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Finchley Manor Dominate Middlesex Closed
29/10/06 - Report written by Craig Rossiter FM U13 Team Manager The under 11's proved our strongest event with 4 of the top 5 places ending in Andrew beating Nicky in a very exciting final. The u13's proved strong as well with Lee finishing a comfortable winner giving him his 4th title & great perfomances from Ashil, Mike,Mac,Luke finishing3,4, 6,& 8 respectively. Toby played extremely well to claim the plate & 9th overall. The u15's proved a tough group with Rob finishing a creditable 4th & Greg & Alex contesting the plate final In the u17's Aidan claimed a worthy plate runner up place &Josh fought very hard in the u19's All 3 girls played really well with Hannah & Georgia finishing 3&4 in the u15 girls Completing the finalist was Jen in the u19 girls who finshed runner up Match of the tournament was Greg vs Alex in the plate final which Greg finally overcame Alex to win 9-7 in the 5th After much debate player of the tournament went to Mikhail for his no.6 spot in the u11's Although behaviour & sportsmanship was exemplory throughout the weekend my fair play award went to Dan for not claiming a walk over (& a better ranking) when his opponent turned up over 1 hour late. Finally I'd like to thank all the parents for helping with transport & supporting all over the weekend once again
Finchley Manor Junior, Andrew Taylor, won 5th place in the Under 11s Section at the English Junior Squash Open during the summer. He came from an unseeded 13th position to beat the number 5 seed and held his position until the end of the event. It was a strong entry, with the likes of the Scottish, Welsh and English number 1s taking the positions above Andrew. The four day tournament took place at the prestigious Hallam Club in Sheffield from 17th to 20th August. It was very well organised, Andrew playing just one or two matches each day - unfortunately though, his draw meant he had to be on court at 9am each morning! There was a great atmosphere as squash had taken over Sheffield that week, because the Mamut English Open Professional Squash Championship finals were being played at the well known Crucible Theatre. Some of the early rounds of the professional championship were played at the Hallam Club, so it was an opportunity to see some of the best seniors in action. It was also Peter Nicols last UK championship before retiring as a professional.
2/5/06 - Report written by Craig Rossiter FM U13 Team Manager With many first choice players unavailable the u13's drew 2-2 wining the match 8 ties to 6 against Oxbridge with both Lee and Nicky Rossiter . winning 3-0. Fiaz Amin just lost out 3-1 after twisting his ankle in the game and Ravdeep Kalsi was unlucky to come up against such a strong no. 4 losing 3-1 as well In
the u16 Lee won his second match of the day 3-0 whilst Aiden Kearns
& Greg Walsh both had to fight hard to win 3-1 Dan Hooker found
the going tough at no.4 & lost 0-3 ,but the Team came out comfortable
winners 3-1 securing the top position by a huge 26 points FM
Under 11's WIN South East England Regional Junior Squash Championships!! The team of Andrew Taylor (F.Manor), James Illidge (Southgate), Nick Rossiter (F.Manor), Krishan Gulabivala (F.Manor & Oakleigh Pk), Toby Halifax (F.Manor) and Niamh Green (Southgate) successfully defended the SE Regional U11 championships beating teams from Suurey, Sussex and Kent. The team started Saturday off with a fantastic win with Nicky beating the Kent No 3 , in the closest match of the weekend 10 - 8 in the 5th game. However the team got a slight setback when Toby at 5 and Niamh at 6 both lost. Andrew was next on and showed no mercy with his powerful driving and volleys as he tore into the supposed No 1 seed. This left it down to Krishan (4) and James (2) to secure the match and despite each one dropping a game both came out comfortable winners. In the second round of the day Surrey seemed to be looking good, but once again Nicky got the team off to a flying start with an easy 3-0 win, however Toby and Niamh both still found it difficult and although improving from their last performances still lost out 0-3 and 1-3 respectively. However Andrew now brimming with confidence quickly went 2-0 up only for Surrey No 1 to come back taking an 8-1 lead in the third but not to be denied another 3-0 victory he fought back bravely to win 10-8 in the third. It was now down to James and Krishan again to secure victory for the team. Krishan got there first with a nail biting 10-9, 10-9 in the 3rd and 4th games and with James still battling away in the 5th managed to break down the Surrey No 2 with a series of long hard driving rallies backed up by some accurate drops to win 3-2 and set up another 4-1 victory to Middx. The team assembled on the Sunday knowing all they had to do was beat Sussex and the trophy was theirs Unfotunately the manager had been out with Kevin Greene (U15 Manager) the night before & was still recovering. The pre-match talk was "losing was not an option" with that in mind Nick who now seemed to be on a mission got the team off to a great start as he powered his opponent off court winning 3-0, whilst Niamh put up her best performance of the weekend but just lost out 2-3. Toby was very unlucky to come up against such a strong No 5 nearly getting games in the first & third but lost out 3-0. By now Andrew was out to show he was the best U11 there and clinically beat his opponent racking up another 3-0 victory. James was on next to try and secure the match and although his opponent fought hard in the third it was all one way traffic, James winning 3-0. With the cup now in safely in Middx hands and the manager now relaxed and drinking champagne Krishan decides to show us it was never in doubt with a superb display only dropping a handful of points in his 3-0 win. MIDX U11 CHAMPIONS AGAIN 1st
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"Before the tournament I was very nervous for I knew that being the no.1 was a big responsibility .I was also nervous because all the other counties stood as greater chance as our county did. The no.1 player was going to be the best so I would need to play my very best on that weekend. The first part of the competition went quite well so did the 2nd and 3rd round. After the 3rd round we were confident enough that we had it under control. We watched the 3 other counties battle it out for 2nd, 3rd and 4th place in the competition. I liked the venue a lot and I thought that glass doors were a good idea. It seamed a long way to travel but it was worth it, there was a good team atmosphere as all the different age groups in Middlesex had not played together before." Andrew Taylor U11
Middlesex
Junior Open Squash Tournament at Southgate SRC 29th/30th December
2005 Southgate SRC hosted the above national event featuring 73 junior squash players between 7 events Boys & Girls U17, Boys & Girls U15, Boys & Girls U13 and a Mixed U11. This was the first time Southgate had hosted such a large tournament on behalf of Middlesex Junior Squash timed to attract top players as a warm-up pre the British Junior Open tournament in the New Year. Middlesex juniors were well represented with 29 players entering. Girls: Lucie Colt (Southgate) winning the Girls U17 event, Jennifer Hartley (Finchley Manor GU17 Runner-up), Emma Hollender (Cumberland) GU17 - 3rd, Nicola Sloan (Southgate - 3rd Girls U15), Samantha Dickeson (Uxbridge 4th Girls U15), Niamh Greene age 10 (Southgate 6th Girls U13) Boys:
The last two matches on Thursday (first day) featured 2 tense 5-game
quarter final thrillers with John Lowry (Southgate) about to topple
the no. 3/4th seed. Unfortunately for John, his more experienced
opponent came back from 2-0 down to win the 5th and deciding game.
The other match featured Arjun Shah which went one game each until
the decider, which unfortunately went to his opponent - the no.2
seed. Friday featured Anthony Rogal (Cumberland) in the Mixed U11
Plate final the first game was played well with a tight 11-10
to his opponent, unfortunately Anthonys opponent went on to win
the match. But it will all be remembered as valuable experience. Thanks
to tournament organiser Rob Lowry & helpers, Middlesex Committee,
markers, sponsors and supporters: Exhibition
Match by former Southgate SRC juniors Alison Waters & Peter
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christmas junior Speed Squash tournament was held with 16 juniors
& all 4 coaches taking part . Teams were selected on age &
ability therefore the chairman (oldest &worst) took first pick
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