Saturday Junior Coaching (28th January)

This Saturday we continue with our three session schedule.

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 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. Coach: Ashok Babbar

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

11.15 am - 12.30 pm JS2 session. Coaches: Chris Shaw and Ray Scrivens

12.30 - 1.45 pm JS3/4 session. Coaches: Keith Maloney and Ollie Thorne.

CVC bow out of the National Schools Squash Tournament with honour

The Battle of Waterloo may have been won on the playing fields of Eton, but our team met their Waterloo against Eton on the squash courts of Comberton. We played host to a strong Under-15 Eton Boys team, and ended up losing by four matches to one in Stage Two of the tournament, but it was pleasing to see that all our players performed well.

Although our 3, 4 and 5 strings (Charlie McRobie, Henry Prime and Sam Hicks) lost their matches 3-0 they all ran their opponents close at times, and were mainly undone by the accuracy of the Etonians’ drop shots. Todd Roberts at 2 looked to be well in control after taking the first two games 11-2, 11-3, but his opponent fought back and, after edging a long fourth game 14-12, sealed a 3-2 victory for Eton. Laurence Temple got off to great start, conceding just a single point in the opening game, and went on to record a fine 3-0 win: the first Comberton player to win a match against Eton in the two rubbers we’ve played against them over the years!

So as we depart from this year’s tournament it’s congratulations to all the squad (including reserves Matt Haynes and Owen Mellors-Bourne) for their achievements in getting us comfortably through Stage One and putting up such a plucky performance in Stage Two.

Ray Scrivens
Team Manager

Saturday Junior Coaching (21st January)

This Saturday we continue with our three session schedule.

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 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. Coach: Ashok Babbar

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

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

12.30 - 1.45 pm JS3/4 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons.

Comberton nose ahead in Division III

We sent two Third teams to Abbotsley on January 8th to take on the host club and Fenland (Crown Lodge had been forced to withdraw from the division owing to a lack of players). Against the stronger opposition, Abbotsley, we fielded Sam Hicks at 1, Josh Morrow at 2 and Adam Peer at 3. Sam had the difficult task of playing the very talented young Harry Hennessy and, perhaps suffering from some post-Christmas lethargy, didn’t quite manage to get on terms with Harry, losing 3-0. Fortunately, though, our other two players were on good form, both recording 3-0 wins in matches which featured some very close games. We ended up with a 9-3 points win in the tie.

Our “B” team against Fenland comprised three newcomers to County League squash: Alex Morrow at 1, Dan Chaplin at 2 and Joe Hicks at 3. Alex was up against an experienced opponent in Nick Whyatt, losing 3-0, and Dan lost by the same margin, although he scored well in all three games. It was left to Joe Hicks to record our only win against Fenland with a decisive victory in straight games. So we lost 9-3 to Fenland, but with one fixture left in this division Comberton have edged into the lead with 30 points from the two fixtures played so far compared to Abbotsley’s 24 and Fenland’s 9. Still all to play for in the final fixture on February 26th!

Ray Scrivens
Team manager

Saturday Junior Coaching (14th January)

This Saturday we continue with our three session schedule.

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 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. Coach: Ashok Babbar

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

11.15 am - 12.30 pm JS2 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons

12.30 - 1.45 pm JS3/4 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons.

Comberton II move into pole position

A home fixture in Cambs Junior League Division II on January 8 began with Comberton level pegging with Ramsey at the top of the division, so we needed a good performance to take the lead.

We had an unchanged squad, except that Henry Prime had swapped places with Mark Dancy in the order, so it was Nick White once again at #1, with Henry at 2 and Mark at 3. Our opening match was against Ramsey, and both Mark and Henry outplayed their opponents with 3-0 wins. Nick’s energy levels were suffering from an excess of squash played the day before, and he was unable to rise to the challenge set by Chris Rej, but Comberton ended up with a significant 9-3 points win overall.

In our second match, against Hunts County, Mark and Henry repeated their performance against Ramsey, both our players winning without dropping a game. Nick then found himself embroiled in a very long battle against Natalie Caulkett, and he eventually staggered over the winning line 12-10 in the fifth game! This gave us a 12-2 victory over Hunts County, and leaves us with a nine-point lead over Ramsey going into the final fixture, which is scheduled for February 26 at Ramsey.

Ray Scrivens
Team Manager

Saturday Junior Coaching 7th January

Happy New Year to everyone at Comberton Squash.

This Saturday we continue with our three session schedule.

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 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. Coach: Ashok Babbar

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

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

12.30 - 1.45 pm JS3/4 session. Coaches: Mike Macnamee and Martyn Symmons.