Congratulations from Dumfries Sports Club. The Club has two Scottish Squash Champions in its midst. Jimmy Wells won the O45 title and Davy Rogan the O75 title at the Nationals Masters in Aberdeen recently. Runners-up were Robin Ridley – O50s and Davy Rogan – O70s.
The D&G Closed U-30 Championships were held last weekend at the Club and the Final was won by the club’s Chris McCutcheon.
The March edition of the Squash Club e-newsletter is out with the news listed below.
The Squash Club Semi-finals day is this Saturday from 1pm. Finals day is on the following Saturday, the 24th, from 12:15, followed by the End of Season Dance in the evening from 8:30. Tickets at the bar.
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Following-up on 4 titles at the East Masters in January, the Squash Club continued its winning ways this weekend at Bridge of Allan’s Central Masters and Nunholm players won 4 titles (the O40, O45, O75 and LO35 by Frank Ellis, Jimmy Wells, Davy Rogan and Sue Strachan, respectively), were runners-up in four (the O45, O50, O70 and LO50 by Ronnie Carter, Robin Ridley, Abbie Robertson and Faith Sinclair, respectively) and the O55 Plate, Raymond Kirk.
The February edition of the Squash Club e-newsletter has news about:
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I am pleased and proud to announce that The Club has secured the inaugural Scottish Open Racketball Championships from Scottish Squash & Racketball. The event will be held over the weekend of 28-29th April 2012.
The Scottish Open is open to all players in the UK and will be a UK Racketball-sanctioned event and as such participants will gain UK National Racketball Ranking Points.
Ray Currie has secured a major sponsor for the Scottish Open in Pathfinder Park Homes, who also are the major sponsor of our South of Scotland Masters in November.
We are seeking further sponsors for this prestigious tournament. If any members (or their employers) are interested in becoming sponsors please contact me initially.
Keith Gristwood
Dumfries Squash Club Chairman
The January edition of the Squash Club e-newsletter has news about:
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The December edition of the Squash Club e-newsletter has news about:
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The ideal excuse to avoid Xmas shopping this Sunday – The D&G Closed Finals.
With 4 finals being played on Court 3 you’re guaranteed a 3-hour hiatus from the shops.
3:00 PM – “A” Plate Final – Keith Gristwood v Chris McCutcheon
3:40 PM – “B” Plate Final – George O’Neill v Dean Brotherston
4:20 PM – “B” Final – Lister McKiddie v Scot Radley
5:00 PM – “A” Final – Steven Wallace v Ronnie Carter
All times approximate except the 3pm start. See you all there to support your local club finalists.
The November edition of the Squash Club e-newsletter has news about:
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The squash club Masters tournament is being held this weekend. There is a strong entry of 80 players and matches will be held from 9.30 until 6pm on Saturday and from 9.45am until approx. 5pm on Sunday. We have the World Masters O50 Runner-up and the European Masters O45 Runner-up competing as well as over 30 Scottish Masters internationalists. Catering is being provided by the Doonhamer Bistro and the bar will be open all-day from 11am, so come along and support your local players and watch some great squash!
The draws for the various age groups can be viewed on the Squash Club Website.
Over the weekend of Friday 18th to Sunday 20th of November Dumfries Squash Club is hosting the third South of Scotland Masters Open Squash Championships. This is a Scottish Squash Masters Circuit ranking tournament and provides age-group competitions from the over-35s right up to the over-70s for men and over-45s and over-55s for ladies. Participants in ranking tournaments gain points which decide team selection for the Scottish Teams participating in the Home Internationals held annually in May.
According to Tournament Director, Keith Gristwood, “this is a prestigious tournament to attract to Dumfries and we are proud to be hosting it once again. We are expecting a larger entry than last year with nearly 80 players, the majority of whom will be Scottish from as far away as Inverness and Aberdeen, but also from London, Bristol, Cumbria and the Durham areas due to our club’s connections in these areas”.
He added “Even in the current economic climate our numerous tournament sponsors, in particular our main sponsor, Pathfinder Park Homes Ltd, have continued to support this tournament and without their financial assistance we would be hard pushed to put on such a quality tournament. Masters’ squash tournaments are very social events and many players are accompanied by their partners and some with their children so the town will benefit from an influx of 120+ people during the weekend seeking accommodation, food and drinks, and entertainment.”
Dumfries Squash Club’s players historically have strongly-supported the Scottish Squash Masters circuit tournaments around the country and last year six Dumfries players (Jimmy Wells, Russell Hunter, Davy Rogan, Abbie Robertson, Sue Strachan and Faith Sinclair) were selected for Scottish Masters teams. Lockerbie’s Ronnie Carter was also selected.
Spectators are welcome throughout the weekend at Dumfries Squash Club at Nunholm. In the event of a large entry, matches will be played on Friday commencing around 6pm until around 9pm. Saturday’s matches commence at 9.00am until around 6.30pm and Sunday’s (semi-finals and finals day) matches commence around 9.30am until around 5pm. Refreshments will be available from the club’s fully-licensed bar and food is being catered by The Doonhamer Bistro.
Entrance is free to all spectators. So come on down and see some of Scotland’s top Masters’ squash players and support our local participants.
Further information on the tournament, and on Dumfries Squash Club’s facilities and services, can be obtained from the club’s website www.dumfriessquashclub.co.uk. Dumfries Squash Club is Sports Club Accredited by D&G Council and in addition to holding junior squash nights on Saturdays, the Club is regularly used by three of Dumfries’ secondary schools for squash and racketball.
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