Oceania Junior Championship and NZ Junior Open Results
Posted: 27/04/17
Two international tournaments were held recently – the Oceania Junior Championships in Henderson and the New Zealand Junior Open in Cambridge.
Northland had a good number of juniors attend one or both of these.
The Oceania Junior Championships attracted over 200 entries including players from Australia, New Caledonia, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and French Polynesia, with many of these players also playing in the New Zealand Junior Open the following weekend in Cambridge which had close to 200 entries.
Northland’s Finn Trimble who was top seed took out the Boys Under 19 Oceania title with a strong performance over fellow New Zealander Quinn Udy in the final. Riley Vette-Blomquist came 5th in the Under 15 Boys, while Annmarie Holst placed 5th in the Under 17 Girls.
The New Zealand Junior Open saw 4th seeded Finn Trimble take back to back wins by winning the Boys Open title, with a hard fought final against Gabe Yam of Auckland. Finn’s name now joins his brother Max’s on the boys trophy. Anna Moselen played extremely well to win Girls Division 2, and Riley Vette-Blomquist followed up his good form at Oceanias to take out the Division 2 Boys
In between the two tournaments the annual Trans-Tasman test was played with Finn Trimble playing No 1 in the Under 19 boys and captaining New Zealand to a convincing win against the Australians for the 3rd year in a row.
Results from Oceania Junior Championships
Under 19 Boys
Finn Trimble- 1st
Shayden Toka – 17th
Under 15 Boys
Riley-Jack Vette-Blomquist – 5th
Devlin Gurr – 7/8th
Under 13 Boys
Freddie Jameson 6th
Maz Saunders – 9th
Campbell Griffin – 14th
Flynn Venmore – 15th/16th
Under 19 Girls
Zoe Dykzeul 13th
Under 17 Girls
Annmarie Holst – 5th
Results from New Zealand Junior Open
Boys Open
Finn Trimble- 1st
Shayden Toka 21st
Girls Open
Zoe Dykzeul 10th
Annmarie Holst 13/16
Boys Div 2
Riley-Jack Vette-Blomquist 1st
Boys Div 3
Devlin Gurr 2nd
Freddie Jameson 4th
Cory Ferguson 9th
Boys Div 5
Campbell Griffin 5th
Boys Div 6
Flynn Venmore 2nd
Boys Div 7
Paddy Ferguson 4th
Boys Div 8
Tane Traill 6th
Girls Div 2
Anna Moselen 1st
Shea Ferguson 6th
Girls Div 4
Chelsea Traill 2nd
Girls Div 5
Emmie Ferguson 4th