Westerfolds Graded

WESTERFOLDS JUNIOR GRADED TOURNAMENT

12 February 2006
Westerfolds Sports Centre

Our first Graded event for the year, kicked off at Westerfolds on Sunday, 12 February, after High Performance Program training and was an OUTSTANDING SUCCESS! Thanks to all coaches, players, and their families who attended and contributed to the fun on the day. Thank you also to Olivia Kent for hosting us at your wonderful squash centre.

This event was also the official launch of our new look Tournament Circuit and the feedback you all provided on the day was TREMENDOUS - we really appreciate it. The feedback is still rolling in and we really want to hear from you. Tell us what you thought - be honest! What did you like about the tournament and what could we do better for next time. We are striving to continually improve your tournament experience so let us know...

Players & parents were impressed with the new display system which show cases all the FANTASTIC things VSF is doing in junior squash in Victoria and were entertained by the non-stop latest SQUASH DVD'S playing on the flat screen TV.

All players helped to keep the day running on time by being ready for their matches and always collecting the score sheet to do their share of marking/refereeing duties. Thanks to those coaches, parents and players who did extra scoring or reffing to help out our newer or younger players.

It was great to see so many people supporting this event and staying right through to the presentations. The trophies were great (as usual!!!) and it was pleasing to see everyone went home with a smile on their face.

Given that there were so many new players it was difficult to know their correct grading and a fair bit of guess work came into play. As expected there were bound to be a few wobbly ones, but there were no complaints - so well done to those players trying their first VSF graded tournament and thanks for keeping your chin up if you had some tough matches. Now that we know you better, you can be assured you will be in the right grade at future events.

VSF TOURNAMENT CIRCUIT MAJOR PRIZE: All players who participated in the Westerfolds Junior Graded tournament have received 1 ticket in the draw to win the major prize (drawn later in the year). In the past we have given away a Sony Play Station 2, an X-Box and an Apple I-pod Mini!!! We are still tying to decide what the 2006 prize will be - ANY SUGGESTIONS or REQUESTS???

RANKINGS: All entrants in this event will be added to the Victorian Squash Federation's Graded Order of Merit, receiving an OFFICIAL VICTORIAN GRADED RANKING. This Order of Merit will be updated after every junior graded event. Every quarter we will also publish rankings for each grade: A, B, C, D, E, Novice & Beginner so you can check out how you are going within your grade!

CLUB PRIZE: The VSF has introduced an incentive for Clubs to encourage their players to participate in our junior tournament circuit - the club with the most entries at each VSF junior tournament this year will win a great prize. Congratulations to WESTERFOLDS for winning this time with 10 entries. They have won 2 tickets to the Commonwealth Games Men's & Women's Singles Squash Finals!!! Westerfolds can now use this prize however they see fit, and hopefully it will benefit their junior program.

NEXT EVENT: The next junior graded event is the Prince Junior Graded Tournament on Sunday, 5 March (after HPP training) at Squash Logic Melton. Make sure you don't miss this event because you will receive a FREE Prince showbag if you enter by the closing date - Friday, 24 February. Click here for an entry form or grab one from your club.

REMINDER: Keep checking our calendar regularly to make sure you are up to date with the latest event information.

EVENT RESULTS:

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EVENT PHOTOS:

Featured with our event finalists is former squash champion, VICKI CARDWELL, who currently heads up the Westerfolds Junior Development Program.

A GRADE

B GRADE