JO MCKENZIE-MCLEAN
Squash player Caleb Madden, 17, of Cromwell, will play in the local tournament alongside two other junior champions this weekend.
Budding squash players take note, three of New Zealand's best will play in the Cromwell Open squash tournament this weekend.
New Zealand junior players Caleb Madden, 17, of Cromwell, and Hamilton brothers Lwamba, 17, and Temwa, 16, Chileshe will be the pick of an 80-strong field to take the court in the Squash New Zealand sanctioned tournament.
Madden and Temwa Chileshe are both members of the under-17 elite development squad and have a fierce rivalry, the pair ranked number three and four in the squad respectively.
Lwamba Chileshe is part of the junior elite squad of which a team will be picked for the World Championships later this year.
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All three are former South Island junior champions.
"It would be good to get some of the young players from the area to come and see them [play]," Cromwell Squash Club treasurer Hugh Derham said.
"To get three members of the elite squad is pretty good."
The tournament, featuring players from all over the country, would start on Friday with finals matches played on Sunday.
Derham encouraged the public to get along to the Neplusultra St courts, especially to watch those "great youngsters".
"It's a different game to what us old fellows play."
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