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 …
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 …
Border Reivers 13-9 Grange 5 Del Sharratt 0-3 Josh Stokes Josh Stokes maintained his 100% record against Sharratt with a great display of squash. Despite the loss, Sharratt thoroughly enjoyed the match and there was several long rallies and fast movement but Stokes was too good for Sharratt and this went Grange’s way 15-9, …
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 …
Waverley 4s 5-15 Border Reivers Graham Bensted 3-0 Keith Miller In the first match of the night Bensted and Miller played out at thriller, although the score was 3-0 for Bensted, it didn’t tell the story of the match as the games couldn’t have been any closer 15-13, 15-13, 17-15. Both players were evenly …
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, …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …