Squashtalk & Picture Gallery

Hi,
The finals of the Devon Shield were held on Friday March 17th at Fort Stamford Squash Club.

I want to thank Royston for hosting the event on behalf of Plymouth University and to the two markers who gave thier time up. Wes Cullen and James O’Neill.

The Final:
Plymouth University v Paignton

First to go on were the no1’s. Luke Symer v Mark Bowey (Paignton). Mark went off very quickly, taking the 1st game 15/3. Luke warmed up but narrowly losing the 2nd game 12/15. Mark was too quick!!! for Luke winning the 3rd winning overall 3-0.

Next on was Cameron Green v Mark Griffiths (Paignton). The rallies were long but Cameron made a few more mistakes than Mark. Mark won 3-1 in the end.

Josh Taylor v Paul Garside (Paignton). Plymouth needed this to stay in the match. The 1st game was very close with Paul winning 15/13. The 2nd went 15/8 to Paul. Paignton only needed this game to seal the match victory. The 3rd match went the same way as the 2nd with Paul winning 15/8 winning 3-0 and giving Paignton the Devon Shield win.

2 more matches left, Julian Prow v Peter Reeve (Paignton) and Oscar Birch v Richard Birkett (Paignton).

Richard managed to reach most of the shots from Oscar. There were some very good rallies but Richard kept getting them back. Richard won 3-0.

Match of the night was Julian Prow v Peter Reeve (Paignton). Peter read the game very well and got to most of Julian’s shots. The 1st match went to Peter 15/9 but the 2nd (15/13) & 3rd (15/12) went to Julian. Peter fought back to take the 4th game to make it 2-2. The 5th went to Peter to win 3-2.

Paignton winning 5-0 (20-3) overall.

Paignton team with Bob Hefford (Chair) presenting the Devon Shield.
Bob Hefford/Mark Griffiths/Mark Bowey/Paul Garside/Richard Birkett and kneeling Peter Reeve.

More photos are online in the Picture Gallery.

To view the Score Card please click below:

Hi,
The finals of the Devon Racketball Cup & Plate were held on Thursday March 9th at Newton Abbot Squash Club.

I want to thank Newton Abbot for hosting the event on behalf of Paignton Squash Club and to Louise for producing a lovely buffet.
A big thank you to the 3 referees on the night. Royston Sumner, Phil Hancock and Nigel Bell.

The Main Final:
Paignton Racketball v Culm Valley Racketball

Culm Valley started the tournament as a 9th seed. What an achievment getting to the Final!!!

The 1st string match went on first and was the closest match of the night. Richie Birkett (Paignton) v Paul Sandercock with a victory for Richie in the 5th 11/8.

Dave Hill (Paignton) won 3-1 v Duncan Lyon. Raul Martinez (Paignton) won 3-1 v Stuart Wilson. Graham Rogers (Paignton) won 3-0 v Tim Johns and the final match was Martin Glover (Paignton) v Mark Chattey.
Mark played well and was coming back in the 3rd match but Martin dug in to win 13-11 winning 3-0.
Paignton Racketball winning overall 5-0.

The Plate Final:
Sidmouth v Exeter Golf & CC

Man of the match and best match of the night Carl Sowden (Sidmouth) v Jon Sharpe at string 2. Carl almost beat Jon in a tight 5 game match. Jon winning the 5th 11/5.
Exeter Golf & CC brought thier best players down with Mike Harris playing at no1. Mike played Phil Borrett (Sidmouth). Phil hit some very good shots but Mike kept getting them back!!! In one rally Phil even managed to send Mike the wrong way! Mike was too strong for Phil and Mike won 3-0.
Robin Turl won 3-1 v Rob Cann (Sidmouth). Ryan Barrett won 3-0 v Nigel Desousa (Sidmouth) and Martyn Newberry won 3-0 v Graham Hay (Sidmouth).
Exeter Golf & CC winning overall 5-0.

More photos are online in the Picture Gallery.

To view the Score Card please click below:

Hi,
The Devon Squash Shield was held at Exeter Golf & Country Club on 18th March.

The Main competition was between Tiverton v EGCC.

EGCC team with the trophy presented by Bob Hefford. Tiverton team runners up.

Unfortunately there was not a plate this year as the other team could not raise a side. Therefore Dartington won it by a walkover.

Thanks also to Dean Clayton & Phil Hancock for marking and to James Temple (EGCC) for hosting the event.
I would also like to thank Bob Hefford (Chair) & his wife Jess for attending two of these events.
I would also like to thank my wife Jen for bringing me up to these events and it is nice that members of both teams took the time to talk to her and the other officials on the night.

Below are the results for the main event and congratulations to EGCC beating Tiverton 4 matches to 1.
Results:

Cheers

Hi,
The Devon Squash Cup was held at Fort Stamford on 11th March.
This is the 1st event I have not attended since 2004. It was my birthday so I have a good excuse.
The Main competition was between Fort Stamford v Devon & Exeter. Unfortunately there was not a plate this year as the two teams in the other semi final could not raise a side.
Therefore Exeter University won it by a walkover.

Below are the results for the main event and congratulations to Fort Stamford beating Devon & Exeter 3 matches to 2.
Thanks also to Dean Clayton & Phil Hancock for marking and to Royston (Fort Stamford) for hosting the event.

Results:

Devon Cup Winners Fort Stamford:

Devon Cup Plate Winners Exeter University. Presented by Bob Hefford:

Cheers
Alan Ford

Hi,
We had our first ever Devon Racketball Cup on Friday 4th March 2016.
The main tournament was between:
Devon & Exeter v Paignton.

Paignton took the first match with Andy Williamson beating Karen Bealey 3-1. D&E came back to 1-1 when Jon Tipper took his game 3-0 against Graham Rogers.
The next two matches went on at the same time. It was D&E coming on top as the results for both matches was 3-1 to D&E giving them the title of Devon Racketball Cup Winners.
The last match of the night was the tightest. Adam Lings v Richie Birkett. It started off with Adam winning 11-1. Richie had his normal slow start and took the second game. Eventually it was 2-2 and Adam narrowly took the last game 11-9 winning 3-2.

The plate event was between:
Exeter University v Torquay.

Torquay took the first match with Martin Brook winning 3-2 against Jodie Keop. Unfortunately for Exeter University Jodie’s points did not count as she didn’t play 3 matches before the final.
The no1 string match was on at the same time with Peter Joyce winning 3-0 against Nigel Wilson making it 1-1. The longest match of the night was Jack Taylor v Kane Wilson that had an eventual score of 3-2 to Jack making it 2-1 to Exeter University. Although he was late turning up Rory Spelling went on with Peter Hamlet winning 3-0 and taking the title from Torquay.
The last match was between Will Sargeant and Steve Hill with Will winning the last match 3-0.

Score Card:

It was a good evening and there was a lot of support. I would like to thank D&E for hosting the event. Thanks to the markers on the night Dean Clayton, David Mudge and everyone else that helped out.

Cheers
Alan Ford

Hi,
Attached is the poster for the Devon Racketball Masters Championships being held at the D&E on the 30th & 31st Jan 2016.

Please click on the file above for more info and entry details.

Cheers
Alan

Hi,
Below are the files for the new Devon Squash Cup.

Main Workbook with the dates Draw etc:

Rules and Eligibility:

Score Card to use to send the score to the League Secretary:

If you need any help or cannot open the files please let me know.

Cheers
Alan

Squash Rules Workshop
There is a rules workshop being held at Newton Abbott Squash and Tennis Club on 26th September beginning at 10 am.
The bar will be open so if anyone needs food drink etc it is available.
This is Open to anyone and is a free event. Brush up on your marking skills and rules!!! ready for the new season.

Cheers

Alan