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Northerns Juniors IPT team announcement

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

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NJSA Closed tournament results

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.

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Entries are open for the NJSA Closed tournament (Juniors)

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

  1. 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.

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NJSA Open graded tournament

This weekend the Northerns Juniors Squash Association hosted the Pro Kennex Graded Open.

  • 3 venues
  • 10 sections
  • 11 courts
  • 150 enthusiastic players
  • 300 anxious parents
  • 375 matches
  • 11 250 minutes of squash

All done and dusted in  2 ½ days. We want to thank Pro Kennex for the wonderful prizes as well as the players for their participation in which we had participants from Botswana, WC, KZN, NW, Easterns, Central Gauteng.

The final results of the tournament are as follows:

 

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Northerns Satellite 1 tournament 2019 – enter now

  • Date: 5-7 April 2019
  • Venue: Harlequins Squash Club, Pretoria
  • Playing times: Friday 5 April 17h00 – 21h00, Saturday 6 April 8h00 – 18h00, Sunday 7 April 8h00 – 13h00
  • Sections: Men A, B, C and a Ladies section subject to number of entries.
  • Closing date for entries: Monday, 1 April 2019 – 12h00.
  • 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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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.

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Important squash dates for January and February 2019

Welcome back to the Northerns Squash community after the holidays. The new season starts with a bang and there are a significant number of events scheduled for the first 2 months of the year. The calendar is full but some careful planning will let you get the most out of your squash year.

A comprehensive 2019 year planner for Northerns Squash is available on the Calendar page. Links to the full Squash SA and SA Schools calendars can also be found there.

Here are the highlights for January and February:

SENIORS:

  • 19 Jan – last day for club transfers
  • 22 Jan – last day to enter league teams
  • 29 Jan – Blitz league entries close
  • 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 19, 21 Feb – Blitz league dates
  • 15 & 16 Feb – Lower leagues Blitz tournament (5th to 14th league Men, Reserve to 2nd league ladies)
  • 27 Feb – Week 1 of Winter league starts

JUNIORS:

  • 25 to 27 Jan – Easterns Wilson Open tournament & KZN Open tournament
  • 27 Jan – Serious Fun tournament
  • 28 Jan – High Schools league entries close
  • 31 Jan – Bloemfontein Open entries close
  • 1 to 3 Feb – NJSA Round Robin tournament & Central Gauteng Open
  • 15 to 17 Feb – North West Open tournament & DSG Squash Festival
  • 11, 18, 25 Feb – High Schools league fixtures
  • 22 Feb – Serious Fun tournament
  • 22 to 24 Feb – Boland Open tournament

MASTERS:

  • NMSA Satellite 1 tournament MOVED to May.
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Big turnout at 2018 NSF Awards function

The Northerns Squash Federation held their annual awards function at the Voortrekker Monument on Thursday evening with a large number of people attending to celebrate the province’s success story of the 2018 season.

Northerns have had an exceptional season on all levels, especially at junior and senior level. The province won the Gary Thompson award for the most successful province at the senior Growthpoint IPT after winning the Men’s C & D sections and performing well in the other sections too. Individual players also won a variety of awards at the IPT.

The juniors weren’t far behind, winning 9 medals out of 13 teams that participated in the age group IPT’s, including 3 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze. A record number of 14 juniors made the SA Top 10 rankings and 3 Northerns players were selected to play in the WSF World Junior championships.

Here is a summary of the major awards for the evening:

MASTERS

  • Player of the year: Craig Ruane
  • Chairman’s awards: Anna Botha & Bertus Kruger

JUNIORS

  • Primary schools players of the year: Luhann Groenewald & Awande Malinga
  • u14 players of the year: Brett Mclachlan & Deneil Beukes
  • Senior players of the year: Mikael Clayton & Helena Coetzee
  • Chairman’s awards: Reece Mclachlan & Helena Coetzee

SENIORS

  • Blitz league winners: Harlequins (Ladies) & PCC (Men)
  • League winners: Harlequins (Ladies) & Uitsig (Men)
  • Growthpoint IPT Best of the rest: Callan Hall & Donna Lobban
  • Growthpoint IPT D section winners: James Terblanche, Jason Phillips, Wesley Daniels, Nico Ras, Wayne Muller
  • Growthpoint IPT C section winners:Mikael Clayton, Nell van der Merwe, Craig Ruane, Murray Schepers, Jarrad Rocher
  • Justin van der Merwe tropyhy: Mat Dewey
  • Pieter Bell trophy: Kundanji Kalengo
  • Uitsig trophy: SABS & SARB
  • Woody Kaiser trophy: PCC
  • NSA player of the year: Callan Hall
  • NSA Chairman’s award: Andrew Martin & Kyle Maree

NSF AWARDS

  • NSF President’s award: Mike Pierce
  • NSF player of the year: Craig Ruane

Here is a full list of all the award winners: NSF Awards 2018

Photos of the evening can be seen on https://www.northerns.co.za/galleries/2018-nsf-awards-function/.

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Notice of the NJSA AGM

Notice is hereby given of the NJSA AGM to be held at Pretoria Boys High School Old Boys Club, following directly after the conclusion of the AGM of the NSA that starts at 18h00 at the same venue. The NJSA AGM should start at approximately 19h00.

AGENDA
1. Welcome
2. Approval of the minutes of the previous AGM
3. Chairman’s report
4. Financial statements for the year ending 30 September 2018
5. Election of office bearers
5.a. Chairman and Vice chairman
5.b. Committee members
6. Appointment of Auditor for the ensuing year
7. General
8. Closing of the meeting

The following documents will  be available on the website (Juniors tab) from Monday, 15 October:
1. Minutes of the previous AGM
2. Financial statements of the NJSA (preliminary)
3. Treasurer’s report

The Constitution of the NJSA determines that the members of the NJSA are the Clubs and Schools with junior players as members, that have applied for membership and was accepted as members by the Association. The members’ representatives must attend the AGM and complete the business on the Agenda.

All parents are welcome to attend the AGM. If you want to nominate anyone for a position on the Committee, please send a mail to njsa@northerns.co.za.

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NSF Awards function 2018

The annual Northerns Squash Federation Awards function takes place on 1 November 2018 at the Voortrekker Monument. At the function the top performers of the Province will be honoured for their achievements through the season.

Here are a list of the highlights of the awards that will be made (not all listed):

  • NSA league winners and runners-up and the winners of league trophies
  • NSA merit awards – special awards from the Growthpoint IPT (previously known as the Jarvis/Kaplan tournament) and USSA tournament, team awards from the Growthpoint IPT, player of the year, NSA Chairman’s award
  • NMSA player of the year and Chairman’s award
  • NJSA merit awards, IPT winners, SA Top 10 players and SA team members to the Junior World championships
  • Northerns Squash Federation player of the year and President’s award.

Book your ticket at the following link and make payment of the R260 ticket fee to your club – bookings.

Check on the list below the form to make sure your booking was accepted. If you’re not on the list, please make another booking.