April Newletter

Dear [[firstname]]

So this counts as consistency with the 2nd news letter in as many months. One main message being that the Club Championships will be contested over the next couple of months.

Club Championships

Please don’t hesitate and get your name down any number of the categories that apply to you.

Main Draw – open to everyone (currently 23 entries)
Ladies Draw (currently 3 entries)
Racketball – open to everyone (currently 13 entries)
Vets – open to anyone over 55 (currently 6 entries)

The hope is to get everyone at least 3 games with additional plate competitions, and culminating in a finals evening on Friday 27th June. We are hoping to have a semi finals evening on Wednesday 25th June also to help with the planning of the fixtures. The link the registration page on MyCourts is here.

If you are having any problem finding out how to register, please contact me directly, chair@shropshiresquashclub.com.

The event was really well supported last year, and hopefully enjoyed by all and it would be great to

Dates for the diary

Just a reminder of some up of the upcoming dates for the diary;

Closing date for entries to the club competition Wednesday 30th April
Thursday 1st May – Club Comp Draw to be announced with Main, Ladies, Racketball, and Vets draws.
Friday 2nd May – we host the Shropshire County Cup Squash & Racketball Finals
Friday 23rd May – Old vs New Event
Thursday 26th June – Summer league starts
Friday 27th June – Club Competition Finals night

Calling all members

As you can see from above, this coming Friday we are hosting the League Squash and Racketball Cup finals evening along with presentations of the winners trophies for each of the leagues and cup competitions. We could really do with additional help as a club to host this event with assistance needed to man the bar, referee matches and generally help with the set up on the night. If you can lend a hand please contact Max Ball – captain@shropshiresquashclub.com

Membership Numbers

Despite my enthusiasm last month regarding membership numbers I am sorry to report that I go my figures wrong. I have attached the updated information and membership numbers for the end of March were 159, up 3 from the figure that should have been reported for February of 156. Updated bar loss data is also attached.

Next I have a message that we would like to convey from Steve and Dan Jones;

Steve & Dan Jones

Steve and Dan on the 31st May and 1st June are walking the 35 mile Llangollen Round walk, in aid of Cancer Research UK. Like many charities, Cancer Research UK has been hit hard by a drop of donations as a result of COVID-19 and they are aiming to raise some money to help address this shortfall.

As a walk of 35m and approximately 2000m of ascent and decent they are taking the option of the two day walk, staying over in Llangollen overnight, so then they can restart the next day at the same point they finished.

While Steve has done this walk the last time it ran (runs every 3 years) it will be a new one on Dan. So if you would like to push them along with any amount of sponsorship you feel happy with, it would be much appreciated and for a great cause. To sponsor them please go to;

https://thellangollenround.enthuse.com/pf/steve-jones-c8c35

Thanks in advance from Steve and Dan.

Communication

I am very happy to hear from anyone who might have something to say regarding their experiences at the club, or information that they would like to see reported on a regular basis so please feel free to get in touch.

As mentioned last month, there are now direct email addresses for most areas of the club, please feel free to make contact directly if there is anything relating directly to any of these areas.

Phil Caudle – Chairperson chair@shropshiresquashclub.com
Max Ball – Club Captain captain@shropshiresquashclub.com
Ben Schur – Head Coach coach@shropshiresquashclub.com
Laura Rivello – Ladies Co-ordinator ladies@shropshiresquashclub.com
Grant Thomas – Treasurer tresurer@shropshiresquashclub.com
Debbie Hamil – Safeguarding and welfare officer safeguarding@shropshiresquashclub.com
Richard Green - bar@shropshiresquashclub.com