‘Juniors’ Archives
Summer Junior Squash Camp Directory
The directory is organized by the date the camp starts.
Each listing shows the name of the camp, its price or price range, camper experience level (Beginner-Novice, Intermediate, Advanced or Elite), information on the lead coaches and how to get more information.
Camp descriptions are taken directly from the sponsor of the camp.
We also have a page for Summer Training Clinics for Adults.
June 16, 2013
Total Squash Camps Junior COED Residential Camp
Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA
$1400 Residential Overnight/$975 Day
Beginner-Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Elite
3:1 player:coach ratio
Coaches:
Lefika Ragonste, a Botswana National Champion, a 4 time Champion along with a champion for USA U25, Zimbabwe Open and Namibian Open. [...Read More...]
Three NCS Juniors Reach Quarterfinals at Silver Nationals
Three National Capital Squash juniors reached the quarterfinals in the US SQUASH Junior Silver Squash Championships that ended Sunday, April 14. Nghi Nguyen played up an age division and recorded the highest finish, reaching the GU19 semifinals where she lost a tightly contested four game match.
Isabel Young, who recently aged out of GU15, had an impressive run, reaching the GU17 quarterfinals in a five game thriller, clinching the final game 15-13! She then narrowly missed reaching the semis, falling in five tough games.
Theo Mendez lost a heart breaker of a match in the round of 16, losing 11-9 in the fifth to the eventual semifinalist. Theo then went on to win the consolations in a very strong 32-player BU17 field.
Zach Najera, who also recently aged up into BU17, played impressively, defeating a higher ranked player from California in the first round. He later lost in five games to the US #63, who reached the consolation semis.
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Trifecta 3 Silver Results
Players from all over the nation descended on the Chevy Chase Athletic Club in March, but NCS juniors won four age groups, nearly sweeping the girls' draws, and made the finals in a two more divisions. Congratulations to these NCS juniors:
BU15 -- Alex Snape, finalist
BU15 -- Liam Rotzoll, 3rd place
BU15 -- Aadil Husain, classic plate winner
BU15 -- Ryan Lovallo, consolation winner
BU17 -- Zach Najera, finalist
BU17 -- Jeremy Barnes, semifinalist
BU17 -- Ben Roth, classic plate winner
BU17 -- Richard Merski, consolation winner
GU11 -- Emma Wolf, winner
GU15 -- Hanna Chaudhry, winner
GU17 -- Katie Correia, winner
GU19 -- Nghi Nguyen, winner
Two NCS Juniors Compete at US Junior National Championships
Competing in this event is a major honor for any junior squash player -- it shows the player has reached the top 32 in his age group in the USA. Congratulations to Cameron Bahadori and Kira Keating, who qualified in the BU19 and GU19 divisions.
Kira Keating, who recently aged up into the GU19, finished 13-16th and is currently ranked #12 in the US. Cameron is the #1 ranked NCS junior boy and #40 in the US.
SquashRevolution SCLA Bronze Results
NCS juniors played well the first weekend this month, taking tournament victories in three out of four divisions, by beating back players from Baltimore, Richmond and Charlottesville.
In BU19, Caden Petersmeyer cruised to victory, dropping just one game, in the final, to record his first tournament win. Ian Brown played up an age division and took third place.
Nilay Neelaveni played up an age division into BU15, and battled back from a 2-0 deficit in the semifinal to win in five, before falling in the final in a match that included two tiebreaker games. Michael Lovegrove took third.
Charlie Thomas won all three of his matches without dropping a game to clinch his second impressive tournament win this season in BU11.
Shalika Neelaveni played up an age division and won all her matches by 3-0 scores to clinch the title in GU15, her first tournament [...Read More...]
SquashRevolution DC Bronze Results
NCS players won a number of great victories at this tournament, played in February at the Sports Club/LA in Washington DC. Unseeded Ryan Lovallo won in BU15 in a deep 12-player field with competitors from five states and DC. Michael Lovegrove, also unseeded, came back from a 2-1 deficit to beat the #1 seed 13-11 in the fifth. He then took third place. Jeremy Barnes played up a division and won BU19 without dropping a game.
Sophia Yazigi win GU15, winning all her matches 3-0 on the way to her first tournament victory. Anna Wasserman played in her first ever tournament in GU19, and clinched the deciding match in five games to secure the win.
Bryan Keating Named College Player of the Week
Bryan Keating, a 2010 graduate of The Potomac School from Chevy Chase, MD, was named the men's College Squash Player of the Week in February. Now a junior at Cornell University, Keating won the honor for delivering the deciding fifth team match win for Cornell over previously undefeated and #1 ranked Princeton. It was just the second time Cornell had ever defeated Princeton and it was the first home victory [...Read More...]
2012-2013 Junior Tournaments Archive
You can view the current junior tournament page here.
You can see the results of tournaments on this page by clicking on the tournament links.
Meadow Mill Silver, Baltimore, June 2-3.
Chevy Chase Silver Trifecta 4, Washington Area, June 29-July 1
Bare Hills Bronze, Baltimore, July 13-15
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November DC Squash Newsletter — Junior News
Jacqueline Barnes pushed one of the world's top junior women -- Aparajitha Balamurukan -- to four games at the Queensland (Australia) Open Women's Pro-Squash Tournament. Her Indian opponent reached the 3rd round at the Junior Worlds last summer. To put that in perspective, no US woman got past the third round. Balamurukan then knocked out the #2 seed (World #50) in three games. The November Women's Squash Association rankings are out and the 18 year-old Barnes is now ranked as World #136.
Kira Keating is now ranked #2 in GU17 in the USA thanks to reaching the finals of the Junior Championship Tournament (JCT) - Connecticut. This is one of the highest rankings ever achieved by an NCS junior. Kira also made the finals of the Philadelphia Squash Club Gold, playing up an age division in GU19, where she beat the US #24 in three games.
Peter Giraudo reached the second round of the consolations in BU19 at the super-elite [...Read More...]
October DC Squash Newsletter — Junior News
Setting a new record for playing far from our area, Jacqueline Barnes recently won the consolation final at the Australian Junior National Championships, beating the nation's #7 and #8 ranked players in three games in each match. In the first round, she lost a tight four-game match to the player who took 3rd place. At the Women's Squash Association Ipswich Open last week, Barnes took former Women's World #60 Zoe Petrovansky to four games.
Washington Gold
Over 200 players from 15 states plus Canada competed last month in the largest and strongest junior field ever to play in our area. Twenty three NCS juniors competed and proved our region is now home to some of the nation's top players. NCS thanks George Washington University, Sports Club/LA, Bethesda Sport & Health, Results, The Gym and University Club for hosting the matches.
Congratulations to Kira Keating, who won GU17; Shalika Neelaveni, who took 5th in GU11; and Cameron [...Read More...]