General news from the club
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 …
At The East of Scotland squash End of Season Presentation dinner several awards were handed out, Edinburgh Sports Club were crowned East League Division 1 Champions and Heriot Watt triumphed in the East of Scotland Cup. But in the individual awards Gala Squash Club Captain Del Sharratt was awarded the prestigious “Clubperson of the year” …
Border Reivers 18-4 Heriot Watt 4s Del Sharratt 3-2 Thomas Ewen This was an odd match, as Del surrendered a 2-0 lead before taking it 3-2. Del started off sharp and fast and was in control of the rallies, Tomas was no mug though And had great perception of the game and knew roughly …
Border Reivers 16-5 Kirkaldy 2s Iain Laing 3-1 Bob Russell This was the opening rubber of the match and Iain Laing seemed to take a while to get going. In the first game Iain made several unforced errors that were uncharacteristic of his usual precise play and found it hard to read Bobs game, …
Craigshill Xcite 18-2 Border Reivers Darren Quinn 0-3 Robin Nisbet Darren Quinn answered the SOS from Captain Sharratt as the Reivers were one player short. This was Quinn’s first game for the team this season and came up against an experienced campaigner in Nisbet. Nisbet has played league squash for over 15 years and …
Heriot Watt 4s 7-13 Border Reivers Sir Andrew 3-0 Callum Ross The Experienced Sir Andrew mopped this tie up relatively quickly. A lot of loose shots by the young student made life a wee bit easier for the Reivers No. 5. All through the match it did seem like Sir Andrew could up a …
Border Reivers 16-4 Abercorn Del Sharratt 1-3 Stewart Simpson A well matched pairing, both players had similar styles of play. Whenever one player had the hand they would rattle off 3-4 points (2-4, 7-4, 7-10, 11-10) at 15-15 Del played the serve out and Stewart punished him 17-15, the second game although Del took a …
Border Reivers 8-12 Hatton Del Sharratt 3-0 Tim Wong Del commanded this match from the word go, the Reivers Captain continued his recent form and a run of 3 victories. Del motored off to 3-0 and 4-0 starts in the games which meant he could relax in the games, most of Dels tight shots …
Border Reivers 5-15 Heriot Watt 3s Del Sharratt 3-0 Jorge Gomez A polished performance by Del ensured the Reivers opened with a victory. Del seemed to find total performance in all areas, movement, drop shots, full length sots, boasts. Everything seemed to click for Del at the same time and Jorge had no reply. …
Border Reivers 12-8 Grange 5 Iain Gorman 0-3 Josh Stokes Iain Gorman was a last minute call-up for the team as Graham bensted called off due to an emergency literally one hour before kick off. Although Gorman couldn’t be faulted for effort, Stokes proved too strong for the Borderer. The first game was tight …