The top seeds have safely negotiated their way through the opening day at the North Island Champs in Hamilton |
A trouble free day for the top seeds in the opening round at the ASB North Island Squash Championships in Hamilton.
Jaclyn Hawkes and Joelle King have both had comfortable straight games victories first up in the women's draw, while Campbell Grayson and Martin Knight both had byes in the men's draw, which was rejigged following the withdrawal of third seed George Crosby.
Hawkes opened her account with an 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 win over Waikato's Nadine Cull while King was even more convincing in an 11-2, 11-1, 11-3 victory over Auckland's Georgina Shelton-Agar.
The second round gets underway at 10:40 tomorrow morning.
Results
Women
First round
1. Jaclyn Hawkes (Auckland) def Nadine Cull (Waikato) 11-5, 11-7, 11-5
Rachel McLeod (Auckland) def Trina Moore (Auckland) 11-8, 11-3, 11-3
Amanda Landers-Murphy (Auckland) def Vicki Beker (Bay of Plenty) 11-3, 11-3, 11-6
4. Amanda Cranston (Waikato) def Kathryn Austin (Bay of Plenty) 11-4, 11-4, 11-8
3. Kylie Lindsay (Waikato) def Michelle Heron (Auckland) 13-11, 11-6, 11-4
Megan Craig (Canterbury) def Alana Sincock (Waikato) 8-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-8
Emma Millar (Waikato) def Danielle Fourie (Central) 11-4, 14-12, 11-2
2. Joelle King (Waikato) def Georgina Shelton-Agar (Auckland) 11-2, 11-1, 11-3
Men
First round
1. Campbell Grayson (Auckland) BYE
Tom Nash (Central) def Josh McHugh (Auckland) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6
Matiu Te Kani-McQueen (Bay of Plenty) def Liam O'Shaughnessy (Eastern) 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9
Michael Pittams (Wellington) def Steve Oxenham (Waikato) 11-9, 118, 11-7
Lance Beddoes (Auckland) def Steve Martin (Waikato) 11-4, 11-2, 11-6
Bryce Redman (Eastern) def David Guest (Bay of Plenty) 11-9, 11-9, 11-9
Michael Sunderland (Southland) def Stephen O'Toole (Waikato) 11-6, 11-4, 15-13
4. Alex Grayson (Auckland) def Simon O'Shaughnessy (Eastern) 11-7, 11-4, 11-9
3. Evan Williams (Wellington) def Brett Dunstan (Bay of Plenty) 11-6, 11-5, 11-1
Philip Buscke (Auckland) def Tate Matson (Northland) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6
Joseph Watts (Central) def Todd Redman (Eastern) 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8
Paul Coll (Canterbury) def Jason Baty (Eastern) 11-8, 11-8, 11-8
Chris Lloyd (Waikato) def Blair Landers (Central) 3-0 (scores not available)
Gary Duberly (Auckland) def Alan Westrupp (Bay of Plenty) 11-4, 11-9, 11-9
Mike Martin (Waikato) def Cody Herdman (Waikato) 3-0 (scores not available)
2. Martin Knight (Wellington) BYE
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