Saturday Junior Coaching 20th December

This is the last squash of this year and Mike will be running a single coaching session. This will be from 10.00 to 12.00 for all players.

Our new sessions start in the new term in the new year 10th January 2009.

Until then we wish all our juniors and all our coaches a very merry Xmas and good New Year break.


10.00 - 12.00 session. Coach: Mike Macnamee

Saturday Junior Coaching 13th December 2008

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. This is your last chance to play a match 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: Steve Swanton and Mike Macnamee
10.30 - 11.30 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Nick Dickens
11.30 - 13.00 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Ben Stutchbury

So near and yet so far! Comberton U15 school team out of National Schools Tournament.

Comberton Village College were knocked out of the Boys Under 15 section of the National Schools Squash Championships by the narrowest of margins today (9 December).

We travelled to a neutral venue for our match against the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe – the opulent surroundings of the Nuffield Health and Fitness Centre in St Albans – needing three wins from five matches to progress to the next round.

Playing at no. 5 Will Collett stayed in control for most of his match, with the crucial stage being the second game, where he managed to grind out a 14-12 win over a smaller but determined opponent. Jack Murphy at 4 had the longest match of the day: after going two games down he fought back to two all and led 7-2 in the fifth only to see the High Wycombe player battle back to take the final game 11-8. Will Harris had three pretty close games but unfortunately could not manage to win any of them, so with two matches to go we were 2-1 down. Tom Blair produced our performance of the day – a magnificent display of relentless attack which deservedly yielded a 3-0 win. But it wasn’t to be our day, as our no. 1, Tom Symmons, rarely hit his top form and, despite taking the second game, succumbed by three games to one.

The statisticians in our party soon worked out that CVC actually won as many games as our opponents overall – an indication of just how narrow a margin separated defeat from victory! It has certainly been a creditable campaign by all our squad this year and we look forward to renewing our challenge in next season’s competition.

Ray Scrivens
Team Manager

Saturday Junior Coaching 6th December

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