2008 Pesentation

Durham & Cleveland Squash League Cup

Sponsored by

Principia Bridal & Men’s Formal Wear

20 Dundas Arcade
Middlesbrough TS1 1JA

The finals of Durham & Cleveland League cup took place on 15/16th March 2008 at Nunthorpe Squash club. It was the culmination of a season long handicap event involving 54 + teams and ended with the semi-finals and final being played out in front of many spectators. In every match the scores were 3-2 with at least 5 games lasting over 1 hour, but the longest game of the weekend was between Stephen Rowsby (Sedgefield) and Ben Collard (Bannatynes 2) which was 1hour 32 minutes with Ben winning 3-2 to ensure his team progressed into the final.

 In the ladies competition the semi finals were between Darlington Ladies 1 and Darlington Ladies 2, in this close match the strength of the ladies 1^st team edged them ahead and were 3-2 winners and in the other semi final Norton and Aycliffe fought out another close match with Norton edging it to win 3-2.

In the final Darlington Ladies 1^st teams overall strength in depth paid off with the number 5, 4, and 3 strings all winning before Norton took the other two strings and so Darlington were 3-2 winners. The result could easily have been the other way if Pat Chambers had won a very tight 4th game 14/15 to miss out on a 3-1 victory.

    Norton       v  Darlington Ladies 1                 

          Daniel Hockborn   v  Sarah Hirst               3-0 15/2 15/7 15/3

                            Shawnee Hall   v  Diane Harker            3-1 9/15 15/14 15/1 15/10

             Frances Whittingham   v  Dianne Woodall       0-3 11/15 6/15 11/15    

                       Helen Hall  v  Linda Coleby            0-3 5/15 4/15 2/15

                                Pat Chambers  v  Kate Jenkins             2-3 8/15 15/14 15/9 14/15 7/15

 In the men’s competition Bannatynes 2 beat Nunthorpe SRC 3 in a very close match 3-2 with the match between Katy Ramirez (Nunthorpe) and Stephen Carr (Bannatynes 2) being the deciding string which Stephen won 15/13 in the fifth game.
In the other semi final Bannatynes 1 beat Sedgefield 1 in another very close match 3-2 to make it an all Bannatynes final.

The final was again a very close competition with little to choose between the two teams and the handicap of 12 points proving to be just about right with Bannatynes 2 taking the title 3-2 in their first season in the Durham & Cleveland leagues.

Bannatynes 1        v     Bannatynes 2

                                         Jamie Southwell   v Simon Stansfield        0-3 2/15 11/15 5/15

                                                   Mike Burton  v  Andrew Hunter          3-0 15/9 15/11 15/13

                                                             Rob Miller  v Steven Carr                1-3 8/15 11/15 15/14 9/15

                                              Neil Bunyan     v   Mark Herod              0-3 4/15 1/15 8/15

                                                                        Ben Collard   v   Trevor Atkinson         3-2 11/15 11/15 15/10 15/10 15/5

It was a very competitive but enjoyable finals with competitors and spectators enjoying the squash and thanks go to Nunthorpe Squash club for hosting the event and Brian Duke for organising the competition but especially to the very well natured but very competitive players

Special thanks go to Geoff Brady of Principia Bridal and Men’s Formal Wear for their ongoing sponsorship of this event.  

Durham & Cleveland County Closed Squash Finals

January 2008

At

Nunthorpe Squash Club, Middlesbrough

Sponsored By Hathaway Cope (Life & Pensions) Limited

 4 Is the number

The Durham & Cleveland county squash finals were held this week at Nunthorpe Squash Club Middlesbrough and with a good entry, the competition followed the seeding with few surprises but in the quarter finals Andy Parnby ( Yarm ) comprehensively beat his club No.1 Josh Harris to move into the semi finals against Paul Davies (Guisborough) and in the other semi-final Gareth Lumsdon (Norton) met Peter Lonsdale (Guisborough). These matches went with the seeding with Gareth Lumsdon beating Peter Lonsdale 3-0 9/3 9/3 9/7 and Paul Davies beating Andy Parnaby 3-0 9/2 9/3 9/6. The final was very entertaining with Paul doing everything he could to stay with Gareth but unable to match the array of shots exhibited by Gareth and  Gareth ran out 3-0 winner 9/3 9/4 9/3 winning his fourth county closed title
 

In the ladies finals, both finalists had comfortable semi final matches with Katy Ramirez (Nunthorpe) winning 3-0 (9/2 9/1 9/1 ) against Laura Setterfield (Norton)  and Jacky Gardner winning 3-1 ( 10/8 9/1 7/9 9/1) against Sarah Hirst ( Darlington ) in a repeat of last years semi finals The final however was an exhibition of powerful attacking play by Katy and Jacky had no answer to the bombardment of shots before Katy won  3-0  9/0 9/3 9/1 winning her fourth county closed final
 

In the plate competitions Graeme Lewis (Nunthorpe) beat James Larcombe (Norton) 3-0 9/6 9/1 /90 and Katie Clark (Redcar) beat Shawnee Hall (Norton) 3-1 9/10 9/7 9/5 9/5
 

Many thanks go to Craig Watson of Hathaway & Cope (Life & Pensions) Ltd for their sponsorship of the tournament for the fourth year and for presenting the trophies on the night and to Brian Duke the tournament organiser.
Mens Draw 2008  Ladies Draw 2008  Mens Plate 2008  Ladies Plate 2008
 

Pictures of the winners available from following link:

Pictures 2008

Durham & Cleveland County Closed Squash Finals

18^th to 21^st January 2007

At

Nunthorpe Squash Club, Middlesbrough

Sponsored By Hathaway Cope (Life & Pensions) Limited

And Hathaway Cope Limited

The county squash finals were held this weekend and despite the weathers best attempts to keep players away from the start of the competition, after a slow start it developed into an entertaining weekend. This years competition held few surprises with most games following the seeding but in the semi finals Yawar Abbas was forced into a five set match by newcomer to the championships Ben Hardwidge of Yarm who had previously beaten No.3 Seed Andy Cross, The match was very entertaining with Ben taking a 2-1 lead before the experienced Yawar took control to close out the match with a 9-0 final game. In the other semi final Gareth Lumsdon completed a very comfortable 3-0 win over Tim Clark of Yarm. In the final Gareth displayed an awesome array of shots to win his third title by beating Yawar 3-0 (9/1 9/0 9/2)

Mens Competition Details

Mens Plate Competition Details

In the ladies finals both finalists had comfortable semi final matches with Katy Burgin (Nunthorpe) winning 3-0 (9/6 9/2 9/0 ) against Laura Setterfield (Norton) and Jacky Gardner winning 3-1 ( 9/2 9/4 4/9 9/2) against Sarah Hirst ( Darlington).The final however had a few surprises before the match started when Katy found she had left her shoes at home and had to borrow a pair of shoes from one of Nunthorpe's Club members and rumour had it that she also forget another piece of equipment which couldn’t be seen and then smashed a glass on court, delaying the final further. When the final did get underway after a very close first game won by Katy she seemed to lose her way before recovering from 2-1 down to take the fourth and fifth games to win her third title 3-2 ( 10/8 5/9 3/9 6/4 9/5

Ladies Competition Details

Ladies plate Competition Details

In the plate competitions James Larcombe (Aycliffe) bets Stu Spavin (Norton) 3-1 and Shawnee Hall Norton) beat Heather Graham (Nunthorpe) 3-0

 Pictures of the winners available from following link:

Pictures 2007

Many thanks go to Craig Watson of Hathaway & Cope (Life & Pensions) Ltd for their sponsorship of the tournament and for presenting the trophies on the night and to Brian Duke the tournament organiser

Durham & Cleveland Squash League Cup

Sponsored by

Principia Bridal & Men’s Formal Wear

The finals of Durham & Cleveland League cup took place this week at Nunthorpe Squash club. It was the culmination of a season long event involving 54 + teams and ended with the semi-finals and final being played out in front of many spectators this weekend.

 In the ladies competition the semi finals were between Darlington Quakers and Aycliffe with Darlington Quakers having a comfortable win 4-1 and in the other semi final Darlington Ladies 1^st team were awarded a walk over when Sedgefield Ladies or Durham University couldn’t turn out a team to compete in the semi final.

In the final Darlington Ladies were weakened by the absence of two of their first team members and the substitutes were not strong enough to compete against a strong Quakers team who ran out 5.-0 winners

Michaela Harris             Beat                Dianne Harker            3-2

Karen Naughton            Beat                Dianne Woodall          3-1

Carolyn Maxey             Beat                 Linda Coleby              3-0

Melanie Albrighton      Beat                 Paula Scott                  3-0

Julie Clark                    Beat                 Kate Jenkins                3-1

The competition was much tighter in the men’s competition with Nunthorpe SRC 4^th team playing Guisborough 2^nd team in one semi final and edging the match 3-2 to take on Norton 3^rd team who comfortably beat Aycliffe 1^st team 5-0 in the other semi final.

The final was again a very close competition with little to choose between the two teams and the handicap of 6 points   proving to be just about right with all matches being quite close.

Norton 3^rd s were the eventual winners 3-2 but it could easily have been the other way as  the result balanced on a very controversial point in the  match between Darren Shimwell and Mark Hall when with the game  at 2-2 and 14 -14 in the fifth and final game  a dispute about contact during the shot was argued about but finally conceded by Darren and so Mark Hall took the match 3-2, had Darren known the whole match could have turned on this point, a let call should have been played and the match outcome may have been different. However this was a very competitive final and congratulations to both Darlington Quakers and Norton on their wins.

Stu Spavin              Beat         Peter Harrison     3-0

Dean Hutchinson    Lost to    Eric Fletcher        2-3

Steve Toas              Lost to    Katy Burgin         1-3

Mark Hall               Beat        Darren Shimwell  3-2

Phil Davidson         Beat       Steve Innocent      3-1

It was a competitive but enjoyable finals weekend with competitor’s and spectators enjoying the squash and thanks go to Nunthorpe Squash club for hosting the event and Brian Duke for organising the competition.

Special thanks go to Geoff Brady of Principia Bridal and Men’s Formal Wear for their ongoing sponsorship of this event.  

The final results can be downloaded from the following links:

Mens Final Draw

Ladies Final Draw

• I have received a communication from Paul Lake (Ex YMCA & Yarm) who now resides in Malta - he has provided information regarding Squash in Malta including information regarding Squash tours in Malta. You can get more information from the following web site. Additionally you can download the following document:

 http://www.maltasquashacademy.com/

Malta Squash Trips

• Details of 2007 League Cup competition are now included. Please note that no postal detail will be issued this year so please check out the League Cup details at the following link:

League Cup 2007

• The first set of results have now been input so all detail from last season has been removed and as such the league tables etc now refer to this seasons matches. There are still a number of teams who have not played a match and thus the tables are not complete but hopefully this week should see all teams having played at lease one match. .

• The County Veterans Championship was held at Ashbrooke last weekend (5th to 8th October 2006); for results and pictures follow the link

County Vets

• For all the usual reasons Sunderland have had to withdraw from the league. I have updated the fixtures for Division 3 accordingly. Please inform anyone who may be affected of this situation

• I will be inputting the first set of results this week and thus  expect to have a set of league tables uploaded in the near future

• Following discussion between Darlington and the County Exec it has been agreed that Darlington will enter a further team to take on the Dolphin position in Division 5. This will bring the division up to full strength. I have amended the fixtures to incorporate Darlington 7.

• I have today been informed that Nunthorpe are withdrawing their Ladies team. As such I have amended the league structure and revised the fixtures accordingly

• Following discussion with Norton it has been necessary to withdraw their 2nd team (for all the usual reasons). As such Norton 2nd fixtures (in Division 2) will not now take place and thus fixture lists should be amended accordingly.

• Darlington have indicated that they are unable to field 2 teams in the 1st division (again for all the usual reasons) and as such have withdrawn their 2nd team. As such Darlington 2nd fixtures (in Division 1) will not now take place and thus fixture lists should be amended accordingly

• Following extensive discussion the situation with respect to Redcar 1st & Guisborough will be as initially identified viz:

Redcar have had to withdraw their 1st team from Division 1. The associated key players have in fact moved to Guisborough and thus would be playing for Guisborough 1st team. It is apparent that those players would strengthen the team such that playing in Division 4 (Guisborough 1st) would mean that matches would be extremely unbalanced. In consultation with Guisborough it has been decided that the Redcar 1st team as was should be played as Guisborough 1st thus retaining the correct number of teams in Division 1 and ensuring a more balanced set of matches. What this all means is that the Redcar teams have been renamed such that the 2nd team is now the 1st and so on - the same applies to Guisborough in that the original 1st team becomes the second etc. I appreciate that no precedent is available for this change and also this can not be seen as setting precedent for the future (every change is considered on its merits). I trust that this change is acceptable to everyone, if not please give me a call to discuss.

The changes identified above have been reflected in the fixtures and League pages contained on the web site and should therefore be applied to your handbooks

The following details the awards for the Season 2005/06

I have included some photographs from the presentation evening at the following link

Presentation Evening

Durham & Cleveland SRA Golf Tournament

2006

The competition was held on

Friday 12^th May 2006

at

Blackwell Grange Golf Club

Sponsored by Wellsprings (Properties Ltd)

An excellent day was enjoyed by all despite the short bursts of torrential rain....... The morning was a Texas Scramble format and was won by Bannatynes (Durham) with Aykley Heads a close runner up.

The main event was a Team Stableford conmpetition being played for the:

Tom Whitfield Trophy.

The winning team was Yarm which comprised Simon Beaumont, Alan Harper, Brian Reed and Tim Scott

The runner up team was Darlington with Aykley Heads coming in third

The individual Winner was Robbie Clarkson of Redcar 2nd team with Mick Gillham of Darlington in second place. Third was Neil Hirst from the Bannatynes team.

Many thanks go out to Gary Armstrong for organising the event ably supported by Mickie Lawler, and to Kevin Whitfield for the most welcome sponsorship - once again a very successful and enjoyable day

Durham & Cleveland SRA

Principia League Cup 2005/06

 Saturday and Sunday 1^st and 2^nd April 2006

Nunthorpe Squash Club

The Durham and Cleveland Squash League cups sponsored by Principia Bridal & Men’s Formal Wear Ltd came to and end this weekend in one of the closest finishes for many years with all matches ending up 3-2

In the semi-final stages of the men’s competition Nunthorpe 2 played Sunderland H& RC 2 with Sunderland edging out Nunthorpe in a very tight 3-2 win and in the other semi-final it was a very similar situation with Nunthorpe 3 playing Darlington 3 and Darlington edging through to the final wining 3-2.

The final was just as tight with Darlington 3 taking the title with a 3-2 win from Sunderland H& RC 2.

In the ladies competition Norton had a walkover in the semi final when Sunderland H& RC had to withdraw but Chester Le Street played Darlington Quakers in a close game with Chester Le Street winning 3-2.

In the final the handicap made a great difference and Norton easily won at numbers 1,2 and 3 to win the final 3-2.

 Durham & Cleveland County squash committee would like to express their thanks to the members and committee of Nunthorpe Squash club for hosting the event and to Brian Duke for organising the season long competition with special thanks to the Sponsor Principia Bridal & Men’s Formal Wear for there ongoing support to this very popular competition

Semi Final:

NSRC 2 V Sunderland H& RC 2

Alec Howard     v  Neil Dawson      11/15 5/15 8/15                          0- 3

Brian Duke        v  Paul Cochrane    12/15 15/8 15/9 15/13               3- 1

John Redding     v Steve Elwick       15/5 9/15 9/15 6/15                   1- 3

Malcolm Leech  v Dermot Hamblin  13*15 7/15 15/5 15/14 13/15   2- 3

Mick Smith        v  walkover                                                               3- 0

NSRC 3 V Darlington 3

Josh Harris               v Andy Scott           15/7 15/12 15/5                          3- 0

Andy Goldsbrough   v Jonathon Slee       9/15 7/15 15/14 13/15               1- 3

Richard Collins         v Rob Wytcherley   15/13 9/15 15/11 4/15 15/14     3- 2

Brian Lewis              v Colin Shields        12/15 8/15 15/12 13/15             1- 3

Mick Smith               v Mike Hewitson     10/15 13/15 15/14 14/15           1- 3

Darlington Quakers  V Chester Le Street

Michella Harris         v Lynn Henry            7/15 15/8 15/6 15/9                     3- 1

Karen  Naunton         v Joanne Hilton         12/15 15/13 12/15 15/12 14/15   2- 3

Carolyn Maxey          v Sue Middlemast     12/15 15/13 15/10 15/9               1- 3

Melanie Albrighton   v Lelsy Vitty         10/15 9/15 7/18                                0- 3

Julie Clarke               v Rosie Malley      15/3 15/14 15/1                                3- 0

Finals

Darlington 3            v            Sunderland H & RC 2

Andy Scott                v    Neil Dawson                        6/15 0/15 8/15                     0-3

Jonathon Slee            v   Paul Cochrane                      15/11 12/15 15/14 15/12      3- 1

Rob Wytcherley        v   Steve Elwick                         9/15 15/11 12/15 15/9 6/15  2- 3

Colin Shields             v   Dave Laws                            15/12 15/12 15/13                3- 0

Mike Hewitson         v   Mike Cottam                           12/15 15/8 15/4 6/15 15/7   3- 2

 Norton                      v           Chester Le Street

Laura Setterfield        v     Lynn Henry                      15/-6 15/1 15/1                       3- 0

Laura Hall                  v     Joanne Hilton                   15/6 15/2 15/-1                       3- 0

Shawnee Hall             v     Sue Middlemast               15/1 15/-1 15/-7                      3- 0

Helen Hall                  v     Lesley Vitty                      7/15 5/15 3/15                        0- 3

Frances Whittingham   v   Rosie Malley                   15/12 11/15 15/6 11/15 14/15   2- 3 

Durham & Cleveland SRA

County Closed Championship 2006

Sponsored By

 Hathaway & Cope (Life & Pensions Ltd)

&

Hathaway & Cope Insurance Brokers

45 High Street,

Stokesley,

TS9 5AD

The Durham & Cleveland county closed squash championship sponsored by Hathaway & Cope (Life & Pensions) Limited was held at Nunthorpe on the 19th to 22nd January.

Following record entries to the event it culminated in a few surprises on the final day when defending champion Gareth Lumsdon retired injured in the semi final against Michael Grehan after only 5 minutes of the game, and in the other semi final Yawar Abbas defeated Andrew Cross 3-1 with the match lasting hour and ten minutes.

In the final at Nunthorpe in a packed full house of over 100 spectators Michael Grehan dominated from the start and Yawar Abbas, who was obviously feeling the mornings long match, could do nothing to stop Michael winning his first Senior County Title 3-0: 9/5 9/5 9/0

In the  Ladies tournament both finalists had comfortable wins  in the semi finals with Katy Burgin defeating Sarah Hirst 3-1: 9/6 9/2 7/9 9/0 and defending champion Selina Sinclair defeating Jacky Gardener 3-1:  9/0 5/9 9/2 9/1 and in the final Selina secured a very comfortable victory 3-0: 9/1 9/6 9/1

In the Ladies Plate competition Faith Sinclair made it a family double by defeating Joanne Hilton 3-0: 9/4 9/6 9/6 and in the Men's Plate competition Stu Spavin defeated Simon Robinson  3-2: 9/7 9/5 1/9 3/9 9/1

The competition was very well organised and ran by Graeme Lewis  and many thanks should be given to him and to Nunthorpe Squash Club for hosting this very successful tournament

Details and more pictures available from the following link

2006 County Closed

County Veterans Closed Championship 2005

 Sunderland Ashbrooke - weekend of the 21st to 23rd October - Check out the results......

Web Page

Document Download

Check out the Picture gallery at the following ling

County Vets Winners

The following details the awards for the Season 2004/05

I have included some photographs from the presentation evening at the following link

Presentation Evening

Durham & Cleveland Principia League Cup 2005 Finals Weekend

 The Durham & Cleveland League Cup Finals sponsored by Principia Bridal & Men’s Formal Wear was held

At Nunthorpe Squash Club on 2^nd & 3^rd April 2005.

In the men’ semi finals Redcar 2 played Darlington 4 but Darlington were easily outclassed and Redcar had a resounding 4 -1 victory, In the second semi final Norton 4 played Norton 2 and Norton 4 ran out comfortable 4 – 1 winners.

Redcar 2;

Dominic Hill, Leon Armston, Andy McDermott, Mike Pugsley and Nick Pugsley

Darlington Quakers

Sarah