The Inaugural Border Squash Championship took place in Gala the other day; this pitted some Crack Squash players from various towns in the Borders against each other. Teams of 3 entered from Gala, Selkirk, Hawick and Jedburgh, Peebles and ‘Rest of Borders’. This was a highly competitive event and each team played each other once …
The Alex Doherty Memorial Shield is an annual tournament at Galashiels Squash Club for the early round losers of the Club Championships. The final was contested by previous Shield Champion Graham Bensted of Peebles and Selkirk’s Iain Gorman. These pair actually met in the First round of the Club Championship, where Gorman won 3-0 before …
The Ladies Championship this year attracted 5 ladies – and this was run as a single round robin group wit the top two contesting the final. In the Round Robin, Lesley Melvin had won every match 3-0 for Maximum points and started the Final as Favourite against 2022 Champion Lynne Palepoi. Both players started a …
STUART FINNIE TROPHY Also awarded on the night is the Stuart Finnie trophy; this trophy is t ohonour the memory of Stuart Finnie, a member and avid squash player at Gala who tragically lost his life in a car crash just over a year ago. The Trophy is awarded to the Clubs Most Improved Player …
The Galashiels Squash Club 2023 Club Championships came to a close last week with some awesome matches. The Gents championship took in Entrants from all over the Borders, and a very strong tournament took place this year – and the final was contested between Hawick’s Tony Elliot and Peebles Sam Collin. Tony was looking for …
Waverley 4s 2-18 Border Reivers Piers Wilkinson 3-2 Stuart JohnstonPiers got off to a sluggish start, and was soon well on the back foot when Johnston took a 2-0 lead (15-11, 16-14), and as the game scores suggested, this was going to be a battle! Piers dug in deep and it was a couple of …
Border Reivers 7-11 Gala Squash Select With Dunbar failing to raise a team for the East League 4 match, the Border Reivers played in a Friendly against a Gala Squash Club Select, this kept the squad players ticking over and prepared them for the match against Tyne 2s next week.The Border Reivers were represented by: …
Richard Taylor 1-3 Bob BaikieTaylor got off to a good start and took the first 15-12, some accurate full length shots helped Taylor taker command in the game. Baikie then started killing the ball at the front of the court and Taylor couldn’t get to grips with the constant drop shots and short game of …
Edinburgh Sports club 7s v Border Reivers (15-6) Joe Cowie 3-0 Pat SpenceCowie proved too strong for Spence in this one. Cowie has recently switched form the Ladies League to the Open Leagues and has made the transition well. Cowie won 15-10, 15-11, 15-13. James Sawers 3-0 Del sharrattThis was a very one sided match, …
BORDER REIVERS v CRAIGSHILL XCITE Del Sharratt 1v3 Walid Magby (16-14, 8,15, 12-15, 8-15)Sharratt won the first game a tight 16-14. But that was it for the Reivers Captain. Magby played the short game with a series of Drop Shots and Boasts that Sharratt just couldn’t get to. This was a tactic that Magby deployed …