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Siblings battle it out in the first doubles tournament of the Australian Junior Open

Published Sun 04 Apr 2021

This is the first doubles event that has happened in the Australian Junior Open and it offered up a ‘battle of the siblings’ in the Under 19 Mixed Doubles final. 

Erin Classen and Dylan Classen took on Maggie Goodman and Sam Goodman. After successful results for the participants in the individual’s event, their match up looked to be a great battle on paper. However, the Classens were able to get out on top.

“The Classen’s came out convincingly and were able to take control and successfully bad the title of Under 19 Mixed Doubles Champions: 11-8, 11-2 (14 mins),” said Jenny Duncalf, Squash Australia Performance Pathway Coach. 

The Under 19 Girls final was a close match seeing Queensland’s Sophie Fadaely and Shona Coxsedge take on Victoria’s Jana Hegazy and Courtney Scholtz. The team from Victoria came out strong in the first and appeared to have the match all wrapped up but the girls from Queensland were not about to let them run away with it and fought their way back to finish the match 9-11, 11-9, 11-5 (25 mins). 

The Under 15 girls final saw Joanne Joseph and Hannah Slyth reverse their result from their pool match against Amelie Guziak and Emmy Lamb. The girls had a close first game but were able to take the lead in the second to win the title of Under 15 Girls Doubles Champions 11-9, 11-3.

Squash Australia wish to thank Russell Weatherburn from Squash ACT for being the on the ground support throughout the event and ensuring everything ran smoothly for the doubles. We would further like to thank the referee’s Mark Mason, Mike Palfreyman and Thomas Palfreyman for all of their efforts throughout the event. A special thank you to Leon Barnett from Devonport Squash Club for helping this event run. 

U19 Boys Doubles

Winner: Ben Hudson / Christopher Pon

Runner-Up: Andre Lynn / Harvey Allan

Third: Adam Hegazy / Kenneth Lamb

U19 Mixed Doubles

Winner: Erin Classen / Dylan Classen

Runner-Up: Maggie Goodman / Sam Goodman

Third: Kurstyn Mather / Remi Young

U19 Girls Doubles

Winner: Sophie Fadaely / Shona Coxsedge

Runner-Up: Courtney Sholtz / Jana Hegazy

 

U15 Boys Doubles

Winner: Darcy Hayes / Patrick O’Shannessy

Runner-Up: Caleb Atkins / Jarrod Atkins

Third: Kasper Cheung / Denver Field

U15 Girls Doubles

Winner: Joanne Joseph / Hannah Slyth

Runner-Up: Amelie Guziak / Emmy Lamb

Third: Hala Hegazy / Dehara Palihakkara
 

The doubles event gives the juniors the opportunity to try a different form of the game against other juniors from around the country. 

This event is proudly supported by Devonport City Council. Squash Australia would like to acknowledge and thank them as well as the following sponsors for their support of this event: Devonport City Council, Dunlop.

Full draws and results can be found on SportyHQ here: 

https://www.sportyhq.com/tournament/view/Australian-Junior-Open-2021-AJST-Platinum

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