General news from the club
Kirkaldy 2 11-7 Border Reivers Gary Bramble 0-3 David Brown The first rubber of the night was won well by Kirkaldy veteran Brown 15-12, 15-9, 15-8. The challenge here was the sheer heat in the Kirkaldy Courts, The Reivers were used to colder conditions.The heat meant the ball was bouncier than usual and the …
So with the clubs pledge we have sent Kevin Moran on his way with a £231 donation towards Lisa’s Gift. Anyone that missed out goto www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/kevinssquashtour to donate. A big THANKYOU to all members that attended the night and all that have donated. we had Racketball 3’s Team Moran v Team Bensted. Team Moran held …
Dima Graham 3-2 Dougray Seggie The first Gala Squash Club Junior Championship final for over 20 years was contested by Dima Graham and Dougray Seggie; 10 kids had entered the tournament and Dougray and Dima had won through to a much anticipated cracker of a final. Dougray started as slight favourite as he had recently …
In the top half of the Junior Club Championship Young Dima Graham cement’s his place in the final after decisive victories against Hamish Seggie and Issac Kane. The bottom half of the draw is settled next week.
Gala 13-8 Heriot Watt 3 Darren Quinn 1-3 Ben Graham Darren won his first point for Gala in the opening tie of the night, Darren took a while to get started quickly going down 6-0 but one nick at the front changed the dynamic of the game and Darren rattled off a series of …
Bridge of Allan 3 18-1 Gala Ruaridh Kohler 0-3 Kyle Penman Teenage Prodigy Penman didn’t put a foot wrong in this match. Fresh from the East under-15 championships, Penman was eager to kick on and play in the Open Leagues. Ruaridh Kohler was no match fro the youngster as Kyle was so accurate in …
Galashiels 6-12 Kirkaldy 2 Brian Magowan 0-3 Steve Creene Brian had just been drafted into Gala’s team half an hour before the match kicked off due to Ian Gorman having to call off at last minute for an emergency. Brian was making his league Bow, he had previously represented Gala in pre-season friendlies but …
j Scottish Squash International Kevin Moran and Gala Squash Clubs own Del Sharratt put some primary kids through their paces at Gala Squash Club for their Commonwealth Passport.
Tyne District 12-6 Gala Harvey Kane 0-3 Dylan Pearman 12yo Pearman made it 2 victories out of 2 against Gala with a stunning performance against Gala debutant Kane. It seemed like Dylan could run about all day and was full of energy, Dylan commanded the match from the start and ran away 15-10, 15-0, …
Galashiels 7-13 Edinburgh Sports Club 8 Andrew Chapman 3-2 Del Sharratt Two evenly matched players opened the match, there were signs of post New Year fatigue, but with similar speed and styles this was an awesome opener. Indeed the first game went to sudden death, both payers covered every inch of the court and …