The Finalists
Pictured L to R Steve Hill, Dan Little, Jack Bishop and Dave Sandford
The Winner
Steve Hill receiving the trophy from Tournament organiser and Squah Committee Chairman Ian Thornewell
Hereford Whitecross Club had 34 entries for the 2007-8 season annual squash handicap tournament. Several new and junior members entered for the first time, two of them reached the finals. In the plate competition, for the first round losers, the final was contested by Dave Sandford and Dan Little. Dan had a thirty two point start so Dave had to concentrate as the American scoring means that every point counts, if you make a mistake that is a point to your opponent. In the end Dave's experience and fitness showed as he won 3-0. In the main competition Steve Hill had a battle with Jack Bishop, nearly thirty years separated them. Although Jack was the younger player his fitness could not make up for Steve's determination, Steve finally won 3-1 in a very entertaining match.
Terry Mac Squash Handicap Competition 2008
The Terry Mac Handicap Competition was held over two weekends with the Finals of the full and plate knockouts held on Saturday 12th January
Both finals went to 5 games with Dave Thompson fighting back from 2 games down to win 3 - 2 against Colin Powell in the Plate event. The full competition was an all Allman affair with brothers Dave and Tom fighting it out. Younger brother Tom went two games up but Dave clawed back the next two games as Tom seemed to suffer fatigue and Dave's extra power began to tell. Tom, however found extra reserves of determination and energy in the fifth to take the last game by the closest of margins at 17 - 16.
All in all, arguably the best finals since the competition commenced!
Hereford Whitecross Club Squash Championship 2007/8
Hereford Whitecross Tennis & Squash Club annual Squash Championship was held over last weekend. The men's competition was hard fought over four round culminating with Tommy Burton playing Mike Fleming in the final. Tommy stormed into a 2-0 lead only to see Mike to claw his way back to 2-2. Although Mike gave everything in the last game Tom's experience showed and he finally won 10-8, 9-0, 5-9, 6-9, 9-0, retaining his title 20 years after winning it for the first time. The men's Plate final was won by Tim Stubbs beating Dave Witts 3-0. This year the ladies played around robin competition to decide the winner. Janie Allman and Sharon Howarth had some great games but in the end it was between Tanya Smythe and Sarah Fleming. Sarah was hard pushed but won 2-0 to retain her title.
In the picture l to r : Dave Witts, Tim Stubbs, Tanya Smythe, Mike Fleming, Sarah Fleming,Tommy Burton & Ian Thornewell(Squash Chairman)
Hereford Whitecross Club Squash Championship 2005/6
After a gruelling weekend Neil Campbell became the Club Squash Champion for the 2005/6 season. Neil emerged the victor in the final over the number 1 seed Tommy Burton after a 5 setter lasting an hour and a half.
Sara Flemming regained the Ladies title defeating Jainie Allman who tried valiantly but found insufficient winners against the strength of Sarah's retrieving.
Steve Hill overcame Ian Thornewell to take the Plate trophy and Trish Wright had a straight sets win over Sharon Haworth in the Ladies Plate trophy.
Neil Campbell receiving the winners trophy from organiser Ian Thornewell
The Finalists
Sarah Flemming - the Ladies Champion
Companion allPay.net Open 2006
Over the weekend of 24/25/26 of March, Hereford WX hosted the Companion allPay.net Open 2006 competition with a strong field culminating in an exciting final in which Simon Parke overcame a spirited performance by Andrew Whipp.
Simon is shown (left) receiving the Winner's plate from Hereford Whitecross Club Chairman, Ed White
Herefordshire County Closed Squash Championship 2005
Hereford Whitecross Club were fortunate to be selected to host the Herefordshire County Closed 2005 Squash Championship.
A high number of quality entrants in both the Ladies' and Men's sections ensured some hard fought matches.
Andrew Watts overcame newcomer to Herefordshire Colin Edwards in the Mens Final with Laura Bretherton overpowering Sarah Flemming in a closely matched Ladies final.
Tim Helme triumphed over Chris Combe in the Men's Plate competition with Janie Allman beating Lynn Granger in the Ladie's Plate final.
National
Club Championship Finals 2005
The
Hereford Whitecross Squash team of Sam Miller, Jethro
Binns, Matt Crowley, Lewys Hurst, Andrew Watts and
Tom Burton travelled to Nottingham for the Finals
of the National Club Championships over the weekend
of 7th and 8th May. Cheered on by noisy supporters,
the team lost to Pontefract, the 2003 winners 5 -
0 on Saturday but the match was much closer than the
scoreline suggests.
The
team went on to beat Redwood Lodge 4 - 1 on the Sunday
to claim 3rd place in the competition. A strong Colets
team beat Pontefract in the final to win the 2005
title.
Despite
keen competition The Dox were the clear winners of the
Herefordshire Squash League. The pic shows team captain
Andrew Heal receiving the winners trophy from HSRA Chairman
Len Granger. For more pics click here >>
The
Terry Mac Squash Handicap Tournament 2005
The
ever popular Terry Mac Handicap Knockout Tournament was
held over two weekends in January with the finals night
and presentation to the winners held on Saturday 15th
January. For results and pics click here
>>
New
Years Eve 2004/5
Yet
again another sell out New Years Eve celebration.
Click on the pic to see more images.
October Ball 2004
The
eagerly awaited and much appreciated 2004 October Ball
featuring the Sultana Brothers. A sell out!! As you
will see from the pics a good time was had by all.
Click on the thumbnail to see.
Carl's
Big 50 Bash
Squash
Handicap Competition 2003-4
Even
the pics were blurred, click on the thumbnail to see -
if you dare!!
