Galashiels 9-12 Craigshill Xcite Iain Laing 3-1 Kenny Aiston Gala got off to a winning start in this opening rubber. Former Club champion Iain Laing, just making a comeback after 14 years away from the game, wasn’t quite upto pace and didn’t have the focus he used to be renowned for. But he came …
Galashiels 0-15 Watsonians 4 Ruaridh Kohler 0-3 Matthew Gibbs Ruaridh was making his first appearance of the season for Gala after recovering from an injury and faced Matthew Gibbs who has played at Gala previously but never tasted victory. Gibbs was determined to get maiden victory at Gala and didn’t let up as some …
Heriot Watt Uni 3 14-3 Gala Darren Quinn 0-3 Alastair Hill This was a bad day at the office for Darren Quinn, he just couldn’t get himself motivated for this tie and every unforced error in the match just made his head go down, an out of sorts Quinn lost 15-3, 15-4, 15-3. …
Grange 5 12-5 Gala Andy Waddell 2-3 Andrew Light Veteran Waddell, who was a last minute call up due to injury, gave a good account of himself in this. Indeed he dominated for most of the first games and took a 2-0 lead with 15-13, 15-13 but early in the third game Waddell felt …
Galashiels 3-15 Abercorn Iain Gorman 1-3 Tom Clemens Iain, fresh from his victory the previous week was oozing confidence going into this tie; Iain has improved no end from pre-season and has been enjoying the competitive week in week out league squash. It was Gala’s Iaian that took the first game, Iain just used …
Tyne District 9-7 Gala (12-7) Del Sharratt 1-3 Dylan Pearman Gala Captain Sharratt was surprised to see 12yo Dylan Pearman playing at 5 for the Haddington clubs full team – but it soon became apparent that young Pearman was more than capable of handling the pressure of the East Leagues. Indeed the youngster has …
Kirkaldy 2 13-4 Gala Gala made the daunting trip upto Kirkaldy minus some key players and this made it difficult for the rest of the team as the rest of the regulars had to play against tougher seeded opponents. Squad Players Iain Gorman and Darren Quinn both lost their rubbers 3-0 to Robert Russell and …
Galashiels 4-13 Edinburgh Sports Club 8 Andy Waddell 0-3 George Jones Jones made the most of being almost 50 years junior to Waddell by trying to tire the veteran early. Although Waddell, who had the edge on shot placement and accuracy couldn’t match the fitness and speed of his youthful opponent and Jones seemed …
A team from Gala Squash Club travelled up to Grange Sports Club in Edinburgh for an end of season challenge match. With Gala Squash Club entering the East of Scotland squash Leagues next season this was a vital preparation against the sort of team they will be facing. Gala’s team comprised of Pat Spence, Luis …
A strong squad from Gala squash Club made the journey up the A7 to Collinton Castle Squash Club for the latest round of the East of Scotland Squash Conference. Pat Spence, Luis Molero, Del Sharratt (capt), Ruaridh Kohler, Rachel McAleese and Joy Borowska competed against players from The Grange, Watsonians, Edinburgh University and the hosts, …