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Squash New Zealand Annual Report 2012 WORLD SQUASH MASTERS – Birmingham Just over 30 New Zealand players travelled to the World Masters Championships in Birmingham, and achieved some strong results. Aside from the usual pleasures of catching up with old friends, highlights included the venue and organisation in general. Staff and volunteers were friendly and helpful, the referees well organised and venues and timing of matches very clear, which meant matches generally ran to time. The extraordinarily difficult task of handling plates, injuries and withdrawals seemed to be handled reasonably well. Whilst the city of Birmingham and its surrounds had been unfairly maligned by New Zealand based English citizens, it has much to offer locals and visitors alike. The only negatives to come out of the event were the seeding process, which was insufficiently robust, and the scoring system. PAR to 11 was used, which resulted in some very short matches and widespread dissatisfaction from the players. It is hoped that these issues will be looked into and improved for the Hong Kong edition of the event in 2014. THE ROB ROCHE TROPHY 2012 – Trevor Colyer Below is an excerpt from the presentation of the above award. Trevor began his squash career at the tender age of 14 and over the years he had some notable performances at National championships. In 1972 in Dunedin he stunned top seed Trevor Johnston in the quarter finals, and the following year made the final before going down in four tough games to Nevin Barbour. His international highlight was reaching the last eight of the British amateur in 1975, eventually bowing out to the formidable Qamar Zaman. The following season he beat Kevin Shawcross, then the world’s number one amateur. In 1978 he had his best tournament performance, winning the Queensland Open by beating Frank Donnelly, Terry Cheetham and Ethan Yeates, three of Australia’s leading players in successive matches. He was the sort of opponent other players in the draw feared meeting early on, however during his masters career he has illustrated that he can penetrate deep into the tournaments, as evidenced by his stream of success at all levels. He was a member of numerous Auckland Masters teams that won the NZ title every year between 1985 and 1994 and later a member of the Bay of Plenty team. He represented the NZ Masters Team in the Trans-Tasman Test Series six times spanning 20 years and has claimed five national masters titles beginning as a young 40+ player. His World Masters record is also impressive. 1991 - North Shore 1st M40+ Beat Neven Barbour 2001 - Melbourne 2nd M 50+ lost to previous world ranked Ahmed Safwat 2006 - Cape Town 2nd M55+ Lost to previous world ranked Johnny Leslie 2008 - Christchurch lost in semi to eventual winner 2013 is a Trans-Tasman Test year and players are looking forward to making the trip to Canberra to defend the Vic Belsham Trophy. 2012 Rob Roche Trophy winner - Trevor Colyer, seen here in his younger days in one of his many tussles with New Zealand team-mate Neven Barbour. 42
Squash New Zealand Annual Report 2012 image Squash New Zealand’s Profiles & Communications World ranked number 19 and New Zealand Squash’s poster girl Jackie Hawkes 43
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