July 2018 Shropshire Squash Club Newsletter

Club Leagues

The leagues for July are out. Follow the link to the website for these: https://kingslandsquash.co.uk/news-2/

Adult Summer Leagues

The division 1 adult summer leagues are in full swing on Tuesday night with the latest results available on the web. This Tuesday night, we will have the England football world cup match on the big screen to enjoy. Come on down, enjoy a drink in our newly decorated club and watch all the action.

Follow the link for the latest table: https://kingslandsquash.co.uk/summer-leagues/

There is now a division 2 summer league in operation on a Friday night every week. It is for players from beginner grade to league 8. Just turn up if you want to join in and we will put you into a team. There is no commitment, just good squash fun with some pizza and beers after. If interested please contact Guy Rutter guyrutter1@gmail.com or just show up on the night. It starts at 6:45pm.

The Army is here

The Club is playing the Army (Royal Logistics Corp) on Wednesday the 4th July from 7pm onwards. The format is 10 a side and our line 1 player is Steve Jenks. Come along to watch as all support is very welcome.

There’s a Wolf coming to Shropshire

"Nick Matthew, the most successful English professional squash player of all time is
coming to Shrewsbury on the 15th September 2018. Hosted by the Shropshire
Squash Club, which is located on the grounds of Shrewsbury School, he’ll be
showcasing his talents and promoting the sport throughout the day"

This is a short extract of what the media has been sent about the upcoming event at the club. The full article is available to interested members via Carl carlotti63@aol.com who is kindly working with the media on behalf of the club.

When we have firmed up the itinerary with Nick, we will be following this up with another article to again promote squash and the club. We hope as many members will attend the event as possible and further details will be released around Mid July.

Shirl is also looking for more pub quiz participants on the 14th September event night. We already have 5 teams and if you want to join in please email her. shirlbarre@gmail.com

New Club Look / New Website /New Members

We hope you are all enjoining the new look at the club with the recent decorations and new furniture. We would like to extend a massive thanks to all club members involved that have driven this. With our new look, our new website is also nearly ready. You may have seen some of the snippets of what this may look like on our Google, Twitter and Facebook feeds. Help us promote the club by leaving a Google review. Just Google “Shropshire Squash Club” and follow the review links if you have a Gmail account.

You can also join up on Facebook and twitter to share the news with friends about our great club. We need to continue to attract new members to ensure the future of the club. These pages can be found by following these links:

https://www.facebook.com/ShropshireSquashClub/

https://twitter.com/shropsquashclub?lang=en

Gibraltar Touring Party make it through to Semi Finals!

Report from Guy

“The Annual Club Tour has had a successful conclusion with Alexey Golovatyuk and Guy Rutter reaching the Semi Finals of the Vintage (0.50s) Event in The Gibraltar PSA Open. Also Elaine Radcliffe (playing in the Army touring side) at the time of writing is in the Ladies Open and B Category Semis. The week in the sun started with excellent flights and continued with top notch hotel accommodation and good food at the Caletta Palace Hotel.
Guy and Alexey, with ever supportive (and long suffering!) wives Fiona and Tanya, quickly sorted out their accommodation so they could get to the Squash Courts and start to acclimatise to the heat. The Gibraltar Squash Association Club, Chairman and members were very welcoming and invited both to play that evening in their annual match vs the Army touring side. Alexey managing a well deserved 3-1 win whilst Guy lost in a tight battle 3-1. Several beers and an amazing BBQ finished off that evening.
Monday saw our heroes playing in the C category PSA pre-qualifiers! Alexey battled through coming back from 2-0 down to wear down his opponent and so go through to the next round with a great 3-2 victory. Guy played a tricky local player but managed a solid 3-1 win to also go through. Over the next few days Alexey continued his winning ways getting through to the B Category Semi Finals before bowing out against a very experienced player. Guy likewise some good games winning through to the ‘Vintage' quarter finals coming back from 1-0 down to finally take the match 3-1. Guy’s semi final opponent and No.1 seed was too good for him and he finally lost 3-0.
A great tour with plenty of Squash and really good meals and company throughout … where to next!?”

Junior News

The juniors now have their own newsletter. Headlines this month include the England junior tournament results and the Junior League results. If you want to be on this distribution list please sign up by following this link http://eepurl.com/dw3wZj

03/07/2018