Aaron Smail and Carmen Orlowski win Southland Squash Titles in 1986......

No 1 Southland junior seed, Aaron Smail won the Southland Junior Squash Open in 1986.
It was a great final between Aaron and Darren Fairweather, and the spectators were astonished at the skill of these two fine young players.

This was Aaron Smail's second championship but he did not have it all his way in the final.  Darren Fairweather was brave in his challenge and went down 5-9,9-7,9-5,9-4.
Carmen Orlowski, as predicted won the girl's final over Jan Freeman 9-3,9-3,9-2.  Although Orlowski won in three, each set was long and gruelling, and it was only the experience that Carmen had received from playing Wednesday interclub that won through.

Reference:  The Southland Times June 1986 "Squash Title to Smail"
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Article courtesy of Southland Times 1986.