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Tim Cowell

Damon Macmillan

Mike Corren

Tye Harland

David Ilich

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WA MEN: TM:

Last year 48 teams from country WAparticipated. They had Men's A to G gradeand Ladies A to D grade. This year weneed to break 50 teams!

Slowly but surely we are returning tonormal but it is important we continue towhere ever possible maintain socialdistancing, avoid hugging and handshakesand wash our hands regularly. Nobodywants to return to a 2nd lock down!

Brad Grinter has been hard at work gettingeverything organised and now all is set forthe 26-28 September extravaganza atSquash World Mirrabooka!

Team Registrations are now open. Youcan download the Tournament Packfrom the WA Squash website.

Need more information? Contact Brad onor send him an email0419 316 866

ascbunburysquash@gmail.com

The squash tournament to beplayed in WA in 2020 will be

BIGGEST

with over 200 players expected toplay!

CountryWeek

This month Dean examines the squash lifeand times of Del Mazzucchelli. WOW ...Del certainly did a lot for squash. Todaymore than ever we need volunteers likeDel ... a wonderful inspiration!

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WA MEN:WO TM: HWR:

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BU11 1 Alexander Marsh

BU13 1 Alexander Marsh

2 Eric Marsh

BU15 2 Daniel Marsh

BU17 1 Greg Chan

2 Oscar Curtis

3 Dylan Classen

BU19 3 Greg Chan

5 Remi Young

GU13 2 Maxine Salter

GU15 2 Isla Harris

4 Hannah Slyth

GU17 1 Erin Classen

GU19 5 Erin Classen

Our Top 5 National Ranked Juniors

THE BOARDROOM

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Dear WA Squash Community,

I must apologize for not writing for the past few months, I've been recovering from a medical

event and happy to report my recovery is going well and hope to be playing again in the next

few months.

Our AGM was held over Zoom and a terrific turn out, great to see so many Clubs and

Members Zoom in. A bit of shuffling on the Board and congratulations to Leigh-Anne Kaye

who is now Vice President and Katy Scott who is Secretary. I would like to thank Trevor

Cruickshank (Previously Vice President) and Deb Hoffrichter (Previously Secretary) for all

their efforts. Both Trevor and Deb remain on the Board. Neil Butler remains as the

Treasurer.

It is fair to say not all levels of administration are aligned in their vision. The goal of this

review process is to start the conversation and ideally come up with some clear parameters

on what WA Squash will deliver for its Members. We are hopeful to meet with the majority

of Clubs Committee by the end of July, we will then consolidate the information which will

be discussed with Members in August.

Dean and Sue remain as busy as ever, would like to thank

them on the continued communication with our Members

and specifically Dean’s management of the COVID

situation.

I hope you and your family are safe and sound and have taken the opportunity to get back

on to the Squash court. So pleased to see competition will resume this month ... it never

ceases to amaze me how passionate our squash community is.

There are 5 levels of administration in Squash, Court Owners, Centre Operators, Clubs, State

Body and National Body, not to mentioned the many Committees, National and State bodies

that provide grants with expectations.

The Board has set up a strategic review group, this group have been joining Club Committee

meetings where possible, our aim is to meet with all Clubs that are willing to have us! It's a

big task, and we are enjoying it immensely. Each Club is uniquely different but the one

common theme is the genuine passion for Squash. The purpose of these meetings is to

engage in open and honest discussion on how we can collectively serve squash better.

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Dean’s DiaryDean W

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It goes without saying just how good it is to see centres full again after a very short time

shutdown due to that horrid virus. If anyone had said back in March that by mid-June we

would be back in business, firstly, I would have said there is no chance and secondly, I was

sure that we would not be able to contain this virus which we have done so well and now we

are reaping the rewards … so well done to everyone !!

In keeping with my theme of a touring professional squash player for over 15 years from

1976 to 1991, I was thinking during lock down just how lucky I was and how much I loved

what I did and one of the loveliest stories was when I was asked to do an exhibition in Zurich

at the opening of a wonderful indoor squash and tennis centre called VITIS.

This venue held the lucrative Swiss Masters for many years. I was in London and the call

came through would I like to do this and the deal was done and Pam and I decided to get the

fast train from London to Paris and then on to Zurich.

So the match with Qamar was very entertaining, the crowd loved all the antics and there was

no shortage of nick shots and lots of banter.

In the change rooms before the match Tiriac (by the way a very good tennis player as he won

the 1970 French Open Doubles and semis of Wimbledon as well that year and is a Billionaire

from Romania) came up to me and said that I had better make Vilas look good as he had

never played squash before but being a great tennis champion he should be OK but make

him look very good … I was sort of threatened with this as Tiriac is a pretty scary guy with a

moustache that made him look like a Mexican gun slinger !!

All the time whilst we were warming up I had Tiriac's voice in

my head to make him look good. The match was great fun

and I put the ball onto his racket, over hit shots so they

would come off the back wall etc so as Vilas would run down

The name VITIS was made up of 3 well known tennis players … Guillermo Vilas (The V.I.) Ion

Tiriac (the T.I.) and Tim Sturdza (The S. ) and I was to play Qamar Zaman in the best of 3 and

then both Qamar and I would play Vilas.

I then had to play Vilas and we went straight back on to an incredible roar as he was a

seriously lovely guy, very fit and strong and had just come off losing the Final of the French

Open to Mats Wilander in 4 sets as well as being joint ranked number one in the world in

1977 with Borg and now in 1982 ranked 4th.

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Dean’s DiaryDean W

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He really was a great guy. I saw him many years later at the Oz Open tennis and we had a

chat and a drink or two ... it was so nice he remembered that night and it certainly made

Pamela's night !!

every ball. At the end of the one game when he fell into the corner exhausted he turned to

me and said that this game is seriously hard!!

That night at dinner he felt sorry for Pam and I that we had to get the train back to London

and he flicked his fingers and his manager came running and he disappeared only to come

back in an hour with 2 first class Swiss Air tickets back to London!!

Dean

Until next month

Squash

Flashback ...Guillermo Vilas v Dean Williams

Finally, a special thank you to Mike, Dave and Tim for a greatexhibition in the Cambridge Lightning Challenge (timed 20minute matches).

Well done and thank you to everyone who participated in the Cambridge ClubChampionships on the19th/ 20th of June. It was wonderful to see so many people thereon Friday and Saturday to celebrate a return to squash and getting together again. It wasalso great to see a few new faces coming in and enjoying their first squash tournament!

Congratulations to all the winners over the weekend in all divisions.

Mike took on the double challenge by playing back to back inthe morning and winning the challenge 39-18 (Tim) and 26-11(Dave). Dave and Tim played later in the afternoon with Dave

Congratulations to our Open Club Champions for 2020, Mark Bredmeyer and PascaleLouka. Mark had a tough battle ending in a nail-biter with Jamie Serra in the final (11-9,11-5, 4-11, 6-11 and 12-10). Pascale won all her matches 3-0 in the Ladies Open roundrobin to take the title.

Thank you to Mike Corren for promoting the event and organising the players and entries,not to mention making the cocktails at the after party! Thanks to Kane and Simmo forrunning the champs, supporting the club and cooking the curry! Also, a thank-you to themembers who helped on the day!

Mens Open Mens Division 1

1. Mark Bredmeyer 1. Brendan Marsh

2. Jamie Serra 2. Ryan Simon

3. Luke Austin 3. Bryce Braithwaite

Plate Winner Daniel Marsh Plate Winner: Daniel Richardson

Mens Division 2 Mens Division 3

1. Eric Marsh  1. Fred Treser

2. Simmo 2. Geoff Dwyer

3. Gareth Reed 3. Partick Stackhouse-Monson

Plate Winner: Andrew Skead Plate Winner: Jordan Powell

Ladies Open Ladies Division 1

1. Pascale Louka 1. Audrey Smith 

2. Lisa Christou 2. Tanya Chapman

Open Champ

Mark Bredmeyer

Open Runner Up

Jamie Serra

ThanksBryce

Michelle & RyanCambridge Club Captains

getting the better of Tim (32-11).

Our next big event at Cambridgeis going to be the WA Open onAugust 14th-16th, so please putthis date in your calendar now!

Take care and see you on courtsoon!

Open Champ

Pascale Louka

Div 1 Champ

Audrey Smith

Div 1 Runner Up

Tanya Chapman

Div 1 Champ

Brendan Marsh

Div 1 Plate Winner

Daniel Richardson

Div 2 Champ

Eric Marsh

Div 2 Plate Winner

Andrew Skead

Div 2 Runner Up

“Simmo”

Div 3 Champ

Fred Treser

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DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

WA Squash : : July 2020 EditionSWAN By Sue Hillier

Coaches Tim Cowell, Lindsay Crane and Sean

Brockman were visiting schools before COVID-19,

exposing primary students to our game. These

coaches take 2 inflatable courts to a school

coaching students through some skills and game play, adjusting the plans for each age group

whilst educating them on the Healthway message ‘Squash is Smarter than Smoking’.

The students have a great time and love the Inflatable courts. Tim Cowell covers all the

schools North of Perth and Brennan Pratt (from the well-known Narrogin Squash family) has

taken over from Lindsay covering the schools in the South. Sean continues to do the

schools in the Busselton-Dunsborough area.

If you would like WA Squash to visit your children’s

school please contact Sue Hillier at

sue.hillier@wasquash.asn.au

WA Squash would like to thank Healthway ‘Smarter

than Smoking’ for their continued sponsorship.

With restrictions lifted WA Squash have a record

number of schools signing up for the FREE

‘Smarter than Smoking’ Inflatable Squash

Program in the metro and Busselton areas.

WA Squash are pleased to announce that Stewart Boswell will travel to Perth in early 2021

for a weekend to run a camp for our top U23 players. Squash Australia have agreed to pay

for Stewart’s airfare which will reduce the cost paid by our players/parents immensely. WA

Squash have invited our top U23 players and hope that along with their coaches will attend

the weekend to gain some valuable information and/or to confirm they are on the right

track. The date will be dependent on COVID-19 restrictions.

Squash Australia ran a High Performance camp for Australian Juniors in January this year.

The camp was run by National Coach, Stewart Boswell along with Performance Pathway

Manager, Jenny Duncalf at Carrara in the Gold Coast. A few of our top juniors and their

parents made the decision to attend the camp at their own cost.

This event will be open to any qualified coach so they can gain some more education in

coaching squash – please contact Sue Hillier at should you be

interested.

sue.hillier@wasquash.asn.au

Squash Australia National Coach is coming to Perth

CALENDARTOURNAMENT

WA Squash : : July 2020 EditionSWAN

Broome InvitationalBunbury Junior Open

Geraldton Junior Open

Golden Junior Open

Geraldton Open

HEAD Junior Classic

The following tournaments were originally scheduled to be played in April and May2020, however, due to Covid-19 they were cancelled:

Golden Open

Interschool Squash Competition

Mandurah Open

South West Open

Masters Hilton ClassicNorth West JuniorNorth West Open

Katanning Junior (SGP)

As at the 10/7/20 the following events have been confirmed:

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Life Member Profile

Del MazzucchelliIn keeping with ourtheme of getting toknow our wonderfulLife Members thespotlight is on DelMazzucchelli for thisedition.

I was extremelyfortunate to have a lotto do with Del attournaments,pennants and to haveher as our State Teammanager on manyinterstate trips. Thesewere great trips andDel was highly respected as well as havinga wonderful sense of humour.

The highlight in Del's illustrious career as avolunteer was when Perth held the 4thWorld Women's Championships at the WASquash Headquarters at Curtin University.Del was the driving force for this majorevent and was on every committee whichorganised everything from media,accommodation, accreditation, practicecourts, transport, referees, draws, socialfunctions, VIP's, selling tickets, marketingand many more aspects.

The event has gone down as one of themost enjoyable the players have ever had.The event was won by the controversialplayer Vicki Cardwell (from Adelaide) whohad been banned for bad behaviour 2 yearsearlier so she wasn't able to play forAustralia in the Teams event but she couldplay as an individual. The AustralianWomen's team led by Rhonda Thorne wonthe title. So Del had a lot to deal with and

A very brief summary of Del's volunteerlife and achievements:

One of the committee of 3 who organizedthe highly successful Ladies Day League,at its peak boasting 32 divisions.

1975 – 1979 Manager of Ladies Senior andJunior State Teams. Also responsible forFund Raising.

Del's tireless work as a volunteer lasted fordecades and we still catch up with her asshe has so many lifelong friends fromsquash.

1973 Foundation Member of SquashWomen's Auxiliary. Started Squash Newsand became Publicity Officer and memberof Executive. Wrote a weekly article forThe Sunday Times.

did a superb job.

Del (and other lifemembers like AlanEast) started the WASquash news inaround 1973/4 whichwas eagerly soughtafter each month so asplayers could entertournaments and seetheir ranking and thepennant draw wasalso published in thismagazine. It was ahuge job as there wereover 70 clubs and over

3000 players playing each week inpennant. All this was done manually … nocomputers in those days!!!

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Life Member Profile

Del Mazzucchelli

In addition served on both the tournament andpennant committees during the mid-80's.

Life Member of Balga Squash Club after 8 yearsas Men's Club Captain.

1979 Played a major role in organising theAustralian Championships held at Balga SquashCentre as well as State Selector duties.

Around 1980 - Organised the original SeniorWomen's Competition that after a time morphedinto the Masters Squash.

1980 Chairwoman of the committee that hosteda Women's one off test match between Australiaand Great Britain in Perth.

1983 Oversaw all aspects of the Women's WorldChampionships that saw 8 countries competing inindividual and teams events in Perth.

1995 Awarded Life Membership of WA Squash.

A little slice of history from 1975!

Helen Muir,and Barbara Wall ...where did those 45 years go!

Del Mazzucchelli

2012 WA SquashHall of Fame Dinner

2020Maddington/Gosnells

School HolidayJunior Graded Squash Classic

Wednesday15th July, 2020

Sponsor: Maddington/Gosnells Squash Club Juniors

Fitzpatrick's Sports Centre

NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED

Fabulous prizesLunch for all players depending on Covid-19

Fun and games for every squash player

Entries close 5.00 pm Wednesday 2nd July, 2020

Lynn Marsh 0418 932389ENQUIRIES TO:

Lynn Marsh: Tournament Director: 04189 32389

Email entry forms to: lynnmarsh@westnet.com.au

Fees must be paid when sending entry to:Maddington/Gosnells Squash Club:

BSB: 306 097 A/C:417 648 4

HOST VENUE:

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The Squash Factory

Wangara is almost

back to normal,

with its junior

programs and

social days and

evenings back in

full swing. As

court

owners/operators

know, it has been

extremely hard

work for them and

their staff to keep

the centres Covid

19 compliant.

However, the hard

work has been

welcomed to get squash enthusiasts back on the court playing the sport they love. So it is good

news that WA continues to incrementally but continuously move forward with opening up

businesses and sport and recreations centres and activities.

What's next for Masters?

Friday 12 June saw a Masters Grand Re-Opening with the Battle of Brentwood. While the event

has already been held when you read this, you can look forward to some fun photos of the

evening's proceedings in the next issue of the SWAN.

Well! At last squash is back to some semblance of normality, here in WA at least. Social players

are back in droves, teams back to their training routines and pennants imminent. Great news

for the squash centre owners and operators, the players and, of course the sport.

This tournament will be held over the weekend of 25—26 July 2020. This is

an individual event, with players placed in divisions according to their

ranking. All details, and the entry form can be found on the WA Masters

website www.wamasterssquash.com

Email enquiries can be sent to

Terry Brookes on 0423 496 588.

wamstournament@gmail.com or contact

Entries close on Monday 20 July.

Following on from that, the Friday Night Masters season recommenced on 19 June at 7.30pm.

The cost remains at $12, which includes your squash and a sumptuous supper.

WA Masters Singles Tournament – Hilton Squash and Fitness Centre

WA MASTERS UPDATE By Janis Haswell

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!

2020 Master State Championships will be held over September 4, 5 and 6 at Squashworld

Mirrabooka, with entries closing on Monday 31 August. Please email

for entry forms and details.wamastersquash@gmail.com

Masters 40th Anniversary Dinner/Dance 2020

Masters will be heavily subsidising the evening keeping the ticket cost to only $35 per person

which includes a delicious three course dinner. A DJ will be busy keeping us all on the dance floor

and drinks will be available at the bar (bar prices). Bear in mind that numbers will still be limited

due to residual Covid restrictions, so register your interest as soon as you can. Please email Chris

Farley or phone on 0431 837 649 if you would like to be part of this once

in 40 years celebration.

charlief12@y7mail.com

A final note:

While life is returning to 'almost normal' here in WA, spare a thought for our Masters family in

other states, where the situation is not quite the same for them. If nothing else, this pandemic

experience brings into focus the importance of staying involved, and of valuing those people and

connections we can sometimes take for granted.

The 2021 Australian Masters Championships give us all something to really look forward to;

seeing our interstate long-time friends, having some great games and enjoying the fantastic,

festive atmosphere that is always part of the event.

In the meantime, get involved in all the events WA Masters is busy organising for us. And get

back to squash and help our squash business owners and operators keep their doors open for us.

29 August 2020 – Pagoda Ballroom

WA 2020 Masters State Championships

This is a fantastic occasion to celebrate in a year that has not held much in the way of

celebration for many, so let's make it a night to indeed remember. The evening promises to be

massive, with honoured guests attending, and some notable achievements recognised.

JUNIOR RANKINGSJuly 2020

Top 5

These WA rankings are extracted from the Squash Australia National Rankings (NR).

U11 Boys U11 Girls

1 Alexander Marsh

2 Sterling Slyth

3 Charlie Richardson

4 Tyler Stone

U13 Boys U13 Girls

1 Alexander Marsh 1 Maxine Salter

2 Eric Marsh 2 Jessica Jellis

3 Aiden Finlay-Mulligan

4 Will Rawling

5 Ashton Clement

U15 Boys U15 Girls

1 Daniel Marsh 1 Isla Harris

2 Alexander Marsh 2 Hannah Slyth

3 Jonathan Groenewald 3 Maxine Salter

4 Eric Marsh 4 Isla McMullen

5 Aiden Finlay-Mulligan 5 Jessica Jellis

U17 Boys U17 Girls

1 Greg Chan 1 Erin Classen

2 Oscar Curtis 2 Caitlin Pratt

3 Dylan Classen 3 Isla Harris

4 Kiran Byles 4 Hannah Slyth

5 Daniel Marsh 5 Maxine Salter

U19 Boys U19 Girls

1 Greg Chan 1 Erin Classen

2 Remi Young 2 Michaela Pratt

3 Oscar Curtis 3 Pascale Louka

4 Abel Jin 4 Caitlin Pratt

5 Dylan Classen 5 Isla Harris

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National Junior

Rankings - Top 5Rankings - July 2020

U11 Boys U11 Girls

1 Alexander Marsh WA 1 Madison Nargar NSW

2 Henry Kross NSW 2 Tina Ma VIC

3 Joel Roshan Raj QLD 3 Elizabeth Wang NSW

4 Kieran Willathgamuwa NSW 4 Lilly Wilson QLD

5 Daniel Lim NSW 5 Bella Mifsud VIC

U13 Boys U13 Girls

1 Alexander Marsh WA 1 Sarbani Maitra QLD

2 Eric Marsh WA 2 Maxine Salter WA

3 Aiden Finlay-Mulligan SA 3 Joanne Joseph VIC

4 Flynn Bartlett QLD 4 Charlotte Evans SA

5 Marcus Wang NSW 5 Hala Hegazy VIC

U15 Boys U15 Girls

1 Joshua Rahul Raj QLD 1 Maja Maziuk NSW

2 Daniel Marsh WA 2 Isla Harris WA

3 Aryan Madan SA 3 Courtney Scholtz VIC

4 Lachlan Walmsley NSW 4 Hannah Slyth WA

5 James Slade NSW 5 Sarbani Maitra QLD

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

THE WALLBACKWA SQUASH BOARD

M: 0447 674 161

Board Member: Raelene Marriott

E: glennhitch@switchconcepts.com.au

President: Glenn Hitch

Board Member: Carsten Frederiksen

Treasurer: Neil ButlerVice President: Leigh-Anne Kaye

Board Member: Trevor Cruickshank

Board Member: Deb Hoffrichter

Secretary: Katy Scott

WA MASTERS COMMITTEEChairman: Roger CampbellM: 0466 608 056

Treasurer: Terry Brookes

wamasterssquash@gmail.comSecretary: Graham Follington

Social Events: Chris FarleyCommittee Members: Ray Bell, Sharon Gilgallonand Ed Jennings

THANK YOU

General Manager:(08) 9225 72550403 008 777

Dean Williams

E: info@wasquash.asn.au

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