Final Results Oceania Junior Champs 2014

The final results from the Oceania Junior Champs 2014 are now available and there were a few surprises.

Australia’s Lakeesha Rarere beat the highly rated New Zealander Abbie Palmer to snatch the U17 girls’ title and New Zealander Nadia Hubbard turned the tables beating Australian top seed Vanessa Graham for the U15 girls' title.

Canadian-born Australian Sam Ejtemai caused a major upset upstaging top seed Rhys Dowling in straight games to claim the Under 19 title. 

Papua New Guinea Results

Robin Morove was seeded 9/16 in the OJC Boys Under 19’s Championships and placed 16th out of 25 players

18/01/2014 beat Deyyan Jafar (17/32, Aust) 11-4, 11-8, 11-9 in 19 minutes

18/01/2014 lost to Scott Galloway (3/4, NZ) 2-11, 3-11, 3-11 in 13 minutes

19/01/2014 lost to Rohan Toole (5/8, Aust) 4-11, 5-11, 11-9, 8-11 in 20 minutes

20/01/2014 lost to Brenton Scheer (9/16, Aust) 2-11, 6-11, 3-11 in 18 minutes

21/01/2014 lost to Jesse Keegan (5/8, Aust) 5-11, 4-11, 6-11

Lynette Vai was seeded 4^th in the OJC GIRLS Under 19's Championships and placed 6^th out of 8 players

18/01/2014 beat Ellen Benacquista (5/8, Aust) 11-7, 11-5, 11-4 in 25 minutes

18/01/2014 lost to Samantha Calvert (5/8, Aust) 11-9, 5-11, 10-12, 9-11 in 28 minutes

19/01/2014 Walkover Dottie Suari (5/8, PNG)

19/01/2014 lost to Victoria Leow (5/8, Aust) 7-11, 4-11, 6-11 in 24 minutes

20/01/2014 lost to Eloise O’Connor (2, Aust) 9-11, 6-11, 5-11 in 19 minutes

20/01/2014 lost to Jessica Turnbull (1, Aust) 9-11, 1-11, 1-11 in 21 minutes

21/01/2014 lost to Jacinta Matson (3, NZ) 11-9, 10-12, 10-12, 5-11 in 33 minutes

Winners

OJC BOYS Under 11's

1              (1) Leo Apa Fatialofa (NZ)

2              (4) Brendan Macdonald (Aust)

3              (3) Mason Smales (NZ)

OJC GIRLS Under 11's

1              (1) Ariata Kutia (NZ)

2              (5) Ashlyn Barclay (Aust)

3              (4) Jayna Gill (Aust)

OJC BOYS Under 13's

1              (3/4) Ethan Eyles (Aust)

2              (2) Ryan Bushel-Keegan Aust

3              (3/4) Kobe Fleming (NZ)

OJC GIRLS Under 13's

1              (1) Kaitlyn Watts (NZ)

2              (3) Anika Jackson (NZ)

3              (2) Alex Haydon (Aust)

OJC BOYS Under 15's

1              (1) Corbin Faint (NZ)

2              (5/8) Matthew Lucente (NZ)

3              (2) William James Curtis (Aust

OJC GIRLS Under 15's

1              (2) Nadia Hubbard (NZ)

2              (1) Vanessa Graham (Aust)

3              (3/4) Rhiarne Taiapa (NZ)

OJC BOYS Under 17's

1              (1) Max Trimble (NZ)

2              (2) Solayman Nowrozi (Aust)

3              (3/4) Alex Oswald (Aust)

OJC GIRLS Under 17's

1              (2) Lakeesha Rarere (Aust)

2              (1) Abbie Palmer (NZ)

3              (3/4) Camden Te Kani-Mcqueen (NZ)

OJC BOYS Under 19's Championships

1              (3/4) Sam Ejtemai (Sam)

2              (1) Rhys Dowling (Aust)

3              (2) Thomas Calvert (Aust)

OJC GIRLS Under 19's Championships

1              (1) Jessica Turnbull (Aust)

2              (2) Eloise O'Connor (Aust)

3              (3) Jacinta Matson (NZ)

Full match details and results can be viewed in tournament software