We exist to encourage the game of squash at all levels in the York area, and to organise local leagues and tournaments. Our sister organisation runs the women's leagues, with most of the same clubs entering both men's and women's teams.
We also support junior squash, which is actively developed by several of our affiliated clubs.
The York and District Squash AGM is on Wednesday 30 May at 7:00pm at York Railway Institute this year. Everyone is of course welcome to attend, but you are only allowed two voting representatives per club.
An agenda and proposals for rule changes will be posted here in advance of the meeting.
Hope to see you there.
Regards
Marc
We’re at the semi-final stage with Railway 3 at home to David Lloyd 1, and York 3 at home to Railway 4.
The full draw for the 2011/12 Riley Cup is attached.
Just to remind you, matches are 5-a-side, with each string playing three games to 15 point-a-rally (PAR) scoring. At 14-all, there is no setting i.e. the first to 15 wins. Teams should play in merit order, although the usual league rules on playing up do not apply to the Riley Cup (within reason!).
Paul Adams (David Lloyd/York) beat Ray Burke (Wigginton) 3-1 (4-9, 9-3, 9-7, 10-8) in the final of the York Veterans Championship.
In what proved to be an excellent match, with both players showing great commitment and skill, it was Ray, pushing forward and taking the ball early, who took the opening game after Paul had raced into a 3-0 lead. The second game saw a change in fortunes as it was now Paul who was keeping Ray on the back foot.
He continued this form to go 5-0 ahead in the third before Ray again began to claw back the points, but the early deficit proved to be just too much as Paul closed out the game, 9-7.
The fourth proved to be the longest game of the match, 17 mins, again Paul took the early lead, 4-0, only for Ray to level at 5-5. There then followed several exchanges of points as both players made errors. However, Paul kept his concentration to squeeze home 10-8 in a match lasting a testing 53 minutes.
Many thanks to Rod Erridge for organising.
The 2012 York Open champion is Neil Cordell, who beat last year’s winner Chris Rusling in an excellent final at a snowy Clifton Park on Saturday evening. Watched by a good crowd, Neil showed his customary strength and skill, but Chris made him fight to regain the tile he last won in 2009. It finished 3-0 (9/5, 9/1, 9/5), but was closer than the scoreline suggests.
In the Plate final, Marc Thomas beat Dan Adams 3-1 (9/0, 9/6, 7/9, 9/5).
Click the links to see the complete draw for the Open and the Plate.
Want to improve your knowledge of the rules and confidence in marking? If so, there is a referee training workshop on the 21st January 2012 at Dunnington Squash Club from 11am until 3.30pm. It’s organised by the York and District Ladies League. Please let Marc Thomas know if you would like to attend. It’s free!
The latest North East newsletter from England Squash and Racketball is here.
Just to let you know, if you haven’t seen them already, that the 2011/12 York and District Squash League fixtures are on resultszone.
I’d be grateful if you could check these for clashes. You are able to move fixtures before the end of August with the approval of the other Club. If want to do this, please contact your opposition (let me know if you need a contact) and then inform Rod Erridge (rod.erridge@networkrail.co.uk) so he can update resultszone.
Note that the York Open will run from 29th January to 4th February 2012, and the York Veterans from 4th to 10th March 2012.
This year’s AGM was held at 7:30pm on Wednesday 15th June at York Sports Club, Clifton Park.
The minutes of the meeting, along with the new minutes and constitution can be found by clicking this link.
Stillington 3 are this year’s Riley Cup champions, overcoming a strong Selby 1/2 team in the final at Clifton Park.
Stillington are a perfect blend of youth and experience, and it was the older element which got them off to the best possible start with Mark Brogan winning a tight tussle with Alastair Rainier. The higher-ranked Selby team evened things up with a victory from Luke Murphy, but their fortunes didn’t improve from then on. Phil Theobold, Tom Howell and Callum Andrew were all able to take a game off their more illustrious opponents.
Selby finished 30 ahead, but that was well below the handicap of 65. Triumphant captain Duncan Cook is shown with his team below.
The individual scores were:
1. Simon O’Neill v Phil Theobold 15/11 15/10 11/15
2. Mal Holmes v Tom Howell 15/11 9/15 15/7
3. Mark Love v Callum Andrew 15/6 11/15 15/13
4. Luke Murphy v Duncan Cook 15/5 15/12 15/8
5. Alastair Rainier v Mark Brogan 11/15 12/15 14/5
The final draw sheet can be found by clicking this link.
There will be two Junior tournaments at York Squash Club on 9th July this year. Tournament A is for juniors of all ages and standards while Tournament B is aimed at Under 19s who have played in a tournament before and play in the senior York and District Squash League.
See the York Squash Club web site for more details.
