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2026 Squash SA Junior Top 10 Rankings

Northerns Junior Squash Celebrates 16 Players in Squash SA Junior Top 10 Rankings

Congratulations to all players ranked in the official Squash SA Junior Top 10 Rankings for 2026.

We are especially proud to celebrate 16 Northerns Junior players across the different age groups who have earned a place in the official Top 10 rankings.

The annual rankings reflect players’ overall performance throughout the season and are not based solely on their final tournament standings. SportyHQ rankings, head-to-head results and tournament performances were taken into consideration when determining the final rankings.

A huge congratulations to all the players who made the 2026 Squash SA Junior Top 10.

Your hard work, commitment and performances throughout the season are a wonderful achievement and a source of pride for Northerns Junior Squash.

Well done to our 16 Northerns players — we are proud of you!

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2027 NJSA Start of Season Open Tournament

A great start to the 2027 Junior Squash Season 🌼

The 2027 NJSA Start of Season Open Tournament came to a close in Pretoria yesterday after a weekend of competitive squash, good sportsmanship and wonderful support around the courts.

With 143 players competing across the U11 to U19 age groups, it was encouraging to see both the quality of squash at the top end of the tournament and the enthusiasm of the younger players coming through.

Congratulations to all our winners and runners-up — and equally, well done to every young player who competed, marked, refereed, supported an opponent and contributed to the spirit of the tournament.

NJSA’s purpose is not only to organise tournaments. We want to promote and grow junior squash, create opportunities for young players to develop, and foster sportsmanship and fairness both on and off the court.

A sincere thank you to the tournament organisers, officials, venues, coaches, parents and supporters who made the weekend possible.

We look forward to seeing these young players continue to grow through the 2027 season.

Play the game. Respect the game. Grow the game.

🌼 Home of the Daisy

#NorthernsSquash #NJSA #JuniorSquash #SquashSouthAfrica #YouthSport #Sportsmanship

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2025 Junior IPTs – Prize Winners

U19 – Stellenbosch
🥈 Silver – U19A Girls

U16 – Bloemfontein
🥇 Gold – U16A Boys
🥇 Gold – U16A Girls
🥇 Gold – U16B Boys

U14 – Joburg
🥉 Bronze – U14A Boys
🥉 Bronze – U14A Girls

U13 – KwaZulu-Natal
🥇 Gold – U13A Boys
🥇 Gold – U13A Girls
🥇 Gold – U13B Boys

U11 – Development and Joy in Limpopo
Polokwane hosted the U11 in a development-focused event. While no medals are awarded at this level, the performances were nothing short of golden.

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2024 WSF World Junior Squash Championships

Sportsman of the Tournament: Team Award
🇿🇦🇿🇦 South Africa Men’s Junior Team 🇿🇦🇿🇦
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TuksSquash Open Day

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.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C8ofh-8oivx/?igsh=cHl4ZmFweDN4ZDFo

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2024 SA SCHOOLS IPTs

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.

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SA Schools Top 10 announcement

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

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NJSA Raffle Winners

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