Henley Squash Club hosted its first ever fun squash tournament for junior and adult players on Sunday. The emphasis was on having fun and encouraging players of all ages and abilities to come together for an afternoon of squash.
It was great to see some adults returning to squash such as Chilli Brener and Huseiyn Djemil, as well as U9 players Beth Ireland, Cameron Parke, Oliver Quinn and Sidni Brener. The 22 players were put into four mixed ability teams, including an all-female team. No fewer than 70 games were played over the 3 hours of frenetic squash with many being closely fought (five ended up 15-14)!
The winning team comprised junior club members Cameron Parke, Freddie Borg and Max Djemil, and adult club members Paul Ireland and Roger Betts. They had a slightly higher average score than the all-female team of Bec Dixon, Beth Ireland, Helen Henshaw and Ruby Borg and adults Chilli Brener and Fiona Dixon.
The tournament was a great success due to the hard work of the organiser Fiona Dixon and the enthusiasm of the players (both young and not so young)!
Tickets are now available on general sale for the Allam British Open Squash Championships 14-20 May 2012.
Visit www.britishopensquash.net to buy tickets today. Remember there is high demand for tickets so don’t delay!
The Allam British Open
The British Open is the most prestigious and iconic squash tournament in the world.
In May the world’s best players are coming to the 02 in London to battle it out to become champion of the tournament hailed as the ‘Wimbledon of Squash’.
Feast your eyes on some of the world’s best athletes, where combat is almost literally Gladiatorial and the court becomes a glass coliseum before thousands of ecstatic fans.
The Players
England has some real contenders to take home the title on home soil but they need your support!
Yorkshire pair James Willstrop and Nick Matthew have a fierce on court rivalry with Matthew only yesterday beating his compatriot in the final of the Tournament of Champions and regaining his World no.1 spot. However, Willstrop has been in fine form recently and will be hoping to avenge his 2009 British Open defeat to Matthew, where the pair competed in an epic five game match which went down in history as one of their all time greatest battles.
Londoners Peter Barker and Daryl Selby will be relishing the chance to play in their home city, with Peter Barker comfortably in the World top ten and Daryl Selby sitting just outside.
In the women’s event England’s World no.2 Jenny Duncalf will want to overcome the formidable Malaysian Nicol David who looks strong at World no.1. Lancashire’s Laura Massaro is a force to be reckoned with after having a fantastic year on the professional tour, reaching a career high of 3 and winning the US Open.
Buy your tickets today! www.britishopensquash.net or at www.ticketmaster.co.uk
For those of you that missed the live squash on Sky Sports earlier this month, here are some of the highlights – awesome!
To view full screen, use the little button in the bottom right-hand corner.
Check out the double dive at 5 minutes 13 seconds!
You can get the whole match plus lots more at www.psasquashtv.com
After nearly a year of down-time, the facility for booking and viewing court availability on-line is back. (more…)
Home support will be very welcome and much appreciated on Sunday 4th December from 6.00pm to 8.15pm when Henley play host to Windsor in the next round of the National Club Championships. (more…)
On Saturday 12th November Henley entertain Shrewsbury School in the first round of the National Club Championships, over 35’s event. (more…)