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Australian National Team Championships 2008
19-21 Sep, Woden Squash Centre, Canberra |
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21-Sep-08:
Queensland defend teams title
 Top
seeded Queensland successfully defended their National Teams
Squash Championship title on Sunday when they beat South
Australia in the final at the Woden Squash Centre in Canberra.
Former Australian junior champion Peta Hughes got the
Queenslanders away to a good start when she beat Alma
Kushartanti in straight games, before Zac Alexander and Samantha
Davies beat Justin Beard and Kirsty Geue respectively.
Queensland No.1 Steve Finitsis was not needed for the tie as the
defending champions justified their top seeding with the
victory.
New South Wales beat Victoria 3/1 to clinch third place while
the ACT downed Tasmania by the same score in the battle for the
fifth and sixth.
Western Australia finished in seventh position.
Final
Queensland bt South Australia 3/0
Peta Hughes bt Alma Kushartanti 9-2, 9-2, 9-4
Zac Alexander bt Justin Beard 10-8, 9-5, 9-3
Samantha Davies bt Kirsty Geue 9-1, 9-7, 9-3
3/4th place play-off
NSW bt Victoria 3/1
Sarah Nelson bt Vanessa Pickerd 9-6, 9-0, 9-10, 9-3
Howie Johns bt Peter Vaughn 9-1, 9-0, 9-0
Jane Kennedy bt Melody Francis 5-9, 9-2, 9-0, 9-7
Nathan Kam lost to Rex Hedrick 9-8, 5-9, 9-2, 4-9, 8-9
5/6th place play off
ACT bt Tasmania 3/1
Christine Nunn bt Gaye Mitchell 9-3, 5-9, 9-2, 9-3
Paul Bushel bt Michael Brown 9-3, 9-0, 9-3
Josh Larkin bt Mark De Vries 9-2, 9-0, 9-3
Bec Jones lost to Maggy Marshal 10-8, 5-9, 0-9, 4-9
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ACT hopes to host nationals
The Canberra Times -
ACT Squash is
hoping the successful national teams championship last weekend
will boost its campaign to host further national titles. ...
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20-Sep-08:
Queensland to meet SA
in Australian Teams final
Top seeded Queensland will play second ranked South Australia in
Sunday’s final of the National Teams Squash Championship being
played at the Woden Squash Centre in Canberra.
Queensland cruised through their pool after wins over Victoria and
the ACT, while South Australia were pushed all the way by runners-up
New South Wales before topping Pool B.
SA and NSW drew their deciding rubber 2/2, but the South Australians
went through after winning two more games than their New South Wales
opponents.
That meant NSW were up against Queensland in the semi-finals, while
SA had the easier task against Victoria.
Queensland then beat NSW 3/1 and South Australia accounted for
Victoria by the same margin.
Sunday’s final should be a close affair, with both teams able to put
out PSA tour players in the men’s matches, while neither team has as
much depth in the women’s draw.
Queensland’s Steve Finitsis and Brad Freeme will most likely face up
against Justin Beard and Jason Mudge in two evenly matched rubbers.
The women’s rubbers should feature former top ranked Australian
junior Peta Hughes, who retired from the sport unexpectedly last
year but has been enticed back by Queensland, against one of the
rising South Australian players Alma Kushartanti or Bonny Wu.
Victoria and NSW will play off for third and fourth, while Tasmania
will take on the ACT for fifth and sixth.
Western Australia finished in seventh.
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Results
Third round
Pool A
QLD bt ACT 3/1 (Qld names first)
Sue Davis bt Lorraine Rae 9-3, 9-5, 9-0
Brad Freeme lost to Paul Bushel 9-1, 7-9 (retired)
Peta Hughes bt Christine Nunn 9-4, 9-0, 9-2
Steve Finitsis bt Tim Manning 9-4, 9-3, 9-6
VIC Bye
Pool B
SA drew with NSW 2-2 (SA names first)
Alma Kushartanti lost to Sarah Nelson 9-6, 9-3, 3-9, 4-9, 7-9
Justin Beard bt Nathan Kam 9-4, 9-5, 9-1
Kirsty Geue lost to Jane Kennedy 5-9, 3-9, 4-9
Jason Mudge bt Jeff Bond 9-1, 9-6, 9-4
TAS drew with WA 2-2 (Tas names first)
Gaye Mitchell bt Rebecca Thickbroom 9-1, 9-3, 9-5
Michael Brown lost to Chris Lark 0-9, 5-9, 5-9
Maggy Marshal bt Cleo Hancock 9-0, 9-0, 9-1
Mark De Vries lost to Tim Cowell 0-9, 0-9, 0-9
Semi Finals
QLD bt NSW 3/1 (Qld names first)
Sue Davies bt Sarah Nelson 9-7, 9-3, 2-9, 9-1
Zac Alexander bt Howie Johns 9-5, 9-5, 9-4
Samantha Davies lost to Jane Kennedy 1-9, 3-9, 9-2, 9-5, 2-9
Steve Finitsis bt Jeff Bond 9-1, 9-8, 9-1
SA bt VIC 3/1 (SA names first)
Alma Kushartanti bt Vanessa Pikerd 2-9, 10-8, 9-2, 9-1
Justin Beard bt Peter Vaughn 10-8, 9-0, 9-3
Kirsty Geue lost to Melody Francis 10-8, 7-9, 0-9, 4-9
Jason Mudge bt Rex Hedrick 9-5
Classification match
ACT bt WA 4/0 (ACT names first)
Christine Nunn bt Rebecca Thickbroom 9-0, 9-1, 9-1
Josh Larkin bt Alisdar Allen 9-4, 5-9, 9-6, 9-7
Rebecca Jones bt Cleo Hancock 9-4, 9-6, 9-1
Tim Manning bt Chris Lark 9-6, 1-9, 9-2, 2-9, 9-4
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19-Sep:
NSW pushing SA at teams
New South Wales and South Australia will play off tomorrow in a
crucial tie to see who tops their pool at the National Teams
Squash Championship being played at the Woden Squash Centre in
Canberra.
The two states are unbeaten in Pool B after day one of the
championships and the winner of their clash on Saturday will
determine who tops the pool and avoids a probable semi-final
clash with top seeded Queensland.
Queensland beat Victoria in their only match today and will play
the ACT on Saturday.
The defending champions, who will bring their No.1 Steve
Finitsis in for the ACT clash, have also enticed former
Australian junior champion Peta Hughes out of her early
retirement to strengthen their women’s line-up.
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Results
after the first two rounds
Round one
Pool A
ACT 2 drew VIC 2 (ACT names first)
Christine Nunn bt Vanessa Pickard 9-4, 9-4, 5-9, 10-9
Josh Larkin lost to Peter Vaughn 5-9, 2-9, 6-9
Rebecca Jones lost to Melody Francis 6-9, 2-9, 4-9
Tim Manning bt Rex Hedrick 9-0, 7-9, 9-5, 9-5
Qld bye
Pool B
SA bt TAS 3/1 (SA names first)
Bonny Wu bt Gaye Mitchell 9-2, 9-1, 9-6
Aaron Fyfe bt Michael Brown 9-0, 9-0, 9-4
Alma Kushartanti lost to Maggie Marshall 4-9, 4-9, 8-10
Justin Beard bt Mark DeVries 9-1, 9-2, 9-1
NSW bt WA 4/0 (NSW names first)
Sarah Nelson bt Rebecca Thickbroom 9-0, 9-6, 9-0
Nathan Kam bt Alisdair Allen 9-3, 9-4, 9-1
Jane Kennedy bt Cleo Hancock 9-0, 9-1, 9-1
Jeff Bond bt Tim Cowell 9-1, 9-4, 9-5
Round two
Pool A
QLD bt VIC 3/1 (Qld names first)
Peta Hughes bt Vanessa Pickerd 9-7, 9-0, 9-2
Brad Freeme bt Peter Vaughn 9-2, 9-1, 10-8
Samantha Davies lost to Melody Francis 5-9, 6-9, 10-9, 10-8, 3-9
Zac Alexander bt Rex Hedrick 9-3, 9-0, 9-3
ACT bye
Pool B
SA bt WA 4/0 (SA names first)
Bonny Wu beat Rebecca Thickbroom 9-0, 9-1, 9-0
Aaron Fyfe beat Chris Lark 9-3, 9-1 9-2
Kirsty Geue beat Cleo Hancock 9-3, 9-1, 9-0
Jason Mudge beat Tim Cowell 9-5, 9-0, 9-2
NSW bt TAS 4/0 (NSW names first)
Sarah Nelson bt Gaye Mitchell 9-0, 9-0, 9-4
Howie Johns bt Michael Brown 9-5, 9-2, 9-2
Jane Kennedy bt Maggie Marshall 9-6, 10-8, 9-6
Nathan Kam bt Mark De Vries 9-1, 9-1, 9-0
ACT bye
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