The 2019 Smarter than Smoking Inter-school Championships are on 2 and 3 July and the Smarter than Smoking State Junior Championships are on 6 – 9th July. Both events will be at Squashworld Mirrabooka.
Tobacco smoking is the largest single preventable cause of death and disease in Australia today. Not only is smoking dangerous for your health, being active is a lot harder if you smoke.
Be your best on and off the court: Be smarter than smoking
Greg Chan and Ben Houston
At the recent Squash Australia Awards night (22 June) WA Squash Juniors Greg Chan (currently training at Squash Australia) and Oscar Curtis along with Qld Ethan Eyles were in contention for the Commonwealth Games
Association Award for Junior Male Athlete of the Year.
This was judged upon: results at National level events and WSF junior ranking events, results at local and state title events, rate of improvement throughout the judging year and actions on court – courteous and polite. This award was 25% public vote and 75% High Performance Working Group vote.
Greg Chan was voted the winner with presentations by Ben Houston from the Commonwealth Games Association.
This is just a reminder that the WA Junior State Individual Championship entries close Friday 14 June. Please email your entries to info@wasquash.asn.au
Australian Masters Championships will be held in the Gold Coast from 2 September to 6 September for the Individuals. The teams series are held from 9 September to 13 September Australian Masters Entry Form
If you are interested in entering the Australian Masters please complete this form 2019 Intention tto compete Aust Masters
For further information regarding the Australian Masters here is their link.
https://amsc.australianmasterssquash.com.au/2019-home/
content/uploads/2019/05/Masters-State-Entry-Form.pdf” title=”Masters State Entry Form”>Masters State Entry Form
Please click link for the Junior Open 2019 Grays Bunbury Junior Open
Please click link for the Senior Open 2019 Southwest Open (Senior)
Erin Classen made history last weekend, being the youngest player ever to win the WA Open at the age of 14. Classen who was recently selected by Squash Australia to attend the World Junior Championships in July has been training hard and displayed great maturity to win her first WA Open Title defeating Leigh-Anne Kaye 15-10, 15-10, 13-15, 15-11.
Mike Corren won his eighth WA Open Title and is on his way to equaling the 9 year record held by Dean Williams. Corren defeated his training partner Dave Ilich 11-6, 11-4, 11-2.
The event was held to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cambridge Squash Centre where so many past champions have come from including Dean Williams, Chris Van Nierop, Lorraine Collins, Bob Meuleman, Helen Collins, Deb Majteles, Sue Hillier (Carter) and most recently Mike Corren. The event was proudly sponsored by GOW Property Management Specialists.
For more results: https://www.sportyhq.com/tournament/view/2019-WA-Open
The Wickham Squash Club courts were undergoing a refurbishment program and it was with great anticipation that the new courts would be opened and ready to play on . Sadly this was not to be as the courts need further work to be of acceptable standard.It is with great sadness that this event is cancelled .
It’s held at Mirrabooka on the same weekend as the Open tourmanent. Plenty of squash to be had for Parents and Juniors alike! To enter the OPEN follow this link
