Saturday Junior Coaching 29th November

This Saturday we will be running three coaching sessions. The first session is from 9.00 to 10.00 for beginners and the second is from 10.30 to 11.30 for more advanced players. And the final most advanced session is from 11.30 to 1.30pm.

Remember to check your Comberton Junior League position on the noticeboard and see who you have to play. Not long now before the end of term when this set of leagues will finish. Matches are the best of 3, point-a-rally to 11. So you should be able to fit one in on a Saturday morning. Ask the coaches to line you up a court to play it.

Remember that eye-protection must be worn for all junior sessions.

9.00 - 10.00 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Ashok Babbar
10.30 - 11.30 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee, Ray Scrivens, and Nick Dickens
11.30 - 13.00 session. Coaches: Martyn Symmons, Mike Macnamee, and Ben Stutchbury

Another good day for Comberton Third Team

On Sunday 23 November our Junior Third Team travelled to St Ivo for their second fixture of the season. We had two of the three players who’d played in the first fixture, with Jack Murphy coming in at #2 and Alex Gooding dropping down to #3.

Against Hunts County Alex found Tayla Mounter a tough opponent in the first game, and had to call upon his reserves of determination to win it 12-10. After that he took control of the match well, and ended up a comfortable 3-0 winner. Jack too stayed well on top of Nathan Roitman throughout, while Sam Bradshaw played exceptionally well to overcome Greg Goodwin in a match of high-quality rallies – two more 3-0 wins for Comberton!

With a 12-0 points win over our first opponents we then faced a much older Crown Lodge First Team. Alex seemed overwhelmed by Adam Rawlings for the first two and a half games before suddenly discovering a succession of powerful and accurate serves to take the third game and very nearly the fourth as well, in the end going down 3-1. Jack found himself up against a player of similar style in Matthew Allison – both players were very fast around the court, and all the games were close, but Matthew prevailed 3-1 eventually. Sam was on spectacular form all afternoon, and defeated the talented Jasmine Luckett 3-0, partly by simply refusing to give up on any rally. Overall we lost to Crown by 9 points to 5, but the Comberton players had given impressive performances throughout.


Ray Scrivens
Team Manager

Ball shown the door

This week one of the juniors playing in the Comberton Mens' fourth team was playing an opponent who hit a very a loose shot down the middle of the court. Our lad was lining up a good pickup from a rebound off the door but unfortunately after hitting the top edge of the door frame, the ball ricocheted straight down to the floor - unreturnable! His opponent offered to play a let, which they did, but what is the actual rule on this?

Well in fact it is strictly 'no let' - any irregularities in the court that are fixed throughout the match are considered to be part of the playing environment and you just have to put up with them! That includes the famous overhanging line around the top of some of our Comberton courts. Unless the odd rebound or bounce makes you back into your opponent trying to return it - in which case you do deserve a let - but probably could not expect a stroke in this case!

Saturday Junior Coaching 22nd November

This Saturday we will be running three coaching sessions. The first session is from 9.00 to 10.00 for beginners and the second is from 10.30 to 11.30 for more advanced players. And the final most advanced session is from 11.30 to 1.30pm.

Remember to check your Comberton Junior League position on the noticeboard and see who you have to play. Matches are the best of 3, point-a-rally to 11. So you should be able to fit one in on a Saturday morning. Ask the coaches to line you up a court to play it.

Remember that eye-protection should be worn for all junior sessions.

9.00 - 10.00 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Steve Swanton
10.30 - 11.30 session. Coaches: Andy Thorne and Ray Scrivens
11.30 - 13.00 session. Coaches: Ben Stutchbury, Olly Thorne, and Ray Scrivens

Mixed fortunes for new players in the Junior Fourth Team

Comberton Junior Fourth Team opened our campaign to retain the Cambs Junior League Division Three title at Fenland Squash Club on 9th November. All three of our players were new to the County Leagues, as were most of the other teams, so predicting winners was impossible!

In our tie versus Hunts County our 3rd-string player, Charlie McRobie, was up against the older and more experienced Georgina Goodwin. This turned into an epic struggle, with Georgina twice ahead in games, but Charlie refused to give up and emerged a 3-2 winner. Greg Funge at #2 played Callum Valler, whose strength proved decisive, though Greg’s points tally improved steadily as the match progressed even though he didn’t manage to take a game off his opponent. Adam Sandercock at #1 had a close tussle against Gareth Pullen, losing by a narrow margin in each of the three games.

We then played Fenland, and Charlie was soon involved in another titanic battle, this time losing 9-11 to Tom Gray in the fifth game. This had been an excellent afternoon’s performance from a player who’s still at primary school! Greg took the first game against Seb Walton but after that the effects of his morning football match began to tell, and he was unable to maintain his momentum, going down 1-3. Adam battled with great determination against Alex Cleland, and despite losing the first game eventually won 3-1, concluding with a nail-biting 14-12 victory in the fourth game.

This was a good performance from all our players, none of whom gave up on their matches and all of whom played with spirit and sportsmanship – well done!


Ray Scrivens
Team Manager

Saturday Junior Coaching 15th November

This Saturday we will be running three coaching sessions. The first session is from 9.00 to 10.00 for beginners and the second is from 10.30 to 11.30 for more advanced players. And the final most advanced session is from 11.30 to 1.00pm.

Remember to check your Comberton Junior League position on the noticeboard and see who you have to play. Matches are the best of 3, point-a-rally to 11. So you should be able to fit one in on a Saturday morning. Ask the coaches to line you up a court to play it.

Remember that eye-protection should be worn for all junior sessions.

9.00 - 10.00 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens, and Ashok Babbar
10.30 - 11.30 session. Coaches: Martyn Symmons, Ray Scrivens, and Nick Dickens
11.30 - 13.00 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons

Saturday Junior Coaching 8th November

This Saturday we will be running three coaching sessions. The first session is from 9.00 to 10.00 for beginners and the second is from 10.30 to 11.30 for more advanced players. And the final most advanced session is from 11.30 to 1.00pm.

Remember to check your Comberton Junior League position on the noticeboard and see who you have still to play. Matches are the best of 3, point-a-rally to 11. So you should be able to fit one in on a Saturday morning. Ask the coaches to line you up a court to play it.

Remember that eye-protection should be worn for all junior sessions.

9.00 - 10.00 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens, Steve Swanton, and Keith Maloney
10.30 - 11.30 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee, Andy Thorne, and Ray Scrivens
11.30 - 13.00 session. Coaches: Martyn Symmons and Mike Macnamee