Kaplan Cup IPT Comes to PE

 

For the fifth consecutive year PricewaterhouseCoopers will sponsor the prestigious annual Inter-Provincial team squash championships for men and women, to be hosted in Port Elizabeth from 9th-13th July.

 

Competition will be razor-edged in the Kaplan Cup for women, as Western Province (with three consecutive wins since 2004) having national Champion Tenille Swartz as their number 1.

Their well-balanced side including Karen van der Westhuizen, Siyoli Lusaseni, National under 19 champion Milnay Louw, and Sacha West secures them the number 1 seeding.

 

In second slot is Northerns with Farrah Fenner, presently ranked number 1 nationally in the top slot. Seeded third is Gauteng who last won the title in 2003.

 

Annelize Naude, a graduate from University of Johannesburg, now resident in the Netherlands and ranked 17 in the world, has considerably strengthened fourth seeds Easterns, whose team also includes top-rated Angie Clifton-Parks.

 

KwaZulu-Natal A and Eastern Province A complete the 6-team field, which will play in a round robin format, with matches to be played in morning and afternoon sessions, at Londt Park and Westview Clubs.
 
Teams:
Western Province (Top seed): Tenille Swartz, Karen van der Westhuizen, Siyoli Lusaseni, Milnay Louw, Sacha West;
Northerns (Second seed): Farrah Fenner, Vivienne Doeg, Sonia Pinter, Cara Willoughby, Sonika Fritz; Easterns: Annelize Naude, Angie Clifton-Parks, Nicola Helwick, Lindy Jordaan, Susan Tricker, Michele Kohne;
Gauteng (Third seeds): Diana Argyle, Claire Nitch, Adel Weir, Mary Ann Boden, Sharon le  Roux;
Easterns (Fourth seed): Annelize Naude, Angie Clifton-Parks, Nicola Helwick, Lindy Jordaan, Susan Tricker, Michele Kohne;
KwaZulu-Natal: Leora Greenwood, Sam Herbert, Collette Ferguson, Anne Bloem, Kim Lindsay, Jackie Ridgeway;
Eastern Province: Juanette le  Roux, Lizelle van Niekerk, Jacqui Trevarthan, Kierryn Keeton, Anlen Murray