The 2024 SA Schools Top 10 Junior Squash Players

Seven CJS players have achieved the 2024 SA Schools Top 10 Ranking!  Congratulations!

The annual SA Schools Top 10 for 2024 has been announced, and seven CJS players are on the Top 10 List.  There is a set of criteria that players must fulfil to be eligible for ranking, which includes the following:

  • Must have played in the Technifibre Bloem Junior Squash Open,
  • Must have been invited to and played in the SA Schools Closed Squash Tournament, and
  • Must have been selected and played in the Interprovincial Tournaments in the province’s A side.

We congratulate seven CJS players who have fulfilled the criteria and who have achieved the 2024 SA Schools Top 10 Ranking:

Girls

  • Elzandri Janse van Rensburg (Midstream College) – Girls U19 Nr 1
  • Jeanine du Rand (Hoërskool Zwartkop) – Girls U19 nr 8
  • Starla Phillips (Home School) – Girls U16 nr 4
  • Anushka Janse van Rensburg (Midstream College) – Girls U16 nr 8

Boys

  • Juan-Corné Brand (Hoërskool Zwartkop) – Boys U19 Nr 2
  • Déwan Borstlap (Hoërskool Waterkloof) – Boys U14 nr 1
  • Mangaliso Mbatha (Midstream College) – Boys u14

The SA Schools Top 10

Here are the 2024 SA Schools Top 10 list of players for each group.  The seven CJS players are highlighted below.  Congratulations to these young athletes!

U19 Girls

  1. Elzandri Janse van Rensburg (Northerns, Midstream College)
  2. Biance Pienaar (North West)
  3. Alex Azevedo (WP)
  4. Julia Anderson (Joburg)
  5. Sasha Earl (Border)
  6. Alison Muir (Border)
  7. Cailyn Nieuwoudt (Boland)
  8. Jeanine du Rand (Northerns, Hoërskool Zwartkop)
  9. Ashley Upfold (KZN)
  10. Jaime-Lynne Matthews (Joburg)

U19 Boys

  1. Devon Osborne (Boland)
  2. Juan-Corné Brand (Northerns, Hoërskool Zwartkop)
  3. Jacob Sinclair (KZN)
  4. Semano Mohapi (Free State)
  5. Thomas Boutall (WP)
  6. Tristan Davies (Free State)
  7. Nhlanhla Maseko (Joburg)
  8. Gary Chapman (Joburg)
  9. Joel Fehrsen (WP)
  10. Jan-Darius Smuts (Northerns)

U16 Girls

  1. Mikayla Naidoo (KZN)
  2. Brianna Robinson (Easterns)
  3. Kate van Biljon (Border)
  4. Starla Phillips (Northerns, Home School)
  5. Sheryl Harborth (Boland)
  6. Vivienne van der Schyff (Free State)
  7. Tamlyn Galliers (KZN)
  8. Anushka Janse van Rensburg (Northerns, Midstream College)
  9. Amy Shannon (Joburg)
  10. Lia Viljoen (Boland)

U16 Boys

  1. Joel Rix (Boland)
  2. Joseph Feast (WP)
  3. Benji Newman (EP
  4. Thero Motshubi (Joburg)
  5. Christian Swanepoel (Eden)
  6. Aiden McNeill (KZN)
  7. Wian Fourie (Border)
  8. Milan Raffa (Northerns)
  9. Dean Katzin (Free State) & Dylan Keswell (WP)

U14 Girls

  1. Rylee Howells (KZN)
  2. Gemma Clark (EP)
  3. Paisley Edkins (Border)

The remaining players are listed in alphabetical order:

  • Isobel Botha (Border)
  • Liné Grobler (Free State)
  • Rebecca Scheckter (EP)

U14 Boys

  1. Déwan Borstlap (Northerns, Hoërskool Waterkloof)
  2. Daniel Tarr (Border)
  3. Ashton Burger (EP)

The remaining players are listed in alphabetical order:

  • Bevan Garlick (Northerns)
  • Diego Carreira (Free State)
  • Jeremy John (KZN)
  • Liam Hart (Boland)
  • Mangaliso Mbatha (Northerns, Midstream College)
  • Nathan Hall (EP)
  • Tom Hardman (KZN)