West Coast girl in squash squad

Press, 13 May 1981, Page 27

West Coast girl in squash squad

An 18-year-old West Coast girl, Adele Ellery, is the most interesting new face in the Canterburymen's and women’s training squad’s for the national inter-district squash teams event at Auckland in August. Miss Ellery, who made her debut for the Canterbury junior girls’ team last season, will receive financial assistance to travel to Christchurch for training on some week-ends. Kathy Hargreaves, a former nationally ranked player, returns to the women's squad while Robbie Burnett, Robin Clements, and Mark Crosbie are the new faces in the. men's squad. The final teams, which will be managed by Messrs Les Milne (women) and Alan Dunlop (men).

will be chosen after the two compulsory selection tournaments — the Linwood open (May 29 to June 1), and the Canterbury championships (June 5 to 7). Philippa Idour, the Canterbury I women’s champion, was again una- I vailable, whie the in-form John I Oakley is apparently trying his I luck with Southern Districts. I The full squads named yesterday I by the representative selectors I (Messrs Milne and Doug Lawrie I and Mrs Idour) are in alphabetical | order.— Women— Kate Carpinter, El- I lery, Hargreaves. Merle Holland, I Mary Hunt, Jacqui James, Lorna I Symes. Men.— Burnett, Clements, Cros- I bic, Rod Hayes, Craig Hibbert, I Bryan Simpson. Lawrence Skurr, I Lin Sparks. Chris Wasley. I