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England Squash East Area Newsletter (Jan 2010)

Saturday, 23 January 2010 10:47

Dear all,

Please find attached the first edition of the East Region Newsletter for 2010!

There are all sorts of reports on events from around the country over the Christmas period as well a preview of the upcoming British National Championships and news of TWO Coaching Workshops being delivered in the coming months around the East Region.

........... Read more from Mark Williams (East Regional Manager).

Download the latest newsletter here (January 2010)

Kath takes the Essex Closed

Tuesday, 19 January 2010 16:35

Local players Kath Kemp, John Goodfellow, Jabe Hewer, Nick Sheppard and Graham Evans all took the fight to our neighbours over in Essex as they battled for the crown of Essex Closed Champions last week.

Club Night Challenge Rnd 3

Monday, 11 January 2010 21:17

Yet another cold and snowy Sunday night (10th Jan) didn’t deter a number of enthusiastic ‘Club Nighters’ who ventured to the club to compete in the latest round of this seasons Club Night Challenge.

Over the past 3 rounds, a total of 37 players have now added their names to the cumulative leader board. On this night however, the players from the ranked group stages who made it through to the handicapped semi finals were Jake Byrne, Mark Mallison, Andrew Cooke and Robbie Duval…..

Junior Newsletter January 2010

Friday, 08 January 2010 15:03

We hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year and are now looking forward to the new term. The last junior morning arrived a week earlier than usual owing to the annual Tom Elton Barratt Championships which this year celebrated it’s 25th anniversary (see report on page 5!)

Local Win in TEB 09

Friday, 18 December 2009 12:26

Local Win in TEB 09

The weekend of 12/13th December saw the club host one of our favourite annual junior tournaments, the Tom Elton Barratt.

Local player Nick Mulvey rounded off a great year by winning the Boys Under 17 and the tournament to add to his recent success in the

club handicap.

Nick had his sights on winning this year as it was his last chance to take home this coveted trophy and suffering with a nasty chest infection, Nick paced his early matches well,

knowing he would likely meet UK U15 No1 Richie Fallows in the final and needed to conserve

every ounce of energy if he was to keep pace. The final between Nick and Richie was a delight to watch. Good honest squash, great variety and tactics and with both players

using every inch of available court space, it made for a perfect final match for fans of both players to get behind. Even with his hacking cough between rallies,

ultimately, Nick was just too strong for Richie, winning 3-1.

This year was particularly significant as it is the 25th year since the tournament began and Karen Selby's last at the club. As usual, she organised

a fantastic event, something that is all too easy to take for granted, but the weeks of preparation paid off with every match being started on time

and most starting early. 100 players and 150 matches makes for a very busy club, but the atmosphere was electric with all the players and parents

eager to mark matches, all hoping to win a family ticket for the X-Factor Live tour at either Wembley or the O2 kindly provided by Tournament Sponsor

ChurchleySmith and some X-Box games donated by HMV.

A new addition this year was the availability on the plasma screen of PSA matches, keeping players and parents entertained whilst waiting for their next matches,

then toward the end of the weekend, the tournament winner's names were displayed as soon as the results came in.

To see the draws and a full list of winners click here.

Also, to see a gallery of the weekend, please click here.

The weekend of 12/13th December saw the club host one of our favourite annual junior tournaments, the Tom Elton Barratt. Local player Nick Mulvey rounded off a great year by winning the Boys Under 17 and the tournament to add to his recent success in the club handicap.