Squash rankings

Press, 3 November 1984, Page 29

Squash rankings

Justine Marriott, of Canterbury, the national girls’ under-19 squash champion, is the top-ranked player for her age-group in the New Zealand Squash Rackets Association’s junior ranking lists for 1984.

However, in the over-all junior girls’ rankings Mar-

riott has had to concede the No. 1 position to Marie Pearson, of Auckland. Three Canterbury junior boys have also been given national rankings. Sean O’Brien is ranked No. 3 in his under-17 age-group and Tristan Franklin is the No. 2 in the under-13 section.

Steven Wren, a member of the New Zealand team which contested the world junior championships in Calgary, Alberta, earlier this year, is ranked fifth over all.

The junior rankings are.— Junior men: R. Watt (Waik.) 1, M. Tapsell (Auck.) 2, L. Cooper (Wgtn) 3,, E. Jones (Central) 4, S. Wren (Canty) 5, S. Hagen (Wgtn) 6. Junior women: M. Pearson (Auck.) 1, J. Marriott (Canty) 2, A. Bennett (Auck.) 3, A. Chapman (8.0. P. 4, T. Baldwin (Wgtn) 5, M. Royal (8.0. P. 6. AGe-group boys, under 19: Watt 1, Tapsell 2, Cooper 3, Jones, 4. Under 17: D. Nicholls (Wgtn) 1, R. Bannister (Central) 2, S. O’Brien (Canty) 3, D. Anderson (Northland) 4. Under 15: G. Wilson (Wgtn) 1, M. George (Auck.) 2, S. Sligo (Southern) 3, G. Sandry (8.0. P. 4. Under 13: M. Taylor (8.0. P. 1, T. Franklin (Canty) 2, G. Haynes (Midlands) 3, D. Sharplin (Midlands) 4. Age-group girls, under 19: Marriott 1, Bennett 2, Chapman 3, Baldwin 4. Under 17: Pearson 1, Royal 2, D. Shaw (Northland) 3, H. Benner (8.0. P. 4. Under 15: F. Townsend (Auck.) 1, A. Toal (Waik.) 2, T. Jacobs (8.0. P. 3, D. Chapman (8.0. P. 4. Under 13: L. Hati (8.0. P. 1, N. Pearson (Central) 2, C. Darlington (8.0. P. 3, B. Reid (8.0. P. 4.