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Herts Championship Results
2009
Mark Woolhead won the Men's
Championship.
Brogan Lane won the Ladies Championship.
click on titles e.g. "Mens
A" for draws & scores
Mens A Mark Woolhead
(A4L) beat Keith Tims (Brox) 3:0
Mens B
James Clyne (Brox) beat Nathan Derek (A4L) 3:2
Mens C
Martin Nash beat Alan Cooke 3:1
O35
Nick Lavery (A4L) beat John McFarlane (Stortford) 3:2 12:10 in the 5th
O45
Eamonn Price beat Paul Ryan 3:0
O55) Dave Cooper beat Peter Cartmell
O65) Tony Clifford beat Len Frogitt
The Herts Closed Competition
was played this year at Broxbourne squash club on 16th – 18th Jan, thanks to
Broxbourne squash club for hosting this year’s Herts Closed competition and
to the new sponsor Just Rackets for supporting the largest event of the year
for Hertfordshire.
With the introduction of the new PAR (point a rally) scoring system for a 12
month trial period in the main Hertfordshire leagues, with Divisions 1 and 2
playing up to PAR 11 and Division 3, 4 and 5, plus the ladies playing PAR to
15, it was decided that the same format would be used for the Herts Closed
tournament.
Throughout the weekend the squash club buzzed with a good friendly
atmosphere and all different standards of play were catered for, including
A, B, C, Over 35, Over 45, Over 55, Over 65 and Ladies’ categories. It was
especially nice to see so many entrants for the ‘C’ competition (Div 3-5
standard) with that draw comprising of 32 players.
A Category – Played PAR scoring up to 11)
The A competition final was between Mark Woolhead (Active4Less) and Keith
Timms (Broxbourne). Mark’s typically offensive clinical game meant that
Keith was always chasing the play, having to work hard to gain any
advantage, with Mark being the eventual winner 3:0. There were some exciting
earlier rounds of the A competition, Mark Woolhead suffering some early
jitters against Chris Dawson (Broxbourne), initially losing the first game
12:10, but then going on to win 3:1 and Keith Timms having a difficult semi
final match against Scott Rickard, eventually winning 3:2 to make his way to
the final.
B Category – Played PAR scoring up to 11)
In the B competition the final was played between James Clyne (Broxbourne)
and Nathan Derrick (Active4Less), James eventually beating Nathan the
defending champion 11:8 in the 5th in a hard fought clash. On the way to the
final Nathan had to secure his place by beating one of his team players
Hanro Viljoen (Active4Less) in a brutal first round encounter that saw
Nathan take a last gasp win 12:10 in the 5th. James had a similarly
exhausting battle with Tony Stewart (Radlett) in the semi-final eventually
winning 11:8 in the 5th.
C Category – Played PAR scoring up to 15)
Martin Nash (Haileybury) beat Alan Cook (Active4Less) 3:1. Martin the
seasoned played playing against fitness coach Alan in an exhausting 75
minute final match that rarely saw a boast or a drop from either player,
each preferring to try to entice the other into making a mistake. Earlier
rounds of the C competition saw some entertaining games between highly
competitive players, Martin only just managing to make it to the final by
beating Ian Blower (Bishop’s Stortford) 3:2 in his semi-final match. Alan
had a slightly easier route to the final playing matches where running and
chasing eventually wins out to classic shot play.
Over 35 – Played PAR scoring up to 11)
Nick Lavery (Active4Less) beat the defending champion John McFarlane
(Bishop’s Stortford) 12:10 in a 5 set match that ended up going right to
wire because of each players refusal to give any ground, fighting back
whenever they were a couple of points behind.
Over 45 – Played PAR scoring up to 11)
Winner Eamonn Price (Harpenden) beat Paul Ryan (Broxbourne) 3:0
Over 55 – Played PAR scoring up to 15)
Winner Dave Cooper (Broxbourne) beat Peter Cartmell 3:0
Over 65 – Played PAR scoring up to 15)
Winner Tony Clifford beat Len Froggit 3:1
Ladies - Played PAR scoring up to 15)
14 year old Brogan Lane was the youngest person to win a Herts County
Championship narrowly beating Jemma Ockwell (Next Generation) 15, by one
point to win the ladies competition. This is good news for the future of
ladies squash in Herts, having two under 16’s gaining momentum. A round
robin was played, with Brogan winning all of her games beating last year’s
champion Isobel Smith along the way as well as Elke Rubsam, Kirstie Thompson
and Jemma Ockwell.
Phil Jenkins
Full Report
and pics (large download 4mb)
from:
Mark Blake
Tournament Organiser
Due to a great response this year we
had a fantastic Herts Closed 2009. With almost 32 entrants in the C group
and 26 in the B group it made for some great squash. The main tournament and
ladies were a little light on competitors but the ones that did enter made
for good competition. The age groups were fairly well attended, again the
guys that did enter put up a good show. With virtually all first round
losers keen for more squash, it made for a full plate tournament too. This
made scheduling tight thru Saturday but we managed it quite well with games
going on through to 6 o’clock sat evening.
All finals were keenly contested, and those attending the club on sun
morning were certainly treated to some great squash.
I would like to thank Broxbourne Sports Club for the use of their facilities
and their hospitality throughout the weekend and special thanks to Karen
Lane for her help in putting the draw together and being there on the day to
help it all run smoothly. A big thanks also goes to Gary Spindler and ‘Just
Rackets’ for the sponsorship this year. A special thank you to the markers
and friends for their help thru the weekend.
Here’s looking forward to a great 2010 tournament!!!!!!
Mark Blake
Tournament Organiser
--- 2008 Champs
Results below---
Full draw and results below:
2008
Ladies
Mens
Mens B
Mens C
Mens O35
Mens O45
Mens O55
Mens O65
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