Cumbria County Squash and Racketball news
Players from all over the north of England headed for Carlisle Squash Club on August Bank Holiday weekend for the YourSquash Open 2013. Some of the country’s top players competed for honours in the competition which seen also seen several Cumbrian sucesses. On the Thursday and Friday before the competition the club hosted a two-day […]
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Message from inter county secretary John Crichton about the upcoming season: Just to confirm to you all that Cumbria have entered teams in the following age-groups for this seasons Inter County Competition; The County are looking at having two training “Squad” sessions at CARLISLE Sunday September 8th and Sunday September 15th, This will give Paul
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Entry forms for the County Closed Junior Championships – sponsored by Thomas Graham Ltd – are now available. The event will be held at Carlisle Squash Club over the weekend of 28/29 September kick starting the junior squash season in Cumbria. The event is open to girls and boys from U11’s to U19’s. Entry fee is £10.
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Hannah Crichton, representing Northumbria University, has won the British Universities & Colleges Sport Championships. She beat the number 1 seed on her way to the final, and completed a tournament victory, at her first attempt, with a 3-1 win over Siobhan Knight of Nottingham University. The tournament was played over 5 rounds. Hannah won her
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Cumbria U13 Boys narrowly lost out in the national inter-county finals to Yorkshire, making them the second best team in the country. On Saturday 27th April 2013 Cumbria U13 boys travelled to Lilleshall to contest the finals of the National inter county competition. Thirty teams from England and Wales began this competition last October and
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U11 juniors from Wigton and Windscale Squash Club’s joined the north west’s best talent at an annual squash festival. The U11 Squash Festival took place on the 20th/21st April 2013 at the National Squash Centre. Over 60 juniors along with parents and coaches from around the North West spent the day in the company of
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Cumbria’s U19 girls team represented the county in the Inter Counties final tournament on the 20th and 21st April. In the semi-final, the team played Surrey who eased through to the final with a 3-0 win, with Nada El Kalawaay leading the way in her first string match beating Jessica Winder 3-0, although Jessica made
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The 2012/2013 season’s very worthy winner is Peter Smith of Workington Junior Squash Club. He was chosen for the impressive work he has done for Club and County over a period of almost 25 years. Around 1990 he had the vision, initiative and drive to set up a Junior Club in the Workington area at a time when
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Whitehaven A and Dalton B triumphed in the 2012/13 county leagues. Whitehaven were undefeated all season, winning 15 out of 15 ties and comfortably securing their first league title for some years. Dalton A won 16 out of their 18 ties to secure the league on the final Tuesday of the season, in a decider
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Carlisle A and Windscale B each beat Wigton sides to win this year’s county cup competition. This year it was hosted by Windscale at the Falcon Club in Egremont. Both finals combined quality with tension, and each was decided on the last match. In the A final, the first four matches were shared evenly between
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