CVC Squash team cruise through to Stage Two in National Schools' Competition

The Boys Under-15 CVC team have completed a hat-trick of emphatic victories with a 4-1 win over Oakham School. The match, played at Comberton, saw a debut appearance for David Snelling, promoted from the reserves to play at no. 5. David fought well throughout, losing 3-2 in a see-saw match. From then on CVC enjoyed a pretty comfortable time, with Tom Blair, Sam Bradshaw, Will Collett, and Alex Gooding all recording 3-0 wins to see us through as group winners in Stage One. We have a bye in the first round of Stage Two, followed by what promises to be a tough match against either Cheltenham College or Wycliffe College in the New Year.

Saturday Junior Coaching (6th December)

This Saturday we will be running four 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. A most advanced session is from 11.30 to 1.00pm and then there is a girls only session from 1.00pm to 2.00pm

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

There are goggles available for you to buy so you have your own pair.

Coaches

9.00 - 10.00 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Andy Thorne
10.30 - 11.30 session. Coaches: Ashok Babbar and Martyn Symmons
11.30 - 13.00 session. Coaches: Martyn Symmons and Mike Macnamee
13.00 - 14.00 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons

Brian Fielding Junior Grand Prix

On Saturday 12th December there will be a special Cambridgeshire tournament at Fenland Squash Club in Swavesey. This is a graded event for both beginners (group A) and advanced (group B) junior players from around the county. Closing date is Monday 7th December and entry forms are available from Ray Scrivens or Rebecca Moore, or the Cambs SRA website. Comberton have had some winners in this event in the past. And this event is mainly aimed at newer, up-and-coming players so if you have never entered a tournament before then this is a great way to start!

This annual event is in memory of a very special junior coach Brian Fielding who contributed to Cambridgeshire squash for many years but unfortunately died several years ago.

Tripling the light fantastic.

One of our favourite challenges for our advanced junior squash players is a Triples tournament.

This only works if we can organize them as three equal teams. Then each set of three players play a triples game.

This is a very difficult and challenging competition where each player has a chance to win points playing against a team of the other two players. Of course it is usually one on the backhand and one on the forehand. The fun part is making the player in the middle run all over the court in very long rallies. This is excellent training routine because it forces the player in the middle to move up to the T every shot.

We play it PAR and let them keep their score in points won as a single. If they are able to beat the team to 11 points then they also get a bonus which is their advantage in points over the team.

So if I lose 5 11 then I only get 5 points. But if I win 11 5 then I get my 11 points plus the difference 11-5 =6 as bonus points - totalling 17 all together. At 10 all we play tie break - so extra points are also available there but the bonus is limited to 2.

Here is how it played on this Saturday 21st November.

Team A; Team B; Team C;
Chris 13*; Tom 5; Jack 13*;
Olly 13; Guy 2; Jonny 14*;
Jo 5; Peter 9; Will H. 18*;
Will T. 6; Sam Pr. 10; Charlie 7;
Totals: 37; 26; 52!

with bonus points added where the stars are!
Well done to: Jack, Jonny, Will H., and Charlie, the winning team. Olly got extra points from a tie-break without winning any actual bonus!

Saturday Junior Coaching (21st November)

This Saturday we will be running four 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. A most advanced session is from 11.30 to 1.00pm and then there is a girls only session from 1.00pm to 2.00pm

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

There are goggles available for you to buy so you have your own pair.

Coaches

9.00 - 10.00 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Keith Maloney
10.30 - 11.30 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons
11.30 - 13.00 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons
13.00 - 14.00 session. Coaches: Martyn Symmons and Mike Macnamee

Saturday Junior Coaching (14th November)

This Saturday we will be running four 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. A most advanced session is from 11.30 to 1.00pm and then there is a girls only session from 1.00pm to 2.00pm

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

There are goggles available for you to buy so you have your own pair.

Coaches

9.00 - 10.00 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Ollie Thorne
10.30 - 11.30 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Ashok Babbar
11.30 - 13.00 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons
13.00 - 14.00 session. Coaches: Martyn Symmons and Mike Macnamee

Saturday Junior Coaching (7th November)

This Saturday we will be running four 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. A most advanced session is from 11.30 to 1.00pm and then there is a girls only session from 1.00pm to 2.00pm

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

There are goggles available for you to buy so you have your own pair.

Coaches

9.00 - 10.00 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Keith Maloney
10.30 - 11.30 session. Coaches: Martyn Symmons and Ollie Thorne
11.30 - 13.00 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons
13.00 - 14.00 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons