BRAYDEN RAYNARS

About me:

I am a young passionate squash player and spirited fan. I strive to improve myself and my squash abilities more and more everyday. I look up to squash players such as Ramy Ashour(my favourite) for his flair, Paul Coll for his fitness and my dad for his unpredictable cross-court drop. I love the feeling of being fit, winning matches and participating in competitions where I get to learn new stuff from other squash players as well as connect in the squash world. I have played other sports such as soccer, cricket, swimming and athletics but squash has my heart as it is an individual sport which I love. I recently completed studying at the University of Pretoria doing a higher certificate in sports science(2025). My go-to training partner is my brother Brett. We train together and push each other to get better each and every day.

 

Playing experience:

St George's College 1st team squash 2019-2024

Full colours Squash

St George's College best senior squash player(2023) and (2024)

2024 Squash captain and top seed of St George's College 1st team. The 1st team had an unbeaten season and won the inter schools tournament.

2nd at u14 Zimbabwe junior championship (2019)

1st at the u16 Zimbabwe junior championship. Participated at the south african junior ipt's. Played in the boys b section winning 8/8 games.(2022)

4th at the zimbabwe junior squash championships u19(2023) participated in South African ipt's and won ⅝ games

11th at the zimbabwe open squash championships (2023)

1st at the u19 Zimbabwe junior championship. (2024) 

Represented Zimbabwe internationally in Melbourne Australia at the World Juniors Championships. Earning a position in the top 100 of the world.(2023)

Represented zimbabwe internationally in the United Kingdom at the British Junior open.(2024)

11th at Nelson Mandela Open 2024

1st at NJSA open graded tournament 2025

NM squash pros u23 league winner 2024

4th at Nomads Christmas tournament 2024

National Colours for squash

11th at Scottish Junior Open 2024

Top 100 finish at British Junior open 2025

U19 2nd place at mashonaland junior championship 2025

U19 1st place at Zimbabwe junior championship for 2025

6th place at Tecnifibre Bloemfontein junior open 2025

1st at NJSA open graded tournament 2024

NM squash pros u23 league winner 2024

Winner of Men's B section individual and team USSA 2025