Tournament news

Having agreed earlier to run a Handicap Tournament this was scheduled to take place on Saturday morning, 26th November. On the day one of the disappointing small entry of 8 persons did not turn up so we tried to go ahead on the basis of everyone playing everyone else. Because of time restraints & the inability of several having to pull out during the morning (injury & other commitments that afternoon) this proved impossible and there could be no outright winner. However, all agreed that they had had an enjoyable time so it may be possible to put on another such event next season but obviously we do need a minimum of at least a dozen players to make it worthwhile.

The usual Christmas Squash Doubles Tournament took place on Saturday morning 31st December. Enough people turned up on the day to make up seven pairs so these were divided into two leagues – one with four teams & the other with three. In an attempt to give everybody the same court time the larger league played the best of three games whilst the others played the best of five and this meant that both leagues finished at about the same time after several very close games.

The final was played between the winning pairings of each league and this proved to be the closest match of the whole morning’s play. Ivan Hallett, playing with Mark Cullington, won the first game, lost the second and they were within one point of victory at 14 / 9 in the deciding game. However Michael Hallett & Iain Cameron fought back valiantly and ran out winners by 15 points to 14.

After the presentations there was a short discussion on whether to try a more regular doubles evening and it was decided that this could be arranged on spare Friday evenings during the coming months when there were no Hampshire League matches. Graham Browne agreed to sort out dates, book the courts and e-mail everybody who had taken part as well as anyone one else interested.

2011 Results

Pictures of the finalists from the 2011 tournament :

Mike Hallett (Closed Squash Champion), Pamela Blowe & Ed Percival (Runner Up)

Jonny Britt (Runner Up),Pamela Blowe & Ed Percival (Racket Ball Champion)

Under 19 Squash Winner Ollie Bradbury,Pamela Blowe & Jack Pritchard

Christmas Doubles Tournament 2010, Sunday January 2nd (2011).
Rhys Glide and Simon Udal beat Ed Percival and Adrian Jones

This actually took place on Sunday morning, 2nd January and like many other Squash Tournaments in the past few years the number of entries continues to fall.

This time there were only a dozen people participating so, once the draw for partners had taken place, we ran two leagues each of three teams and the winners of each league played each other in the final. As a variation to previous tournaments each match was decided on the best of five games and this ensured some close early matches - indeed the only game won 3 – 0 was the final itself in which Rhys Glide and Simon Udal beat Ed Percival and Adrian Jones.

Annual doubles tournament winners

1991/1992

Philip Stride/ Suzanne Stead bt Matthew Fernandez/ Binky Hallett

1992/1993

Philip Stride/ Joseph Duffett bt Terry Gleeson/Derek Kingaby

1993/1994

Tom Duffett/John Gaffney bt Mark Tapply/Richard Hallett

1994/1995

Matthew Boschi/Alan Sherwood bt Tom Duffett/Debbie Tapply

1995/1996

Peter Edyvean/Simon Boylin bt Malcolm Wood/Sarah Lippett

1996/1997

Chris Toothill/Richard Batty bt Peter Grennan/Neil Warren

1997/1998

Matthew Boschi/Neil Warren bt Gregg Phillips/Mark Boylett

1998/1999

Binky Hallett/Ian Udal bt Chris Miles /Mark Boylett

1999/2000

Larry Clarke/James Spurling bt Binky Hallett & Malcolm Wood

2000/2001

Malcolm Wood/Steve Tilley bt Ian Udal/Neil Warren

2001/2002

Tom Duffett/Neil Warren bt Peter Grennan//Michael Hallett

2003/2004

Malcom Horlock/Kelson Brooks bt Alex Johnstone/Simon Udal

2004/2005

Matthew Boschi/Chris Miles bt Michael Hallett/Ed Percival

2005/2006

Ian Udal /Chris Miles bt Liz Walker/Andy Lloyd

2006/2007

Michael Hallett/Simon Udal bt Fran Blake/Neil Warren

2007/2008

Mike Miles/Simon Udal bt Liz walker/Adrian Jones

2008/2009

Ed Percival/Ivan Hallett bt Malcolm Wood/Kelson Brooks

2009/2010

Ed Percival/Matthew Boschi bt Richard Hopp/Chris Read

2010/2011

Simon Udal beat Ed Percival and Adrian Jones

2011/2012