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Young Canowindra Squash Club player Elsey Watson has been dominating on the squash court all year.
The year 12 Canowindra High School student represented Western at the NSW CHS Squash Carnival in Sydney early July where she proved to be a valuable member of the team.
The Western girls claimed silver this year with Elsey saying the girls Western team was really strong.
"All of us put in a lot of effort and were pleasantly surprised with the outcome and there was a lot of tough competition, our biggest rival being Sydney North," Elsey said.
"Our fifth player couldn't make it due to an injury, so we played all games back to back, sometimes playing four or five games a day. We all played really well and I really enjoyed my last year of CHS Squash."
Elsey was also part of the team last year which claimed gold for the eighth year in a row.
Although it is Elsey's last year of competing in CHS squash she will continue to compete in local competitions where she has already seen some great success.
At the Cowra Services Squash Club Open, Elsey claimed the A grade women's title where she said she was really happy with her results.
She has also just competed in the Cowra Club Championships where she beat her rival to again take out the Open/A grade women's title.
In Parkes at the Parkes Services Squash Club Doubles Tournament Elsey also win the mixed A grade competition with squash partner Jordey Smith.
"This competition was really fun!
"We played a team from Canberra in the grand final who we had previously won against but only just, so it was a really tough game and we were really happy to have won."
Elsey will again compete with Jordey in the next Parkes Doubles Tournament in October.
Elsey first stepped out onto the squash court when she was around eight years old.
Her parents played in the local Canowindra Squash competition and she decided she should give the sport a go herself.
"I played juniors until I started high school where I started to play in a lot more competitions."
The speed of the game and the challenge of playing new opponents is what drives Elsey to keep stepping out onto the squash court.
"I play in Canowindra and Cowra and both competitions are very welcoming and have an amazing sense of community," Elsey added.





