Johnston and Craig Set to Take South Island Champs Trophies

Johnston and Craig Set to Take South Island Champs Trophies

Oliver Johnston and Megan Craig are both set to take top honours with the South Island Championships taking place at the Marlborough Squash Rackets Club with support from Marlborough College Old Boys Squash Club.

Oliver Johnston is currently a member of the Squashways club in Christchurch and he is due to face local home hero Megan Craig who will be competing in both the Men’s and Women’s draws this weekend. Craig will have to get her way past Neil Rossin of the Henderson squash club to make the final whilst Johnston will have to beat Craigs father Grant Craig to make the finals.

Megan Craig is due to face Shelley Kitchen (former World number 6) in the finals with Kitchen due to face Erin Ellery in the semi-finals and Craig will face Nikki Kennedy, assuming all goes to plan.

Craig will have a full schedule over the next few weeks as she is due to fly to Hong Kong on the Monday morning to compete in the qualifying round of the Hong Kong International PSA for 2016.

Craig is the 7th seeded qualifier in this event and will be looking to make the main draw to help give her World Ranking a boost.

The Marlborough Squash Rackets Club has been putting in a lot of work over the past few months and the holding of the South Island Championships will also tie in with their 50th Anniversary where they will be having a function on the Saturday night to celebrate this.

Games kick off Thursday night with semi-finals scheduled from 3:20pm on Saturday and the Women’s Final at 1:40pm and the Men’s Final at 2:20pm on Sunday.

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