2017 Ladies Club Championship Final 2017 draws to a close with one of the most swashbuckling and intense squash matches ever; no we’re not talking about the World Championship Finals in Manchester where brothers Mohammed and Marwan El Shorbagy fought out a 5 game thriller. But on the same evening several miles north, a much …
Galashiels 9-12 Craigshill Xcite Iain Laing 3-1 Kenny Aiston Gala got off to a winning start in this opening rubber. Former Club champion Iain Laing, just making a comeback after 14 years away from the game, wasn’t quite upto pace and didn’t have the focus he used to be renowned for. But he came …
Galashiels 0-15 Watsonians 4 Ruaridh Kohler 0-3 Matthew Gibbs Ruaridh was making his first appearance of the season for Gala after recovering from an injury and faced Matthew Gibbs who has played at Gala previously but never tasted victory. Gibbs was determined to get maiden victory at Gala and didn’t let up as some …
Heriot Watt Uni 3 14-3 Gala Darren Quinn 0-3 Alastair Hill This was a bad day at the office for Darren Quinn, he just couldn’t get himself motivated for this tie and every unforced error in the match just made his head go down, an out of sorts Quinn lost 15-3, 15-4, 15-3. …
Grange 5 12-5 Gala Andy Waddell 2-3 Andrew Light Veteran Waddell, who was a last minute call up due to injury, gave a good account of himself in this. Indeed he dominated for most of the first games and took a 2-0 lead with 15-13, 15-13 but early in the third game Waddell felt …
Bridge of Allan 3 18-2 Gala Iain Gorman 0-3 Stewart Penman The first match up of the night was cagey and not too spectacular. Penman won 3-0 and the key was each game he motored off to 5-1 or 6-1 before Gorman could get into his stride and it was just too big a …
Galashiels 3-15 Abercorn Iain Gorman 1-3 Tom Clemens Iain, fresh from his victory the previous week was oozing confidence going into this tie; Iain has improved no end from pre-season and has been enjoying the competitive week in week out league squash. It was Gala’s Iaian that took the first game, Iain just used …
Waverley 4 10-7 Galashiels Iain Gorman 3-1 Brian Scott Iain Gorman took full points for Gala in the first match, the first game was a story of long and hard hitting shots, the heat in the court meant the ball was bouncing well and the players started slowly. Iain took the first 15-7 and …
It was “Finals Night” at Galashiels Squash and Racketball Club and there were plenty spectators for the matches. The Alex Doherty Memorial Shield and the Club Championship were both being played for. In the Shield tournament Veteran Andy Waddell was up against student Amir Hosny. Andy, who was a previous Club Championship finalist in the …
Tyne District 9-7 Gala (12-7) Del Sharratt 1-3 Dylan Pearman Gala Captain Sharratt was surprised to see 12yo Dylan Pearman playing at 5 for the Haddington clubs full team – but it soon became apparent that young Pearman was more than capable of handling the pressure of the East Leagues. Indeed the youngster has …