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03/11/2009 - The inaugural Squash New Zealand Hall of Fame Dinner is being held on Friday November 20th at The Novotel, Ellerslie in Auckland. To help celebrate this event each of the inductees will be profiled leading up to the evening. Today we profile Stuart Davenport. |
Stuart Davenport - "Wizard with a racket"
Exceptionally tall for a leading player and possessing incredible racket skills, most notably his volleying, Davenport rose to a world ranking of No 3, but was blocked from further progress by two exceptional players on the world scene - Pakistan's Jahangir Khan and fellow New Zealander Ross Norman. Davenport spent his formative squash years in Christchurch and built a formidable junior record. By the time he was in his early teens, he was taking on and beating some of the best players in the country.
Though his career at the top did not scale the heights that Norman's did or endure as long, Davenport won his share of international titles, including the 1986 United States Open, when he beat Norman in the final, plus the New Zealand Open in 1983. Davenport built an outstanding record playing in international teams events for New Zealand. He became chairman of ISPA, the professional men's players' association, proving a canny negotiator on behalf of the players.
The Squash NZ Hall of Fame Dinner starts at 7pm with pre dinner drinks and wine with dinner. The price is $100 per ticket. Tickets are available from the Squash New Zealand Office (Ph: 09 815 0970 E-mail: squashnz@squashnz.co.nz).
For more details and for any queries contact Don Cotter on 027 297 1922 or email: dcotter@ihug.co.nz.
Click on the link below to access the Hall of Fame website.
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www.nzsquashhalloffame.co.nz/home.html
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