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New
Zealand National Team Championships
24-26 July, Hamilton Squash Club |
Remuera retain Mitchell Cup as Palmerston end long wait ...
Gary Denvir reports
The bragging rights have been decided for the next 12 months
following the annual battle for national squash club
supremacy in Hamilton at the weekend.
Remuera can claim to have the strongest women's team in the
country after taking out the Mitchell Cup while Palmerston
North has similar claims in the men's ranks after winning
the Cousins Shield.
Remuera's victory in the women's competition was reasonably
clear cut, beating Hamilton 3-1 in the final. However, the
host clubs chances were not helped by the absence of former
world number one Leilani Rorani, who was unavailable to play
on Sunday due to her religious beliefs.
Rebecca Borman gave Remuera the early advantage with a
straight games victory over Nadine Cull before former New
Zealand rep Lara Heta made it 2-0 to the Auckland club with
a 3-0 win against Wanita Jackson. That left newly crowned
Australian Open champion Joelle King needing to beat world
number 16 Jaclyn Hawkes 3-0 to keep Hamilton in the tie. The
world number 53 gave herself every chance, storming to a 2-0
lead, but couldn't close the gate and while King eventually
won 3-2, it was not enough to prevent Remuera taking the
title. Jackie Laurenson then capped off celebrations for the
Auckland side, winning the dead rubber 3-0 against Kay
Newman.
Meanwhile, the men's competition was a much tighter affair,
with Palmerston North edging Remuera 3-2 in the title
decider.
Once again Remuera was first on the board, with George
Crosby beating Mike McSherry 3-0. But the Palmerston North
team was not about to lie down and hand the Auckland club
both titles. 18-year-old Joseph Watts levelled the tie with
a 3-0 win over Scott Harrison before Josh Greenfield put
them 2-1 ahead with a 3-2 victory over Graeme Wilson,
fighting back from 8-3 down in the fifth.
That left Glenn Carson to wrap up the tie for the Central
club, but inevitably there was to be another twist, with
Carson beaten in a five game thriller by Izaac Williams.
Palmerston North would not be denied their first Cousins
Shield in 50 years though - Ant McLeod finally confirming
the victory with a 3-1 win over Mark Dunwoodie in the
decider.
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Palmerston Pleased ...
The SquashGym mens team have won the NZ's Club Championships teams event,
the Cousins Shield, for the first time in 48 Years. They
defeated Remuera 3 - 2 in the final today in Hamilton.
Mike McSherry was on first and went down 3 - 1 to George
Crosby. Joseph Watts then overcame Scott Harrison 3 - 0 to
make it 1 all. Josh Greenfield then won a tough 5 setter
against Graeme Wilson to put SquashGym up 2 - 1.
Glenn (GOC) Carson then went down in five to Izaac Williams
to make it two all.
Ant McLeod then defeated Mark Dunwoodie 3 - 1 to bring the
title back to Palmerston North for the first time in 48
years!!
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Women's Final - Mitchell Cup
Remuera 3 Hamilton 1
Rebecca Borman 3-0 Nadine Cull 11/5
11/3 11/4
Lara Heta 3-0 Wanita Jackson 11/5 11/2 11/4
Jaclyn Hawkes 2-3 Joelle King 11/9 11/7 6/11 15/17 11/5
Jackie Laurenson 3-1 Kay Newman 11/6 5/11 11/9 11/6
Men's Final - Cousins Shield
Palmerston North 3 Remuera 2
Mike McSherry 1-3 George Crosby 11/6
10/12 11/6 11/5
Joseph Watts 3-0 Scott Harrison 11/8 12/10 11/8
Josh Greenfield 3-2 Graeme Wilson 7/11 8/11 11/9 11/7 11/8
Glenn Carson 2-3 Izaac Williams 11/5 10/12 6/11 11/6 11/9
Ant McLeod 3-1 Mark Dunwoodie 11/6 11/5 9/11 11/7
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Remuera on
course for double
Gary Denvir reports
Remuera is on target to do the double at the annual battle
for national squash club supremacy in Hamilton.
The Auckland club is through to the final of both the men's
Cousins Shield competition, and the women's Mitchell Cup.
The men proved to have too much depth for North Shore in the
semifinals, winning 4-1 with the only defeat coming at
number one, where Graeme Wilson went down in straight games
to world number 58 Martin Knight. Their opponents in the
final are Palmerston North, who also won 4-1 against Bay of
Plenty's Waikite Valley.
In the Mitchell Cup, Remuera edged to a 3-1 win over
Palmerston North in the semifinals, led by world number 16
Jaclyn Hawkes, who was a comfortable 3-0 winner against
Paula Darlington.
They'll meet Hamilton in the final, after the Waikato club
downed North Shore 3-1, with newly crowned Australian Open
champion Joelle King and former world number one Leilani
Rorani both winning in straight games.
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Day TWO Results
Cousins Shield – Semi Finals
Remuera A 4 North Shore 1
Graeme Wilson 0-3 Martin Knight 11/1 11/2 11/6
George Crosby 3-0 Gary Duberly 11/8 13/11 11/5
Rob Harrison 3-2 Mark Waldin 5/11 7/11 14/12 11/2 11/3
Scott Harrison 3-1 Brent Lewis 11/7 11/2 11/13 11/8
Matt Anderson 3-2 Josh McHugh 11/6 10/12 11/13 11/3
12/10
Palmerston 4 Waikite Valley 1
Josh Greenfield 3-1 Danny McQueen 8/11 11/7 11/4
11/5
Mike McSherry 3-1 Paul Bedford 10/12 11/2 11/3 13/11
Joseph Watts 0-3 Matiu Te Kani-McQueen 11/8 11/5 11/3
Ant McLeod 3-1 Jamie Skiffington 11/8 11/6 11/13 11/7
Glenn Carson 3-0 Dylan Irihei 11/7 11/9 11/6
Mitchell Cup – Semi Finals
Remuera A 3 Palmerston 1
Jaclyn Hawkes 3-0 Paula Darlington 11/5 11/7 11/3
Lara Heta 3-1 Danielle Fourie 11/6 7/11 11/6 11/8
Jackie Laurenson 0-3 Elizabeth Day 11/6 11/7 11/6
Rebecca Borman 3-0 Alison Whyte 11/9 11/8 11/8
Hamilton 3 North Shore 1
Joelle King 3-0 Trina Moore 11/1 11/7 11/0
Leilani Rorani 3-0 Rachel McLeod 11/9 11/6 11/6
Wanita Jackson 3-0 Michelle Heron 13/11 11/3 11/9
Kay Newman 3-1 Charne Lubbe 9/11 11/8 11/7 11/5
Cousins Shield – Quarter Finals
Remuera A 4 Eden Epsom 1
Graeme Wilson 0-3 Lui Syder 11/4 11/4 11/3
George Crosby 3-0 Hugh Kuo 13/11 11/9 11/3
Mark Dunwoodie 3-1 Justin Sayes 11/5 8/11 11/8 11/3
Matt Anderson 3-2 Nathan Gunn 11/1 7/11 6/11 11/4 11/5
Izaac Williams 3-0 Simon Muirhead 11/8 11/7 11/5
North Shore 3 Herne Bay 2
Martin Knight 3-0 Campbell Grayson 11/5 11/8 11/8
Gary Duberly 0-3 Chris Lloyd 11/3 11/9 11/9
Mark Waldin 1-3 Matt Taylor 12/10 9/11 11/6 11/8
Brent Lewis 3-1 Jason Costello 7/11 11/9 11/1 11/7
Josh McHugh 3-0 Bruce Doig 11/7 11/7 11/7
Waikite Valley 3 Hamilton 2
Danny McQueen 3-0 Paul Kennett 11/6 11/5 11/5
Paul Bedford 3-1 Rick Cartmill 4/11 11/5 13/11 13/11
Matiu Te Kani-McQueen 3-0 Stephen O’Toole 11/7 11/7 11/9
Jamie Skiffington 1-3 Mike Martin 11/6 11/7 10/12 11/7
Dylan Irihei 1-3 Ryan Peters 11/5 8/11 11/6 15/13
Palmerston 4 Titirangi 1
Josh Greenfield 3-0 Cameron Jamieson 13/11 11/7 11/9
Mike McSherry 3-2 Andre Wagenaar 7/11 5/11 11/7 11/8
11/6
Joseph Watts 3-2 Lance Beddoes 11/3 6/11 11/9 9/11 11/9
Ant McLeod 3-0 Michael Blanchard 11/9 11/9 11/7
Glenn Carson 3-0 Julian Condor 11/4 11/2 11/4
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Day ONE Results
Cousins Shield (Men) First Round
Playing Order 4, 5, 1, 3, 2
Khandallah 8 Eden Epsom 9
Shane Johnston 2-3 Lui Ngakura-Syder 8/11 11/9 13/15
11/9 11/8
Reece Williams 1-3 Hugh Kuo 7/11 11/5 11/7 11/3
Brendon Bartlett X-X Justin Sayes
Simon Berkett 3-1 Fraser Gunn 11/8 11/8 6/11 12/10
Stephen Veitch 2-3 Nathan Gunn 9/11 12/10 11/5 9/11 11/8
Hamilton 6 Remuera B 11
Paul Kennett 3-1 Preshin Manmindar 10/12 11/6 11/5 11/2
Mike Martin 3-0 Richard Lyne 12/10 11/9 11/9
Ryan Peters 3-0 Doug Flavell 11/3 11/6 11/6
Reece Peters 3-0 Andrew Turner 11/5 11/7 11/3
Cody Herdman 3-0 Simon Barton 11/9 11/6 11/5
Titirangi 4 Cambridge 1
Cameron Jamieson 3-1 Steve Oxenham 8/11 11/5 11/9 11/4
Andre Wagenaar 3-1 Mike Davis 10/12 11/8 11/8 11/4
Lance Beddoes 3-0 Luke Gordon 11/8 11/7 12/10
Michael Blanchard 3-1 Steve Martin 6/11 11/5 11/9 11/9
Julina Condor 3-2 Josh McGregor 10/12 9/11 12/10 12/10
11/6
Herne Bay 4 Papakura 1
Campbell Grayson 3-0 Ricardo Stanley 11/8 11/2 11/4
Chris Lloyd 3-0 John Cheeseman 11/8 11/6 11/6
Matt Taylor 3-0 Andrew Jeffreys 11/4 11/4 11/4
Jason Costello 3-2 Len Brennan 11/5 12/10 10/12 10/12
11/5
Bruce Doig 2-3 Brian Wickett 11/5 9/11 6/11 11/8 11/8
Mitchell Cup (Women), First Round
Playing Order 4,3,1,2
Remuera A 4 Red Beach 0
Jaclyn Hawkes 3-0 Kathryn Austin 11/7 11/6 11/4
Lara Heta 3-1 Sarah Agi 11/7 3/11 11/4 11/6
Sally Hawkes 3-0 Leticia Milligan 11/7 12/10 11/3
Tanya Laurence 3-0 Gaynor Heather 11/7 11/7 11/3
Tauranga 2 Palmerston 2 (Palmerston on count
back)
Jo Shanks 3-2 Paula Darlington 11/8 5/11 11/6 7/11 11/9
Vicki Beker 3-2 Danielle Fourie 6/11 7/11 11/6 11/6 11/7
Ashleigh Dunstan 0-3 Elizabeth Day 11/4 11/0 11/8
Michel Galloway 2-3 Alison Whyte 10/12 11/7 11/4 9/11
11/3
North Shore 3 Remuera B 1
Trina Moore 0-3 Kozume Omikawa 11/3 11/5 11/9
Rachel McLeod 3-0 Holly Donnelly 11/7 11/8 11/8
Annie Hall 3-1 Georgina Shelton-Agar 11/7 7/11 11/9 11/9
Michelle Heron 3-2 Elizabeth Graham 5/11 7/11 11/7 11/8
12/10
Hamilton 4 Cambridge 0
Joelle King 3-0 Alana Sincock 11/3 11/1 11/0
Leilani Rorani 3-0 Jorja Tarrant 11/5 11/0 11/5
Wanita Jackson 3-0 Diane Moss 11/4 11/1 11/7
Kay Newman 3-0 Rebecca Hopkins 11/5 11/6 11/2
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Strong
showing for clubs' battle
Gary Denvir reports
An impressive turn out for the annual battle for national
squash club supremacy in Hamilton this weekend.
The Cousins Shield and Mitchell Cup have both
attracted far stronger fields than in 2008, with many of the
country's top professionals set to play for their clubs.
That has seen the number of teams competing for the women's
Mitchell Cup climb to eight this year, up from four in 2008,
while the men's Cousins Shield is up from 11 to 12.
Herne Bay is the defending champion in the Cousins
Shield, and is again a strong title contender with world
number 59 Campbell Grayson at number one and Chris Lloyd
playing at two.
However, Remuera A also has strong claims as a
favourite with Graeme Wilson and George Crosby in the side.
Last year's beaten finalists also have another incentive,
with Scott Harrison playing in the Cousins Shield for the
25th time in his career.
The other team to watch could well be North Shore,
who have world number 58 Martin Knight at number one and
world masters champion Gary Duberly at two.
The women's Mitchell Cup is no less intriguing.
Once again Remuera A must be considered one of the
title favourites, with world number 16 Jaclyn Hawkes at
number one. Hawkes is joined in the team by her sisters
Sally and Rebecca, as well as former New Zealand
representative Lara Heta who will play at number two.
Host club Hamilton could give them a run for their
money though, with newly crowned Australian Open champion
Joelle King at one and former world number one Leilani
Rorani at two. Rorani is back on court after rediscovering
her passion for the game while mentoring King in her
fledgling professional career.
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