Almost 400 matches, over 200 hours of squash across 13 courts gave us the winners of the 2017 NJSA Closed tournament.
Thank you parents for your time and patience and letting the kids do what we want, play! To the new players, especially the u11’s, well done.
Lots of folk to thank and they know who they are, the NJSA appreciate their assistance. Special mention to Mike Pierce for his tireless effort to come and watch the kids. Mike is the President of the Northerns Squash Federation. Thank you Mike.
More photos at http://www.northerns.co.za/galleries/njsa-closed-2017-prize-winners/.
Please find attached Draws for the NJSA Closed.
Please note:
NJSA – IPT 2017 – Clothing fitting session
Any player who are making themselves available for IPT Selection must please report to Jana Lessing at PCC on Sunday between 09:00 to 12:00. We will be having a clothing fitting session to better prepare ourselves for the IPT’s in July. Note that this does not constitute automatic selection and no financial commitment is required on Sunday.
It wasn’t all business as usual for Kelvin Ndhlovu at the NSA Closed on Friday night when he had to step up his game to defeat a determined Ruan Olivier 3-1 in a match full of spectacular shots and exciting rallies. In the end Kelvin’s experience and shot quality carried him through but a lot of credit has to go to the young Olivier for the way he played.
In the ladies final Christine Ferreira faced Tuks student Hannelize Human who had a good win against the higher seeded Megan Page in the semi final. The match also lived up to expectations and the crowd, among them a group of St. Mary’s DSG girls who supported their coach, were treated to a quality display.
Johan Fourie won the B section after an unexpected defeat in the preliminary round kept him out of the A section. He didn’t have it easy though against Mat Dewey who also played impressive squash all week. Blaar Coetzee won the C section after Conrad van der Merwe had to forfeit due to injury.
Here are the full results of the tournament: NSA Closed 2017 tournament draws.
NEWSLETTER #3 – MAY 2017
Dear Northerns Masters
Herewith an updated NMSA Calendar:
| 2017 NMSA EVENTS | |
| 1 SATELLITE 1 | |
| DONE | |
| 2 SATELLITE 2 | |
| CANCELLED | |
| 3 CLOSED | |
| Date | 26 Jun – 1 July 2017 |
| Format | 1 Week. Finals over weekend, depends on entries |
| Cost | R 200 |
| Venue | TBA |
| 4 SPONSORED LEAGUE (SL17) | |
| Dates | Selected Friday Nights: Jun – 9 & 23 |
| Jul – 28 | |
| Aug – 4 & 18 | |
| Sept – 1 & 22 | |
| Format | 7 teams x 5 players – Singles and Doubles |
| Cost | Permanent : R 250 |
| Reserves : Official R75 Unofficial R100 (once off) | |
| Venue | PCC |
| SAM EVENTS | |
| 1 IPT – SINGLES | |
| Date | 8-12 Sept 2017 |
| Venue | Port Elizabeth |
| Cost | TBA |
| 2 IPT – DOUBLES | |
| Date | 8-12 Nov 2017 |
| Venue | Durban |
| Cost | TBA |
Survey: We thank all that participated in this survey.
The outcome was: Weekend Tournament : 20; Month Tournament: 12.
It was, however, decided to cancel this Tournament for 2017, since at this stage it cannot comfortably be introduced to the NSF calendar without any clashes.
Dates: 7 Rounds will be played, new starting date 9 June and ending 22 September (see Table above).
Entry for permanent positions is now closed – For a list of entries please click here: SL17 Entries 12May17. Please check whether your name is on the list if you have entered, if not please contact us immediately.
Official Reserves can still enter on: http://www.northerns.co.za/nmsa-documents/nmsa-tournament-page/
Kind regards.
The 2017 NMSA COMMITTEE.
