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NMSA 2019 Open Results and pictures Posted
Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to the host Uitsig or a very successful tournament.
Masters IPT Selection Criteria (singles and doubles)
- You must be 35 on the 8th of September the current year
- You must annually register for NMSA R 125
- You must have an active NSF number and be in good standing with your club.
- You must have an active SA Squash number R120. You can acquire or verify at www.SportyHQ.com
- You must have competed in one of the NMSA tournaments in the specific year and have indicated that you are available for the IPT selection. The following NMSA tournaments is IPT qualifiers:
- 1 Open satellite tournament.
- 1 Closed tournament.
- NMSA Sponserd league series.
The team will then be selected from the masters that qualified and indicated that they are available for ITP team selection.
Singles.
Teams are selected by the age group and strength by the committee.
Doubles.
Teams approach the committee and if both entrants qualify they will be in the team. Remember there are mixed and single gender teams, you can play in both.
- Date: 31 May to 2 June 2019
- Venue: Collegians Squash Club, Pietermaritzburg
- Entry fees: R 575 per player (R 2 875 per team of 5)
- Entry closing date: 18 April 2019
Note! To represent Northerns Masters you will have to enter through NMSA with a NSF and Squash SA Number.
Entry form – Click here.
NMSA Invite all masters to enter our satellite open tournament.
- Dates: 3 – 5 May 2019 (Friday – Sunday)
- Venue: Uitsig Squash Club
- Entry fee: R 150
- Closing Date: 2019/04/28
This is a selection qualifier for the Masters IPT held in Pretoria in September this year
DATES: Thursday 4 April to Sunday 7 April
ENTRY FEE: R350-00 ENTRIES CLOSE: TUESDAY 26th March 2019
ONLY ENTRIES WITH PROOF OF PAYMENT WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE DRAW !
BANKING DETAILS: Standard Bank, Branch Code: 000205,
A/C Name: Parkview Squash Centre,
A/C No: 000184071
Payment Reference: Initial and Surname
Age Groups available:
MASTERS MEN : 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50- 54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 and over
MASTERS WOMEN : 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65 and over
An sms with your 1st match time will be sent to you by 2nd April but if you have any queries please call 011 646-2051 or Angie on 082321265
Note!
This tournament is a selection qualifier for the Masters IPT in Pretoria (6-10 September) this year, so please notify us of your entry at masters@northerns.co.za.
- 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.
Northerns Masters players who want to play in the Dave Short tournament are reminded that entries must be done through NMSA and not directly – mail to masters@northerns.co.za.
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.
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/.
