MOSSEL BAY NEWS - Mossel Bay Mayor, Dirk Kotzé said in his speech at the first open council meeting today that the World Championships Qualifying Event for squash in Africa will be held in town from 7 to 10 April.
* Kotzé said this world championship qualifier will be held at the Mossel Bay Squash Club, with 24 players from Egypt, Namibia, Nigeria and South Africa competing.
* The winner of this event will proceed to the 2025 World Championships, an event with more than $1 000 000 worth of prize money.
* Jean-Pierre Brits, a former SA national champion and now Eden Squash vice-president, recently moved from Gauteng to Mossel Bay and is instrumental in promoting squash in the Eden district and Western Cape.
* He visited the mayor's office last year and the mayor is cooperating with him to develop the sport in Mossel Bay.
* The Eden district has already hosted two Professional Squash Association (PSA) tournaments in 2025, the George Open and the Mossel Bay Diaz Open.
"Both these events saw the best players in South Africa, as well as a few international players, participating in our beautiful town," Kotzé said.
Brits was also the tournament director of the Cape Town Open at the end of November 2024, in which the world's top 20 players take part.
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