Dumfries Sports Club

Dumfries Squash Club achieved Sports Club Accreditation from Dumfries & Galloway Council’s Leisure and Sports Services at the end of September.

This achievement should make it easier for us to access Third Sector Funding and more importantly reassure parents and the wider community that we are a safe, effective and child-friendly club.

We can now proudly exhibit our new award on the website.

The annual squash doubles tournament once again attracted a good turn-out of 8 pairs. The draw thus consisted of two groups of 4 pairs based on a round-robin format.

The winners of the first group were Chris McCutcheon and Raymond Currie with Jimmy Wells and Steven Forsyth finishing as runners-up. In the second group Garry McKean and Danny McBryde finished runners-up to Keith Gristwood and Peter Allen.

The semi-finals saw the winners of each group take on the runners-up with McCutcheon and Currie defeating McKean and McBryde, and Wells and Forsyth beating Gristwood and Allen.

The final promised to be a close-run contest and it lived up to its pre-match billing. The old pro Jimmy Wells kept his team in the match and levelled the score at one set-all, setting up the decider. The final game was very tight with neither side gaining any clear advantage and it went close right to the very end. It reached 14-14 with either side then requiring a 2 point lead to claim victory. Finally at 17-15 McCutcheon and Currie edged it to lift the trophy.

The Squash Club applied for, and was awarded, a grant of £500 from Nithsdale Sports Council. This grant is to be used towards the costs of putting 6 members of the club through the UKCC Level 1 squash coaching course being run by Scottish Squash and Racketball commencing on October 31st at the Club.