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Play in the NJSA Open tournament 26-28 January

Enter now for the NJSA Open round robin tournament from 26-28 January by completing the entry form on the NJSA tournament registration page.

Special for players from other provinces

In order to create a better opportunity for players from other provinces to participate in the tournament, the Northerns Junior Squash Association has arranged with parents of Northerns players to host visiting players for the duration of the tournament.

Visiting players will be received and collected from OR Tambo airport by NJSA representatives on the Friday afternoon and will be dropped off on Sunday. The NJSA representatives will ensure that players are booked in and safely on their way.

Parents of local players will collect the visiting players from the venue after their matches on Friday evening and ensure they are at the venue on Saturday and Sunday for their matches. Accommodation and meals will be provided by the parents.

Benefits for visiting players:

  • Get the chance to play against players from other provinces to improve your squash;
  • Gauge where you are early in the season to better prepare for ranking tournaments that follow soon;
  • You only pay for your flight, entry fee and spending money – no costs of accommodation, meals, flight and accommodation for an accompanying parent, car hire, etc.
  • Get more used to playing in different conditions than what you are usually accustomed to.

To make use of this offer, complete the entry form and indicate you will make use of the hosting. Further details will be arranged with you directly.

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NJSA Awards function 2017

On Sunday the annual NJSA awards function was held at the Midstream College Auditorium. Players were recognised for their achievements through the 2017 season.

Certificates were awarded for Invitation team colours to the players who participated in the Angela Difford u11 Festival and the Country Schools Festival. Certificates for full provincial colours were awarded to the teams that played in the IPT’s. All the schools league winners received trophies and certificates.

The function concluded with the prestigious merit certificates and trophies for exceptional performances. Here is the full list of winners (not including team member names):

PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Primary schools Girls B: Runners-up: St. Mary’s DSG, Winners: St. Mary’s DSG

Primary schools Girls A: Runners-up: St. Mary’s DSG, Winners: Midstream College

Primary schools Boys D: Runners-up: Midstream College, Winners: Wierda Park

Primary schools Boys C: Runners-up: Crawford College, Winners: Midstream Ridge

Primary schools Boys B: Runners-up: Anton van Wouw, Winners: Wierda Park

Primary schools Boys A: Runners-up: Midstream College, Winners: Midstream Ridge

 

HIGH SCHOOLS

Girls C: Runners-up: Pretoria Girls High, Winners: Pretoria Girls High

Girls B: Runners-up: Pretoria Girls High, Winners: Menlo Park

Boys u14 & u16 B&C: Runners-up: Menlo Park, Winners: Zwartkop

Boys u16 A: Runners-up: Midstream, Winners: Eldoraigne

Boys u19 C: Runners-up: CBC Mount Edmund, Winners: Menlo Park

Girls A: Runners-up: Zwartkop, Winners: Menlo Park

Boys u19 A: Runners-up: Menlo Park, Winners: Pretoria Boys High A

 

Dora Orban trophy for Girls interschools squash (Northerns Top Schools): Die Hoërskool Menlo Park

Tony Minnaar trophy for Boys interschools squash (Northerns Top Schools): Pretoria Boys High

Aiden Dixon trophy for best overall performance by a school in the league: Runners-up: Midstream (6 teams, average 9 points), Winners: PHSG (4 teams, average 9.5 points)

 

NJSA MERIT AWARDS

Girls u14 A – IPT winners
Awande Malinga
Catelin Robson
Zene Fourie
Shannon Fraser
Hannah du Toit
Judah Phillips Winner: SA Open 2017 Boys u11
Patrick Weir Winner: Bloemfontein Open 2017 Boys u11
Luhann Groenewald Winner: SA Open 2017 Boys u13
Winner: Africa Open 2017 Boys u13
Winner: Bloemfontein Open 2017 Boys u13
Awande Malinga SA Top 10 Girls u14
SA Invitational Team to Malaysia Girls u14
Catelin Robson SA Top 10 Girls u14
Gareth Craigen SA Top 10 Boys u14
Zene Fourie SA Top 10 Girls u14
Brett McLachlan SA Top 10 Boys u14
Damian Groenewald Winner: Africa Open 2017 Boys u15
Joha van der Merwe SA Top 10 Boys u16
Reece McLachlan SA Top 10 Boys u16
SA Invitational Team to Malaysia Boys u16
Blaine Verhage Winner: Africa Open 2017 Boys u19
SA Team to Junior World Championships Boys u19
SA Top 10 Boys u19
Helena Coetzee SA Top 10 Girls u19
SA Team to Junior World Championships Girls u19
Mikael Clayton SA Team to Junior World Championships Boys u19
SA Top 10 Boys u19
Winner: SA Open 2017 Boys u19

 

NJSA INDIVIDUAL TROPHIES

Most improved player – Girls Primary schools Ashton Weir
Most improved player – Boys Primary schools Kristian Theron
Player of the year – Girls Primary schools Awande Malinga
Player of the year – Boys Primary schools Luhann Groenewald
Player of the year – Girls u14 Catelin Robson
Player of the year – Boys u14 Damian Groenewald
Most improved player – Senior Girls Hannah du Toit
Most improved player – Senior Boys Rico Coetsee
Player of the year – Senior Girls Helena Coetzee
Player of the year – Senior Boys Mikael Clayton
Chairman’s Award – Girls Jana Coetzer
Chairman’s Award – Boys Blaine Verhage

 

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NJSA Awards function and AGM – Change of venue

Due the unprecedented number of people indicating that they will attend the function we’re moving it to a bigger venue. Thank you for the support, apologies for any inconvenience.

The NJSA Awards function and Annual General meeting for 2017 will take place as follows:

Date: Sunday, 5 November 2017
Time: 16h00
Place: Midstream College Auditorium
Dress: School uniform for players

Agenda and minutes of previous AGM is available on the Juniors page.

At the annual awards function we recognise top performances through the year and players who must attend are the following:

  • High Schools league winners – all leagues
  • Primary Schools league winners – all leagues
  • Invitational team players – Angela Difford u11 Festival & Country Schools Festival – all teams
  • Inter Provincial team players – all teams
  • SA Top 10 players
  • Winners of the following tournaments: a. Bloemfontein Open b. SA Schools Closed c. SA Open d. Africa Open
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NMSA Annual General Meeting for 2017

Herewith notice of the NMSA Annual General Meeting for 2017:

  • Date: Tuesday, 31 October 2017
  • Time: 18h00
  • Place: Pretoria High School Old Boys Club

Any nominations for Committee Positions to be submitted to masters@northerns.co.za
before or on Wednesday 25 October 2017.

THE 2017 NMSA COMMITTEE

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NJSA Start of Season tournament results

Upsets were the order of the day in the boys u19A section in the Start of Season tournament that took place from 8-10 September at PCC and PHSOB. It started with eventual winner Damian Groenewald, an up and coming u16 player beating the number 1 seed Zian de Swardt in the first round. The number 2 seed Joha van der Merwe also lost in the first round against Brenden Smit whose good run was ended by an ankle injury in the third round but not before he also had unexpected wins against De Swardt.

In the girls u19A section u14 star player Awande Malinga was 3rd, only losing to winner Helena Coetzee and runner-up Hannah McBride. Rico Coetsee caused some upsets to win the Boys u16A section from being seeded 5th. There were minor upsets in some of the other sections too.

With 10 players from Botswana, including 4 section winners and a number of players from other provinces the tournament was a big success. Now it’s hard work until the next Northerns tournament in January 2018 with a handful of outside tournaments and the Tuks High Schools Festival in between.

Here are the full results of the weekend:

All the winners at the tournament

 

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NJSA Start of season tournament

Here are the FINAL DAY draws for the NJSA Start of season tournament. Please adhere to the Conditions of entry and you’re specifically reminded of the following: Read more

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NMSA newsletter #6 – NMSA Closed tournament

The NMSA Closed was held at PHSOB from 7-12 August 2017. This was used by many as a last minute qualifying event for IPT selection.

–      There were 44 entrants. Six Ladies competed (1 invitational).

–      Round Robins were played in 8 sections. It was possible to schedule at least one Round Robin in each age group (except for 35-39 & 40-44 which were combined into one group, since only 2 entries were received in the first group). Read more

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Junior IPT results and SA rankings

During the school holidays the Northerns juniors participated in the Inter provincial tournaments all over the country. Northerns had decent results and brought home 5 medals in total of which 1 was gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. The u13 group did very well and won 3 of the medals.

The final positions of the Northerns teams can be seen in the table below and the full IPT results are available on the Squash SA website under Tournament results 2017.

Team Boys Girls
u19A 5 5
u19B 7 6
u16A 4 3
u16B 7 n/a
u14A 6 1
u14B 6 n/a
u13A 2 2
u13B 3 5

A number of players also made the top 10 SA rankings. Here is the full list of Northerns players below and the national list is available on the Squash SA website.

Age Nr Boys
u14 4 Gareth Craigen
u14 5 Brett McLachlan
u16 3 Reece McLachlan
u16 10 Joha vd Merwe
u19 1 Mikael Clayton
u19 3 Blaine Verhage
Age Nr Girls
u14 2 Awande Malinga
u14 6 Catelin Robson
u14 8 Zene Fourie
u19 2 Helena Coetzee
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NMSA Newsletter 3

NEWSLETTER #3 – MAY 2017

Dear Northerns Masters

  • CALENDAR 2017

Herewith an updated NMSA Calendar:

 2017 NMSA EVENTS
1 SATELLITE 1
DONE
2 SATELLITE 2
CANCELLED
3 CLOSED
Date   26 Jun – 1 July 2017
Format 1 Week. Finals over weekend, depends on entries
Cost R 200
Venue TBA
 4 SPONSORED LEAGUE (SL17)
Dates  Selected Friday Nights:  Jun –  9  & 23
                                           Jul – 28
                                          Aug –  4  & 18
                                         Sept –  1  & 22
Format 7 teams x 5 players – Singles and Doubles
Cost Permanent : R 250
  Reserves    : Official R75   Unofficial R100 (once off)
Venue PCC
SAM EVENTS
1 IPT – SINGLES
Date   8-12 Sept 2017
Venue Port Elizabeth
Cost TBA
2 IPT – DOUBLES
Date   8-12 Nov 2017
Venue Durban
Cost TBA
  • SATELLITE 2 (SL2)

Survey:   We thank all that participated in this survey.

The outcome was: Weekend Tournament : 20; Month Tournament: 12.

It was, however, decided to cancel this Tournament for 2017, since at this stage it cannot comfortably be introduced to the NSF calendar without any clashes.

  • CLOSED : Please note changed dates: 26 Jun – 1 July 2017
  • SPONSORED LEAGUE 2017 (SL17)

 Dates:  7 Rounds will be played, new starting date 9 June and ending 22 September (see Table above).

Entry for permanent positions is now closed – For a list of entries please click here: SL17 Entries 12May17. Please check whether your name is on the list if you have entered, if not please contact us immediately.

Official Reserves can still enter on: https://www.northerns.co.za/nmsa-documents/nmsa-tournament-page/

 Kind regards.

The 2017 NMSA COMMITTEE.