The 2nd Scottish Open Racketball Championships in partnership with main sponsor Anderson File & Rescue are being held at Dumfries Squash Club this Saturday and Sunday, 13-14th April.
The inaugural championships in 2012 attracted a 45-strong line-up of local, Scottish and English players and an increased participation is expected this year.
Come along and watch!
The latest squash newsletter is available below. Of note inside:
The squash club hopes to see a lot of you at Finals Day and afterwards at the Dance.
Squash Newsletter Feb 2013 (PDF/Adobe format)
DUMFRIES SPORTS CLUB – MEMBERSHIP WEEK 2013
SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY to FRIDAY 1 MARCH
Membership week for the coming year for the Sports Club takes place from Saturday 23 February to Friday 1 March at the following times.
Sat 23 February – 2 pm to 5 pm
Sun 24 February – 2 pm to 5 pm
Mon 25 February – 7 pm to 9 pm
Tue 26 February – 7 pm to 9 pm
Wed 27 February – 7 pm to 9 pm
Thu 28 February – 7 pm to 9 pm
Fri 1 March -7 pm to 9 pm
The Membership Secretary, or a member of the Management Committee, will be available in the lounge area to collect your membership form and payment, or arrange a direct debit.
If you cannot make any of these times, please either leave your membership form and payment for the Membership Secretary or the bar staff will assist you.
Tote memberships also available from the bar.
Memberships rates have been kept unchanged from last year. Further details of the Sports Club Memberships for 2013 can be found here along with a membership form which can be downloaded.
The Squash Club e-newsletter for December can be downloaded below.
The newsletter can be downloaded here
For those of you lucky enough to have reached your 35th birthday, you now have the opportunity to enter the South of Scotland Masters tournament being held at the Club next weekend.
Our Masters tournament is one of 8 which comprise Scottish Squash’s Masters Circuit with participants gaining ranking points towards National team selection for the end-of-season Home Internationals.
The tournament is age-group oriented and includes:
Ladies – Over 45, O55
Men – Over 35, O40, O45, O50, O55, O60, O65, O70, O75
Entry fee is £18 and you’ll be guaranteed 2 matches (best-of-5 to 9) and all participants will be given a limited edition South Masters 2012 Dri-Fit T-shirt.
There is also a dinner on the Saturday night at the Doonhamer Bistro (limited to 45 people) and a live band “The Zeebos” playing at The Venue later on Saturday night – tickets for the band are £5 each and available from Keith, Barnstorm Records or The Venue.
The closing date is this Friday 9th November, so if you wish to participate please e-mail Dumfries Squash Club via squash@dumfriessportsclub.co.uk or contact Keith.
The Squash Club e-newsletter for October is out with the news listed below.
Support the cause – World Squash Day on 20th October and help local children through Aberlour Futures Dumfries. The Squash Club’s AGM is on Thursday 18th October at 7pm. We hope to see as many of you as possible at this meeting.
The newsletter can be downloaded here
The Squash Club e-newsletter for the start of the new season is out with the news listed below.
The newsletter can be downloaded here
The Summer edition of the Squash Club e-newsletter is out with the news listed below.
The newsletter can be downloaded here
The Tennis XI
The big cricket match of the weekend took place on Sunday afternoon, after the cricket section played some Twenty20 Cup fixture.
It was then that the might of Dumfries Tennis Club took to the field to see if Dumfries Squash Club could cope with playing outside.
Unfortunately for them they emerged blinking from the clubhouse in the dazzling sunlight and could still see the ball.
Hope of the side
After the hope of the side, Creedon, even after all his decades of experience, and kitted out in his ‘blues’, contrived to hit his own wicket the squash players then got the ball warmed up.
Fourteen year-old Dean Brotherston (the ringer) scored 46 retired and Jim Scriven was punishing on anything on the leg side hitting 30. Michael Goldie opened the bowling attack to good effect taking two wickets in his two overs.
A challenging total of 142 for 8 in 20 overs required a tennis player to play the equivalent of a five set big innings. However top scorer was D Strachan with 17 who then lost the bragging right at home, by being bowled off stump by F Strachan.
It was the Squash XI that nicked a victory, winning by 28 runs after the Tennis XI fell short ending up on 114 for 6.
Thanks to Bevo for organising the game and the post match barbecue. It was good to see the Sports Club so busy on the Sunday afternoon. Revenge for the Tennis in a possible re-match later in the summer was being plotted in the bar afterwards.
The inaugural Pathfinder Scottish Open Racketball Championships are being held this weekend at the Club and as a result all courts will be closed to general play for all of Saturday (10 – 6pm) and most of Sunday. The tournament has attracted 45 entries from all over Scotland and a handful from south of the Border.
Please come along and support our contingent of local players.
Our sponsors include Pathfinder Park Homes, Dupont Teijin Films, Anderson Fire & Rescue Products, Print.Copy Centre Dumfries and Solway Offset. The Club also received £500 grant aid from Nithsdale Sports Council.
The Spring edition of the Squash Club e-newsletter is out with the news listed below.
Jimmy Wells, Ronnie Carter, Robin Ridley, Abbie Robertson, Davy Rogan, Russell Hunter, Frank Ellis, Sue Strachan and Faith Sinclair have all been selected to represent Scotland in their respective age-groups in the forthcoming Home Internationals series starting at end of April. Congratulations from the club.
The newsletter can be downloaded here
The Dumfries Squash Club’s competition finals start tonight with:
Bard Vet Cup Final – Bard Vet v Your Move DCC – 7pm
Followed by
Friday 23rd at 7pm
Jim Thorburn Trophy Final – Ronnie Carter v Chris McCutcheon
“B” Plate Final – Andy Jones v Dave Bass
Saturday 24th commencing at 1pm
Racketball Plate Final – Ray Currie v Jim Scriven
“C” Plate Final – Ross McLachlan v Rob Hulme
Ladies Plate Final – Rosanna Pierro v TBC
Ladies Final – TBC
Racketball Final – Joe O’Byrne v Chris McCutcheon
“C” Final – David Davidson v Stuart Martin
“B” Final – Mike Service v Jim Graves
“A” Plate Final – Lister McKiddie v Raymond Kirk
“A” Final – Jimmy Wells v Ronnie Carter
The Squash Club Dance then commences at 8pm. Tickets available behind the bar. So come along to support the finalists and support the Club at the Dance.
Athletics from The Scotsman Cricket from the Standard Cricket Scotland news Squash from BBC Sport Scottish Squash News Tennis from The Scotsman
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