York & District Veterans & Vintage Championships

2017

The York and District Veterans (o-40) and Vintage (o-50) were held at Wigginton Squash Rackets Club between Sun 19th & Fri 24th November.  There was a disappointing entry in both competitions but that did not detract from the squash played. Both competitions were played in an excellent spirit, with a great attitude on court which is always great to see.  Players came from Wigginton, York RI , York, Stillington, David Lloyd & Pocklington.

If anyone has missed out on the communication and would like to be informed directly next season, instead of failing to see notice on the website or not being passed info by club representatives then please email  Nick Clifford and you will be put on an email list for next season! – nickandsheila@tiscali.co.uk

To the finals night….despite having 12 (some dual members) out of 16 entrants Wiggy came away with two plate final wins and left the titles to go to David Lloyd & Pocklington players.

The Over 40’s Veterans plate was between Wiggy third team players Nick Clifford and Chris Codrai, there was no mercy shown despite a knackered knee as Chris put away Nick 3-0 against the team seeding……!

The Over 50’s – Vintage Plate was again two Wiggy team players Dave Bullivant & Mike Goryl but this time team nominations held true as Mike beat Dave 3-1.

The Y & D Vintage Champion 2017 is Alastair Dick of Pocklington who beat Wiggy’s Rob Cooper 3-0. Rob was getting into the match in the 3rd game as Alastair was beginning to “puff” a little but he held on to win. Alastair has had a season out of squash with an injury believing he would never play again , so it is nice to see him regaining his fitness and back on court playing. Congratulations.

The Y & D Veterans Champion is James Rollinson of David lloyd, despite being run close by Adam Smith (3-2) in round 2 then Mark Thomas (3-1) in the semi he beat Wiggintons Angus Clapham 3-0 in the final. Angus who ran a few miles on court, made too many mistakes to make the match go past 3 games, which a “Point a Rally” to 11 match cannot forgive. Congratulations James.

Chris Codrai & Nick Clifford : Mike Goryl & Dave Bullivant 
Alastair Dick & Rob Cooper : James Rollinson & Angus Clapham

20-03-18

The Entry deadline has passed for the 2017 Riley Cup.  There were 12 entries.  So a draw of 16 has 4 spaces.

The final is to be held at Stillington Sports & Leisure Club on January 27th 2017.

Top team is the home side.

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The squash club at Kirkbymoorside is approaching 35 years old and has a recent upturn in fortune so much so that a 2nd team was requested in the York & District League for the current season.

Sadly, it was too late to avoid major disruption and KMS2 has had to be put on hold for a season.  With a squash of 18 players for one team, the situation was difficult for Club Captain John Marsh and John Sugarman, the 2nd team Captain to be.

In a superb effort, John has set about creating friendly fixtures against the current Division 5 teams. Thank you to the teams already having arranged fixtures.  I will be keeping a track of the results on this website with a percentage table of games won.  If Kirkbymoorside are top of the table at the end of the season, it will be a good indicator that they will be at home in Div 4 not Div 5 next season.

24-10-17

Over 50’s Draw Released

To be held at Wiggington Squash Club from Sunday November 19th

Entry Deadline November 12th

Event coordinator NICK CLIFFORD

Please confirm on entry:

• Name and Date of Birth
• Club & Team you play for
• Veterans (40+) or Vintage (50+)
• Availability on Sunday 19th from 4:30pm
• Email address for draw to be sent to

£5 entry fee payable on night of first match

Matthew Stephenson (Dunnington) defeated Paul Adams 3-1 to win his first York Open title at Clifton Park on 24th February. He had overcome his team-mate Nick Robinson in a tense 3-2 in the semi-final the previous evening, while Paul benefited from an unfortunate cycling injury to Ed Shannon.

In the A Plate, bragging rights in the Clapham household went to Harry, who beat dad and Wigginton team-mate Gus 3-1.

In the B competition, York’s Tom Sewell retained his crown by meeting fellow York player Andy Harris 3-1. Steve Ross won the B Plate, beating Andy South 3-2.

The full draw details are on SportyHQ.

York and District Veterans and Vintage Championships 2016/17 held at Wigginton Squash Rackets Club

Congratulations to Marc Thomas (Veteran) & Paul Robson (Vintage) who are the Y & D Champions for 2016/17.

The finals night was a most enjoyable occasion at Wigginton with players from 4 clubs represented. Although a small competition entry , the matches were played, as always, in an excellent spirit with some competitive squash. Hopefully with a little more planning from all Y & D clubs we can better support these competitions in the future. A 16 draw in each competition should be a target for next year!

Needless to say there was nothing left in the locker room when the players went on court for the matches through the week.

The Veterans final was won by Marc Thomas (Railway Institute) who beat Angus Clapham (Wigginton) 3-0 . A high standard of squash which the score does not reflect, Angus was well up in two of the games only for the experienced Marc to claw his way back and pip Angus to the winning post.

The Vintage was won by Paul Robson(York) who beat Nicky Horn(Stillington), the first lady to reach a Vets or Vintage final. Paul has not been playing much team squash this year but did not really put a foot wrong in his 3-0 win over Nicky, who’s racket control and shots are second to none but is obviously struggling with a knee problem. Hopefully an operation later in the year will put her back in full action! Then we (the Lads) are in trouble again!!

The Veterans plate was won by Chris Codrai (Wigginton) who beat Andy Sewell (York) 3-0. The same score line saw Duncan Cook (Stillington/Wigginton) beat Mal Bruce (Wigginton) for the Vintage plate.

Well done to everyone and thanks for making it a very enjoyable social night at Wigginton SRC.

The draws for the Vets and the Vintage, and the times for the Vets and Vintage plates are now available.

The York Open Vets (O40s) and Vintage (O50s) competition will be from Sunday 13th to Friday 18th November at Wigginton Squash Club. There is an A and B event for the O40s, so all standards welcome.

Entries direct to Nick Clifford please. More details on the poster.