St Paul’s Collegiate School’s squash programme attracts about 60 players each year, from beginners to New Zealand representatives.
Students who are new to squash are taught basic skills and technique to play a competitive game. For those students who wish to play on a more competitive level, marking and referring are some of the key components of the programme’s advanced level. Overall, students are taught speed, agility, strength and stamina.
Students train twice each week at St Paul’s two glass-back courts. Note that all participants are required to have their own safety glasses and racquet.
St Paul’s squash members compete in inter-club, regional and national squash competitions including:
- Waikato secondary school squash championships
- North Island age group championships
- South Island age group championships
- New Zealand secondary schools squash championships
- St Paul’s inter-school competition.
There is a small cost of $85 per term for coaching which is disbursed to students' accounts.
Highlights
- Lwamba Chileshe, Temwa Chileshe and Sean Dykes selected for the New Zealand Secondary School senior team travelling to Australia for a trans-Tasman competition (2017)
- Jack Collins, Temwa Chileshe, Sean Dykes, Sam Wilson and Lwamba Chileshe took away the silver medal in the New Zealand Secondary School National Squash Championship (2017)
- Lwamba Chileshe was the overall winner of the boys' top division in the Waikato Secondary School Squash Championships (2017)
Coaches
- Teacher in Charge – Garth Littlejohn
- Coach – Brendon (Wabbit) Woodhead