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Newcastle Squash Club honours singles league champions

Newcastle Squash Club hosted a prize-giving to celebrate its singles league, recognising the dedication and achievements of its players.

December 12, 2025

Anika Sanders 1 minute read

A large group of people sit closely together in a brightly lit room, watching an event or presentation, with more people standing at the back. — Newcastle Squash Club hosted a lively prize-giving to celebrate the end of its singles league, recognising the dedication and achievements of its players across all divisions. Photo: Newcastle Advertiser / Anika Sanders

The Newcastle Squash Club marked the end of its singles league with a lively prize-giving at the Rapportryers clubhouse on Friday, December 5.

Relief, laughter, and cheer filled the room as players were congratulated for their dedication, skill, and sportsmanship throughout the league.

League winners were announced as follows:
• Les King
• Greg Tarboton
• Elmar Gouws
• Luandré Wienand
• Jacques Ness
• Bianca Rouwenhorst

The event highlighted the club’s commitment to fostering friendly competition and celebrating the achievements of its members.

A man and a woman is looking at the camera. Both have a brown paper bag in their hands. The man is wearing grey and the woman is wearing blue. There is a brown/beige cupboard in the background. — League 1: Les King (winner), Tersia Pieterse.
Photo: Newcastle Advertiser / Anika Sanders

There are four men. The smallest is standing in front, the two tall men are standing at the back. The man with a blue shirt has a grey cap on his head. All have brown paper bags in their hands. All four men are smiling. The background is dark. — League 2: Owain Rose, Greg Tarboton (winner), Wimpie Rouwenhorst, Sollie Pistorius.
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Four men are standing in a row facing the camera. Two of them have a brown paper bag in their hands. The first and third man is wearing pink, the second man is wearing white, and the fourth man is wearing a Redbull racing shirt. — League 3: Elmar Gouws (winner), Jozua Janisch, Leon Rothman, Jacques Jordaan.
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There are three people. A woman is standing between two young guys. All three people have brown paper bags in their hands. The men are taller than the woman. The men are wearing white, the woman is wearing green. — League 4: Luandré Wienand (winner), Nicole Meyer, Lian Wienand.
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There are three people. The woman with the white shirt has her hands behind her back. THe tall man is wearing black, the woman on the right is wearing navy and white. — League 5: Lezani Struwig, Kevin White, Zanika Pretorius.
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There are four people. The first woman has a brown paper bag in her hand. The second woman is wearing orange with glasees. The third and fourth women are wearing black. The background is dark. — League 6: Biance Rouwenhorst (winner), Madeleine De Beer, Samantha Jordaan, Chanté Oosthuizen.
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There are five people. Person one, four and five have brown paper bags in their hands. person one is wearing a khaki shirt and cap. Person two and four is wearing black. Person three is wearing green. Person five is wearing a Redbull racing shirt. There is a white wall in the background. — Winning Team: Ace Smashers.
Photo: Newcastle Advertiser / Anika Sanders

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