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We're sorry to say that due to the weather forecast there won't be a BBQ at the club this Saturday.
Watch this space for the new date.
Happy Squashing!
Fancy a fab afternoon in great company? Why not join us for our first bbq of the year...
As court 1 is currently being refurbished there will be no club night tonight from 7 to 8.30pm.
Completed a cupboard and lockers on the ground floor and some shelves for bags on the first floor.
Looking to finish court 1 walls and the glass door on Friday
Today we started the refurbishment work for court 1, which will hopefully be finished by Friday, can't wait to play on it
Hey I am looking for some classes or a club to join locally
Any info you can give me would be most appreciated 😀
It looks like Charlie Duckworth was the player of the month for October 2018.
In the great words of Charlie it is amazing what can be achieved when you look after body, mind and spirit - I am paraphrasing a little bit
The week seemed to be getting better and better.
Spencer Squash 2nd team won 3-2 on Monday.
The third team got a 4-1 win and the first team achieved a 5-0 win on Wednesday.
Congratulations to the team players and a big thanks to the captains, Dan, Mike and Matt who are co-ordinating the Teams.
The weekend of 26-28th October saw the best Juniors from all of UK (Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England) compete in the British Junior Championship held in Nottingham. Spencer's club had 3 juniors taking part.. Nikita Goel playing in her maiden GU11 Gold tournament coming 12th.. remember she's only 8 years old!!( There's more to come from Nikita!!)
Sophie Hill competed in the GU15.. Playing Torrie Malik in the first round.. losing in straight sets to the eventual winner and certainly Torrie will be a bright potential future England star!!
Finally... Congratulations to Annabelle Hill who already is ranked 15th in England GU13'.. came 17th of 32. What a result for a 11 year old. John Gallard believes she will be ready for that top 5 for next year. Annabelle's success has earned her a call up to the National England Girls squad.. Well done.. We look forward to your first cap for England.
In other Junior tournament updates.. Annabelle's twin - Thomas Hill came 5th in the National Silver Manchester Junior Open.. Thomas lost in the 5th 11-9 in the quarters to the eventual finalist.. You are not far.. Good things will come .
Hi Guys n Gals,
Just to let you know that you can can get Spencer Squash kit at the following link:
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And it’s not just for team players, be apart of the club and look smart on court...
As they’re Nike theeir are pretty standard 👍🏼
And the tee-shirts are currently on sales at £16.49..
There are women's tops on there as well now.
Thanks
Downstairs corridor looking very good and more coat hooks then before the works started.
Surrey league matches start 15th Oct, unfortunately I missed the training session tonight...
Apologies but Junior squash Saturday @ 11.30am just for today has been cancelled. So courts available for booking
Spencer's juniors had 5 juniors in the Surrey Junior closed last weekend to fight for the top spot on Surrey county. Our youngest junior Nikita Goel in her first big tournament came in 6th in the county... Well done and keep working hard and we are sure you will win the u11 next year...Big mention to Ella and Sophia Loizou..Ella was very impressive coming in 8th in the GU17..Sophia 8th in GU15. Sophie Hill reached the GU15 semis coming in 4th in the county. And finally.. For the 3rd year running... Annabelle Hill whom for last 2 years was the GU11 Surrey county champion.. Took the GU13' crown making it 3 years in row... Well done Annabelle...
In case you are wondering.. Thomas did not take part as he's focusing on his new school.. His next tournament is end of month..
Spencer's juniors are Surrey Cup Junior league champions Division 5... led by Thomas at #1.. and sisters Sophie and Annabelle.. And with Luka from our junior setup.. Spencer's won the league against Grafton, David Lloyd's, and Purley Squash... A notable win for the club's first entry into the Surrey Cup league... Well done juniors...
Corridor is a bit of a mess but the courts are still being used. Should be looking a lot better by the end of the week
Freddie Comber, a member of Spencer Squash Club and in full kit won the Surrey Sports "C" grade tournament on the weekend. well done Freddie, a fantastic result
Spencer Juniors are certainly one to watch in the very near future
The club had 4 juniors represented in the recent Silver Nationals down in Lee-on-Solent near Portsmouth.
Huge congrats to Nikita Goel who only at 8 came 10th for her first Girls u11 National tournament. Nikita played some of the top juniors in the country and never looked out of place.. Well done and we are sure your stock in the next season will rise even higher..
Then in the Girls u15… Sophie came in 14th playing all the top juniors in the country..a very tough draw.. she never looked out of place competing with Welsh number 1 who eventually won the tournament.
Finally.. The special mention go to probably the hardest working twins in squash... Thomas came 5th in the Boys u13 losing only to the Welsh number 1 (what's with the Welsh this weekend??) And to Annabelle who surely must be player of season in Surrey county who reached the Girls u13 semis coming in 4th... The Twin Slam again?
Huge thanks to Club Head Coach John Gallard who over the season put in countless sessions for the juniors. If you see the juniors at the club.. Spare a thought for them bc all of them train almost everyday after school.. training in the cold, the heat.. Running around the field...
Here's to the 2018/19 season and we can see great things for the juniors.. We hope for Nikita to win the county u11 spot in autumn and we hope for the twins and Sophie to do the club and sponsors proud .. Having Spencers sit in the National stage...
Please note that John Gallard has arranged for squash coaching to be held over the summer holidays from 9.30 to midday from Monday to Friday
The charge for this will be £60 for the week or at a drop in price of £15.
This will commence from Monday 23rd July. We plan to hold this for 4 weeks but this of course depends upon popularity.
Please pass this on to any other parents or juniors who you may believe would be interested in Squash.
Please text John to let him know when you can attend on 07941 759549
Any queries please feel free to email connect@spencersquash.club
Congrats to 2 juniors from Spencer representing Wandsworth at the London Youth Games. The squash event is an U16 one with Wandsworth having the youngest team across all the boroughs in London. Thomas at #1 and Xan at #3 fought their way to have Wandsworth Squash to be 6th overall to all the Boroughs in London. Well done guys... the future is bright.
The 2018 Spencer Squash AGM will be held on Thursday 12th July at 7.30pm in the Club House.
We'll be offering a free drink to each member who attends.
This is your chance to let us know how you would like us best to develop our wonderful squash club and what should be given priority. If there are any matters that you would like us to bring to the agenda, then please let us know so that these can be added. A provisional agenda is attached.
Please hold the date in your diaries and we look forward to seeing you there.
Please can you also let us know if you would like to put your name forward for a position on the Committee, which meets every 6-8 weeks.
THE SPENCER CLUB - Notice of the Club annual general meeting - Tonight
WHEN: Tonight Wednesday 16th MAY 2018 7.30PM
WHERE: At the Spencer Clubhouse
MEMBERS: All sports sections are encouraged to attend.
IT’S YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, VOTE FOR THE OFFICERS, HEAR UPDATES AND DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR YOUR CLUB.
Repair work for court 2 is now complete and looking good, ready for its first game on Saturday!
Squash Tips: How to Recover If you have played a shot to the front of the court (eg. Boast or drop) but your opponent pounces on it and hits a hard low drive
A) Take a guess at where they will hit it & start moving?
B) Move towards the back middle of the court?
C) Move towards the T and then lean slightly
D) Move towards the front of the court to attack the shot?
awsomesports.co.uk/squash-coaching-blog-responding-power-drive/
Squash Coaching Blog: Responding to the power drive. - AWsomeSports
This is a tough one. If you have played a shot to the front of the court (eg. Boast or drop) but your opponent pounces on it and hits a hard low drive, how do you recover from this. The … ContinuedDay 1 - The rebuild of the front wall of court2, which has seen better days, has started today. The planned works are scheduled to take until Friday to complete all the work. Then you will have no excuse for any dodgy shots 😉
Surrey Leagues Winter Play Off Results
Well Done guys, for winning Division 8!
The movers and the groovers?
Div 1 & 2 - SSP 1 beat Woking 1
Div 3 - Charing Cross 1 beat SSP 2
Div 4 - RAC 1 beat WRFC 4
Div 5 - Purley 3 beat Spencer 2
Div 6 - Kings Club 1 beat St. George's Hill 5
Div 7 - SSP 5 beat WRFC 6
Div 8 - Spencer 3 beat Redhill 1
Many thanks to Neil Frankland, Tim Stainton & League Master!
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10% discount on squash equipment at Hit the Nick
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To activate your account, please see click the link
You might see a page relating membership payment. There's no need to pay (as long as your club has paid its affiliation fee to ES), just be sure to add your club to your profile and then your membership benefits will be activated.
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The Surrey County Junior Squash Committee is actively looking for girls and boys between the ages of 7 and 18 to join the County Squad. surreysra.co.uk/home/juniors/surrey-squad/
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Spencers Juniors maintain league position on the Surrey Cup Junior league
Spencers foray into the junior league has been fruitful with Head Coach John Gallard putting the kids in their paces.
Last time round our Juniors beat 3 other teams to secure top position in the league. Just the weekend, the team spearheaded by our very own 10 year Thomas, Sophie, Annabelle Hill and making his debut.. Luca Thomson. "Man of the match" goes to Luca for winning both his matches against David Lloyds.. beating his opponent who was more experienced in squash.. Fantastic result.. credit to Sophie and Thomas who did very well in winning their matches .. Sophie winning 3-2 and Thomas who's playing very well lately beating Michael Chak an England u13 ranked player..
We however could not maintain the pressure against Grafton club who decided this time to put 6 foot teenagers against our little lot.. again credit to Luca who was the only Spencers Junior to snatch a match and Annabelle who stole a game...
We are still top and we will be looking to maintain this league position in 2018 when the league starts again...
Our junior squash session tonight, our future talent. Well done to John Gallard.
Spencers Club enters Surrey Junior Cup for first time
Spencers Juniors today entered the Div 5 Surrey Junior Cup (similar to the adult Surrey Cup). Grafton Squash club hosted the league surrey cup and 4 teams who are able to have 3 players under 16 for boys and girls. Spencers were pit against Grafton, Purley and David Lloyds of Croydon.... and the Juniors made up of our 10 year old Thomas Hill playing at No. 1, Sophie Hill playing 2, and sister Annabelle playing at 3. It was non stop squash playing non stop matches one after the other all Sunday afternoon. The kids were playing kids bigger, taller...but they kept their cool, composure and as Thomas said... 'we did not let the club down...!' All kids played kids way bigger then them, taller, stronger .... and credit to all of them that played their hearts out and putting Spencers on the map for junior development. Credit to Annabelle Hill for being the Player of the tournament, winning matches that she was not expected to - well done Annabelle.
Spencers came out winners today and more importantly created a little Spencer history with first ever Junior club team! Well done kids.. the club is ever so proud....
Sophie and Annabelle Hill win England Squash Copper Event
Sophie Hill won the GU`3 event beating Molly Chatwin 2-1 in a hard fought match separated only 1-2 points. Sophie won 9-11, 11-9, 11-7. In the other final Annabelle won her GU11 final winning 11-8, 11-4 against Grace Winton from Bournemouth. Thomas had a tough draw playing Dylon Roberts, the England number 1 junior in the 1/4s going down in straight sets. Thomas then came back to ensure he finished as high as possible coming in 5th. Xan Matuch, Spencer's other new junior did very well in the tournament coming in 4th overall - well done Xan.