The Boast - August 2020

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The Boast | August 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.

Support for clubs - Covid-19

With the recent resurgence of Covid-19 in the community, Squash New Zealand has updated the Covid-19 webpage with up to date information for clubs.

Squash New Zealand Covid-19

As always, keep safe, follow government guidelines, and look after each other. We have made it through once, we will make it through again.

Squash NZ and Squash Player Magazine Partnership

Squash New Zealand are excited to announce our partnership with Squash Player Magazine. The partnership will allow squash players in New Zealand the opportunity to read the latest electronic version of Squash Player Magazine at no cost.

Squash Player Magazine have been covering Squash since 1971 and the current issue features none other than New Zealand Number #1 and World #5 Paul Coll

We look forward to bringing you the latest issue of the sports leading magazine. To access the magazine click the Squash Player Magazine image on our Website homepage, or follow the link here: Squash NZ and Squash Player Magazine Partnership.

Club Support Webinar

Calling all clubs! The second of the Club Support Series is on Innovation and how clubs can harness this for the betterment of their club. Watch the video here

Click the link to register for the discussion forum on the 24th of August here: Club Support Webinar Registration

Community Resilience Fund

Sport New Zealand has launched Phase 2 of their Community Resilience Fund. This fund is to help organisations that are struggling due to COVID-19 and provide much-needed financial support to play, active recreation and sport organisations. Applications are now open through your Regional Sports Trust. For more details see here: Community Resilience Fund

New Board members at Squash NZ

Squash New Zealand has appointed two new board members, Shiree Hart and Dame Susan Devoy.

Squash New Zealand are excited to work with both Shiree and Dame Susan as we continue to strive in growing the sport of squash in New Zealand.

To learn more about both Shiree Hart and Dame Susan Devoy visit: Squash NZ board announcement

Susie Simcock Memorial

A memorial celebration for Susie Simcok will be held on the 11th of September, at ST Mary's-in-holy Trinity Cathedral.

New Zealand Junior Nationals

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 : NZ Junior Nationals

New Zealand Secondary School Squash Championships

Over the weekend we had 48 teams attend the New Zealand Secondary Schools held at the Bay of Plenty region. Using the facilities of Devoy Squash & Fitness Centre, Mount Manganui Squash Club, and Te Puke Squash Club.
The event was the biggest event held so far in the COVID affected 2020 squash season, with the quality of squash showing how eager everyone was on getting on the court.
Congratulations to all those who competed over the weekend,
Huge thankyou to the team at the venues for creating a fantastic event that was loved by everyone who visited.

Girls winner : Whangarei Girls High School
Girls runner up: Havelock North High School

Boys winner: Mount Albert Grammar School
Boys Runner up: Tauranga Boys College

Full Results can be found here : NZSSSA Full Results 2020

SIJAG

A huge congratulations to all those who competed at the South Island Junior Age Groups in the past weeks, some great results and matchups led to fantastic squash. Squash City held a fantastic event, a huge thank you to all those who made it happen.

The Championship Winners for 2020 are:
U11 Girls - Casey Ellery (Canterbury)
U13 Girls - Aria Bannister (Central)
U15 Girls - Moriya Karati (Canterbury)
U17 Girls - Katie Templeton (BOP)
U19 Girls - Jena Gregory (Eastern)
U11 Boys - Zac Laing (Northland)
U13 Boys - Ashton Hansen (Southland)
U15 Boys - Chris Hebberd (Canterbury)
U17 Boys - Ryan Ko (Canterbury)
U19 Boys - Glenn Templeton (BOP)

AD LONG CUP

The AD Long Masters Club Teams Championships was held over the weekend at Pirates Squash Club, The event had it all! Squash, drinks, food, and good times for all. A huge thank you to all those involved in running a fantastic competition!

Congratulations to the winners and to all those who competed,
Section A
Winner: North Shore Squash Club
Runner up: Tawa Squash Club
Section B
Winner: Royal Oak Racquets Club
Runner up: Otago Squash Club

Coaching Framework

Squash New Zealand is excited to launch our refreshed coaching framework and Online Learning Platform. The framework has been developed in collaboration with our Coaches Advisory Group with input from Sport New Zealand. It describes the various coaching communities and the development opportunities associated with them. The framework introduces a blended learning environment which combines self-paced online modules with practical on court modules. To bring this learning environment to life Squash New Zealand has partnered with the Tarn Group to provide coaches with an online learning platform.

The online learning platform will provide coaches with access to online modules and resources related to the players they coach. Further modules will be progressively added. Head over to our new coaching webpage to access view the framework and access the online learning platform.

If you have any questions, please email coaching@squashnz.co.nz

Paul Coll on the return of the PSA

Paul Coll has admitted that with five of the seven tournaments announced for the provisional resumption of the PSA World Tour scheduled for Egypt, the sizeable contingent of star players from the Middle Eastern state dominating the top-10 of the men’s and women’s rankings will enjoy a home soil advantage.

While the resumption will get underway in Manchester on September 16, the CIB PSA World Tour Finals are expected to start in Cairo on September 28, the Egyptian Open runs from October 10, the El Gouna International is inked in for a November 14 commencement and the curtain comes down on the pre-Christmas schedule with the CIB Black Ball Open on December 12, again in the Egyptian capital.

To read the full article visit : Coll: Tour restart huge positive for all players

Upcoming PSA Tournaments in New Zealand

With the announcement that the PSA will be up and running again, we are excited to announce four new PSA Satellites will be hitting our shores over the next two months.
More information will be shared once we have it available, but circle these dates!

Aquaheat Henderson Open PSA and Doubles 3-5 September
Royal Oak Open 18-20 September
Browns Bay Open 25-27 September
Panmure Open 16-18 October

August Junior Ranking List

As of the 1st of August the Junior ranking list has been updated with some new faces. A huge congratulations for everyone making the list!

For the full list follow the link here : Junior Ranking List

PAUL COLL WR#5

CAMBELL GRAYSON WR#27

EVAN WILLIAMS WR#88

LWAMBA CHILESHE WR#150

ZAC MILLAR WR#201

UNDER 11: ZEZIMA WAITAI

UNDER 13: LIAM SMITH
UNDER 15: CHARLIE PRINCE
UNDER 17: JOE SMYTHE
UNDER 19: ELIJAH THOMAS

JOELLE KING WR#8

ABBIE PALMER WR#113

EMMA MILLER WR#115

ANIKA JACKSON WR#154

WINONA-JO JOYCE WR#245

UNDER 11: AGATHA GRIFFITHS
UNDER 13: ZOE LEPPER
UNDER 15: ELLA LASH
UNDER 17: SOPHIE HODGES
UNDER 19: ANIKA JACKSON

For a full list, visit our rankings page here.

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