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B Grade & Below Tournament 2009
The Wanganui Squash Club B & Below Squash Tournament saw a promising junior from Rangitikei, Dylan Tasker take the overall title and with it the inaugural Peter Vine Memorial Trophy.
It was a befitting end to the tournament for Tasker. Last year Tasker was pulled up into the B Grade division after the unfortunate passing of Vine. He ended up losing all his games, but what a difference a year makes! After playing & training out of Squashgym Palmerston North and being part of its Academy squad, Tasker is moving up the ranks quickly. He came into this years draw as the 5th seed and in the second round he exerted his presence in defeating the top seed Ant Rountree in a close four setter. He went on to dominate the final against Hawera’s Mike Careswell 9/4 9/6 9/2, easily winning the title for 2009. Tasker now looks forward to heading to the NZ Junior Open in Auckland on the 17th -19th April.
The Womens B Grade draw saw Charvae McLean-Woon from the Rivercity Club continue her good form. After being pushed in pool play & winning one match 10/8 in the fifth set she defended her title from last year by winning all pool play matches, then in the final she defeated former Wanganui player Carla Smith who now plays out of Lugton Park in the Waikato 3 games to nil.
Other highlights were Hayden Marshall (Kawaroa Park) winning Mens Div 2 after being seeded 7th and Sam Laurenson (Ohakune) winning Mens Div 4 after he was seeded 8th!
Div 1 Mens
Mike Careswell (Hawera) beat Paula Darlington 9/4 10/9 7/9 9/0
Sam Howard (Palmerston North) beat John Rostenburg 3/0
Matt Ratcliffe (Rivercity) beat Alan Dallas 9/5 9/4 9/3
Consolation Plate Final: Dallas beat Rostenburg
Plate Final: Howard (Palmerston North) beat Ratcliffe (Rivercity) 9/3 7/9 9/3 10/9
Special Plate: Ant Rountree beat Darlington 3/0
Final: Dylan Tasker (Rangitikei) beat Careswell (Hawera) 9/4 9/6 9/2
Div 2 Mens
Nigel Ward beat Kevin Austin (Rivercity) 3/9 9/3 9/2 10/8
Ken Mair beat Phil Calder (Ohakune) 10/9 4/9 9/1 3/9 9/8
Hayden Marshall (Kawaroa Park) beat Tamati Brooks (Ohakune) 9/5 9/6 9/0
Consolation Plate Final: Mair beat Austin 9/5 10/9 9/2
Plate Final: Calder (Ohakune) beat Ward 9/5 9/6 9/2
Special Plate: Brooks (Ohakune) Won by default
Final: Marshall (Kawaroa Park) beat Clark (Palmerston North) 9/1 9/7 4/9 9/2
Div 3 Mens
Shaun van Delden beat Chris van Kooten (Kawaroa Park) 9/5 9/1 6/9 9/4
Ben White (Hawera) beat Peter ‘Barrel’ Kuklinski (Hawera) 3/1
Nicky Caton beat Mark Walls (Rivercity) 10/9 0/9 9/3 9/7
Alastair White beat Graham Pope (Rivercity) 3/0
Consolation Plate Final: Pope (Rivercity) beat Walls (Rivercity)
Plate Final: Caton beat White 9/3 3/9 9/4 9/5
Special Plate: van Kooten (Kawaroa Park) beat ‘Barrel’ Kuklinski (Hawera) 9/3 9/6 9/3
Final: White (Hawera) beat van Delden 9/2 4/9 9/5 9/0
Div 4 Mens
Sam Laurenson (Ohakune) beat Leyton Procter (Palmerston North) 9/4 1/9 9/5 6/9 9/4
Stephen Greig (Hawera) beat Carl Denman 3/1
Dean Maher (Rivercity) beat Silverton (Lugton Park) 9/1 9/2 9/0
Consolation Plate Final: Silverton (Lugton Park) beat Mackie by default
Plate Final: Gannon beat Maher (Rivercity) 3/2
Special Plate: Leyton Procter (Palmerston North) beat Denman 3/2
Final: Laurenson (Ohakune) beat Greig (Hawera) 10/8 8/10 9/6 9/5
Div 5 Mens
Round 2: Ray Double (Ohakune) beat Stu Tasker (Rangitikei) 9/5 9/4 9/4
Round 2: Jake Tasker (Rangitikei) beat Steve Bill (Rivercity) 10/9 9/2 9/7
Round 3: Double (Ohakune) beat Bill (Rivercity) 3/2
Round 3: Jake Tasker (Rangitikei) beat Stu Tasker (Rangitikei) 3/0
Runner up: Ray Double
Winner: Jake Tasker
Div 6 Mens
Matt van Kerkhoff (Palmerston North) beat Wade Coneybeer 9/2 9/4 9/5
Todd Ackroyd (Rivercity) beat Vance Wilson (Rivercity)
Consolation Plate Final: Wilson (Rivercity) won by default
Plate Final: Ackroyd (Rivercity) won by default
Special Plate: David Signall beat Coneybeer 3/9 9/1 10/8 9/6
Final: Darren Kelly beat van Kerkhoff (Palmerston North) 9/6 9/7 9/5
Div 7 Mens
Pool 1
Regan Calder (Ohakune) beat Omar Abouelkheir (Kawaroa Park) 9/3 9/3 9/1
Pool 2
Matthew Laurenson (Ohakune) beat David Dudson (Kawaroa Park) 7/9 9/2 9/3 9/4
Playoffs:
5th/6th: Omar Abouelkheir (Kawaroa Park) beat Dudson (Kawaroa Park) 3/0
3rd/4th: Calder (Ohakune) beat Laurenson (Ohakune) 3/0
1st/2nd: Antony van Kooten (Kawaroa Park) beat Tarek Abouelkheir (Kawaroa Park) 10/9 10/9 9/2
J – Grade
Pool 1
James van Kerkhoff (Rivercity) beat Yousef Abouelkheir (Kawaroa Park) 8/10 9/2 9/6 6/9 9/1
Pool 2
Liam English (Rivercity) beat Kelsey Mackay (Patea) 10/8 9/3 8/10 9/6
Playoffs:
5th/6th: Mackay (Patea) beat Imaera Osborne 3/1
3rd/4th: Yousef Abouelkheir (Kawaroa Park) beat Johnny Double (Ohakune)
1st/2nd: English (Rivercity) beat van Kerkhoff (Rivercity) 3/2
Womens
Div 1
Pool A
Charvae McLean-Woon (Rivercity) beat Jude Calder (Ohakune) 9/4 9/2 9/3
Pool B
Carla Smith (Lugton Park) beat Di Tasker (Rangitikei) 9/3 9/4 3/9 9/3
Playoffs:
5th/6th: Calder (Ohakune) beat Tasker (Rangitikei)
3rd/4th: Ngakuira Osborne beat Chloe Mackay (Patea) 3/1
1st/2nd: McLean-Woon (Rivercity) beat Smith (Lugton Park) 3/0
Div 2
Sally Stantiall (Rivercity) beat Moana Hawea 9/4 9/4 9/1
Ngaire Double (Ohakune) beat Brenda Rountree 9/1 9/3 0/9 9/5
Consolation Plate Final: Anne Slade (Rivercity) beat Rountree 3/0
Plate Final: Double (Ohakune) beat Dawn Smith (Rivercity) 9/6 9/3 9/6
Special Plate: Hawea beat Alyson Scott (Kawaroa Park) 3/2
Final: Jo Parkinson (Ohakune) beat Stantiall (Rivercity) 3/1
Div 3
Round 2:
Shona Mackay (Patea) beat Donna Harold 9/4 9/1 1/9 9/1
Deanne Kelly (Taihape) beat Jackie Taylor (Palmerston North) 9/2 9/1 9/2
Playoffs:
3rd/4th: Taylor (Palmerston North) beat Harold 9/3 9/3 9/3
1st/2nd: Kelly (Taihape) beat Mackay (Patea) 9/2 4/9 9/5 10/8
Div 4
Round 2: Chelsea Walls beat Annie Bently (Palmerston North) 9/6 6/9 9/2 9/5
Round 2: Chonatae McLean Woon (Rivercity) beat Amber Ward 9/1 9/6 9/3
Round 3: McLean Woon (Rivercity) beat Bently (Palmerston North)
Round 3: Walls beat Ward
Runner up: Chonatae McLean Woon (Rivercity)
Winner: Walls