theme of life as a squash professional I was contacted by

a person who had found a Spalding wooden racket with Heather Mckay's

name on it and on the throat it has 18 World Championships. So I’m guessing

but I think it's around 1980 when Spalding brought this autographed model

out after Heather retired in 1979. This racket brought back great memories

for me as I was in Sheffield UK when Heather won the very first ever World

Women’s Open after an absence of 2 years since she had won her last British

Open in 1977.

February was quite hectic with pennants and leagues starting but we managed to get under

way on time and numbers aren’t too bad. A huge thank you to Kane Fasolo again for helping

me to do the draw and fixtures on Sporty HQ ... thanks Kane , I could not do it without you. I

attended quite a few DSR meetings and WA Squash is playing a more involved role which the

DSR really appreciate. Board members are also attending courses relevant to their roles

which makes for very interesting feedback.

Having moved to Canada for a very lucrative contract in a Toronto club, the incentive to win

the first official World Open was too great and Heather turned up to play. I had been playing

in an ISPA event in Sheffield the week before and decided to stay on and watch. Heather

asked me if I could do some routines with her and we trained for a few days before the event

started and we did drills during the event. Looking back it was a thrill to be on court with her

as she was so competitive and so disciplined. She did drop a game to Sue Cogswell from the

UK but Heather after 18 years and at the age of 38, showed

why she is without a doubt the G.O.A.T. and won the event.

I read on a lot of sites that some think that Nicol David was

the best female player or even Susan Devoy but I can

assure you not one of these players would have won a

game from Heather in her prime!

WA Squash has our AGM on the 25th of March and this will take place at Vic Park Squash

Club on Wed the 25th at 6.30 pm. Four Board members are vacating but all four have re-

nominated which is great for the stability of squash in WA as we still have issues with Squash

Australia and affiliation fees. Our finances are back in order and we have once again secured

DSR and Healthway funding. As I am writing this report, our President Glenn Hitch is now

home after a few days in hospital where he underwent a small operation and we wish him a

speedy recovery.

Our relationship with Squash Australia is much better and a huge thanks to Leigh Anne Kaye

for taking on this role and working tirelessly with Joanne Brodie (the new president of SA).

Squash

2020 MARMION JUNIOR CLASSIC

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ENTRIES CLOSE

Enter via Sporty HQ5.00pm TUESDAY 10th MARCH 2020

Tournament Director:Tournament Referee:

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2020 WEST COAST OPEN CHAMPIONS

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The West Coast Open was held at Squashworld Brentwood from 31 January to 1February. This was the first senior tournament for the year and attracted 66 players.

Thank you to who ran this event in conjunction with the junior NewYears Bash.

Kane Fasolo

The weekend was a great success with only one incident in the Open Mens semi-final between David Ilich and Tim Cowell.

Sue Hillier Reports

At one game all and the third game a cliff hanger, Dave ran in to retrieve a drop shotand clipped Tim's shoulder on his way out from the shot, an innocuous collision.Dave not feeling well, went to hospital ending up with concussion.

It was great to see several players from Broome (especially juniors) at this event.

Disney St, Brentwood

Photos courtesy of Rita Baldwin

WINNER RUNNER UP SCORE

MO Mike Corren Tim Cowell 11-0, 11-7, 11-1

MD1 Jack Hillier Chris Baker 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 14-12

MD2 Brad Grinter Graham Follington RR 3 Wins 0 Losses

MD3 Jackson Kiely Josh Blakey 3-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6

MD4 Daniel Marsh Craig Taggart 11-6, 11-2, 11-9

MD5 Mike Clement Adam Van Der Brugghen 14-12, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4

WO Sue Hillier Amanda Hopps 16-14, 15-10, 15-11

WD1 Hannah Slyth Isla Harris 12-15, 15-8, 15-5, 15-13

WD2 Alicia Boey Rita Baldwin 15-10, 15-6, 15-12

2020 West Coast Open Results

WEST COAST OPEN

2020 SOUTH WEST MASTERS TEAMS

Busselton was able to have representatives in all 5 divisions. 14 Busselton playersentered over the weekend in 5 teams with 3 Busselton teams being runner ups in theirdivision.

Division 2 was taken out by the Bunbury team of Kim Stone (hisfirst tournament entry and undefeated for the weekend), MarkLush (undefeated) and Bec Herring defeating the Busseltonteam of Gys Van Zyl (also his first tournament), Phil Cox andWarren Oliver (also undefeated). After qualifying there was only1 point separating both teams. Bunbury has now won thisdivision, 4 out of the past 5 years. The score in the final was6/3.

Division 4 ended up being the closest of all divisions with all 4 teams being separatedby only 5 points. Team “Two Ali's” of Ali Butler (undefeated), Alison Williams and ChrisReston won the final 5/4 over Quita's Crew of George Reid, Quita Cass and FredPiekarek (his first tournament).

Division 5 saw team Hit the Nick of Terry Brookes, Nikki Mccullough and Di Cookcomfortable winners over team PEMs of Peter Rinaldi, Eileen Jellis and Moya Credaro.Both Terry and Di went thru undefeated.

Division 3 final saw team Alternative Paradise of Ric Nicholas, Jim Hine and StephenBarrow defeat the Busselton team of Jane Hunt, Stu Morgan, Roger Skelton (who hadto play twice in the finals due to injuries) and Ron Buswell. Again, there was only 1-point separating both teams after qualifying. The Alternative Paradise team went thruthe weekend undefeated.

59 Players from the southwest and Perth competed in the 34th SW Squash Masters thisyear held at the South West Sports Centre in Bunbury over the long weekend in Marchin 5 Divisions with ages from 35 to over 80 years. The Busselton Club ran thetournament while the Bunbury Club supplied the courts, ran the bar and dinner. This isthe biggest Masters Squash event outside of Perth and one of the longest running.

The coveted Division1 shield was taken out by the Bunbury teamof Jamie Herring, Dean Reynolds, and Brad Grinter defeatingteam Ring Arounds with Busselton's Sean Brockman, DaveWindsor (who hasn't played for 5 years) and Bec Treasure withMandurah's Brad Hibbs. Bunbury has now won the convertedDiv 1 title in 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020! The team wonall its matches over the weekend with both Dean and Brad goingthru the weekend undefeated while Jamie's only lost was toDanny Zande.

Saturday night saw 57 people socialise at a gourmet bbq function at the Bunbury TennisCentre which recognised 21 players who have entered the tournament 10 or more times

Warren Oliver Reports

The Busselton Cub would like to thank its many sponsors: Hillzeez Down South SurfShops, Busselton Discount Drug Store, and Wayne Evans for suppling the very popularCrayfish in the raffle, Ron Clayton for the compiling the draws,

with one player, Joyce Barnett, having entered an incredible 30 times out of a possible34 and with her first entry way back in 1988 (the 2nd year of the tournament) and fromthere she didn't miss a tournament for the next 21 years. So this year there was aspecial acknowledgement to Joyce to honour her achievement of 30 years.

This is a unique event in which 2 rival clubs, Busselton and Bunbury come together torun this wonderful event. The Busselton Squash Club will continue to play its weeklypennants out of the Sebel Courts in Busselton.

Four other players have also played 20 or more being Moya Credaro, Ron Buswell,Warren Oliver and Linda Mcbrierty. All 10 year plus players were given a BusseltonSquash Club wine goblet as a memento. Over the past 34 years 553 players haveplayed at least once in the tournament, and it was great to see 10 players make theirfirst appearance at this iconic event.

2020 SOUTH WEST MASTERS TEAMSWarren Oliver Reports

Life members Ron Claytonand Warren Oliveracknowleding Joyce Barnett's30th year at the SW SquashMasters

Mark Lush and Brad Grinter (Bunbury)Warren Oliver and Ron Clayton

(Busselton) and Jamie Herring (Bunbury)

Thank You for participating.We look forward to seeingyou again next year.

WA MASTERS UPDATE By Janis Haswell

DON'T FORGET TO PROMOTE

WA MASTERS TO YOUR SQUASH FRIENDS!

THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL BENEFITS AND FUN

OFFERED BY BELONGING ARE INVALUABLE.

AND YOU ONLY NEED TO BE 35 TO JOIN THE FUN!

There is also a terrific bar selling beer and wine at special low prices, served by afriendly, cheerful barman. A raffle is run each Friday and is drawn on the night. Greatprizes to be had!

Fixtures are planned, and finals held at the end of each season.

How is it organised?

What is Friday Night Masters?

On joining you will be allocated a team; however, there is no pressure to play everyweek if you are unable to do so. Play when you can, and just inform the venuebeforehand if you are unable to make it on a particular date.

What does it cost?The cost is $12 payable each Friday you attend. This includes supper. There is a supperroster to share the load a bit, and if it's your turn to bring along supper to share, yourentry fee for the evening is returned to you. If you are unable to stay for supper, thenthat's fine too. You will, however, miss out on the great camaraderie and fun that istypical of the social part of the evening.

Friday Night Masters is a weekly competition run specifically for Masters players. Weencourage you to join in this great competitive and social night, and catch up with fellowMasters you may only see at tournaments. All levels of players are welcome andcatered for. To join contact Kane on 0421 490 799, or send an email [email protected]

FRIDAY NIGHT MASTERS

DISNEY STREET, BRENTWOOD

VENUE: SQUASH WORLD BRENTWOOD

7:30 pm start

!COME ALONG AND JOIN US ON FRIDAYS

Season 1 of 2020 Friday Night Masters commenced on Friday, February 14. Play commences at

7:30 pm each Friday.

The Masters competition year got off to a fantastic and fun start with the Battle of Belmont. The

creative team names based on 'battle' themed movies/TV inspired some fantastic, hard-fought

squash matches, and, thankfully, lots of smiles and happy faces not covered with war paint or

battle scars.

Venue: Squash World Brentwood, Disney Street, BRENTWOOD.

The Masters Committee organised terrific prizes as well; the winners received a $20 movie

voucher and a WAMS bath towel, and the runners-up laid claim to $10 movie tickets and a

WAMS hand towel.

It's not my intention to become boring, but I'd just like to mention once again the importance to

WA Masters Squash of maintaining the Friday Night Masters competition. Some states are lucky

to have enough Masters players to have a full home-and-away Masters fixtures pennant

competition. Given WA's geographical and population size constraints, that's just not possible

here. All we can do is provide a great venue and a well organised (by a group of dedicated

Masters generously donating their time) weekly competition, encourage everyone to come along

and build on the existing group that attend, and hope we can grow the numbers in order to keep

the comp going for those younger Masters now joining the ranks. It's fantastic and heartening to

see new faces each time we hold a Masters event.

The team names included: Star Wars, Star Trek, Braveheart, Lord of the Rings, Wild Bunch,

Apocalypse Now, Great Escape and Where Eagles Dare. With a total of 63 entrants, forming 6

teams of 8 and 2 teams of 7, the action was (mostly, we are Masters after all) fast and furious,

and the evening was nicely capped off with a delicious supper of chicken, chips and plenty of

salads, bread and nibbles.

Friday Night Masters

Cost: $12 (including supper)

Anyone interested in joining as a regular player or as a reserve please contact Kane on 0421 490

799 or email at [email protected]

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The next Masters event to look forward to is the popular held at Hilton Squash and

Fitness Centre. The tournament will be run over 16-17 May 2020. Hope to see everyone there.

The next event to follow the Hilton will be the , which will be

held over 24-26 July 2020. Be sure to keep these dates free.

Hilton Classic

WA Masters State Championships

This event was again held at Bunbury's South West Sports Centre. It was held over the Labour

Day long weekend: Saturday 29 Feb – Monday 2 March 2020. The Busselton Squash Club, in

conjunction with the Bunbury Sports Centre and Squash Club, always make this a fantastic

tournament with plenty of games and after-squash fun. See Warren Oliver's round-up of the

event in this issue of the SWAN.

Winning

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Wild Bunch:

WA Masters Squash website

Check out the WA Masters website for the latest Masters information and upcoming events. See

www.wamasterssquash.com - Visit us there and leave a comment.

What's next?

Adam Strunk,

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Quita Cass,

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Lazaroo. Runners-up: The Great Escape: Graham Follington, Wes Emery, Eric Walsh, Tony

Watchman, Terry Brookes, Moya Credaro, Eileen Jellis, and Marton Nicholas.

South West Masters Teams event

Keep your eyes open for the WA Masters Newsletters, which are sent to all Masters via email

and contain more detailed information about Masters events closer to the time they're run.

The Wild Bunch

JUNIOR RANKINGSMarch 2020

Top 5

Players are no longer ranked in multiple age groups.These WA rankings are extracted from the Squash Australia National Rankings (NR).

U11 Boys NR U11 Girls NR

1 Alexander Marsh 1 1

2 Sterling Slyth 7 2

3 Charlie Richardson 9 3

4 Tyler Stone 14 4

5 Josh Bell 28 5


1 Eric Marsh 2 1 Maxine Salter 4

2 Alexander Marsh 3 2 Jessica Jellis 18

3 Johnathan Groenewald 4 3

4 Aiden Finlay-Mulligan 5 4

5 Henco Smit 19 5


1 Daniel Marsh 2 1 Isla Harris 3

2 Eric Marsh 8 2 Hannah Slyth 6

3 Alexander Marsh 9 3 Maxine Salter 13

4 Johnathan Groenewald 10 4 Isla McMullen 17

5 Aiden Finlay-Mulligan 13 5 Jessica Jellis 48


1 Greg Chan 1 1 Erin Classen 1

2 Oscar Curtis 2 2 Caitlin Pratt 10

3 Dylan Classen 3 3 Isla Harris 18

4 Kiran Byles 11 4 Hannah Slyth 23

5 Daniel Marsh 21 5 Maxine Salter 35


1 Greg Chan 3 1 Erin Classen 5

2 Remi Young 5 2 Michaela Pratt 9

3 Oscar Curtis 6 3 Pascale Louka 16

4 Abel Jin 7 4 Caitlin Pratt 23

5 Dylan Classen 8 5 Isla Harris 31

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National Junior

Rankings - Top 5Rankings - March 2020

U11 Boys U11 Girls

1 Alexander Marsh WA 1 Madison Nargar NSW

2 Joel Roshan Raj QLD 2 Larissa Gao QLD

3 Henry Kross NSW 3 Tina Ma VIC

4 Kieran Willathgamuwa NSW 4 Elizabeth Wang NSW

5 Daniel Lim NSW 5 Bella Mifsud VIC

U13 Boys U13 Girls

1 Joshua Rahul Raj QLD 1 Maja Maziuk NSW

2 Eric Marsh WA 2 Sarbani Maitra QLD

3 Alexander Marsh WA 3 Amelie Guziak VIC

4 Jonathan Groenewald WA 4 Maxine Salter WA

5 Aiden Finlay-Mulligan SA 5 Joanne Joseph VIC

U15 Boys U15 Girls

1 Joshua Rahul Raj QLD 1 Madison Lyon QLD

2 Daniel Marsh WA 2 Maja Maziuk NSW

3 William Siviour NT 3 Isla Harris WA

4 Josh Porter QLD 4 Courtney Scholtz VIC

5 Aryan Madan SA 5 Jananii Sukunesan VIC

U17 Boys U17 Girls

1 Greg Chan WA 1 Erin Classen WA

2 Oscar Curtis WA 2 Kurstyn Mather QLD

3 Dylan Classen WA 3 Ella Burge QLD

4 BJ MacDonald QLD 4 Amber Chen ACT

5 Andre Lynn VIC 5 Madison Lyon QLD

U19 Boys U19 Girls

1 Sam Sergo NSW 1 Alex Haydon SA

2 Dylan Molinaro VIC 2 Katie Davies QLD

3 Greg Chan WA 3 Remashree Muniandy SA

4 James Lloyd ACT 4 Kate Winters SA

5 Remi Young WA 5 Erin Classen WA

Mar 14 Marmion Junior Classic JUNIOR (BRONZE, ABILITY BASED) Squash Factory

Mar 13-15 Moora Open SENIOR Moora

Mar 27-29 Mandurah Open SENIOR Mandurah

Apr 10-13 Oceania Junior JUNIOR Gold Coast

Apr 17-19 WA Closed SENIOR Mirrabooka

Apr 18-19 Head Junior Classic JUNIOR (SILVER, ABILITY BASED) Mirrabooka

May 2-3 Geraldton Open SENIORS, MASTERS Geraldton

May 2-Mar Geraldton Junior Open JUNIOR (BRONZE, ABILITY BASED) Geraldton

May 15-17 Broome Invitational SENIOR Broome

May TBC Katanning Junior- SGP JUNIOR (BRONZE, ABILITY BASED) Katanning

May 16-17 Masters Hilton Classic MASTERS Hilton

May 29-1 Golden Open SENIOR (PSA EVENT) Kalgoorlie

May 29-Jan Golden Junior Open JUNIOR (SILVER, ABILITY BASED) Kalgoorlie

Jun 20-21 South West Open SENIOR Bunbury

Jun TBC Bunbury Junior Open – SGP JUNIOR (BRONZE, ABILITY BASED) Bunbury

Jun TBC Northwest Junior JUNIOR (ABILITY) Wickham

Jun TBC North West Open SENIOR Wickham

Jun 30 Interschool Squash Competition JUNIOR Mirrabooka

Jul 1 Interschool Squash Competition JUNIOR Mirrabooka

Jul 4-5 Mirrabooka Classic SENIOR Mirrabooka

Jul 4-5 State Junior Champs Individual JUNIOR (GOLD, AGE BASED) Mirrabooka

Jul 6-7 State Junior Champs Teams JUNIOR Mirrabooka

Jul 9-12 Australian Junior Open JUNIOR Gold Coast

Jul 24-26 State Masters Championships MASTERS TBA

Jul 19-24 World Junior Championships JUNIOR Gold Coast

Aug 1-Feb FeNaClng Championships SENIOR Dampier

Aug TBC Narrogin Junior Champs - SGP JUNIOR (BRONZE, ABILITY BASED) Narrogin

Aug 14-16 WA Open SENIOR Cambridge

Aug 25-31 World Masters Indiv. Champs MASTERS Poland

Aug 26-30 Australian Open SENIOR Bega

Aug 29-30 Leschenault Classic Teams Chall. SENIOR Leschenault

Sept 6 Masters/Juniors Tournament MASTERS/JUNIOR Squash Factory

Sept TBC Mandurah Junior Champs - SGP JUNIOR (BRONZE, ABILITY BASED) Mandurah

Sept 19-20 Cambridge Junior Teams Event JUNIOR Cambridge

Sept 26-28 WA Country Teams Champs SENIOR Mirrabooka

Sept 26-29 Australian Junior Closed Indiv. JUNIOR (PLATINUM) ACT

Oct 1-Apr Australian Junior Team Champs JUNIOR (PLATINUM) ACT

Oct 7 Maddington Gosnells Junior JUNIOR (BRONZE, ABILITY) Fitzpatricks

Oct 9-Oct Hilton Open SENIOR Hilton

Oct 12-16 Australian Masters – Individual MASTERS South Australia

Oct 19-23 Australian Masters – Team MASTERS South Australia

Oct 30-1 Busselton Open SENIOR Sebel, Busselton

Nov 14-15 Spring Teams Event MASTERS Squash Factory

Nov TBC Manjimup Junior Champs - SGP JUNIOR (BRONZE, ABILITY BASED) Manjimup

Nov 28-29 Cambridge Junior Champs JUNIOR (BRONZE) Cambridge

Nov 28-29 Cambridge Open SENIOR CambridgeWA

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President: Glenn Hitch

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Board Member: Carsten Frederiksen

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