Wellington, Auckland on Track for Teams Titles

Top seeds Wellington, in the boys, and Auckland, in the girls, have started well in the Inter District Teams Event.

With the individual champs all wrapped up the players moved straight into the Inter District team’s event. The Boys section has seen ten districts put forward teams with Top seed Wellington the overwhelming favourite. They can boast Under 19 Champion Zac Millar, Under 19 semi-finalist Jonny Barnett and Under 17 champion Scott Galloway. They are expected to meet second seed Bay of Plenty in the final and things went to plan for both the top seeds on Day one with both districts claiming two from two. Wellington had the luxury of only playing Millar and Barnett once.

The Girls division has seen eight districts enter with Auckland as strong a favourite as Wellington in the Boys. Newly crowned New Zealand Junior Champion, Fourteen year old Ellie Epke is leading their charge with Under 17 champion Hayley Hughes and Under 15 champion Abbie Palmer also amongst the ranks. The team has hardly broken a sweet winning its first two rounds.

The local Central teams are seeded sixth in the Boys and seventh in the Girls. Both have young teams that will gain a lot of experience from this tournament. The Central Boys beat Team Southern in their first match but went down against Midlands on count back in their second round. The Girls have gone down in their first two matches to Wellington and Bay of Plenty.

The Boys and Girls final pool matches are tomorrow (Tuesday) with the finals being played at 10.00am on Wednesday morning. 

New Zealand Junior Teams Championships – Boys Round 3

Boys Pool A

Wellington beat Eastern 3-0
Jonny Barnett beat Chapman Kutia 11-6, 11-9, 13-11
Scott Galloway beat Jordan Le Comte 11-5, 11-5, 11-5
Kayne Espinosa beat Rios Moleta 11-7, 11-7, 11-5
Jason Van Der Walt beat William Hurst 11-8, 11-4, 11-4

Waikato beat Canterbury 2-2, 6-6, 106-101
Ben Calvert beat Theo Zbijowski 11-6, 11-7, 11-6
Joshua Oakley lost Jackson Beresford 11-7, 12-10, 11-4
Lewis Hopkins beat Matthew Tapp 11-5, 11-4, 11-5
Dean Williams lost Michael Wilson 11-2, 12-10, 11-7

Boys Pool B

Midlands beat Team Southern 3-1
Chris Van Der Salm beat Nick Askin 11-7, 12-10, 16-14
Kendall Sparrow beat Liam Cotton 11-10, 11-9, 12-10
Chris Williams beat Ali Harris 6-11, 11-1, 11-4, 11-7
Ryan Whitburn lost Sam Laurenson 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5

Bay of Plenty beat Northland 4-0
Ben Grindrod beat Max Trimble 11-4, 11-4, 11-6
James Cooper beat Vincent Robson 11-3, 11-4, 11-6
Brandon Young beat Reagan Wakeling 11-8, 11-5, 4-11, 12-10
Joseph Lyons beat James Green 6-11, 11-1, 11-4, 11-7

 
New Zealand Junior Teams Championships – Girls Round 2

Girls Pool A

Auckland beat Waikato 4-0
Ellie Epke beat Charly Keen 11-5, 11-4, 11-3
Abbie Palmer beat Sarah Harrison 11-2, 11-3, 11-5
Hayley Hughes beat Casey Owen 11-8, 11-3, 11-2
Juee Bhide beat Taylor Ashton 11-5, 11-3, 11-5

Team Southern beat Eastern 3-1
Jacinta Matson beat Ashley Harding 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
Emily Flett beat Parearau Kutia 14-12, 8-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-3
Laura Rodgers beat Sharvana Mackey 11-5, 12-10, 6-11, 11-5
Katie Fairweather lost Rhiarne Taiapa 12-10, 11-7, 15-17, 11-8

Girls Pool B

Bay of Plenty beat Central 4-0
Courtney Bragg beat Kaitlyn Watts 11-7, 11-7, 12-10
Samantha Brown beat Emily Nash 11-5, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9
Sarah Jensen beat Courtney Trail 11-7, 11-2, 11-9
Camden Te Kani-McQueen beat Chanelle Salle 11-8, 11-6, 11-4

Wellington beat Canterbury 4-0
Rebecca Barnett beat Kelsi Carrick 11-2, 11-2, 11-3
Ellen Verry beat Ruby Turnbull 11-5, 11-4, 11-7
Sophie O’Connell beat Kate Fox 11-4, 11-5, 11-1
Jessie-Rose Ward beat Ruby Beresford 11-6, 11-7, 16-14