Luke Jones

My top New Zealand rankings

Men’s #9

Junior #1

Date of birth

18/01/1997

Height cm

182

Weight kg

76

Residence

Whangarei / Palmerston North

Coach

Kashif shuja

Interests

Music, movies, sports, cars.

Racket sponsor

Salming, Titan

Shoe sponsor

Salming

String sponsor

Titan

Other sponsors

Angus, BNZ, team Titan, squash New Zealand

The first male junior player to compete in the youth commonwealth games for New Zealand where he finished 5-8 in the men’s singles and won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles.

The 2014 New Zealand under 19 boys champion and the 2015 New Zealand junior open, north island champion.

He was also the only junior to reach the grade A1 in 2015.

He finished 4th in the under 19 Oceania championships in 2014 and 3rd in 2015

Was the 2013 New Zealand men’s b grade champion and a member of the winning New Zealand men’s b grade championships.

In 2015 was named the most improved under 19 player in the country. He also reached a career high of 10 in the junior world rankings and competed in the 2014 and 2015 world junior championships in Namibia and holland.

He has been a member of high performance squads and teams for New Zealand since 2010 and has been a member of multiple championship wining tran Tasman teams.

He ended his junior career end of 2015 and got put into the New Zealand high performance men’s squad along side the best players in the country.

He was named the central district youth supreme sports person of the year 2015.

He is now a current PSA member and looking to make a name for himself on the world stage and compete along side the best players in the world.