Mackay’s Tiffany Loss has wonthe inaugural Awardfor the month of September.

Loss won her Club

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Championship in Septemberbefore leaving to compete in theAustralian Junior ClosedChampionships in Hobart.

Competing in the 19YAG groupLoss was seeded 10. She gotoff to a great start beating the# 7 seed Shari Fuller from NT3-0. A top 8 finish was assured.

Her next match was againstfellow Queenslander NatalieNewton. Loss fought bravelybut lost 12-14 7-11 8-11 to theeventual winner of thetournament.

Fighting now for the highestpossible finishing position Lossbeat the #6 seed Luka Stroopfrom WA 3-0 to playoff for 5th.

Her last match was againstthe #4 seed

where she lost to 9-1110-12 4-11 to officially finish 6th.

Congratulations .

Nicole Stonehamfrom VIC

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The NR Committee haveannounced the establishmentof a Squash Award Program.

This recognition of achievementprogram will be known as the

Awards.

The Awards will be open to alljunior and senior players andcoaches in NR.

A Certificate will beawarded each month. Aprestigious AnnualAward will also be established.

The Committee anticipatesthese awards will encouragerecipients to strive for evengreater glory on the court .

Nominations are invited fromthe community the lastday of each month. Send yournomination to the emailaddress at the bottom of thispage. There will also be aprovision for Committeenominations.

A panel of 3 people has beenestablished to judge the awardeach month.

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Promoting clubyourand really get to know theircustomer: the squash player.

The sport of squash boomed inthe 70's and 80's. That era hasgone and probably won't return.

Our sport is just one of themany choices available topeople to play. We are not justcompeting with alternativesports but sports who have thecapacity to invest heavily inmarketing and promotion.

From a business perspectivemany owners are simplyreactive and increase the priceto survive. This has thepotential to deter newcustomers because the pricemay appear excessive or theysimply don't feel they are gettingsufficient time on court for theprice (value for money).

Whilst a marketing plan isprobably ideal for each specificlocation many owners simplydon't have the skills to do itthemselves or the money toinvest in a detailed analysis.

Some simple steps to take thatwon't break the bank are todevelop a logo (brand), developa website (or a Facebook Page)and build a year of activities topromote to existing customers.

For future customers it isimportant that every clubseriously look at building ajunior development program .

There are many low coststrategies to employ and sure itdoes take a little effort to buildthat calendar of events ... but itsworth it.

The clubs that are doing well inNR adopt this strategy andprosper. Others sadly look atalternative solutions like turningcourts into something else toincrease the return oninvestment.

Whilst this is totallyunderstandable such strategieshave the capacity to destroy oursport.

This Newsletter is acommitment of the NRCommittee to promote our greatsport to the squash players ofNR (the customer) that there isrecognition and that there aremany activities around NR thatthey can participate in. In turnthere are some wonderful flowon benefits to our customers,community and the sport.

As part of this story we wouldlike to encourage you to getinvolved in

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is about identifyingand understanding yourcustomer and giving them whatthey want.

Effective marketing is a result ofexamining every aspect of yourbusiness and how it affects theconsumer's end experience.

It covers everything you'll needto do in order to deliver yourproducts and services to theconsumer including research,planning, pricing, packaging,promotion, selling anddistribution.

is a form ofcommunication for marketingand used to encourage orpersuade an audience (viewers,readers or listeners; sometimesa specific group) to continue ortake some new action.

Commercial advertisers oftenseek to generate increasedconsumption of their products orservices through " ",which involves the repetition ofan image or product name in aneffort to associate certainqualities with the brand in theminds of consumers.

is part of marketingand includes personal selling,advertising, sales promotion,direct marketing and publicity.

So what does this mean for oursport? Well if an

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Mackay's returnedhome recently to visit family andcatch up with the current crop of

juniors.

Hindle brought with him ato demonstrate its training

benefits to club officials and the kids.

In short the features a60 ball capacity, anti jam ball feedingmechanism with thermostaticallycontrolled temperature to mimic matchconditions.

Hindle ran three, hour long coachingsessions with the ball machine. He wasable to concentrate 100% on analysing aplayer's technique as opposed to feedingand analysing.

The did the feeding tothe same spot repeatedly and at varyingspeeds.

The was well receivedwith Mackay and Moranbah clubs set toinvest in one each.

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35th Anniversary35th Anniversaryplayers and run the event.

- the event was renamedthe Leanne Pietzner Memorialafter the tragic loss of one ofMackay's most promisingplayers in a car accident.

- the AIS chose to supportthe event to give their squad oftalented juniors an opportunityto get more match play as partof their preparations for otherevents on the professionalcircuit.

In that year Philip Larmer wonthe mens championship whilst1981 World Champion RhondaThorne won the women's title.

- the women's final wasplayed between Sarah Fitz-Gerald and Michelle Martin.Fitz-Gerald won that encounterbut as history would testify itwas only the humble beginningsfor these two absolute legendsof the game.

In 1993 Martin won the first of 3consecutive world titles andthen Fitz-Gerald followed with 3of her own before winning 5 intotal. In 2012 Martin won the

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- saw John White fromTownsville at the time win theevent He went on to becomeWorld No 1 and representedScotland. White was known asthe hardest hitter of the ball inthe sport of squash.

- Tully’s Lisa Camilleri wonthe first of her 4 titles. Also inthat year Mackay’s Brad Hindlewas the men's winner. He nowrepresents Malta.

When home, Hindle visits familyand still takes the time to visithis old club to help coach our upand coming juniors.

- Rockhampton's CraigRowland won the the first of histwo titles. In 2012 Rowland wonthe Over 40 World MastersChampionships.

- the event became knownas the Mackay Open onceagain. It became the final leg ofthe Q Squash Rookie ProCircuit.

The inaugural winners of theRookie Pro Circuit were BradFreeme and Lisa Camilleri whoalso happened to win the finalleg of the circuit in Mackay.

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- The Mackay Open wasestablished by the then ownersHenry and Sharon Trindorfer.

They were encouraged by IanCarlisle who was new toMackay and a top player fromWales. Carlisle quicklyestablished there was need fora tournament given the pool oftalented players in NorthQueensland.

- Kay Barclay won thewomen’s title. She continues tothis day to be the driving forcebehind the success of theMackay Open.

She has transformed theMackay Open into a PSA andWSA endorsed event offeringvaluable world ranking points toyoung professional players.

The event now attracts risingprofessional players from allover the world. This creates notonly a wonderful spectacle forsquash enthusiasts but helps toimprove the standard of localplayers.

The event would not be possiblewithout the incredible supportfrom a large number of localsponsors.

Barclay works tirelesslythroughout the year to organisesponsors, families to billet

The will be the 35th staging of the event and a greatreason to participate and celebrate this wonderful championship.

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Mackay's Robyn Cooper has

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The NR Committee arecurrently organising an EliteJunior Coach Camp forJanuary 2013.

Legendary coachesand

have joined forces again toput the polish on the currentcrop of Redback Reps.

More information will bereleased shortly. Are youinterested?Phone on

NoelForster Kay Barclay

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- saw Donna Urquhartwin. She is now ranked in theWorld's top 20 and recentlywon the 2012 WSA CrocodileChallenge Cup in Hong Kong.

- Evergreenprofessional Mike Corren haswon the last two years and istop seed for this year's event.

Corren has dominated squashevents in Australia and has justcelebrated winning the 43rdTour title of his career inChristchurch.

The 38-year-old from SouthAustralia also celebrated his61st appearance in a PSA Tourfinal at that same event.

Corren is in illustrious companybecoming only the third playerin the modern game to achievethis milestone. He now shares61 wins with CanadianJonathon Power and onlyEngland's Peter Nicol (69) isahead of him.

This year’s event has attracteda quality field of players fromAustralia and overseas.

Besides Corren the Aussieshave 2 other seeded playersincluding 2 time Mackay Openchamp Nathan Stevenson (7)and Jamie McErvale (6).

The Kiwis best chance is the3rd seed Evan Williams.

England are strongly

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It will be held in conjunctionwith the Mackay JuniorQualifier.

Nominations for all positionsare invited.

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represented with EddieCharlton (2) and Lewis Walters(4). Charlton recently won aPSA World Tour Challenger 5 inBrazil.

Ireland have Arthur Gaskinseeded at 5 whilst Japan’s BenTakamizawa Harris rounds outthe 8 seeds at 8.

-Australia’s Christine Nunn is thetop seed in the women’s draw.

Nunn will be looking to achievetwo important milestones - to

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reach her first final on theprofessional tour and win herfirst WSA Title.

Ranked 74 in the world thetalented ACT product is movingsteadily up the world rankingsand a win in Mackay would be atremendous boost for hercareer..

She will have her hands full witha foreign contingent roundingout the top 4 seeds: (2) CheynaTucker RSA 80, (3) LotteEriksen NOR 81 and (4)Zulhijjah Binti Azan MAS 87.

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Junior Pathwaythe ball to the back of the court.

The player seeksregular competition andgenerally s inhouse at their clubAs the junior improves his/herskills they may then aspire torepresent their club or school.

In a bid to find greatercompetition most players beginattending in abid toand to gain selection for theirRegional Team ( ).

these juniorqualifiers are to everyoneregardless of what results theyhave previously or thetype of competitions they haveplayed in at their club or school.

Once a player gets a RegionalRanking they are well and trulyon the development path. Theyare usually hooked on the sportand are then encouraged torepresent their Region at theState Championships (QJC).

A player competes atthe QJC and establishes a StateRanking. At this level a playermay also be striving torepresent their school at theState Secondary SchoolsChampionship and their State atthe Trans Tasman SchoolsChampionship (QLD NSW NZ).

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The junior is nowcompeting at National eventslooking to establish a National

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It is atin

September when Nationalselectors begin to search forpotential players to representAustralia in the future.

There is also another Nationalevent called the AJO (AustralianJunior Open Championship)which occurs around Easter thatplayers should strive to competeat as well. The AJO givesplayers an opportunity to getinternational competition onhome soil.

At both the AJC and AJO anumber of players are selectedto join the National Talent Squad(NTS).

Once in the NTS there is anexpectation the player will nowcompete in Open events to builda world ranking. The idea hereis for these juniors to competeagainst seniors and learn todeal with much more pressure.

A player is selected toto represent Australia at theWorld Junior TeamChampionships (WJTC) whichare held each year on analternative basis . The girlsteam will compete next in 2013followed by the boys in 2014.

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those players to ultimatelyrepresent Australia at the WorldJunior Championships.

A player's progression along thepathway is identified bycompeting at various levels anddemonstrating a capacity tohandle the standard of play ateach specific level.

Whilst not an exact science aplayer should be striving toachieve a at thevarious levels: Regional, Stateand National to be consideredhighly competent at such levels.

A player should strive to firstlyestablish a ranking at eachlevel, followed by a Top 10ranking and finally, a Top 4ranking.

Juniors develop and progress atdifferent rates. Some are moreathletic or gifted and rise to thetop of their age group veryquickly. Others have to findtheir feet and progress at aslower rate.

Some need to get fitter or getsome additional skill training.Most juniors benefit from regulartraining and competition.

A junior beginsto learn the game. If fortunatethey receive some early basictraining like learning the rules,learning to serve and how to hit

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Ingham Junior Qualifier

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>>> 20-21 October 2012 <<<

The 1st Northern Region Qualifier for 2013

Ingham Squash Centre96 Cartwright StreetINGHAM Qld 4850

ENTRIES CLOSE:FRIDAY 12 October 2012

Email entries to

Phone Kay on 0432 572 712ORtrevorbarclay@bigpond.com mkdibs@bigpond.com

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A Grade B Grade A Grade B Grade

19 Year

17 Year

15 Year

13 Year

11 Year

9 Year

Entry Fee:$40.00 for 1 event$50.00 for 2 events

Best of 5 Games to 11 PARS - Tie break at 10 all. To win a game you must win it by 2 points

All grading will be made relative to Q Squash standards and the tournament committee reserves

All players Financial members of Q Squash and under their respective age group as at1ST JANUARY, 2013.

MUST BEIf you turn 10 at anytime in 2013 you play in the 11 year age group.

All Players are to mark and referee the next match at the completion of their own match.

Players are to be present and checked in with Tournament Control before the20 MINUTES

The wearing of Protective Eyewear is at this tournament.COMPULSORY

Entry fees are due and payable once the draw has been completed. No refunds will be made.

XX Yellow Dot balls will be used.

scheduled time of their match.

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every club in the Region.

So if you have held a ClubChampionship in 2012 all youhave to do is advise us of thewinners of each grade and theywill be published.

For the December issue we willproduce a summary of all thechampions throughout theNorthern Region for 2012.

All you have to do is send Kiman email outlining your clubchampions for 2012 by

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