Squashtalk & Picture Gallery

Hi,
At the moment due to myself not having much time, I will not be able to write up any reports for the Devon Cup finals.
If someone from the club’s involved would like to write up a report for the night then please send it to me and I will put it online for you.

The results for the Men’s Devon Cup Finals can be found at:
http://www.discoverysoftware.co.uk/NineNilTournamentsIF.asp?LeagueID=4&AssociationID=2

Photos can be found at:
http://pics.devonsra.co.uk/#!home

Cheers
Alan

Results of the Devon ladies squash cup competition 2017/18

This year’s final was a very hard fought match between Devon and Exeter and

Newton Abbot, played at the Devon and Exeter club on Wednesday 28 March.

Devon and Exeter won 5/0 but this did not reflect the excellent squash played with

many very close matches. The matches were very fairly refereed by Jarek Terlecki

(from Somerset) and Phil Hancock.

Results (D and E name first)

Nat Lawrence bt Vicki Evans 15/10 15/6 11/15 15/17 15/5

Ruby Jarman bt Denise Corby 15/7 15/9 15/11

Nat Anwyll bt Claire Simmonds 14/16 15/6 14/16 15/9 15/8

Cat Brewer bt Julie Stevens 15/12 15/12 15/11

Susie Hill bt Anne Scott 15/11 15/8 14/16 15/10

Devon & Exeter Winning Team

Alison Samuel

April 2018

Hi,
The final of the Devon Cup was held on Friday 7th April 2017 at EGCC.
I would like to thank everyone who turned up to watch this event and all the players involved.

Also to Bob Hefford for all his work he does as the Chair of Devon SRA.
Thanks to all the markers on the night:
Phil Hancock, Paul Gregory and Mike Harris.
Also again to Mike for his help with sorting out the evening.

The Final was between EGCC v Fort Stamford.

(Match report by Jon Sharpe)

Devon Cup Final – April 7th 2017

Exeter Golf & Country Club Vs Fort Stamford

Venue – Exeter Golf & Country Club

Attendance – Full House!

Matches

1) Mike Harris Vs Mark Chapman

2) Mike Gregory Vs Jon Gallagher

3) Peter Joyce Vs Tony Tremain

4) Gary Bennett Vs Dominic Lyons

5) Reuben Morris Vs Duncan Hefford

Exeter Golf & Country Club hosted the 2017 Devon Cup
Final, featuring a battle of the champions: 2016 League and Cup Winners, Fort
Stamford Vs 2017 League Winners, Exeter Golf & Country Club.

The venue was set, the crowd were ready and the bar was
already doing a roaring trade before the first match, Reuben Morris Vs Duncan
Hefford, had even started! Both served up an absolutely fantastic spectacle of
squash with the match always finely poised. In the end Reuben was able to open
EGCC’s account with a hard fought 3-2 win, in what proved to be the match of
the evening.

Next up was the evergreen Gary Bennett Vs the highly
skilled Dom Lyons in another competitive match. With a 3-1 win, Gary moved the
Golf Club within striking distance of the cup. Gary was keen to get off court
as quickly as possible to start rehydrating with Topsail and Champagne – to
celebrate his 30th birthday!

With the Golf Club now 2-0 up, Pete Joyce and Tony
Tremain kicked off at the same time as Mike Gregory and Jon Gallagher. It was
hard to know which game to watch. Both matches were very tight, with both
poised at 1-1. Jon Gallagher played some fantastic, controlling, squash and
despite the ‘Sheriff’s’ trademark holds and on court guile, Jon was able to hold
on for a hard fought 3-1 win. With the Fort deservedly pulling it back to just
2-1 overall, Pete Joyce kept a cool head and wrapped up a 3-1 win, taking the
Golf Club to an unassailable 3-1 lead on the night.

With the title already won, Mike Harris and Mark Chapman
renewed rivalries at 1 string, with Mark arguably providing Mike’s sternest
test of the season so far in a previous league match. Despite Mark’s best
efforts and some creative commentary from match referee, Paul Gregory, he was
unable to stop Mike from winning the match 3-0 and with it, the League and Cup
double.

It was a great evening and a fitting advert for Devon
squash, with the two standout teams of the season, and indeed the last 2 years,
contesting the final. The fact that half of Plymouth bravely ventured to
Exeter, made the night even more enjoyable and helped to create a superb
atmosphere.

Thanks go to Bob Hefford, Alan Ford and the two guest
referees for the evening, Phil Hancock and Paul Gregory – representing the
Crediton Revolution!

Jon Sharpe
EGCC Squash Captain

Devon Cup being presented to EGCC by Bob Hefford (Chair)
Jon Sharpe, Reuben Morris, Peter Joyce, Rob Brown, Mike Gregory, Bob Hefford, Mike Harris, Gary Bennett.

Bob Hefford (Chair) presenting Rob Brown the Premier winners Cup.

Congratultaions to EGCC for winning the Premier League and also the Devon Cup.

More photos are online in the Picture Gallery.

To view the Score Card please click below:

Cheers
Alan Ford

Hi,
The finals of the Devon Cup (Ladies) & Devon Cup Plate (Mixed) were held on Wednesday March 22nd at Newton Abbot Squash Club.

I want to thank Newton Abbot for hosting the event and to Louise for producing a lovely buffet.
Thanks to Lee Curtis for helping me sort out this date at short notice for the mixed due to the team not being able to play on Friday 7th April with the Main Devon Cup Final.
A big thank you to the 4 referees on the night. Dean Clayton, David Mudge, Phil Hancock & Alison Samuel.

Devon Cup (Ladies):
Plymouth University v Newton Abbot

(Rerport by Alison Samuel)
The finals of the ladies Devon cup were played on 22
March 2017 at Newton Abbot, Plymouth university v Newton Abbot.

The final was a hard fought match with some excellent
squash played. Plymouth University won for the second year running 3/2.

Newton Abbot started very well with a win for Sharon
Brown at 5 winning against Emma Neudegg
3-1 (15/10 15/9 6/15 15/10)

Nicola Hardwick (Plymouth Uni) at 4 beat Emma Thomas 3-0
(15/11 15/9 15/13). Emma was very close to winning the third game but the accuracy
of Nicolas’ game paid off in the end.

Florrie Smith (Plymouth Uni) at 3 was too powerful and consistent
for Julie Stephens winning 3-0 (15/10 15/8 15/7)

There was another very accurate game from Lauren Williams
(Plymouth Uni) at 2 beating Anne Scott 3-0 (15/5 15/5 15/9)

To finish the match Vicki Evans (Newton Abbot) at 1
played an excellent game beating Alex Boughton 3-0 (15/11 15/6 15/10)

(Plymouth University) being presented the Devon Cup by Alison Samuel (Ladies League Sec of Devon Squash)

More photos are online in the Picture Gallery.

To view the Score Card please click below:

Devon Cup Plate (Mixed):
Newton Abbot v Torquay
4th strings and 3rd Strings went on first.
Dan Gough (Newton) v Richard Crook. Dan fought well but Richard took the 1st win for Torquay 3-0.
Ben Sutton (Newton) v Kane Wilson. Kane started well taking the 1st game from Ben 12-10. Ben came back winning the match 3-1. Making the overall score 1-1.

Next on was 2nd Strings Chris Stanley (Newton) v Dave Palmer. The first 2 games both went 10-12 to Torquay. Dave then took the 3rd game to win 3-0. Taking Torquay in the lead 2-1.

Match of the night went to string 5’s. Harry Senior (Newton) v Dominic Phillips. This was a very long match and went to 5 games.
Harry took the 1st and Dominic the 2nd. Harry took the 3rd making it 2-1. Dominic dug in and took the 4th to 10-10 and then won 12-10 making it 2-2.
The 5th was a very close game. Dominic got to 10-8 match ball and also championship ball. He couldn’t get the next point and Harry managed to claw it back to 10-10 and then clinched it 12-10 winning 3-2 and making the overall score 2-2.

Last on were string 1s. Jarred London (Newton) v Stuart Perrett. Jarred took this match 3-0 giving the win to Newton Abbot 3-2.

Dan Gough (Newton Abbot) being presented the Devon Cup Plate by David Mudge (Hon Sec of Devon Squash)

More photos are online in the Picture Gallery.

To view the Score Card please click below:

Cheers
Alan

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