Champions defend titles at Secondary Schools

Both of the 2013 champions have defended their titles at the National Secondary Schools Champs in Nelson this weekend.

Epsom Girl's Grammar extended their impressive run at the pinnacle of Secondary Schools squash in New Zealand by winning a fourth consecutive crown, beating Palmerston North Girls' High School 3-2 in the title decider.  Whangarei Girls' High School nabbed third place by beating Te Puke 3-2.  Hastings were the big improvers in the girls' competition, finishing in fifth place after being seeded seventh.

Tauranga Boys' College made it three in a row in their final against Christchurch Boys' High School, which they won 4-1.  Westlake eased past Palmerston North Boys' High School 4-1 to finish third, while St Paul's Collegiate A continued their giant-killing run to end up in fourteenth position (seeded 21).

Full Results

Final results and placings from the 2014 National Secondary Schools Championships can be found here:

•  Girls Final Results 2014
•  Boys Final Results 2014

Tournament Teams

At the conclusion of the event, the following tournament teams were named to travel to Australia to take on the best Australian Secondary Schools players later this month.

Senior Boys
Joshua Oakley
Alex Revington
Jamie Oakley
Quinn  Udy
Joseph Williams
Rafa  Yam (Reserve)
 
Junior Boys 
Matthew  Lucente
Corbin  Faint
Temwa  Chileshe
Lwamba  Chileshe
Angus MacDonald
Sean Montgomery (Reserve)
 
Senior Girls 
Hayley  Hughes
Anna  Hughes
Casey  Owen
Parearau  Kutia
Tyler Duberly
Mackenzie Johnson (Reserve)
 
Junior Girls 
Courtney  Trail
Rhiarne  Taiapa
Amelia  Wadsworth
Gina  Bailey
Amy Horscroft
Chanel Wotten (Reserve)