Day 1 Goes To Seed At Oceania Junior Championships

All the seeds have managed to make it through unscathed today. There were some moments of concerns for the seeds throughout the day but noone could be upset today. 

In the Boys Under 19 all seemed to be going to plan until 11th seed Jayden Millard made the first upset of the draw against sixth seed Max Trimble. Jayden got on court and couldn't seem to make a fault. Trimble couldn't manage to find his stride on the courts today and went down in 3 in an unexpected lost. It was tenth seed Joseph WIlliams to take the next seed out against seventh seed Alex Revington. The boys went game for game but WIlliams managed to get the edge in the fifth and Revington couldn't come back going down in 5. All other seeds moved on unscathed to the quarter finals.

In the Girls Under 19 there was not as much excitement to be had as the Boys with all seeds moving on comfortably to second round. Ellie Epke first seed had a bye today and second seed Lakeesha Rarere made light work of Libby Craighead showing why she has a world ranking of 88.

The Under 17 Boys saw a qulifier happen first thing this morning with Caleb Madden, Ben Remihana and Thomas Pickles picking up the 3 spots in the main draw. However this would be the end of their winning streaks for the day. The other higher seeds showed their strength and made light work of the boys.

The Girls Under 17 qualifier saw Kiriana Andrew, Alex Thurlow, Jasmine Demchy and Parearau Kutia pick up the spots in the main draw. These girls like the Under 17 Boys were not able to pick up their second game wins and went down to their higher seeded counterparts.  

The rest of the draws saw very little action throughout the day with all of the seeds managing to get through to their next round. The only upset came in the Boys Under 13 saw tenth seed Solomon Lewis get an epic win over Henry Moran with the fifth game going down to the wire and neither boy wanting to give up but Solomon managed to scrape the win. There was some action in the second round games of the Girls Under 13 with sixt seed Dileesia Henare managing to clinch the win over third seed Anna Skerrett in a hard fought five setter with Dileesia needing to pull back from 2-1 down to win it.

Tomorrow is sure to see some great games of squash from all and another full on day. Games start at 9am at both Stadium Southland and Squash City Invercargill. 

Day 1 Results

Under 19 Boys - Round 1

Sam Ejtemai (1) bt Allan Bailey - 11/6,11/4,11/0

Montell Whatarangi bt Jon Van Der Kreek (8) - 11/4, 10/12, 10/12, 11/2, 11/7

Chapman Kutia (5) bt Tyler Ranger - 11/9, 11/1, 7/11, 3/11, 11/8

Scott Galloway (4) bt Charlie Barker - 11/5, 11/1, 11/6

Luke Jones (3) bt Caemron Foster - 11/5, 11/1, 11/8

Jayden Millard bt Max Trimble (6) - 11/7, 11/6, 11/5

Joseph Williams bt Alex Revington (7) - 9/11, 11/7, 5/11, 11/7, 11/5

Solayman Nowrozi (2) bt Terry Thurlow - 11/1, 11/4, 11/5

Under 19 Girls - Round 1

Ellie Epke (1) BYE

Anna Hughes (8) bt Rachel Gibson - 7/11, 11/5, 11/2, 11/4

Juee Bhide (5) bt Lauren Clarke - 11/5, 11/6, 11/5

Victoria Leow (4) bt Tyler Duberly - 11/4, 11/6, 11/9

Abbie Palmer (3) bt Katie Fairweather - 11/7, 11/6, 11/5

Kaitlyn Watts (6) bt Jordan Ruseell - 11/3, 11/3, 11/2

Samantha Calvert (7) bt Emily Flett - 8/11, 11/8, 11/4, 11/9

Lakeesha Rarere (2) bt Libby Craighead - 11/5, 11/1, 11/0

Under 17 Boys - Round 1

Will Curtis (1) BYE

Finn Trimble (8) bt Lwamba Chileshe - 7/11, 12/10, 11/6, 8/11, 11/4

Quinn Udy (5) bt Ben Remihana - 11/5, 11/6, 11/9

Nicholas Calvert (4) bt Caleb Madden - 11/5, 11/2, 12/10

Rafa Yam (3) bt Thomas Pickles - 11/1, 11/3, 11/4

Corbin Faint (6) bt Regan McNaught - 11/9, 11/6, 11/7

Lachlan Coxsedge (7) bt Mitchell Kempton - 11/5, 11/9, 11/5

Jamie Oakley (2) BYE

Under 17 Girls - Round 1

Nadia Hubbard (1) BYE

Lauren Crowhurst (8) bt Shehana Vithana - 11/8, 10/12, 13/11, 11/7

Courtney Trail (5) bt Parearau Kutia - 4/11,11/7,11/4,11/9

Ruby Beresford (4) bt Jasmine Demchy - 11/9, 11/5, 11/3

Mackenzie Johnson (3) bt Alex Thurlow - 11/2, 11/2, 11/3

Grace Pattison (6) bt Kiriana Andrews - 11/3, 11/5, 11/7

Zoe Dykzeul (7) bt Kelsey Manuatu - 11/9, 11/2, 11/6

Lauren Aspinall (2) BYE 

Under 15 Boys - Round 1

Mathew Lucente (1) bt Jaden Muir - 11/4, 11/5, 11/7

Jack Demchy (8) bt James Johnson - 10/12, 12/10, 11/2, 11/3

Maaz Khatri (5) bt Jordan Bell - 11/4, 11/4, 11/4

Anthony Lepper (4) bt Lachlan Thwaites - 11/3, 11/4, 11/6

Gabe Yam (3) bt Richard Bell - 11/3, 11/3, 11/3

Temwa Chileshe (6) bt Keidah Bungard - 11/5, 11/4, 11/4

Glenn Templeton (7) bt Saad Khatri - 14/12, 11/5, 3/11, 11/9

Jacob Ford (2) bt Connor Bolitho - 11/3, 11/4, 11/4

Under 15 Girls - Round 1

Ruby Turnbull (1) BYE

Annaleise Faint (8) bt Jade Woods - 11/6, 11/6, 10/12, 12/10

Annmarie Holst (5) bt Bree Louden - 11/3, 11/3, 11/1

Amelia Wadsworth BYE

Rhiarne Taiapa BYE

Winona-Jo Joyce (6) bt Paige Stantiall - 11/4, 11/6, 11/3

Charlotte Galloway bt Anna O'Connor - 11/5, 14/12, 17/15

Anika Jackson (2) BYE

Under 13 Boys - Round 1

Elijah Thomas (1) BYE

Jacob Budd bt Scott Thurlow (8) - 11/9, 11/4, 4/11, 11/6

Nathan Briggs (5) bt Hamish Dudley - 11/4, 11/4, 12/10

Ethan Stephenson (4) bt Casey Thwaites - 11/2, 11/0, 11/1

Remi Young (3) bt Henry Mason - 11/2, 11/0, 11/3

Ben Edwards (6) bt Paul Moran - 11/5, 11/4, 11/7

Solomon Lewis bt Henry Moran (7) - 12/14, 11/13, 11/6, 11/9, 14/12

Leo Fatialofa (2) bt Mathew Cornish-Madden - 11/2, 11/0, 11/2

Round 2

Elijah Thomas (1) bt Jacob Budd - 11/2, 11/0, 11/1

Nathan Briggs (5) Ethan Stephenson (4)

Remi Young (3) bt Ben Edwards (6) - 11/8, 11/8, 11/9

Leo Fatialofa (2) bt Solomon Lewis - 11/1, 11/1, 11/2

Under 13 Girls - Round 1

Georgia Fyfe (1) BYE

Katie Templeton (8) bt Sydney Johnson - 11/3, 11/4, 11/7

Ariata Kutia (5) bt Tayla Muir - 11/1, 11/2, 11/1

Laura Maloney (4) BYE

Anna Skerrett (3) BYE

Dileesia Henare (6) bt Abbey Barron - 11/3, 11/3, 11/1

Hayley Hankinson (7) bt Haley Thurlow - 11/2, 11/3, 11/6

Ruby Saies (2) BYE

Round 2

Georgia Fyfe (1) bt Katie Templeton (8) - 11/7, 11/7, 11/7

Ariata Kutia (5) Laura Maloney (4)

Dileesia Henare (6) bt Anna Skerrett (3) - 11/7, 4/11, 7/11, 11/7, 11/7

Ruby Saies (2) bt Hayley Hankinson (7) - 11/4, 2/11, 11/8, 11/4

Boys Under 11 - Round 1

Mason Smales (1) BYE

Mitchell Ferrari (8) bt James Growcott - 11/9, 11/6, 7/11, 11/6

Josh Lawton (5) bt Guy Hartley - 11/5, 11/5, 11/6

Tom Marshall (4) bt Ryan Cleary - 11/1, 11/2, 11/1

Apa Fatialofa (3) BYE

Noah Thomas (6) bt Morgan Lawton - 11/5, 11/1, 11/2

Jacob Dudley (7) bt Mikarore Joyce - 9/11, 11/0, 11/4, 11/5

Dylan Classen (2) BYE

Round 2

Mason Smales (1) bt Mitchell Ferrari (8) - 11/3, 11/7, 11/9

Tom Marshall (4) bt Josh Lawton (5) - 11/1, 11/2, 11/6

Apa Fatialofa (3) bt Noah Thomas (6) - 11/3, 11/3, 8/11, 11/1

Dylan Classen (2) bt Jacob Dudley (7) - 11/9, 11/4, 11/5

Girls Under 11 - Round 1

Natalie Sayes (1) Rakairoa Joyce

Erin Classen (2) Brooke Cornish-Madden