Saturday Junior Coaching (28th May)

This Saturday as it is half-term bank holiday weekend we will have only three hour-and-a-quarter sessions. There will not be an elite JS4 session this Saturday.

The first session (JS1) is for beginner level squash and will be from 10.00 to 11.15

The second session (JS2) is intermediate and is from 11.15 to 12.30.

The third session (JS3) is from 12.30 noon to 1.45pm and is for more advanced players.

Our elite (JS4) sessions (1.45 to 3.00) will continue next week with a third session with guest coach Andrew D'Alessandro.

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

Coaches

10 am - 11.15 am JS1 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Keith Maloney

11.15 am - 12.30 pm JS2 session. Coaches: Keith Maloney and Ray Scrivens

12.30 - 1.45 pm JS3 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Chris Shaw

Comberton U16 Grand Prix 2011

This year the Club U16 tournament will be a special new Grand Prix event on Sunday 19th June (in a change to the original date).

Games will start at 2.00pm with qualifying league matches for all competitors. This means you will get to play plenty of games.

The winner of the Grand Prix will be named Club champion for this year on our Honours Board so it is a prestigious event.

Players must be members of Comberton Village College Squash Club and Under-16 on 22nd May 2011 - so that means born after 22nd May 1995*.

There are information slips about the competition next to the noticeboard at the Club.

You can register with Ray Scrivens (rs10002@cam.ac.uk).

*This is the date of the other club finals which is why we chose it.

Saturday Junior Coaching (21st May)

This Saturday we continue with our new revised schedule with four hour-and-a-quarter sessions.

The first session is completely mini-squash and runs from 9.00 to 10.00.

The second session (JS1) is for beginner level squash and will be from 10.00 to 11.15

The third session (JS2) is intermediate and is from 11.15 to 12.30.

The fourth session (JS3) is from 12.30 noon to 1.45pm and is for more advanced players.

This week our elite (JS4) sessions (1.45 to 3.00) will have a session with guest coach Andrew D'Alessandro.

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

Coaches

9 am - 10 am mini-squash session. Coaches: Ashok Babbar, Janet Banks, and Julie Miller

10 am - 11.15 am JS1 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Chris Shaw

11.15 am - 12.30 pm JS2 session. Coaches: Chris Shaw and Andy Thorne

12.30 - 1.45 pm JS3 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons

1.45 - 3.00 pm JS4 session. Coach: Andrew D'Alessandro

National Schools Squash Tournament: another good year for CVC

Comberton’s Boys’ Under-15 School Squash Team finally saw this year's campaign come to an end in March in an away fixture against Heathside Independent School. The match was played in the prestigious surroundings of the St George’s Hill Tennis and Squash Club in Surrey, and our opponents turned out to be coached by one of Britain’s top squash coaches, Danny Lee, whose son Joe is an international squash player.

Although it was always going to be an uphill battle against Heathside’s array of nationally-ranked juniors CVC were far from disgraced, with our lead string Jeremy Harris scoring well in his match and our number 5 string, Charlie McRobie, producing a great performance to claim our only win of the day.

Our 4-1 defeat left us just short of the quarter-finals, but for the team to reach the last sixteen in England following three earlier victories was yet another sign of the quality of young players coming through the Comberton system.

Congratulations on a great season to all the team: Jeremy Harris, Alex Gooding, Laurence Temple, Todd Roberts and Charlie McRobie, plus reserves Matthew Haynes and Finn Savage.

Ray Scrivens
Team Manager

Saturday Junior Coaching (7th May)

This Saturday we continue with our new revised schedule with four hour-and-a-quarter sessions.

The first session is completely mini-squash and runs from 9.00 to 10.00.

The second session (JS1) is for beginner level squash and will be from 10.00 to 11.15

The third session (JS2) is intermediate and is from 11.15 to 12.30.

The fourth session (JS3) is from 12.30 noon to 1.45pm and is for more advanced players.

This week as a warm up to our elite (JS4) sessions (1.45 to 3.00) we will have a session with Mike and Martyn. Next week will start another set of guest coach sessions.

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

Coaches

9 am - 10 am mini-squash session. Coaches: Ashok Babbar, Janet Banks, and Julie Miller
10 am - 11.15 am JS1 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Andy Thorne
11.15 am - 12.30 pm JS2 session. Coaches: Chris Shaw and Martyn Symmons
12.30 - 1.45 pm JS3 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons
1.45 - 3.00 pm JS4 session. Coaches: Martyn Symmons and Mike Macnamee .