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Enter for the Northerns PSA Closed Satellite tournament

Enter now for the Northerns PSA Satellite tournament.

  • Date: 8-10 March 2019
  • Venue: Pretoria Country Club, 241 Sidney Street, Waterkloof, Pretoria
  • Playing times: Friday 8 March 17h00 – 21h00, Saturday 9 March 8h00 – 17h00, Sunday 10 March 8h00 – 13h00
  • Sections: PSA Men section – $1000 prize money; PSA Ladies section – $500 prize money; Non-PSA sections subject to number of entries.
  • Closing date for entries: Friday, 1 March 2019 – 12h00. Extended to 15h00.
  • Convenor: Blaar Coetzee – 082 781 6917
  • Any queries should be directed to the convenor at blaar.coetzee@theprofessional.co.za

CLICK HERE to enter.

 

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NSA Blitz league 2019 final results

On Thursday night it was PCC and Harlequins who walked away with the winners’ trophies for the Men and Ladies 1st league sides respectively, after a hard fought 7 rounds of Blitz league.

PCC beat Centurion 13-3 with only Sam Siame bending the knee against JP Brits in the number 1 position, losing 1-3. The rest of the PCC team of Nell van der Merwe, Mikael Clayton and Craig Ruane all got the better of their Centurion counterparts Jason Phillips, Xander Robinson and Pieter Albertyn and the scores were 3-0 in all 3 those matches.

Harlequins Ladies narrowly beta Tuks 8-6 in the last round of the ladies Blitz round robin to take honours with 54 points, 14 ahead of Tuks in second place.

In the new Men’s reserve Blitz league PHSOB beat Uitsig by 16-3 in the final.

Here are the full results of the 2019 Blitz league: Blitz League 2019.

Blitz league results

Tuesday evening saw Centurion and Pretoria Country Club emerging as the winners of their respective semi-finals in the 2019 Blitz league for 1st teams. They will play in the finals on court 1 at PCC on Thursday. The two Uitsig teams will contest the 3/4 play-off on court 4.

In the men’s Reserve league it will be Uitsig against PHSOB on court 3 at PCC on Thursday after they defeated Tuks and CSIR respectively in the semi-finals. These two teams will be in action on court 6 in the 3/4 play-off.

The ladies will play their last round in the round robin in what is effectively a final, since Harlequins and Tuks are the leading two teams after the first 4 rounds. They will play on court 2, with CBT v PCC on court 5 in a match that could determine who ends 3rd.

There will be a short prize giving function after the finals.

Here are the full draws with results to date: Blitz League 2019.

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Lower League Blitz tournament

The inaugural Lower League Blitz tournament ended on a high note on Saturday when all the finals were played at PHSOB. The format was Swiss pairing draws of 8 in 5 sections, which meant each player had to play 3 matches – 1 on Friday and 2 on Saturday.

The winners of the 5 sections are pictured below, and here are the full results of the tournament: NSA Lower League Blitz 15-16 Feb 2019.

Winners from left to right (section in brackets): Warren Mallon (B), Jesse Lessing (A), Karen Claasen (E), Neville Sullivan (D) and Stefan Pieterse (C).

 

Northerns ladders

In accordance with the Northerns participation and selection criteria for 2019 the preliminary ladders were compiled from positions at the time of the 2018 Growthpoint Interprovincial tournament and subsequent league results.

Clubs are requested to submit further results from internal competitions like club championships and play-offs for league teams to the Northerns administrator at admin@northerns.co.za to be taken into account to finalise the ladder before the 2019 league starts. Blitz league results will also be taken into account but any historical results received after the start of the 2019 league on 27 February will not be considered.

Once finalised the ladder will be shown with and without external players. For now the combined ladder is shown.

Players are reminded to familiarise themselves with the requirements to represent the province this year.

The full ladder: NSA ladder 4 Feb 2019

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NJSA Open Round Robin tournament final results

The NJSA Open Round Robin tournament was concluded on Sunday with the final round of squash matches that always prove to be the toughest of the lot. This time didn’t disappoint, with hotly contested “finals” throughout the day.

The round robin format ensured hard matches in all the rounds and the eventual winners in the different age groups were (Northerns unless indicated otherwise):

  • u11: Christian Swanepoel & Inge Hamm (NW)
  • u13: Juan-Corné Brand & Anke Garbers (NW)
  • u14: Judah Phillips & Jordin Phillips
  • u16: Ethan Robinson (Eas) & Elske Garbers (NW)
  • u19: Damian Groenewald & Helena Coetzee

Here are the complete results for the tournament. Photos of all the prize winners are on the Galleries page.

Some of the players and spectators that attended the prize giving on Sunday.