23/07/2023
• 2023 VICTORIAN OPEN RESULTS •
• REX & WESTERFOLDS VICTORIOUS •
🏆 Last weekend the 2023 Victorian Open was held at Mulgrave Country Club.
🔥 This was Rex’s final tournament before retiring from professional squash and starting a career with Fire Rescue Victoria.
🤩 Rex was up against the 2022 World Junior Champion, Rowan Damming from the Netherlands. It was an intense, entertaining 70min 5-game thriller where both players put on a show of their skill, speed and tenacity. The match was a nail-biter going right down to the wire, finishing 11-9 in the fifth.
🏆 10-12, 11-9, 8-11, 11-1, 11-9 (70min)
🏡 It couldn’t be more fitting that Rex’s last win was his hometown tournament before hanging up his racquet. It also rounded out his PSA titles to his 20th title from 36 finals over an amazing 15 year career.
🥹 We are immensley proud of Rex and his achievements and we wish him all the best.
🥇🥇 We are also incredibly proud of three of our juniors, Heshan Piyatissa, Sid Ramani, and Chelsea Paule, who competed in the event. Heshan and Sid won divisions 3 & 4, respectively, and we couldn’t be happier for them! Their hard work and dedication has certainly paid off. Well done also to all of senior players who competed.
🫶 Special shout out to our coaches Chris Morgan and Rhys Gevaux who gave wonderful coaching support in between games to all of our players, especially to our juniors. We believe it contributed to their victories!
💙 Lastly, a big thanks to the Westerfolds supporters who went to watch and that cheered loudly for all of our players. The other clubs certainly noticed how loud we were!
🗓️ The next Victorian tournament on the calendar is our very own 2023 Westerfolds Open on 15-17th September. Save the date!