Last updated15:28, April 24 2017 <\/p>\n
Robert Kitchin <\/p>\n
Matthew Growcott won the boys' under-11 title at the Oceania squash championships. <\/p>\n
Canterbury's Matthew Growcott has won gold in the under-11 boys at the Oceania Squash Championships. <\/p>\n
The tournament was held at the Henderson Squash Club in Aucklandand attracted over 200 entries across the age groups, with players fromAustralia,China, French Polynesia,Hong Kong,New CaledoniaandSingapore. <\/p>\n
Growcott who plays out of the Burnside Squash club, was seeded fifth, which meant he had to first play a qualifying match against Riley McCracken which he won 3-0 to progress into the main championship draw. <\/p>\n
His first match in the main draw was against the top seed Oliver Dunbar fromWellington, who he had lost to in last year's New Zealand junior nationals 3-1, but he turned the tables this time beatingDunbar11-8, 11-3, 11-9. <\/p>\n
His next match was against fourth seedAustralian Aryan Madan, where he lost a tight first game 11-9, before his fitness showed over the Australian, winning the next 3 games 11-6, 11-3, 11-2. <\/p>\n
In the final, it was an allNew Zealandaffair with Growcott playing sixth seed Reece Holmes from the Hawera club. <\/p>\n
Growcott got up 8-2 in the first game due to some strongshotsand a few errors by Holmes. <\/p>\n
Holmes started to cut the errors and Growcott started to go for winning shots that didn't pay-off, but held on to win 11-9. <\/p>\n
In the second game Growcott was too consistent and won 11-4. Both players cut their errors out in the third game and it went point for point before Growcott won 11-8, taking the title. <\/p>\n
OtherCanterburyplayers to take medals and better their seeding were Quinn Udy from the Marlborough Club and Ruby Turnbull from the Christchurch Football club. <\/p>\n
Udy, who was seeded third in the under 19's, beat the second seed Australian Caleb Johnson 3-2 in the semis, but lost to fellow New Zealander Finn Trimble in the final 3-0 to claim a silver medal. <\/p>\n
Turnbull, playing in the under 17s, was seeded fourth. She lost in the semi finals to overall Champion Rhiarne Taiapa 3-0, then beat Annaleise Faint 3-1 to claim the bronze medal. <\/p>\n
-Stuff <\/p>\n
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