Just What the Doctor Ordered

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 …

Tony’s Treble Triumph

After a Great weekend of Finals with an epic 5 setter at Wimbledon and England winning the Cricket world cup; all eyes descended on Gala Squash Club for the Club Championship Final 2019. Defending Champion Tony Elliot was up against Kev Douglas in a repeat of the 2018 final. Tony was going for 3 titles …

East of Scotland Award for Reivers Captain

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” …

Students put to sword

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 …

Charity night

Several members from Gala Squash Club joined with Doctors and staff from the BGH to raise money for the Friends of the BGH.  Over £200 was raised on the night for Lifecard devices for the Cardiology Dept.  The format was straight knockout and 8 minute games.  There was a Plate and a Bowl tournament for …

Defeat for Reivers

Hatton 15-3 Border Reivers Andrew Dowlen-Gilland 0-3 Malcolm Mitchell Sir Andrew found he was chasing this game from the off, Malcolm was straight out the blocks and took a 4-0 lead fairly quickly. Sir Andrew was just a wee bit too slow and Mitchell rattled off the points and won the first 15-5. Although Sir …

Junior Big Shots

L-R Dima Graham , Sahsha Graham   The Latest instalment of the Big Shots series was held at Edinbugh Sports Club – The Big Shots series is an entry level Squash Tournament for kids age 6-16 and is split into divisions. Galashiels Squash Club was represented by Current Junior Champion Dima Graham and his younger …