Saturday Junior Coaching (25th June)

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

The first session is for mini-squash players and will be from 9.00 to 10.00.

The JS1 session is for beginner level squash and will be from 10.00 to 11.15.

The JS2 session is intermediate and is from 11.15 to 12.30.

The JS3 session 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 our Club coaches. Our Level III guest coach Colin Griggs will be back next week.

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, Julie Miller and Keith Maloney

11.15 am - 12.30 pm JS2 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Martyn Symmons

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

1.45 - 3.00 pm JS4 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons

Tom Blair retains his Club Under-16 title

Comberton held its Under-16 tournament on Sunday afternoon, June 19, and we had a good quality field of fifteen entrants (sadly reduced to twelve when Selina Leung and Charlie McRobie had to drop out and Laurence Temple was delayed in Sussex by winning the Plate Final at the Brighton Junior Open).

We ran the tournament as a round robin competition with the players roughly seeded and divided into three boxes. The winners of each box plus the highest-scoring runner-up progressed to the semi-final play-offs, while the remaining players who came second and third in their boxes took part in sliding door matches to determine the final ranking order.

Our four semi-finalists were Tom Blair, Alex Gooding, Jeremy Harris, and Jo Weavers. Tom beat Alex 2-0, while Jo defeated Jeremy 2-1 in a very closely-fought match. Tom then beat Jo 2-0 in the final to retain the title he won last year. Jeremy conceded the ¾ play-off against Alex.

Final rankings were:

1. – Tom Blair
2. – Joe Weavers
3. – Alex Gooding
4. – Jeremy Harris
5. – Todd Roberts
6. – Mark Dancy
7. – Henry Prime
8. – Nick White
9. – Sam Hicks
10. – Angus Harris

An honourable mention also to Josh Harland-Mears and Ellis Maloney, who took part in the box matches but were unable to stay for the play-offs.

Mike Macnamee & Ray Scrivens, Tournament Organizers

Saturday Junior Coaching (18th June)

This Saturday we have a special schedule that combines JS3 and JS4. This will let our guest coach Colin Griggs see more of our juniors.

The first session is for mini-squash players and will be from 9.00 to 10.00.

The JS1 session is for beginner level squash and will be from 10.00 to 11.15.

The JS2 session is intermediate and is from 11.15 to 12.30.

The combined JS3/JS4 session is from 12.30 noon to 1.45pm and is for more advanced players. This week we will have a special session with Level III guest coach Colin Griggs.

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 Julie Miller.

11.15 am - 12.30 pm JS2 session. Coaches: Ollie Thorne and Mike Macnamee

12.30 - 1.45 pm JS3/JS4 session. Guest coach: Colin Griggs.

Saturday Junior Coaching (8th October)

This Saturday we continue a new revised schedule combining JS3 and JS4 sessions.

The first session is for mini-squash players and will be from 9.00 to 10.00.

The JS1 session is for beginner level squash and will be from 10.00 to 11.15.

The JS2 session is intermediate and is from 11.15 to 12.30.

The JS3 session is from 12.30 noon to 1.45pm and is for more advanced players. For this term this will also include the JS4 elite coaching.

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

Coaches

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

10 am - 11.15 am JS1 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Mike Macnamee

11.15 am - 12.30 pm JS2 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Mike Macnamee

12.30 - 1.45 pm JS3/4 session. Coaches: Ollie Thorne and Martyn Symmons.

Saturday Junior Coaching (4th June)

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

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

The JS2 session is intermediate and is from 11.15 to 12.30.

The JS3 session 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, Julie Miller and Ollie Thorne

11.15 am - 12.30 pm JS2 session. Coaches: Ray Scrivens and Ollie Thorne

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

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