25/11/20 – Squash Report

Spring Pennant Grand finals are on this Thursday at Briars @ Thornleigh. We are grateful to be able to play a season without disruption to the comp due to Covid.

• Briars 1 Div 1 Finished 4th
• Briars 2 Div 1 Finished 5th
• Briars 3 Div 2 Finished 4th by 1 point
• Briars 4 Div 3 have come 1st and play the final vs North Sydney Leagues
• Briars 5 Div 4 Came 2nd and are playing North Sydney Leagues in the final
• Briars 6 Div 4 Finished 3rd Place
• Briars 7 Div 5 Came 2nd and will play Norths 3 in the final
• Briars 8 Div 6 Finished 5th place
• Briars 9 Div 6 Finished 1st and will play Mac Uni in the final
• Briars 10 Div 6 Finished 6th Place
• Briars 11 Div 8 Finished 6th Place
• Briars 12 Div 8 Finished 4th Place
• Briars 13 Div 8 Came 2nd and will play Norths in the Final
• Briars 14 Div 8 Came 5th Place

Junior Grand finals on the 28th Nov

• Premier grade Briar Mitch Black vs James Sommer from Nth Syd boys
• Div 1 Briars 2 vs Briars 1
• Div 2 Barker 2 vs Falcon 1
• Div 3 Knox 3 vs Briars 4
• Div 4 Knox 4 vs Knox 5 (Briars 3 finished 4th)
• Div 5 Knox 6 vs Barker 4 (Briars 5 finished 4th)
• Div 6 Knox 8 vs Barker 5  (Briars 6 finished 4th)
• Div 7 KNox 10 vs Knox 11
• Div 8 Knox 12 vs St Pius 7
• Div 9 St Pius vs Knox 14 (Briars 7 finished 3rd)

We have 82 entries so far for the club championships on Saturday the 5th December with only 8 more spots available and 5 days till entries close.

24/09/20 – Squash Pennant Report

Briars Junior Term 3 Internal Tournament

Div 1

• W – James Slade
• R/Up – Thomas Scott
• 3rd – Kaz Fuse

Div 2

• W – Jackson Wylie
• R/Up – Tom SIno
• 3rd – Vish

Div 3

• W – Jingni Liao
• R/Up – Kitty Parbhoo
• 3rd – Michelle Lam

Div 4

• W – Darvan Thavendran
• R/Up Darvin Thavendran
• 3rd – Andy Lee

Most Improved – Jingni Liao

For the full senior squash pennant results;

17/09/20 – Squash Pennant Report

As the Squash pennants reach round 5 of the comp, some of our teams are topping the ladders in their respective divisions. Division ladders are as follows;

North Region (3 person teams)

• Briars 11 – 6th
• Briars 12 – 4th
• Briars 13 – 2nd
• Briars 14 – 3rd

North Region (4 person teams)

Div 06

• Briars 08 – 5th
• Briars 09 – 1st
• Briars 10 – 6th

Div 05

• Briars 07 – 3rd

Div 04

• Briars 05 – 2nd
• Briars 06 – 3rd

Div 03

• Briars 04 – 1st

Div 02

• Briars 03 – 5th

Div 01

• Briars 01 – 4th
• Briars 02- 2nd

Junior Internal Comp Results

Finals week this week for our mini-season of junior pennant. Match-ups are as follows;

Div 01

• GF – James Slade vs Thomas Scott
• 3/4 Playoff – Kazuyuki Fuee vs Maja Maziuk
• 5/6 Playoff – Kasper Cheung vs Zac Giuffre

Div 02

• GF – Jackson Wylie vs Tom Sinodinos
• 3/4 Playoff – Vishva Senewivathne vs Nathan Calder
• 5/6 Playoff – Mattia Candotti vs Thomas Sellars

Div 03

• GF – Kitty Parbhoo vs Jingni Liao

Div 04

• GF – Darvin Thavendran vs TBA
• 3/4 Playoff – Nandika Shah vs TBA
• 5/6 Playoff – Harry Whitehouse vs TBA

For full results

20/08/20 – Squash Report

Results from the Squash NSW junior 3 week competition

Div 1

1. Thomas Scott (Briars)
2. James Slade (Briars)
3. Elliot Inman (St Pius)

Div 2

1. Zac Giuffre (Briars)
2. Hunter Helen-Ford (Knox)
3. Kasper Cheung (Briars)

Div 3

1. Harry Clayton (St Pius)
2. Gilbert Davie (St Pius)
3. Niall Boomla (North Sydney boys High)

Div 4

1. Nathan Calder (Briars)
2. Mattia Candotti (Briars)
3. Tom Sellers (Briars)

Div 5

1. Amelia Scott (Briars)
2. Vivaans Mudaliar (Briars)
3. Darcy Keenlyside (St Pius)

Div 6

1. Darvan Thavendran (Briars)
2. Armaan Samra (North Sydney Boys high)
3. Ben Buono (St Pius)

1st Round Results for senior comp are below

Div 1

• Briars 1 Won against Mac Uni 18 – 10
• Briars 2 Won against MAASH 19 – 9

Div 2

• Briars 3 Won against MAASH 16 – 12

Div 3

• Briars 4 Lost to North Manly 10 – 18

Div 4

• Brias 5 Won against Mac Uni Vipers 24 – 4
• Briars 6 Won against MAASH 18 – 10

Div 5

• Briars 7 Won against MAASH 24 – 4

Div 7

• Briars 8 Lost to MAASH 11 – 17
• Briars 9 Def Briars 10 – 21 – 7

Div 8

• Briars 11 won against Briars 12 – 13 – 8
• Briars 13 Lost to Briars 14 – 7 – 15

For full results

04/08/20 – Squash Report

Results of our 22 Briars in a 3 week NSW Squash Competition

Div 6

• Mila Maziuk lost to Ben Buono of St Pius X in 2-3 with a marathon 20 – 22 in the last game
• Darvan Thavendran Won his first ever comp game 3-0 to Jonah Gonazales of St Pius X
• Darvin Thavendran Won 3-0 to Zhan Lou

Div 5

• Tom Sellers won is first game 3 – 0 vs Oliver Mullen of St Pius X
• Amelia Scott won her game 3 – 0 vs Dylan moore of St Pius X
• Vivaans Mudaliar won his first game 3 – 0 vs peter Yasterboff of St Pius X

Div 4

• Mattia Candotti Won 3 – 0 vs Stanley Chung of North Sydney Boys
• Nathan Calder won 3 – 0 vs Thomas Wilkins of St Pius X
• Colum Ryan won 3 -0 vs Will Oner of St Pius X
• Tom Sellers won 3 – 0 vs Ashley Johnson of St Pius X

Div 3

• Tom Sinodinos lost 3 – 0 to James Hunt St Pius X
• Kirthana Parbhoo lost 2 – 3 to Niall Boomla of North Sydney Boys
• Maeghan Wang lost 1 – 3 to Harry Clayton of St Pius X

Div 2

• Zac Giuffre won 3 – 0 to Luke Marinaki from Knox Grammar
• Vishva Senewivathne lost to fellow Briar Kasper Cheung 0 – 3
• Jackson Wiley won 3 – 0 vs Bradley Boyd from Knox Grammar

Div 1

• Thomas Scott won 3- 0 to Kazuyuki Fuse from Knox Grammar
• James Slade won 3 – 0 to Rishi Deshpande Knox Grammar
• William Slade and Maja Maziuk battle out Wednesday night as a catch up to see who progresses

Senior Pennant Competition 

Commences week of the 10th of August. Teams and draws out next week

13/02/20 – Squash Report

Last weekend Rohan headed up to the Gold Coast to compete in the Australian National Championships. He went into the tournament ranked as a number three seed.
Rohan’s first match was against a promising young junior who he managed to beat in straight games. Following was a really tough quarter final which ended in a tight 3-1 win, taking him through to the semis where he lost after a long battle to a tough opponent in 4 games.

Overall Rohan finished 3rd! Rohan was extremely happy with this result and would like to note that competing in the Australian Championships would not have been possible without the support of Briars @ Thornleigh Squash.

5/12/19 – Squash Report

And so Squash ended 2019 off with a banger of a Briars club champs at Thornleigh Squash. A big thanks to everyone who participated and attended the event! We congratulate all the winners:

Spring Pennant Finals Results:

• Div 02: Briars 01 – 4th
• Div 03: Briars 02 – 3rd
• Div 05: Briars 03 – 3rd
• Div 05: Briars 04 – 1st
• Div 06: Briars 05 – 5th
• Div 09: Briars 06 – Tied 1st
• Div 09: Briars 07 – Tied 1st
• Div 11: Briars 08 – 3rd
• Div 12: Briars 09 – 8th
• Div 12: Briars 10 – 2nd

21/11/19 – Squash Report

Congratulations to all the Briars@Thornleigh teams in the semis and finals coming up in the next two weeks. Teams playing in the knockout semis this week will be:

• Briars 02 in Division 3
• Briars 03 take on Briars 04 in a local derby in Division 5
• Briars 07 in Division 9
• Briars 08 in Division 11

Good luck to all our teams vying for a spot on grand final night next week.
Go Briars!!!

09/11/19 – Squash Report

Briars spirit was running high at Junior Pennant on Saturday with the kids sporting their new personalised Briars sporting shirts. It was the battle of the Briars in division 1 with both teams facing off against each other. There were some great results for underdogs Briars 02 taking the day over Briars 01 (currently sitting at second on the leaderboard). All the matches were played in great spirit and we look forward to seeing how the teams progress throughout the season.

In adult pennant Briars 03 & 04 are hot on the tail of North Sydney for top spot with only 3 points gap between Briars 04 and the current no.1’s. Also, congratulations to Briars 06, 08 & 10 currently doing a great job of defending their pole positions in their respective divisions.

AJC day 3 results:

• Marcus Wang: 3/0 Win in the Grand Final
• Thomas Wang: 3/0 win (now in 5/6 playoff)
• Kieran Willathgamua: 3/0 loss (now in 3/4 playoff)
• Meaghan Wang: 3/0 loss (now playing for 19th)
• Tara Black: 3/0 win (now playing for 18th place)
• Maja Mazuik: 3/0 win (Won Grand Final 3-0)
• Kaz Fuse: 3/0 loss (now playing in 7/8 playoff)
• James Slade: 3/0 loss (now playing in 7/8 playoff)
• Will Slade: 3/0 win (now playing in 13/14 playoff)
• Mitch Black: 3/0 win (now playing in 9/10 playoff)
• Kevin Willathgamua: 3/0 loss (now in 23/24 playoff)
• Dan Godwin: 3/1 loss (now in 15/16 playoff)

Big congratulations to Maja and Marcus, both making it to the grand finals of their respective age groups. Best of luck we are all behind you two. Also congrats to Mitch, James, Kaz, Kieran and Thomas, for all playing for the chance to finish in the top 10 of their age groups. Also well done to Tara and Maeghan on their also match today with some amazing rallies and shots but it was Tara who took out the win today

For full results visit; https://www.sportyhq.com/tournament/view/Australian-Junior-Championships-2019-Platinum

Cheeky Monkey Junior Open Squash Event

What a huge day! The 21st of September saw the Cheeky Monkey Junior Open hosted at Briars’ home squash courts, Thornleigh. 32 young juniors competed in the one day event, the largest turn-out to a Cheeky Monkey event ever, and 17 of those players representing Briars! In the B & C grades Briars took out all podium positions. In the A grade local superstar Maja Maziuk took out 3rd place and Dan Godwin took out the Open grade without dropping any set all day. All in all it was an awesome positive experience for Briars squash and we look forward to hosting more events like these in future!

In the pennant Briars are currently occupying the top spots in Div 05, 09 and 12. With 8 rounds still to come there is still plenty of time for Briars to upset the ladders and work their way to pole position. Good luck and good squash Briars!

Summer Season of Junior Pennants starts 19th October

Junior Pennant is back! Entries are now open for the summer season which is set to start up on the 19th of October. Along with the new season we are also doing new Briars shirts for our Juniors with their nickname to be printed on the back. For more information contact Thornleigh Squash at squashthornleigh@gmail.com

This week also saw the sad farewell to Briars’ head squash coach, Ali Jafari. Ali came here mid last year from England and since his arrival Briars Junior Squash has had rapid growth in both numbers and in the standard of their playing ability. To celebrate his time with Briars he hosted a 2 hour junior clinic for the club with 25+ keen kids taking part in some hard training and some fun & games. We are sad to see him go but we hope to have him back soon. We wish him the best of luck in his future endeavours both on and off the court.

Briars 06 & Briars 07 Top their divisions

A great turnout at Junior Training this week! This week Briars’ young prodigies were working on the angles of attack and the use of the crosscourt in the game of Squash. This session also saw Briars top Juniors Dan Godwin and Mitchell Black take on the role of coaches and put the other youngsters through their paces!

In other news, congratulations to Briars 06 and Briars 10 in topping their respective division ladders in the pennant external competition!

Last weeks Pennant Matches

Results from last weeks pennant matches are in! Another huge night of squash with 4 of our Briars teams taking out top spot in their respective divisions. Also congratulations to Briars own squash club manager Anthony Thomas and his team currently placed at 2nd in the Premier League.

Junior Pennant Competition starts back next term with another exciting season of squash in the making. Briars’ finest are keen to get into some matches after attending the widely successful junior training classes during the weeks leading up to the season. We wish all of our Juniors the best of luck in the upcoming season!

Kick-off of Spring Pennants

Last Thursday saw the kick-off of the Spring Pennant for 2019 as well as the debut of the new and improved Briars squash shirts! With 10 Briars teams across 12 divisions we are in store for a huge season of squash, spirit and fun! After the first round we have multiple teams sitting in the top few positions in their division ladders and after an awesome performance Briars 04 is sitting in 1st place in Div 05. We wish the Briars the best of luck in the coming season and we want to thank all our sponsors for helping us launch the new Briars apparel!

NSW State Junior Titles

Huge success for Briars junior squash this week as 8 of our juniors were selected to represent NSW at the upcoming national championships in Davenport, Tasmania at the end of this year. We wish to congratulate them on their selection and we wish them the best of luck in their future matches!

Last weekend saw Thornleigh Squash Centre host the NSW State Junior Titles, one of the biggest junior events in NSW each year. Over the 3 days a large number of Briars juniors took part and we saw some great squash from our kids.On the whole the event was a resounding success as well as excellent feedback on the introduction of a doubles tournament. We look forward to seeing all of our juniors compete again in the upcoming Briars one day tournament on the 27th of July.