Squash New Zealand has named the players who will represent the country at the World Junior Championships individual and team events in Tauranga in July.
The New Zealand Junior Women's team is Kaitlyn Watts, Anna Hughes, Anika Jackson and Camden Te Kani-McQueen. The reserve for the team is Nadia Hubbard. The five will also compete in the individual event with a sixth Kiwi - Rhiarne Taiapa.
Watts has won numerous titles throughout her squash career, and in 2017 she has already claimed the Under-19 Oceania Junior Championships title as well as the Aon New Zealand Junior Open title. Watts competed in the World Junior Championships individual event in Eindhoven in 2015 where she made her way to the quarter-finals of the Special Plate.
Hughes has recently moved to Drexel University where she is on a squash scholarship. Hughes has been a representative in transtasman teams for several years as well as claiming age-group titles.
Jackson is another team member with numerous age group titles to her name while Te Kani-McQueen hails from Rotorua and has previously represented New Zealand.