The eighth World Masters Championships, to be played in Cape Town from October 16 to 21, sees the biggest individual squash championships in Africa with 672 players from 31 countries participating in the 16 age-group sections.
For the first time since 1995 there will be an over-65 women’s section and an over-75 men’s section, with the top seeds in both events being South Africans Dawn Kaiser and Peter Fahrenheim.
The biggest contingent of players will be from South Africa followed by the United Kingdom, Australia and Finland.
Fahrenheim won the 65 section in 1997 and the 70 title in 2001. Fellow South Africans Trevor Wilkinson (top seed 45 to 49) and Craig van der Wath (40 to 44) also each hold two titles. Wilkinson won the 35-to-39 event in 1997 and the 40 to 44 in 2001, while van der Wath won the 35-to-39 titles in 2001 and 2003. — Sapa