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Hertfordshire Squash Championships 2006/07 RESULTS &
Report This years event was held at Broxbourne Squash Club on 20-21 January 2007. The Men's Championship
Adrian held off a spirited attack from Adam in the fourth game to take the match into a decider, Adrian got off to a great start playing superb length shots and tight to the wall drop shots forcing errors out of Adam, at 8-1 down Adam saved several match balls and clawed his way back to 8-3 but Adrian was not to be denied and won the game 9-3 to take his first senior title.
In the earlier rounds Geoff Taylor (Broxbourne) sprung a surprise to beat the number 4 seed Chris Stanley (Tring) 3-0 in the quarter-finals before losing 3-0 to Adam in the semis. Adam's younger brother Jonathan did well to beat Chris Dawson (Broxbourne) 9-7 in the fifth before going down 3-0 to Adrian in the quarter-finals, in the semi's Adrian beat Keith Timms (Broxbourne) 9-7 9-7 9-7.
The Ladies event was won for the third time by Isobel Smith (Panshanger) who beat Sharmila Devi (Bishop's Stortford) 3-0 in the Final, Sharmila had beaten Fiona McClure (Panshanger) 3-0 in the semi-final whilst Isobel overcame Kirstie Thompson (Radlett) and Brogan Lane (Bishop's Stortford) to reach the Final.
The Mens Over 35 title was retained by John McFarlane (Bishop's Stortford) who ran out a comfortable winner against his team mate Alastair Ambrose (Bishop's Stortford) 3-0. In the Mens Veterans Gary Spindler (R3 Stevenage) won his first ever county title defeating last years winner Paul Ryan (Broxbourne) 3-1 in the Final, Gary had reached the Final by beating club colleague Dennis Arthur in the semi's and Paul overcame a spirited performance from Julian Craxton (Radlett) to win his semi-final in 5 games.
The Ladies Veterans title was won for a second consecutive year by Elke Rubsam (Haileybury), in a series of hard fought round robin matches she beat team mate Jill Gaskell (Haileybury) 3-2 and Sheila Blake (Broxbourne) 3-2. Jill secured second spot by winning her match 3-2 against Sheila.
The Mens Vintage was comfortably won for a second time by Dave Cooper (Broxbourne) beating Tony Clifford (Harpenden) and Peter Bonser (Batchwood) into second and third place.
The Grand Masters (over 65) was won for the first time by Len Froggitt (Broxbourne) who beat last years Champion John Preston (Bishop's Stortford) into second place with Edward Hackford (Batchwood) coming in third.
The Mens 'B' event was a round robin affair with Aron Toms (Royston) a class apart from the rest, Rhys Thomas (Gosling) was runner-up. The Mens 'C' Tournament was a keenly contested affair with a full draw made up of players from Herts Division 4 & 5. 14 year old Nathan Derrick (R3 Stevenage) did very well and prevented the Final from becoming a family affair by beating 17 year old Will Blower (Bishop's Stortford) 3-1 in the semi-finals, Will's father Ian (Bishop's Stortford) beat Adam Grilli (Harlow) 3-1 in their semi-final before using his wealth of experience to outlast Nathan in the Final beating him 3-1. The Mens 'A' Plate was won by Chris Dawson who beat Adam Edge (Knebworth) 3-0, Adam had earlier beaten Phil Jenkins (Next Generation) in a 5 game thriller and Richard Bull (Gosling) in the quarter-finals, Unfortunately for Richard he had to retire in the fourth game of that match with a suspected snapped Achilles tendon and had to be taken to hospital. Wishing you a speedy recovery Richard! The Mens 'C' Plate was won by Andy Davis (Harlow) who beat Louis Drakes (R3 Stevenage) 3-0 in the Final. The Mens Over 35 Plate was won by Dominic Webster (Knebworth), he beat Martin White (Gosling) 3-0 after Martin had valiantly overcome Kieran Todd (GSK) 9-7 in the fifth in the semi-final.
Finally, the Mens Veterans Plate Final was won by John Shaw (Berkhamsted) who beat Mick Daines (Tring) 3-0. John had earlier come back from 2-0 down to beat Paul Drakes (Herts Fire) 3-2. However, in arguably the best and closest match of the weekend Paul Drakes beat Howard Gregory (Harpenden) 9-7 9-10 10-8 6-9 9-7 in an epic quarter-final encounter that also endured a change of court.
Many Thanks to Broxbourne Squash Club for allowing us to hold the event there, to Geoff Long and his company CopyDisk for helping provide the t-shirts and to Gary Spindler from Just Rackets for donating some prizes. Thanks to the Hertfordshire Squash Committee for their help and support and to all the players who helped mark matches and to everyone else who contributed to a great weekend of squash. Watch out for the Herts County Cup Finals to be played on successive weeks after the last League matches of the season. A possible Fun Doubles Tournament and a Fun Handicap event as well. See you all soon. Regards, Jason Foster
Manager
To be held at
Broxbourne Squash Club,
Mill Lane Close, EN10 7BA. tel 01992 466901 Herts Squash Champs 0607 Mens A Herts Squash Champs 0607 Mens C Herts Squash Champs 0607 Mens O35 Herts Squash Champs 0607 Mens Veterans (Entry Closed on Friday 12th January 2007)
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