Enter for this tournament:
- Age groups: u11 to u19
- Date: 27-29 January 2017
- Place: Pretoria
- Closing date for entries: 22 January at midnight
Online entries only – click here to enter.
Here are the draws for the NJSA Primary schools league that starts on 12 October 2016:
Good luck to all the players!
JP Brits and Christo Potgieter will have a squash clinic at Uitsig Courts over the period 3-7 October 2016.
30 September – 2 October 2016
U11, U13, U14, U16 & U19 GIRLS
VENUE: St Mary’s DSG School
Entry form: St Mary’s DSG Girls Squash Open 2016 ENTRY
The inaugural tournament for the NJSA 2017 Season is done and we are humbled by the attendance and attitude of the players and parents. Almost 150 entries for a provincial tournament is an awesome achievement.
THANK YOU Easterns, Central Gauteng, Free State, North West and KZN for bringing players to Blue Bull Country.
Certainly one of the biggest entries experienced, learnings also dealt their hand, the odd miss-seeding or court timing, but for over 350 matches in 48 hours, it was a great experience for all. Massive respect for the Bloem Open.
And little word for a big heart to Cassie Liebenberg, our 6 year old that played his first official provincial tournament. Lost every match but had a smile of a champion!
NJSA is driving hard to increase the Marking and Refereeing standards, understanding of the rules and communication. We ask the parents to do the same. Encourage and support your kids, they just want to play and have fun, do the same. Please keep an eye on our website for future tournaments and lets support our other provinces and go play there, it is an NJSA IPT selection criteria, but more importantly an amazing experience.
Thank you again to all involved, a weekend that brought great memories.
Regards
NJSA Committee
Please note the following critical requirements:
- VENUES will be
- Pretoria Country Club (PCC): 241 Sidney Avenue, Waterkloof, 0181 (S 25° 47′ 28″, E 28° 15′ 04″)
- Pretoria High School Old Boys (PHSOB): 378 Queen’s Crescent, Lynwood, Pretoria (S 25°45’ 34”, E28°15’ 12”)
- Venue will have refreshments for sale
- ARRIVE at least 30 minutes before your allocated timeslot.
- Matches will commence IMMEDIATELY after the preceding match is completed. If both players are not available the next scheduled match will be played. We cannot wait for players.
- There are many SECTIONS this year and there will be CROSS POOL playoff’s (where applicable)
- Please REPORT to the control table upon arrival so that the court steward is aware you are at the venue
- Players WILL mark and referee (M&R) after their match. FAILURE may result in disqualification from the tournament and disciplinary action. A major focus for this season will be M&R and we are investing in ensuring we can assist and guide the players at every tournament.
- The players, marker and referee details must be completed on the SCORING SHEET
- Players playing the SECOND match of day must also M&R the first match of the day.
- The SCORING FORMAT will be
- U11 – u13: Best of 5 PAR 15 and the double yellow dot ball
- U14 – u19: Best of 5 PAR 11 and the single green dot ball
- PARENT involvement is not allowed during play. Any disruption may result in penalties being instituted against the player. We ask that the parents approach the tournament referee in the event of any incidences or enquiries.
- PRIZE GIVING will be at PCC after the final match on Sunday around 13h30. Prize winners MUST please attend otherwise they will forfeit their prize. Valuable feedback is also provided by the Tournament Referee.
This weekend is all about the players, so please encourage them, show enthusiasm of support, humble in victory and gracious in defeat.
Looking forward to a Happy Squashing Weekend:
Notes to the updated draws – this replaces all other draws issued or online:
- Due to over 10 withdrawals yesterday, after issuing the Friday draw, there have been changes so please study the draw carefully.
- It has been a long night and early morning so if unsure of anything please give me a call or even better WhatsApp me with your child’s name and age group.
- When checking the draw, check the numbers playing e.g. A1 v A4 or C3 v C2. This is the main indicator – in the event a name or two has got mixed up
Brett Cousins
Tournament organiser
The Tuks Inter High-Schools Festival will be held from 14 – 16 October 2016.
Last year we had 20 teams participating and we hope to include more teams from outside Pretoria this year. Teams consist of 4 players and can be made up of – Girls teams, boys teams or mixed teams are welcome.
To strengthen the standard of the weekend, we have also allowed players from non-squash schools to enter their own teams.
Accommodation and meals are available at the hpc (Emile Smith on 012 484 1700) or contact the TuksSquash office via email (tukssquash@up.ac.za) for more options
Entry form: 2016 Inter High-Schools Festival. More details on www.worldofsquash.co.za
Looking forward to hosting your team/s in October!
The tournament takes place from 9-11 September 2016. Open to all boys & girls u11 to u19. Closing date for entries is MONDAY 05 SEPTEMBER 2016 at 17h00.
Click on the link to Enter: https://www.northerns.co.za/njsa-documents/njsa-open-tournament-page/.
2016 has been a very good year for Northerns at the Junior Inter Provincial Tournaments. We sent 16 teams to the IPT’s. The format for the u11’s is a festival, with no medal winners announced. From a potential 13 teams, of which 2 were C-sides playing in the B-sections, the following 6 teams won medals:
GOLD: U16A boys, U14A girls, U13A boys, U13B girls
SILVER: U19A boys, U16B boys
The following players were selected for the SA team to Malaysia (Top 5 in each age group):
- U19: Callan Hall, Nothando Ntimane
- U16: Mikael Clayton, Helena Coetzee
The following players achieved SA Top 10 rankings (only age groups u14 to u19 have rankings):
- U19: Callan Hall, Nico Ras, Nothando Ntimane
- U16: Mikael Clayton, Stefano Pitsillis, Joha van der Merwe, Helena Coetzee
- U14: Valmé Webster, Jeanemie Vorster, Danica Capazorio
The full results of the Northerns teams were as follows:
| BOYS TEAMS | POS | GIRLS TEAMS | POS |
| Boys under 11 A | n/a | Girls under 11 | n/a |
| Boys under 11 B | n/a | ||
| Boys under 13 A | 1 | Girls under 13 A | 4 |
| Boys under 13 B | 4 | Girls under 13 B | 1 |
| Boys under 14 A | 7 | Girls under 14 A | 1 |
| Boys under 14 B | 8 | ||
| Boys under 16 A | 1 | Girls under 16 A | 4 |
| Boys under 16 B | 2 | Girls under 16 B | 4 |
| Boys under 16 C | 10 | Girls under 16 C | 8 |
| Boys under 19 A | 2 | Girls under 19 | 9 |
| Boys under 19 B | 5 |
The Northerns Juniors are gearing up for the Inter Provincial Tournaments that take place all over the country from this coming Saturday, 25 June to Wednesday 29 June. Below are the names of all the players that will represent Northerns in 18 teams.
The u11’s are playing in George, the u13’s in Port Elizabeth, u14’s in Johannesburg, u16’s stay in Pretoria and the u19’s travel to Paarl & Stellenbosch. We wish them all the luck on their quest for medals.
| Girls Under 11 | Boys Under 11 A | Boys under 11 B | ||
| Menine Muller | Liam van der Merwe | Louis Van Wyngaard | ||
| Jordin Phillips | Patrick Weir | Johan Coetzee | ||
| Jeanne Craig | Judah Phillips | Juan-Corne Brand | ||
| Erasel Boer | Kobus van der Merwe | Daniel van Wyk | ||
| Girls Under 13 A | Girls Under 13 B | Boys Under 13 A | ||
| Awande Malinga | Rachel Shannon | Damian Groenewald | ||
| Catelin Robson | Shannon Fraser | Brett McLachlan | ||
| Zene Fourie | Hannah Du Toit | Jarrod Cousins | ||
| Claudia Lock | Emma Shannon | Luhann Groenewald | ||
| Deneil Beukes | Ashton Weir | Hubert van Eck | ||
| Boys under 13 B | Girls under 14 A | Boys under 14 A | ||
| Aren Repko | Jeanemie Vorster | Rounen de Beer | ||
| Wouter Kuhn | Valmé Webster | Steyn van Wyk | ||
| Vincent Killian | Danica Capazorio | Rivoni Mathebula | ||
| Nathan Arnoldi | Kayla Murray | Divan Esterhuizen | ||
| Jacobus Botha | Ivanti Vorster | Calvin Botha | ||
| Boys under 14 B | Girls under 16 A | Girls under 16 B1 | ||
| Rico Coetzee | Helena Coetzee | Jana Coetzer | ||
| Udore Barwise | Shane Luyt | Lane Cornelius | ||
| Jesse Lessing | Sune Blignaut | Lara du Plessis | ||
| Dewald Opperman | Sascha Steyn | Erica Naude | ||
| Pieter Badenhorst | Carla Naude | Nicole Barwise | ||
| Girls under 16 B2 | Boys under 16 A | Boys under 16 B | ||
| Danelle Oberholzer | Mikael Clayton | Simon Miller | ||
| Elsjeri Prinsloo | Stefano Pitsillis | Brenden Smit | ||
| Miguel Oberholzer | Joha van der Merwe | Dian de Bruyn | ||
| Ilana Jacobs | Reece McLachlan | Jacqpierre Bleeker | ||
| Megan Richter | Zian de Swardt | Robert Howarth | ||
| Louis Henning | ||||
| Boys under 16 C | Boys under 19 A | Girls under 19 | ||
| Stiaan Louw | Callan Hall | Nothando Ntimane | ||
| Jean-Pierre van Wyk | Nico Ras | Bronwyn Doeg | ||
| Hein van Schalkwyk | Blaine Verhage | Tino Takawira | ||
| Nicholas Holtzhausen | Barry Coetzee | Jessica Colley | ||
| Corne Duvenhage | Henco Hefer | Danielle Venter | ||
| Zenrich Niemand/Andrew Murray | ||||
| Boys under 19 B |
| Jeandre Meyer |
| Rohan Meyer |
| Chris Minnaar |
| Neil van der Merwe |
| Wessel Oosthuizen |
| Wean van der Merwe |
