BORDER REIVERS v LINLITHGOW 2s The Border Reivers get off to a winning start in the East of Scotland League with a CLOSE fought 12-8 victory over Linlithgow 2s. Most of the matches were 3-0 but the games were a lot closer than the match scored would suggest. Del sharratt and Richard Taylor played out …
With the East of Scotland Squash League Season fast approaching; Gala Squash Club arranged a pre-season friendly against Lockerbie Squash Club, from the West Leagues, Lockerbie were playing at Home; this would be the first game either team had played since the Return To Squash post-COVID.These teams had never met previously so no players knew …
Dear Member, Upon the release of the Scottish Squash Guidelines for reopening of Squash Clubs (Scottish Squash Guidlines) please find below the measures that will be in place for your safety, and the safe reopening of our squash club. Del Sharratt, Gala Squash Club TTreasurer, is the respected Covid officer, having run and still …
Border Reivers 18-2 Grange 5s. The Border Reivers took full points against runaway league leaders Grange 5’s. this was a fantastic performance in all matches from the Borderers as their winning streak is now 7-in a row. Grange 5s brought a strong team down inc. former club champion Christy Looby, but the Borderers fought valiantly …
Border Reivers 15-3 Waverley 4s Del Sharratt 0-3 Dan Makharinsky Waverley started the match with full points, putting them in a buoyant mood for the rest of the ties. Althouth Del didn’t really do anything wrong, Dan just seemed to do it better. But Del’s main downfall was the crucial points he gave away …
Linlithgow 3s 7-12 Border Reivers Abhishek Kumar 3-0 Del Sharratt Sharratt rued his poor serves in this match. In every game Sharratt gave 3-4 vital points away just from serving out, this gave the momentum to Kumar and meant Sharratt just couldn’t string a run of points together. Once past the serve Sharratt generally gave …
The 2020 Edinburgh squash Open took place at Edinburgh Sports Club over the last few days. Entrants included former World Champion Karim Abdel Gawad (Egypt), former World Championship Runner up Paul Coll from NZ and amongst other Scotlands top 3 players Gregg Lobban, Alan Clyne and Rory Stewart. This event also included Category Draws as …
Abercorn 9-12 Border Reivers Nick Burton 1-3 Jordan Reid Jordan got the Reivers off to a victory with a hard fought 3-1. Jordan took the first 15-9 but the Borderer wasn’t going to have it all his own way as Burton fought valiantly in the second for a 15-13 to tie 1-1. But the more …
Heriot Watt 4s 5-15 Border Reivers Alex Borwell 2v3 Darren Quinn Quinn secured his first ever victory for the Reivers, although at 2-2 Quinn felt his hamstring tight and nearly pulled out of the match, but he tried to protect his right hand side so he didn’t have to lunge much and took this game …
Border Reivers 15-7 Craigshill Xcite Del Sharratt 3-2 Walid Magby Sharratt started well in this rubber going 5-2 up fairly quickly. Sharratt’s serves were accurate from the start and several points were won with Aces. But once Walid got the hand back, Del would find it difficult to get the ball past him and this …