District Super Champ's Weekend

L to R: Men's B Grade - Otago University; Men's C Grade - Queenstown; Men's D Grade:  Otago

The Otago District Super Champ Eliminations were held at the weekend in Cromwell & Dunedin.  Cromwell Squash Club hosted the C Grade with a record 6 Central Otago teams entering with Sunnyvale carrying the flag for Dunedin. The teams were  seeded into 2 pools.  Queenstown being top seed had a bye on Friday night.  Ties were played Friday night at 7.00 pm; Saturday morning 10.00 am; Saturday afternoon 3.00 pm; Semis - Sunday morning 9.00 am & finals Sunday 1.00 pm.  All in all, a lot of squash and a lot of tired bodies.  1st & 2nd seeds, Queenstown and Cromwell fought out the final with Queenstown coming out the victors. After being down two games, Patrick Coombe (Queenstown)  fought his way back to win 15  - 9 in the fifth - a true final. 
Men's B & D Grades were hosted by the Pirates Club with only one tie being played for each grade.
The B Grade was between the Otago University and Pirates.  Neither team had their top player available with Otago University winning through 4 matches to 1.
Otago SC played Cromwell in the Men's D Grade - this was another tight fought battle with the final score 3 - 2 to Otago.  Unfortunately, Cromwell's number one player had to retire injured which didn't help Cromwell's cause.  Other grades that won through without a contest were:
Women's B - Otago University;  Women's C - Otago University;  Women's D - Pirates;  Men's E - Pirates