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Otago Daily Times
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
US-based player returns for open
Anna O'Connor won the Southland Open women's title in 2021. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Jetlag will not stop US-based Anna O'Connor from competing in the Southland Squash Open next week. Southland-raised O'Connor is using her semester break from Dickinson College, in Philadelphia, to play in the South Island tournament. The former James Hargest College student has been studying on a scholarship for the past four years. Squash Southland district manager Bruce Thirkell said it would be great to have someone of her calibre at the Open. "It is fantastic that Anna is coming all the way back from America to play," Thirkell said. O'Connor won the Southland Open women's title in 2021 and has consistently represented New Zealand nationally and overseas. Thirkell is looking forward to seeing her return to Southland where her squash career began. "She started out as a junior at the Makarewa Squash Club," he said. "Seeing her play at the tournament is a good motivator for [others]." Thirkell hoped the competition would draw at least 100 entries. "So far we have 88 entries, which is a good number. "If we can get to 100 entries then we will hold the competition across two venues." Men's and women's open winners will receive a $1000 prize sponsored by FI Innovations. The Southland Open takes place at the ILT Stadium Southland and Squash City in Invercargill on May 23/24. Competitors from age 10 from around New Zealand will take part in the two-day tournament.
Otago Daily Times
23-04-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
Striving for global success
PHOTO: SWPix/SUPPLIED Southland cyclist Riley Faulkner will not only represent the region but the country once again on the international stage. The James Hargest College student was named as part of the 10-strong New Zealand team who will head to the Netherlands to compete at the Junior Track World Championships in August. Faulkner is the New Zealand sprint champion and was also part of the team sprint that won the silver medal last year in China. The championships will take place in the renowned velodrome at the Omnisport complex in Apeldoorn from August 20 to 24. The New Zealand women's team will be made up by Faulkner (Southland), 17; Sophie Maxwell (Canterbury), 17; Shaylah Sayers (Canterbury), 16; and Jesse Thomson (Canterbury), 16. While the men's comprise Hunter Dalton (Auckland), 18; Joshua Grieve (Otago), 17; David Kwon (Auckland), 16; Ben Murphy (Cambridge), 17; Alex Schuler (Cambridge), 18; and Flynn Underwood (Hamilton), 18.
