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Kaye Jackson has wrapped up her most successful season of squash winning three gold medals in the masters 70-plus division.
Kaye first triumphed back in April at the World Masters Games before winning both the Australian Squash Masters and New Zealand Squash Masters last month.
In 2009, she won gold in the world and Australian masters, but “bombed out” in the NZ Masters Games.
“I guess I was never really aiming to win all three competitions after the disappointment of 2009,” Kaye says.
She swept through to the world title comfortably, but faced her biggest challenge in Australia.
“I beat the top seed 3-1, but was so sore from that match that I ended up losing 3-2 against the second seed.”
This meant on game score countback after the round robin was complete, Kaye finished on 11 points while second and third place were just one and two points behind. To complete the set she dominated the NZ masters, beating Judy Cooper of Waikato 3-0.
“I put my success down to love of the game and retaining my fitness levels. A lot of women are unable to play past 65,” she says.
