{"id":50951,"date":"2023-11-16T14:15:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/playing-up-the-ranks-20231116-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:01:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:01:18","slug":"playing-up-the-ranks-20231116-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/playing-up-the-ranks-20231116-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing up the ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>A Welkom squash player, Tristan Davies (17), has been selected for<strong> the SA Schools Squash Tour to Malaysia and Singapore in December.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_18c02ff9\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/9859\/7c540f22382a4c7ba855f25c7ea93c6a.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1459a97c150741b2bec2e8d685d2e266.jpg\" title=\"Tristan DaviesPhoto: Supplied\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Tristan DaviesPhoto: Supplied<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>He started playing squash when he was 8 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tristan plays for Rovers Squash club and is a Gr. 11 learner at St Dominics High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He trains daily for four to five hours doing various squash drills and strength training and cardio exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He attended the SA schools closed tournament in Johannesburg in April and the U19 interprovincial tournament in Stellenbosch in June. 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