General news from the club
Dear Member, Upon the release of the Scottish Squash Guidelines for reopening of Squash Clubs (Scottish Squash Guidlines) please find below the measures that will be in place for your safety, and the safe reopening of our squash club. Del Sharratt, Gala Squash Club TTreasurer, is the respected Covid officer, having run and still …
Abercorn 9-12 Border Reivers Nick Burton 1-3 Jordan Reid Jordan got the Reivers off to a victory with a hard fought 3-1. Jordan took the first 15-9 but the Borderer wasn’t going to have it all his own way as Burton fought valiantly in the second for a 15-13 to tie 1-1. But the more …
Dalgety Bay 2s 13-8 Border Reivers Iain Penman 3-1 Jordan Reid This was Reid’s Debut for the Reivers and the youngster made a good start, Reid rattled off several points off his serves and won the first 15-11. But that proved to be the only game that Reid won as the Fifer Penman took …
Over £200 was raised by members and guests of Galashiels Squash Club for the Galashiels Foodbank. CHARITY EVENT TEAMS A1 Iain Laing, Brian Magowan, Anita Laing A2 Graham Bensted, Iain Gorman, Cameron Couper A3 Amir Hosny, John Armitage, Jonathan Fletcher B1 Pat Spence, Darren Quinn, Albin Laing B2 Piers Wilkinson, Jack Neary, Nick Jupp B3 …
Dunbar 6v13 Border Reivers Iain Gorman 3-0 Harry Nicholson 16yo Nicholson had been a last minute call up for Dunbar as the top seed Evan Green had been rushed to hospital with appendicitis earlier in the day. Gorman is one of the hardest hitters in the Reivers squad and Nicholson just couldn’t cope with …
Border Reivers 13-9 Colinton Castle 5 Andrew Dowlen-Gilland 1-3 Mark Crease A winning start for Colinton Castle, Crease has been a regular at 5 this season and always seems to have close matches. Reivers Sir Andrew had been out of action for a couple of weeks prior to this game and it showed as …
Border Reivers 13-10 Linlithgow 3s Iain Gorman 1-3 Lyle Black Gorman got his first point of the season for the Reivers. Gorman made life difficult for the younger Black; Gorman won the first 15-9 and seemed to be in control, but this was a fairly even match up and it was nip and tuck …
Auld Crocks 10-7 Young Guns It was a close fought thing at Gala squash Club, with the Border Reivers Auld crocks showing the Reivers Young Guns that you can’t have a substitute for experience. In the first matches Auld Crocks Sir Andrew beat Young Guns Del Sharratt 3-1; every game went to the wire, it …
Border Reivers 15-4 NHS Select Tony Elliot 3-0 Dave Shields (15-6, 15-0, 15-1) Pat Spence 3-0 Sandy Morris (15-11, 15-13, 15-13) Del Sharratt 3-1 Paul Neary (15-13, 15-10, 12-15, 15-10) Iain Gorman 3-0 Brian Magowan (15-11, 16-14, 15-11) Darren Quinn 0-3 Sir Andrew (13-15, 10-15, 13-15) As the East of Scotland squash league season fast …
It was The Final of the Alex Doherty Memorial Shield tournament 2019 at Galashiels Squash and Racketball Club. This is a tournament for the First round losers of the Club Chapmionship and is a very prestigious and highly sought after prize. When the club was near collapse several years ago Alex Doherty single handedly pulled …