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Henley League Cup
The Henley Squash League Cup was held on the 14th July. This was the club’s first tournament for some time and a small, but enthusiastic, group of players turned out to compete over 3-4 knockout rounds, with a plate competition for those eliminated in the first round.
The overall winner was our very own bionic woman, Jill Campion, who defeated Jonathan Betts in a very entertaining final. Jonathan had also fought a very tough semi-final, just edging out Roger Booker. The plate final was between Tim Budden and Duncan Nightingale, with Tim the victor despite a bunch of Nightingales supporting from the gallery!
Prizes were awarded by Roger Booker, now suitably showered and dressed after his semi with Jonathan! There was also a number of additional raffled prizes for all entrants.
Much thanks must go to the Betts household: as well as providing a finalist in young Jonathan, dad Roger organised the whole thing and mum Jane provided finger food and refreshments throughout the day!
The club hopes to hold more tournaments in the near future – with tentative plans for a handicapped event as well as an ‘F.A. Cup’-style tournament held over several months.
Club T-Shirts available
A new order of Squash Club T-shirts is about to be made. These are available to non-Team players at cost (£20). A full range of sizes from XS to XXL is available.
Let Duncan Nightingale know if you want one.
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Report on Junior and Adult Fun Tournament
Henley Squash Club hosted its first ever fun squash tournament for junior and adult players on Sunday. The emphasis was on having fun and encouraging players of all ages and abilities to come together for an afternoon of squash.
It was great to see some adults returning to squash such as Chilli Brener and Huseiyn Djemil, as well as U9 players Beth Ireland, Cameron Parke, Oliver Quinn and Sidni Brener. The 22 players were put into four mixed ability teams, including an all-female team. No fewer than 70 games were played over the 3 hours of frenetic squash with many being closely fought (five ended up 15-14)!
The winning team comprised junior club members Cameron Parke, Freddie Borg and Max Djemil, and adult club members Paul Ireland and Roger Betts. They had a slightly higher average score than the all-female team of Bec Dixon, Beth Ireland, Helen Henshaw and Ruby Borg and adults Chilli Brener and Fiona Dixon.
The tournament was a great success due to the hard work of the organiser Fiona Dixon and the enthusiasm of the players (both young and not so young)!
Tickets now on sale for British Open
Tickets are now available on general sale for the Allam British Open Squash Championships 14-20 May 2012.
Visit www.britishopensquash.net to buy tickets today. Remember there is high demand for tickets so don’t delay!
The Allam British Open
The British Open is the most prestigious and iconic squash tournament in the world.
In May the world’s best players are coming to the 02 in London to battle it out to become champion of the tournament hailed as the ‘Wimbledon of Squash’.
Feast your eyes on some of the world’s best athletes, where combat is almost literally Gladiatorial and the court becomes a glass coliseum before thousands of ecstatic fans.
The Players
England has some real contenders to take home the title on home soil but they need your support!
Yorkshire pair James Willstrop and Nick Matthew have a fierce on court rivalry with Matthew only yesterday beating his compatriot in the final of the Tournament of Champions and regaining his World no.1 spot. However, Willstrop has been in fine form recently and will be hoping to avenge his 2009 British Open defeat to Matthew, where the pair competed in an epic five game match which went down in history as one of their all time greatest battles.
Londoners Peter Barker and Daryl Selby will be relishing the chance to play in their home city, with Peter Barker comfortably in the World top ten and Daryl Selby sitting just outside.
In the women’s event England’s World no.2 Jenny Duncalf will want to overcome the formidable Malaysian Nicol David who looks strong at World no.1. Lancashire’s Laura Massaro is a force to be reckoned with after having a fantastic year on the professional tour, reaching a career high of 3 and winning the US Open.
Buy your tickets today! www.britishopensquash.net or at www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Highlights from the recent World Series Finals
For those of you that missed the live squash on Sky Sports earlier this month, here are some of the highlights – awesome!
To view full screen, use the little button in the bottom right-hand corner.
Check out the double dive at 5 minutes 13 seconds!
You can get the whole match plus lots more at www.psasquashtv.com
Fun Tournament for Adults and Juniors
Squash Live on Sky Sports!
Christmas Opening Times at Henley Leisure Centre
On-line Booking is back!
After nearly a year of down-time, the facility for booking and viewing court availability on-line is back. (more…)
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