SSRC Squash & Racketball Tournament 2009

		Winner	Runner-up
Squash	Mens Open	Richard Manning	Glen Howe
	Ladies	Lucie Colt	Sarah Wilkinson
	Over 35	Robert Manning	Sean Ruby
	Vets	Nick Teeling	Alan May
	Vintage	Paul Angelides	Dave Cooper
	Handicap	Pat Draper	Scott Ryan
	Junior Boys	John Lowry	Craig Empson
	Junior Boys Plate	Seb Naylor	Ellis Heath
	Junior Girls	Ffion May	Niamh Greene
	U13	Glyn May	Sam Pinnock
Racketball	Mens	John Lowry	Dave Griffiths
	Ladies	Lucie Colt	Lynda Colt
	Mens Doubles	John Lowry/Craig Empson	Richard Heighton/Nick Teeling
	Mixed Doubles	Mike Gatting/Lynda Colt	Steve Rubery/Belinda Palm
	Handicap	Dave Cuggy	Dave Cooper
Other	Player of the Year	Michael Greene
	Team of the Year	Summer 1st Squash Team, capt Liam Reynolds
	Most Points in the League	Neil Bailey

Held on Saturday 09-5-09 this was an extraordinarily different event, with very new contenders for most of the SSRC titles – which involved both long standing members and new members. It was a fantastic open competition providing fiercely competitive matches which were very close.

New viewing stand gave opportunity for more spectators – small and tall, young and old, public and new/existing members.

The juniors started the evening featuring juniors from Sarah's popular Saturday coaching sessions. Aimed at encouraging juniors - Ffion and Niamh feature in the newly introduced Girls final, Seb and Ellis in the U19 Plate and Glyn and Sam contesting the U13s.
The U19 Main Junior Squash event (John v Craig) was played later on in the evening as the contenders had other finals to play. John & Craig managed to win 3-1 in an entertaining match against veteran Racketball doubles partnership Nick & Richard who probably wished the pair were off to university this year rather than next year.
John then played Craig in the Junior Squash U19 final – conserving his energy with a 3-0 win, as he had another Mens Racketball Final v Dave – taking it all the way to the wire – 3-2. John won 3 Titles in one tournament!

Meanwhile another ex junior, Lucie, beat Head Coach Sarah in a 'never give up' Ladies Squash match – drawing many spectators. This was prior to Lucie going head-to-head against her mum Lynda for her previous Racketball Ladies title.

New mixed Racketball doubles finalists Steve and Belinda put up a brave fight against previous winners Mike and Lynda.
What was really nice was to see was 2 new finalists in the Squash Handicap – Pat and Ryan. Also, 2 new Racketball Handicap finalists – Dave v Dave – one long standing member against a new member Racketball player. New member (new Father), Dave having a good win over the long standing member Dave.

All ages were catered for in the SSRC tournament – including Over 35s (Rob v Sean), Vets (Nick v Alan) and Vintage (Paul v Dave) – all proving to show Squash is not a dying sport – but very much alive.

The finale of the evening – as always – was the SSRC Open Squash final. Both finalists had tough oppositions and long matches in the run up to the evening. The match was fairly played and, Richard & Glen, were evenly matched – either player could have won. The new viewing stand was full with friends, family and supporters cheering the fantastic level of squash skill. Richard = SSRC champion. All members are looking forward to next year's tournament.

THANKS TO NICK TEELING – Tournament Organiser – and all markers.