Thursday, 10 June 2021, 10:00 am
The Northland Open is bringing some of New Zealand’s
best to the Whangarei Squash Club from tomorrow until Sunday
with several players ranked inside the top 250 in the world.
Mixing it with the PSA ranked players are around 100 entries
in various grades to create a real carnival of
squash.
Men’s No. 1 seed Is Lwamba Chileshe at 126
on the PSA world rankings and a finalist at the NZ
Championships last year. Next is younger brother and
defending Northland Open champ, Temwa Chileshe at 206 while
in the women’s Satellite draw the top seed is Abbie
Palmer, the seven-time winner of the Northland Open ranked
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Thursday, 27 May 2021, 5:30 am
The waiting is over for New Zealand squash players as
they get to face new opposition after a year of domestic
tournaments and opponents.
Most of Australia’s best
players are taking the court this week in New Zealand for
the Barfoot & Thompson Auckland Open at the North Shore
Squash Club and there will be some fierce trans-Tasman
competition.
A number of key PSA Challenger events
have been held around New Zealand this year, however having
rivals from Australia will freshen up the players and give
extra depth to the this week’s event.
Top men’s