2007
Just Rackets
Herts Team Cup

FINALS NIGHT

2007 Just Rackets Hertfordshire Cup Finals

At Radlett Lawn Tennis & Squash Club

7pm Thursday 19th April


A fantastic night of squash was enjoyed by all as Potters Bar, Biggleswade and Cannons St. Albans won the Hertfordshire Cup titles sponsored by sports racket and clothing company Just Rackets.

The Mens Junior Cup and Ladies Rose Bowl were fiercely contested Finals. Honours were shared at the start of the match between defending Champions Biggleswade and Harlow with Adam Grilli (Harlow) and Martin Wright (Biggleswade) winning very long matches, Chris Chinn (Biggleswade) outplayed his opponent to win 3-0 and Paul Squirrell (Harlow) was 2-0 and 8-7 up against the Biggleswade number 1 and looked like it was going to be down to the number 2 string match but Tony Rumbold staged a magnificent recovery to win the third game 10-8 and then the next two to retain the trophy for Biggleswade. Temelko Kostevski (Harlow) won the number 2 string match 3-0 to make the score line respectable.

The Ladies Final was just as exciting, Sally Philp (Cannons) came back from 2-0 down to win in five tough games, Elke Rubsam (Haileybury) played excellently to keep her team in the match as she beat the Cannons number 1, 3-1. The last match between Lesley Garner (Cannons) and Jenny Pilgrim (Haileybury) was a seesaw encounter and the shifts of power constantly changing, however Lesley held on for a memorable win to take the Rose Bowl title for Cannons St.Albans.

The crowd were treated to some wonderful squash in the Mens Senior Cup Final, British Under 19 Champion Adrian Waller (Potters Bar) showed us all his talent and skill by putting in a mature and assured performance against Essex county player Rory Pennell to win 3-1. Geoff Taylor (Broxbourne) raced into an early lead against the world ranked Jago Nardelli but was cursing his luck when he lost the second and third games 10-8 and 10-9, Jago used all his worldly experience to win the match in four games and put his Potters Bar team 2-0 ahead. Neil Waller (Potters Bar) put on a fine exhibition as he comfortably beat James Clyne 3-0. Malaysian World Number 19 Azlan Iskander (Potters Bar) treated the appreciative crowd to a masterclass in how to play squash as he destroyed England Over 40 Captain Peter Gunter for the loss of 3 points. Finally Keith Timms (Broxbourne) played fantastically well and prevented a Potters Bar whitewash to come back from 2-0 down against former England Junior Captain Phil Barker to win 9-2 in the fifth game.

Thanks once again to Gary Spindler from Just Rackets for sponsoring the event, to Radlett Lawn Tennis and Squash Club and their staff for hosting the Finals and to the Hertfordshire Squash Committee for organising this popular event and for supplying the food afterwards.

Just Rackets Hertfordshire Mens Senior Cup Final

Potters Bar beat Broxbourne 4-1

1 Azlan Iskander bt Peter Gunter 3-0 (9-1 9-2 9-0)

2 Phil Barker lost to Keith Timms 2-3 (9-7 9-3 4-9 0-9 2-9)

3 Adrian Waller bt Rory Pennell 3-1 (9-7 9-2 6-9 9-5)

4 Jago Nardelli bt Geoff Taylor 3-1 (2-9 10-8 10-9 9-2)

5 Neil Waller bt James Clyne 3-0 (9-5 9-1 9-7)


Just Rackets Hertfordshire Mens Junior Cup Final

Biggleswade beat Harlow 3-2

1 Tony Rumbold bt Paul Squirrell 3-2 (1-9 1-9 10-8 9-5 9-2)

2 Simon Gray lost to Temelko Kostevski 0-3 (7-9 4-9 4-9)

3 Chris Chinn bt Ian Gould 3-0 (9-1 9-0 9-5)

4 Martin Wright bt Julian Wisbey 3-2 (9-6 5-9 5-9 9-2 9-5)

5 Nigel Gazeley lost to Adam Grilli 1-3 (7-9 1-9 9-5 7-9)


Just Rackets Hertfordshire Ladies Rose Bowl

Cannons St.Albans beat Haileybury 2-1

1 Laura Taylor lost to Elke Rubsam 1-3 (7-9 9-4 6-9 2-9)

2 Lesley Garner beat Jenny Pilgrim 3-1 (9-7 9-2 8-10 9-6)

3 Sally Philp beat Jill Gaskell 3-2 (1-9 6-9 9-7 9-7 9-5)

Congratulations to Broxbourne and Potters Bar who reached the Finals of the Just Rackets Hertfordshire Senior Cup Final to be held on Thursday 19th April.

The Finals will take place at Radlett Tennis and Squash Club.
The club is situated at 425 Watling Street, Radlett WD7 7JG tel. 01923 854523 (between 10-4)
www.rltsc.co.uk

I will be at the club from 6.30pm to set up. Courts are available from 7pm. Play needs to start promptly.
The order of play is as follows;

Court 1 & 2 Biggleswade vs Harlow - strings 5,4,1,3,2

Court 3 Potters Bar vs Broxbourne - strings 3,4,2,5,1

Court 4 Cannons St. Albans vs Haileybury - strings 3,1,2

As you can see the Mens Senior Cup Final is being played on 1 court. (Court 3). As soon as the matches on Courts 1,2 and 4 finish I will transfer matches from Potters Bar and Broxbourne across. Players are expected to mark/referee. Score sheets and squash balls will be provided by Herts SRA.

In the event of any dispute please inform me or a Herts committee member ASAP.
Presentations will take place immediately after the last match in the Court area.

Food will be provided for all players FREE by Herts SRA in the Bar/Lounge area. Limited snacks will be provided for spectators. Gary Spindler of Just Rackets has donated a squash racket (Head 160 as used by WN 2 David Palmer) to raffle, the draw for this will be done between 9-10pm

Good Luck!

See you tomorrow.

Regards
Jason Foster

Potters Bar won through by a walkover after Berkhamsted could not raise a team but Broxbourne caused a major upset by beating the defending Champions Bishop's Stortford.

Broxbourne raced into a 2-0 lead when Essex County player Rory Pennell came back from 2-0 down to beat Herts Over 35 Champion John McFarlane 9-4 in the fifth, Broxbourne Squash coach Geoff Taylor played masterfully to beat Under 17 County junior and England number 3 Ollie Dixon in 4 tough games.

Broxbourne clinched victory when Herts County player Keith Timms destroyed Scottish International Harry Leitch 3-0.

Bishop's Stortford made the score respectable when Neil Hitchens and Jason Foster beat Peter Gunter and James Clyne 3-0.

The Junior Cup Final will be between defending Champions Biggleswade and Harlow from Division 4 who beat Division 3 Champions R3 Stevenage 2, 4-1 in a shock result.

Biggleswade ended Berkhamsted 4's excellent run in the event beating them 5-0 with wins from Tony Rumbold, Simon Gray, Chris Chin, Nigel Gazely and Richard Anthony.

A new event to the Finals night is a Ladies Competition, this will be between Bishop's Stortford/Haileybury (playing Monday 16th Apr) and Cannons St.Albans.

The Finals start at 7pm on Thursday.

There should be some great matches so why not come along and watch TOP squash in Hertfordshire. Spectators are FREE to attend and snacks will be provided. Watch out for the match line up and itinerary to be released early next week.

See you on Thursday.

Regards
Jason Foster

'I'm delighted to announce the draw for the 2007 Just Rackets Herts Cup

This year the draw has been regionalised so that the cost of travel is limited, unless you do well and then you start to travel. Please share the match fees. There are a lot of local derby matches in the early rounds which should add some spice to the ties and bragging rights to whoever wins! The venue for the Final is Radlett Tennis & Squash Club. Click on Map & Directions to Radlett Club for website with MAP in top right corner.

Any queries please contact Jason Foster'
Regards

Jason Foster
Chairman Herts Squash