Benalla Squash Club wrap-up

Jun 7, 2022

Well done: Victorian Country Squash Team Championships Division 3 winners, from left, Marion Baines, Chris McNair, Treena McNair, Xander Smith, Zara Shaw and Greg Murphy. Kneeling are Brian Lyons and Rochelle Shaw.

Round 13

A team from the north-east did well recently by winning Division 3 of the Victorian Country Squash Team Championships, otherwise known as the ‘Hopman Cup’.

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The ‘Hopman Cup’ event is an annual, weekend squash tournament consisting of regional teams from all over Victoria.

Each team consists of three female adults, three male adults, a junior boy and a junior girl.

There is no other tournament like it on the calendar.

A great weekend of team camaraderie and good squash to be played and watched.

This year’s team was Greg Murphy (Benalla), Chris McNair (Benalla), Brian Lyons (Yarrawonga), Xander Smith (Yarrawonga), Rochelle Shaw (Yarrawonga), Treena McNair (Benalla), Marion Baines (Wodonga) and Zara Shaw (Yarrawonga).

With Rochelle being Brian’s daughter and Zara being her daughter, we had three generations of the Lyons squash dynasty in attendance.

Husband and wife, Chris and Treena, capped off the family feel for the team.

Round 14

Section 1:

Barkly Street Vets Team defeated Caslek Computing and Cabling Team 3 rubbers to 1: Greg Murphy defeated Gerard Vitti 3/1, Chris McNair lost to Rod Firmer 2/3, Andrew Ham (fill-in) defeated Tim Leenen 3/0 and Bechy Pastuszka defeated Josh McNair 3/2.

Dr Stuart Jones Dentist Team defeated Benalla Bobcat Team 3 rubbers to 1: John Brown (fill-in) defeated Wally Pastuszka 3/1, Adam Saddler won in a walk-over, Paul O’Brien defeated Andrew Ham 3/0 and Josh McNair (fill-in) defeated Bechy Pastuszka (fill-in) 3/0.

Section 2:

HP Excavations Team defeated Hollywoods Pizza Team 2 rubbers each, 8 games to 7: Gerry Margat defeated Ray Moulday 3/1, Jye Pastuszka lost to Ben Flynn 1/3, Anakin Pastuszka defeated Ryder Levy 3/0 and Addison Pastuszka lost to Lucas Ham 1/3.

Custom Squash Team defeated Steph Ryan Team 3 rubbers to 1: Liam Margat defeated Greg Cornell 3/0, Dee Manning (fill-in) lost to Toby Currie 0/3, Damien Gilbert defeated Andrew Ross-Costello and Heidi Margat won in a walkover 3/0.

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