Our final High Performance Program training session for this year was followed by our 2006 state junior graded titles which was our BIGGEST EVENT so far.

A massive 80 entrants competed across A, B, C, D, E, Novice and Beginner grades and it was a fantastic day.

We had many new players competing in their first VSF tournament, along with our regular crew and their was an exciting vibe in the air. Everyone was keen to get into the matches, and with nine courts going flat chat all day, we needed to keep things on track to ensure a timely finish to fit in our HUGE presentations!

Matches were timed, using point per rally scoring, and all grades used Swiss Draw formats with 8 players or more in each grade. The gradings turned out to be pretty spot on with extremely close and competitive games contested in every grade, many having to go to a 'sudden death' rally where scores were tied on the buzzer, and only a few new comers flying under our radar on this occasion.

All players are to be congratulated for their enthusiasm, great sportsmanship and efforts on the day. We received a lot of fantastic feedback from players and their parents throughout the day and have since received numerous emails congratulating us on running such a great event. So, I'll take this opportunity to say thank you for your support and I hope we can continue to run the most popular and professional junior tournaments around!!!

The board games and card games were a huge hit with players who were killing time in between matches, especially our younsters. We plan to build our 'games' kit so that you can continue to entertain yourselves at these events. Thanks to everyone who used the games for taking care with them and packing everything away.

The presentations were fantastic with so many players going home with goodies. Firstly, we had our state champions and runners up for each grade taking home very nice trophies for their efforts, and we also announced our Overall 2006 Circuit Champions for each Grade. These awards are based on your performances at all of the junior graded events in the past 12 months.

Congratulations to the following players who received very snazzy glass trophies for their achievements:

2006 CIRCUIT WINNERS:

Congratulations to all 2006 Circuit Champions and Runners up.

A GRADE	B GRADE
2006 Champion: Cameron Morris (R) & 2006 Runner Up: Luke Sims (L)	2006 Champion: Kim Bessell (2006 Runner Up: Barry Bannon - absent)
C GRADE	D GRADE
2006 Champion: Marcus Sullivan (L) & 2006 Runner Up: Darcy St. John (R)	2006 Champion: Carlee McCallum (R) & 2006 Runner Up: Nicola Templeton (L)
E GRADE	NOVICE
2006 Champion: Harrison Sinatra (L) & 2006 Runner Up: Rhys Gevaux (R)	2006 Champion: Dylan Bertrand (R) & 2006 Runner Up: Scott Simmonds (L)
BEGINNER
2006 Champion: Thomas King (R) & 2006 Runner Up: Luke Simmonds (L)

We also gave away 4 encouragement awards. Congratulations to Andrew Basanisi, Phillip O'Riordan, Rebecca Ryan,

GRADED CIRCUIT MAJOR PRIZE Our final presentation was to draw the Junior GRADED Circuit MAJOR PRIZE. Congratulations to Braydon Stapleton who won an Apple I-pod Nano!!! Braydon is a new comer to squash and has played 3 VSF graded events! We also drew 4 minor prizes which were top 30 music CD's, won by: Jessica Walsh, Calvin Sinatra,

Thanks to all the players and parents who have supported our junior tournament circuit this year. There are some big changes planned for 2007 so stay tuned for those.

EVENT RESULTS:

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EVENT PHOTOS:

Congratulations to all event winners and runners up.

A GRADE	B GRADE
R/Up: Nathen Takacs (L) & Winner: Brad Soutar (R)	R/Up: Michael Barnes (L) & Winner: James Kavourakis (R)
C GRADE	D GRADE
R/up: Nicola Templeton (L) & Winner: Shane Snoey (R)	R/Up: Carlee McCallum (L) & Winner: Daniel Boschert (R)
E GRADE	NOVICE
Winner: Elizabeth Telford (L) & R/Up: Steven Krupa (R)	Winner: Clare Glazebrook (L) & R/Up: Nicole Stoneham (R)
BEGINNER
	NEXT TOURNAMENTS: Oct 29 : Kyabram Graded Entries Close: Oct 25th Nov 12 : Spring Carnival - "Graded for Age" (Epping) Entries Close: Nov 3rd
Winner: Matthew Wright (L) & R/Up: Nick Fiore (R)