The Boast - July 2020

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The Boast | July 2020

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Welcome back to The Boast, your monthly news from Squash New Zealand on Events, Participation, Coaching, High Performance and more.

Squash New Zealand CEO moving on

Squash New Zealand CEO Jamie Tong has announced he will be moving on from his role. We acknowledge and thank Jamie for his contribution to our organisation throughout his two years with squash.

For more: Squash New Zealand CEO moving on

Squash New Zealand is looking for its next CEO

Squash New Zealand is currently looking for the next Chief Executive to help continue to take the sport to new heights.

A major focus of the role will be building a network of people in the squash community who can help drive the sport forward, developing and maintaining a spirit of cooperation and goodwill at all levels of the sport in New Zealand.

To learn more and to apply: Squash New Zealand is looking for its next CEO

Club Support Series

Coming off the informative webinar series ran by Squash NZ over the lock down period. We are pleased to announce an upcoming 3-part club support series.

The series will run from 3 topics, including a video and live webinar for each. We hope that all club representatives can hop on board and are helped by the information we wish to share.

Part one is out now! It covers: What do you need or not need?
For further information follow: Club Support Series

Upcoming Events

New Zealand Senior Nationals Individual Championships

The New Zealand Senior Nationals are quickly approaching! The event will be held at North Shore Squash club, and we can’t wait to see New Zealand’s best in action.

The event will kick off on the 28th of August for 3 days of the best squash in New Zealand!

This event is open to all players with a senior grade no matter your level Entries close August 3rd so get in quick!

To enter: New Zealand Senior Nationals

AON New Zealand Junior Nationals Individuals and District Teams

We are counting down the weeks before The Aon New Zealand Junior Nationals Individuals and District Teams. This event will be sure to bring some of New Zealands best Juniors together for an exciting long-weekend of squash!
Entries are now OPEN! So get in before September 10 here : Aon New Zealand Junior Nationals

Masters Club Team Championships
AD Long Cup

Get your team together and head on down to Pirates Squash club in Dunedin on the 31st - 2nd August.

Entries close on the 17th of July!
Don't miss out!

To enter and to learn more visit:
Masters Club Team Championships

New Zealand Masters
Individual and District Teams

Exciting news for our Masters!
The New Zealand Masters Individual and District Teams will be going ahead this October in Whangarei, Northland.

Stay tuned for more information shortly

Event Recap : North Island Junior Age Groups

Congratulations to all those who competed over the weekend at the North Island Junior Age Groups. The event was a huge success with some of the best squash so far this year and was run wonderfully by the team at Hamilton Squash and Rackets Club.

A huge congratulations to our winners and all those who competed over the weekend
U11 Girls - Agatha Griffiths
U11 Boys - Zezima Waitai
U13 Girls - Zoe Lepper
U13 Boys - Liam Smith
U15 Girls - Ella Lash
U15 Boys - Flynn Venmore
U17 Girls - Sophie Hodges
U17 Boys - Joe Smythe
U19 Girls - Natalie Sayes
U19 Boys - Elijah Thomas

Good luck to all those heading down to the South Island Junior Age Groups due to kick off on the 16th of July in Invercargill.

Sitting down with Lwamba Chileshe

We got to sit down with Lwamba Chileshe after spending lockdown in the UK before making his journey back to New Zealand.

We talked to him about his time overseas, how lockdown was, was the food in forced hotel isolation as bad as we heard? And what’s next for the world #150 and New Zealand #4

Sitting down with Lwamba Chileshe post UK lockdown

Squash squads are back in a big way

Squads are back! We saw a great turn out from some of our elite players as they get match fit with competitions coming week by week. These elite squash athletes will be eyeing up Senior Nationals in August, and any competition that stands in their way.

PAUL COLL WR#5

CAMBELL GRAYSON WR#27

EVAN WILLIAMS WR#88

LWAMBA CHILESHE WR#150

ZAC MILLER WR#201

UNDER 11: ZAC LAING

UNDER 13: LIAM SMITH
UNDER 15: NOAH THOMAS
UNDER 17: LEO FATIALOFA
UNDER 19: ELIJAH THOMAS

JOELLE KING WR#9

ABBIE PALMER WR#114

EMMA MILLER WR#116

ANIKA JACKSON WR#155

WINONA-JO JOYCE WR#246

UNDER 11: AMELIA HEWSON
UNDER 13: ZOE LEPPER
UNDER 15: SOPHIE HODGES
UNDER 17: NATALIE SAYES
UNDER 19: ANIKA JACKSON

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