THE highlight of the Namibian squash calendar this year, the Coach Sean Invitational, takes place at the Wanderers Squash Club from 28 to 30 November when Namibia’s top eight male players will battle it out for top honours and prize money to the value of N$24 500.
The tournament was made possible with sponsorships from Wanderers Squash Club, Sanlam Namibia, Paco Engineering, Quickbooks Accounting Namibia, Plant’d and Xterra 4×4 Outdoor & Fitment Centre.
In the run-up to the event The Namibian will place profiles of the eight finalists who have qualified for the tournament and today we take a look at Max Endjala.
Max Endjala grew up in Ongwediva and only started playing squash in 2008 at the age of 27 after being introduced to the game by his wife.
The following year he moved to Windhoek and started playing squash competitively and as he puts it, ‘fell in love with the game.’
He entered his first tournament in 2012 when he lost 3-0 to a junior Jaco Greeff, but was not disheartened and learnt as much as he could about the sport.
The following year he made the Namibian team for the first time that competed at the South African Country Districts tournament in Polokwane, and since then he has been a regular member of the national side that competed at SACD tournaments and the Jarvis Cup.
Some of his biggest achievements include winning the Nashua Open in 2015, 2018 and 2019; the Alexander Forbes Open and the FNB Coastal Open in 2015; and the Wanderers Mixed Doubles with Lida-Marie Calitz and the Supertronix Mixed Doubles with Adri Lambert in 2017.
Endjala is currently ranked fourth in Namibia.
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