Sportsman of the Tournament: Team Award
South Africa Men’s Junior Team 
South Africa Men’s Junior Team South Africa Men’s Junior Team Calling all prospective students to come and meet and greet our USSA National Champions.
An open day is scheduled for Saturday, 03 August 2024.
Come and see what makes them Champions.
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The highlight every year for our players is being selected for their province and then participating in the IPTs hosted in various provinces for each age group.
This year was no exception and Northerns players represented their province with distinction. Northerns also hosted the u16 IPT in Pretoria and I am proud to say that the organisation was extremely professional and well-planned.
We thank the NJSA committee for the efforts to stage the tournament and in particular the efforts of Gerda, Reinhardt and Christo for the daily management and streaming of games. I would also like to thank the schools and clubs who made their courts and accommodation available:
Accommodation:
Die Hoërskool Menlopark
Courts:
Pretoria Country Club
Harlequins Squash Club
Pretoria High School Old Boys Club
CBC Squash Club
We also thank Reinhardt Falk, Gerda Dreyer, Christo de Wet and all the stewards and helpers who made our local IPT a great success.
Four of our teams took home medals:
U14 A Boys – Gold
Déwan Borstlap
Mangaliso Mbatha
Bevan Garlick
Johannes Badenhorst
Evan Janse van Rensburg
U13 A Girls -Gold
Chanel Leppan
Alyssa Arcangeli
Mia Bakkes
Hannah-Grace Havinga
Lize de Bruin
U16 A Girls – Silver
Starla Phillips
Anushka J van Rensburg
Teonie Badenhorst
Sarah de Villiers
Amelia Lubbe
U16B Girls – Bronze
Shannon Render
Kathleen de Kock
Kaleigh Reddy
Leila Retief
Nickezel Grobler
The u11s are a festival and thus no official results, but feedback was good and our future is secure from the young ones.
Congratulations to all participants and medalists.
SA SCHOOLS TOP 10 ANNOUNCEMENT
It is with great pleasure to release the SA Top 10 rankings for 2019 – u14, u16, u19. The SA Schools selectors have taken not just days, but weeks to get to the final rankings which has been thoroughly researched.
Congratulations to 16 NJSA players who, through their the hard work and dedication were selected.
Congratulations to all the players
NJSA Committee
Please find the NJSA Raffle Winners below:
- Lisette Cousins (Sold by Sean Quinn – u13): 2 night stay for 2 at Shepherd’s Tree Game Lodge – R18,000
- Marita Enslin (Sold by Scott Radley – u14): 2 night stay for 2 at Ivory Tree Game Lodge – R16,000
- Adele du Rand (Sold by Jeanine du Rand – u13): iPhone X – R15,000
- Gordon Hollamby (Sold by Shane Grant – u13 ): Huawei Handset – R4,000
- Connor Essex (Sold by Rounen de Beer – u19): Huawei Tablet – R4,000
The committee wishes to thank ALL participants for supporting NJSA and their players in realizing the dream to represent Gauteng North.
97 individuals comprising of 20 teams took on the rest of the country claiming 10 medals. This is a fantastic output and without your support, to many players, this would have remained a dream.
Thank you once again to everyone who supported our players.
NJSA Committee
We are delighted to announce the following 20 NJSA Teams to represent Northern Gauteng at the annual Inter Provincial Squash Festivals / Tournaments running from 15 – 19 June 2019.
Congratulations on the players who were selected. An email will have been sent to the selected player’s parents. If not received, please urgently email NJSA@northerns.co.za.
The Festivals / IPT will take place at the following venues this year and more detailed information will be sent to you soon; however, we can confirm the costs, as indicated below.
| Age | Event | Venue | Dates |
| u11 | Angela Difford u11 Festival | George | 15 – 18 June |
| u13 | Sally White u13 IPT | Pretoria | 15 – 19 June |
| u14 | Marge Taylor u14 IPT | Paarl | 15 – 19 June |
| u16 | SA Schools u16 IPT | Bloemfontein | 15 – 19 June |
| u19 | SA Schools u19 IPT | Cape Town | 15 – 19 June |
Players are to confirm their participation by Tuesday 12h00 by signing the sent acceptance form.
The NJSA capping ceremony will take place on Sunday 19 May at 16h00 in the school hall at Midstream College. Please arrive from 15h30. Dress code is formal school uniform. Team managers will be announced at the capping ceremony.
The teams are listed below, in playing order. Chairman’s challenges will determine the final positions in the teams where needed.
Congratulations to all the players
Regards
NJSA Committee 2019
As always the Northerns Junior Closed tournament was a tense affair with players using the last chance to improve or consolidate their positions on the provincial ladder in order to get selected to the provincial teams.
The selection criteria takes into account each player’s record against the others over the whole season, starting with the Start of season tournament in September and culminating in the NJSA Closed. The committee met right after the prize giving to select the teams and invitation letters went out on Monday (see the announcement elsewhere on the website).
In all the excitement, let’s not forgive who were crowned the NJSA champions for the year:
| Winners | Boys | Girls |
| u19 | Reece Mclachlan | Helena Coetzee |
| u16 | Damian Groenewald | Awande Malinga |
| u14 | Luhann Groenewald | Jordin Phillips |
| u13 | Patrick Weir | Chanté Leppan |
| u11 | Wian de Bruin | Elzandri Janse van Rensburg |
Here are the full results of the tournament:
Congratulations to all the players with a great tournament. All the prize winners pictured below.
NORTHERNS CLOSED TOURNAMENT
10 – 12 May 2019
Boys & Girls u11 – u19
Open ONLY to PAID UP NJSA REGISTERED Players
This is a COMPULSORY TOURNAMENT for National IPT Selection
No SPECIAL REQUESTS can be accommodated
- Closing date for entries:
- 20h00, Monday 06 May 2018
- NJSA Players must be REGISTERED and PAID Up for the 2019 season.
- Online entries are the only accepted form of entry and late entries will not be accepted.
- If you DO NOT RECEIVE a confirmation e-mail (check your email spam as well); then check the website for your entry confirmation (at the bottom of the online entry form).
- If you cannot find your entry, re-enter immediately.
- Squash SA registration (fully paid) is compulsory (u13 to u19).
- Tournament Organiser: Brett Cousins: bcousins@cellc.co.za.
- Method of communication is email: njsa@northerns.co.za.
ENTER ON THE NJSA TOURNAMENT PAGE.
