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Results of the NJSA Open

Please find attached results from this weekend’s tournament – NJSA Open results March 2016.

Thank you once again for your commitment and albeit we did have a few withdrawals the weekend turned out to be a good one for those in attendance.

This tournament was a little different with a lot fewer top ranked players (They played in the Bloem Open last weekend and are playing in the SA Schools Closed this weekend).

The result thereof was to allow our mid to lower players to compete for honours and a little glory this year.

The Swiss Paring did create some confusion as it was probably the 1st time for many however, once again it puts a different perspective to the weekend, creates opportunities for players who ordinarily do not play, to play against each other and provide a few “shock” results, which it did!

The SA Country Festival takes place 29 April – 01 May and our organiser will be in touch shortly regarding participation, costing, logistics etc.

Please diarise 06 – 08 MAY which is the NJSA Closed Tournament.  A COMPULSORY Tournament for provincial selection all our top players will be back and we want all of this weekend’s attendee’s to participate as well.

Thanks once again for the weekend, keep the kids practising and on the courts, see you around the various clubs and at the Closed in 2-months’ time.

Regards

Brett Cousins

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NJSA Open draw March 2016

I need to STRESS that the approach to be taken going forward will be a lot stricter with respect to applying special requests.  This tournament format does not allow for requests and I had to exclude half a dozen players from this weekend.  This was the reason for the delayed release for Friday.

The formats vary based on age group so please study your sections.  The various formats are

  1. Round Robin (RR): The std format we have used this year
  2. Swiss Pairing (SP): Seeded section, winners keep the higher seeded position to the next round and the loser the lower seeded position.
  3. Combo (SP & RR): Rounds 1 & 2 are SP and then the section is divided into Pools and RR follows
  4. Prelim: Some sections has Prelims to ascertain the final seeding and then the section follows either 1, 2, or 3 above

So we are trying to make it fun and a little different and hopefully keep up the player excitement.

This tournament is sandwiched between two major schools tournaments – the recently held Bloem Open (which attracts 500 players!) and the SA Schools Champs (Top 4 per age group per province attend).  Therefor this weekend provides a great opportunity for the mid to lower seeded players to really show their mettle and challenge for a placing and some prize money; so as parents, please encourage; don’t discourage.  Every child is giving their all, lets support this.

Fundamentals:

  • Two venues (PCC and Pretoria High School Old Boys) are being used so please pay attention to which venue you have been allocated
  • Please report to the court supervisors table before your 1st match of the day so they are aware you are present
  • Arrive at least 30 minutes before your scheduled match
  • Losers mark and Winners ref the match immediately following theirs
  • Players playing the 2nd scheduled match of each day must please arrive early and Mark the 1st match of the day
  • Court Supervisors will be on duty and are the ONLY authorised personnel to assist with marking
  • The Tournament Referee’s decision will be considered final

As I have mentioned before, the tournament is about the players, not the parents so please respect the players and court supervisors.

Do not interfere with the marking, rather call a court supervisor.

Have fun…let your child enjoy the weekend, it is tough on the court so make it easier for them off the court by showing your gratitude.

NJSA Open 2016 Friday Draw

Brett Cousins

NSA Satellite tournament

  • Date: 18-20 March 2016
  • Entries close: 11 March 2016
  • Venue: Pretoria Country Club
  • Convenor: Mark Southwood (082 705 5064)
  • Any queries should be directed to the convenor

Enter on the NSA tournament page under the tournaments tab.

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Results of the NMSA Satellite 1 tournament

Mike Willson beat Yusuf Timol 3-2 in a thrilling final of this weekend’s NMSA Satellite 1 tournament. Gielie du Toit took a 3-1 win over Alan Courtney for 3rd place while Freddy Lapage won 3-1 against Warren Chapman in the plate final.

Here are the full results: NMSA 2016 Sat 1 results.

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Enter now for the NJSA Open 11-13 March 2016

NORTHERNS JUNIOR OPEN TOURNAMENT

11-13 March 2016

Boys & Girls Under 11 – Under 19

Open to all junior players. Enter now – click on the link.

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NJSA Round robin open final results

Please finds attached the various age group placings.

On behalf of NJSA a big thank you to the players and parents.  These weekends are long and the patience of the parents was unwavering!  The kids just want to get onto the court an play but the manner in which everyone partook in the weekends matches, behaved and waited patiently for their turn to play bodes well for the future of Junior Squash.

To our travellers, we trust you have arrived home safely and thank you for taking the time, effort and cost to meet and mingle with our Northerns Juniors.

To PCC and PHSOB, thank you for the use of your facilities.

To the new players who entered their first tournament, well done.  It is the first and the boldest step you can take towards the introduction to competitive squash.  Every other player also played in  their first tournament some time or another and  even though results may not have necessarily gone your way,  the experience gained is priceless and makes you stronger for the next event….so keep coming back!

Lots of learning took place both on and off the court:

Referees:

  • Watch the 5 min warmup ie you need to be there during the warm up
  • Watch the 90 seconds break between games
  • Don’t be afraid to call a stroke and even a No Let
  • Be consistent with your calls

Markers:

  • Loud and clear scoring
  • Get the scoresheets to the supervisor immediately after the match

Players:

  • Warm up (players should be warm and ready.  A lot of them take the 1st game to warm up)
  • Stretch down (yip, after the match)
  • Keep positive
  • Some calls are tough but a referee does not make errors on purpose
  • Thanks the markers and referee’s after your match, remember you up next.

I saw a lot of honesty this weekend ie players immediately stopping if there was a double bounce.  Thank you, that’s what sportsmanship is all about.

There seemed to be happier faces as well.  We play hard, play to win but we play fair and play to have fun!

Till the next time, keep those racquets swinging and legs turning…squash is an amazing game and your kids are lovin’ it!.

Regards

Brett Cousins

NJSA Squash

PICTURES OF THE WINNERS:

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NJSA Open Round Robin tournament

NORTHERNS JUNIOR OPEN ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT

29 – 31 January 2016

Boys & Girls Under 11 – Under 19

Open to all junior players. Closing date for entries : SUNDAY 24 JANUARY 2016 at midnight. Entries must be made online by completing the form here.  No late entries will or can be accepted!

Enter the In2Squash Doubles tournament

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NJSA Start of the season tournament results

The NJSA start of the season tournament took place this past weekend and more than 130 players participated. There were many players from other provinces including Gauteng, Easterns, WP and even from Botswana.

Here are the different age group winners and runners-up:

Girls
u11/13 A 1 Awande Malinga Northerns
2 Catelin Robson
u11/13 B 1 Leungo Katse Botswana
2 Kiyari Mohan
u14/16 1 Sune Blignaut Northerns
2 Carla Naude
u 19 1 Jemma Warsop Gauteng
2 Chadiwa Moyo
Boys
u11 1 Iwan v Eeden Northerns
2 Patrick Weir
u11 B 1 CA Froneman Northerns
2 Juan-Corne Brand
u13 1 Damian Groenewald Northerns
2 Luhann Groenewald
u13 B 1 Tumelo Malete Botswana
2 Matt de Villiers
u14 1 Kyle Holloway Northerns
2 Rivoni Mathebula
u16 1 Mikael Clayton Northerns
2 Stefano Pitsillis
u19 1 Theo Pelonomi Botswana
2 Heinrich Groenewald

Download the NJSA START OF SEASON 2015 PLACINGS here. Below are pictures of some of the winners with tournament organiser Brett Cousins:

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NJSA start of season full draws finalised

Please find the complete draw and Court Allocations: NJSA START OF SEASON 2015 DRAW PLAYERS. Court allocations: NJSA Court Allocation 2015.

  • This indicates all players 1st Round matches and full draws for the weekend.
  • We had another injury withdrawal SO u16 Boys, the players that end in the 25 – 32 section after the 1st round will revert to a Round Robin Format.  The tournament organiser will release that draw this evening but your matches remain as is for tonight (Friday).
  • It also indicates ALL of Friday’s matches so some players will have more than 1 match on Friday.
  • There is a court allocation schedule that is colour coded per age group and is numbered, indicating the Match Number that will correlate to the detailed draw.

The following sections are being played

  • Boys
    • u11, u13, u14, u16 & u19
  • Girls
    • u11 / u13 combined (An A & B section)
    • u14 / u16 combined
    • u19