U19 ENGLAND SQUASH INTER-COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS – STAGE 1
hosted at

The Crown Hotel, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

15th  October 2006

Team:
  1. Adrian Waller
  2. Jonathan Fuller
  3. Oliver Dixon
  4. Rhys Thomas
  5. Ryan Mays
  6. Rob Worton

The renewed Herts Under 19 County Team kicked off it’s 2006/7 Inter County Championship campaign in style with a determination and serious performance in Cambridge last weekend.

Herts were runners up in this championship last year but have lost Neil Waller and Ben Andrews this season, the former being out of age and the latter out of the country (China). However, the new blood Rhys (stepping up from No.6) and Ryan, still just 16 and 15 respectively performed admirably, as can be seen from the results below.

Results:

Herts

vs

Essex 2

Result

Adrian Waller

9/1 9/1 9/2

Andrew Rhodes

3-0

Jonathan Fuller

9/2, 9/2, 9/2

Peter Brookes

3-0

Oliver Dixon

9/1, 9/0, 9/1

Steven Snelling

3-0

Rhys Thomas

9/3, 9/0, 9/7

Michael Ah Chung

3-0

Ryan Mays

7/9, 7/9, 9/2, 6/9

Richard Rollinson

1-3

 

 

Herts beat Essex 2          4 – 1

 

Herts

vs

Cambs

Result

Adrian Waller

9/7, 9/3, 9/0

Sammy Chambers

3-0

Jonathan Fuller

9/2, 9/4, 9/0

Peter Dickinson

3-0

Oliver Dixon

9/1, 9/1, 9/3

Ahmed El Refee

3-0

Rhys Thomas

9/4, 9/0, 9/0

Robert Dadds

3-0

Ryan Mays

2/9, 0/9, 9/3, 9/1, 10/9

Sam Desbrulais

3-2

 

 

Herts beat Cambs           5 – 0

All the matches in the first four strings were comfortable wins for Herts. That is not to say there were not good rallies or the games were not taken seriously, they were but Herts were simply too strong and disposed of their opponents in a professional and respectable manner. Ryan at No. 5 had two hard games and fought valiantly in both, losing the first and giving 100% focus on determination to win the second. I was very impressed by his maturity in the face of some dubious marking decisions on a few occasions.

Rob Worton fielded our No.6 position and whilst he lost his match against Essex played well and showed the strength we have in our county. Cambs were unable to field a 6th man which was disappointing.

Final positions and points are:

1.      Hertfordshire         38

2.      Essex 2                 19

3.      Cambridge           10

Well played everybody.  We are now through as winners of our group to play either Surrey or Essex 1 and Hampshire, Sussex or Kent in Stage 2 on 28 January 2007.

[Report by: Dudley Fuller, U19 Team Manager]