Colette Sultana and Kimberley Cauchi will be taking part in the Austrian Junior Squash Open from tomorrow to Sunday at the Club Danube, Erdberg, Vienna.

This will be the first European ranking tournament for Cauchi and the same event where Sultana started her junior career in March 2007.

Marsa Squash Section chairman Charles Cuschieri praised the efforts of the two juniors commenting that “no funding or support was available for juniors to participate in overseas events so the two girls decided to arrange a tournament to raise funds to cover their expenses for this event, an excellent initiative.“

Cuschieri also thanked Gordon Asciak from Wilson for their continued support of Junior Squash at Marsa.

The two players will be accompanied in Vienna by Marsa coach Paul Lake who has been responsible for the coaching and development of both juniors.

Lake said: “The Austrian Junior Squash Open is a good starting point. It’s a decent standard and gives Kim the chance to test herself against some of the leading players in Europe.

Lake added: “The standards have improved a lot since Colette started, and the competition will be tough, but that’s why we are going. Most of all I’ll be monitoring Kims performance as at this stage of her development results are not important, more of an added bonus, and it’s the performance and potential that counts. For Colette it’s a chance to establish herself in the under-17 rankings and to add to her success in the Irish Junior Open last year.”