{"id":230291,"date":"2022-07-02T12:56:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T10:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=117791"},"modified":"2022-07-02T12:56:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T10:56:12","slug":"madibaz-aim-to-pass-ussa-squash-test-with-distinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/madibaz-aim-to-pass-ussa-squash-test-with-distinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Madibaz aim to pass USSA squash test with distinction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/madibaz-aim-to-pass-ussa-squash-test-with-distinction.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/madibaz-aim-to-pass-ussa-squash-test-with-distinction.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<figure id=\"attachment_117792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117792\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?attachment_id=117792\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"201\" class=\"wp-image-117792 size-thumbnail lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/madibaz-aim-to-pass-ussa-squash-test-with-distinction.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-117792 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/madibaz-aim-to-pass-ussa-squash-test-with-distinction.jpg\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"201\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madibaz star Bianca Keeley will aim to go out on a high at the University Sport South Africa squash tournament in Makhanda from July 4 to 8. Photo: Oakpics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the varsity careers of several players wind down, the Madibaz squash team will look to pass next week\u2019s University Sport South Africa tournament with distinction.<\/p>\n<p>The event \u2013 held in Makhanda from July 4 to 8 \u2013 was scheduled for December last year before succumbing to Covid.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a semester and a bit later, the Nelson Mandela University students are once again ready to shoot for the title.<\/p>\n<p>One of those is the long-serving Bianca Keeley, who will line up at No 2 in the women\u2019s team at her eighth tournament.<\/p>\n<p>With the competition having been on the backburner since July 2019, the 25-year-old said it was exciting to be back in the top student arena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is always a privilege to be able to represent Madibaz Sport,\u201d said Keeley, who has been ranked in the USSA top-six on three occasions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter two straight finals in 2018 and 2019 we were incredibly disappointed to not have competed in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are looking forward to trying to make another final in what has been a challenging period for squash,\u201d added Keeley, who listed winning the Port Elizabeth women\u2019s league in 2018 for the first time in 16 years and then successfully defending it as her most treasured memories alongside the brace of USSA finals.<\/p>\n<p>Madibaz coach Jason le Roux acknowledged it would be a serious challenge for them to break the stranglehold of UJ. The Gauteng university has won the title eight times in a row \u2013 the last two at the expense of the Madibaz.<\/p>\n<p>Le Roux said it would be a matter of everyone pulling their weight to have a fighting chance, especially after losing last year\u2019s men\u2019s No 1, John Kuhn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe always go into these events with the goal of achieving first place and our expectation is to, at least, end in the top three,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I know that this is going to be a very tough tournament because there are at least four varsities who are strong and quite evenly matched.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Le Roux felt their opponents would each offer different challenges, but the bottom line was that every player needed to contribute to the Madibaz cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a really solid men\u2019s team in Warren Bower, Murray Schepers, Sips Mpini and Gershwin Forbes to back up women\u2019s No 1 Dani Shone and Bianca,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut they will be up against the best students in South Africa, with several of the men\u2019s players ranked in the national top 10.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be easy for them and it will be important that we do well across the board in each match to give ourselves a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">165<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/madibaz-aim-to-pass-ussa-squash-test-with-distinction\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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