Hero in Heriot Watt Open

Tony Elliot, Gala Squash Club Champion In the Heriot Watt Squash Open, Tony Elliot was flying the flag for Gala Squash Club. In the Qualifying match, Tony was against Watsonians French Prodigy Remi Lecompte, Remi took a 2-0 lead and Tony battled back to 2-2 but the Frenchman just edged Tony in the decider to …

Table Toppers Tamed

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, …

Heavy defeat for Reivers

Linlithgow 3s 15-5 Border Reivers   Ruaridh Kohler 0-3 Ross Ferguson Ruaridh was making his first appearance of the season for the Border Reivers; although was no stranger to team squash having had caps in previous seasons and regularly playing for Stewarts Melville Old Boys in clubs around Edinburgh. Kohler started well, using his trade …

Ladies Serve up a Thriller

LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 FINAL Sarah and Kerri (with baby Fionnlagh) Sarah Chrystie 3-0 Kerri Andrews (15-10, 15-13, 15-4)   The Ladies Final had been long awaited and a highly anticipated dual as defending Champion Kerri Andrews came up against Debutant Sarah Chrystie. Kerri had a spell out of the game earlier in the year as …

Castle Conquered

Border Reivers 13-8 Colinton Castle 5   Graham Benstead 0-3 Mark Crease This match was a lot closer than the score suggests, indeed Bensted was a tad unlucky as several shots from crease hit the wood of the racket or found the nick. It was a focussed performance by the Colinton man though; whenever Bensted …

Not so Xciting match

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 …

Watt a win for Reivers

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 …

Sweet Victory over Abercorn

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 …

Hat’s Off for Hatton

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 …