Herts Girls Squash Newsletter Jan
2007
It has been a busy first half of the season and Janet, Steve and I hope
you have enjoyed your squash so far and had a good Christmas!!
Congratulations go to all those girls who have had success since September
and a warm welcome goes to those who have recently started the sport.
COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006…well done to the following !!!
U-9 winner…Grace Gear (Gosling)
U-11 winner…Hannah Daly (Broxbourne) 2nd Kira Eilfield (Harpenden)
3rd Grace Gear (Gosling) 4th Sarah Brown (Radlett)
U-13 winner…Brogan Lane (B Stortford) 2nd Jessica Foster (Cannons)
3rd Natasha Drake (B Stortford) 4th Ashleigh Booth (B Stortford)
U-15 winner…Rachael Foster (Cannons) 2nd Brogan Lane (B Stortford)
3rd Anna Bradly (Cannons) 4th Lauren Smith-Squire (Cannons)
U-19 winner…Jemma Ockwell (Radlett) 2nd Rachael Foster (Cannons)
3rd Anna Bradly (Cannons) 4th Lyndsey Phillips (W Herts)
COUNTY MATCHES
Oct 15 England Squash U-15 Stage 1 at Cannons. With Anna Bradly
unavailable the team of five beat Suffolk 5-0 but lost out 1-4 to a very
strong Surrey team. Fortunately the girls collected enough points to go
through to the next stage to be held in Hampshire on Jan 28th with a place
in the Finals awaiting the winners. TEAM..Jemma Ockwell (Radlett), Rachael
Foster (Cannons), Brogan Lane (B Stortford), Jessica Foster (Cannons),
Natasha Drake
(B Stortford) and reserve Jasmine Eilfield (Harpenden)
Nov 5 England Squash U-13 Stage 1 at Wimbledon S.C. Missing Brogan Lane,
the team battled well against tough opponents but lost 1-2 against Essex
and 0-3 against Surrey. Stage 2 is a home fixture against Kent, Essex and
Surrey on Feb 4th. TEAM..Jessica Foster (Cannons), Natasha Drake (B
Stortford) and Melanie Abegglen (B Stortford)
Nov 12 East Anglian League Round 1 held at B Stortford S.C. After a full
day’s squash the U-17 team and U-11s were in top spot with the U-14s lying
second by just one point. The next round (rearranged from last October)is
at St Ives (Cambs) on Jan 14th.
U-17 Herts 39, Norfolk 23, Suffolk 22, Cambs 19
Team..Jemma Ockwell (Radlett), Rachael Foster (Cannons), Anna Bradly
(Cannons), Caitlin Brown (Chantry), Nikita Bansal (R Masonic), Lauren
Smith-Squire (Cannons) and Hannah Brown (Radlett)
U-14 Norfolk 26, Herts 25, Suffolk 2
Team..Jessica Foster (Cannons), Jasmine Eilfield (Harpenden), Natasha
Drake (B Stortford), Melanie Abegglen (B Stortford) and Ashleigh Booth
(B Stortford)
U-11 Herts 9, Norfolk 4, Cambs 2, Suffolk 0
Team..Hannah Daly (Broxbourne), Grace Gear (Gosling) and Kira Eilfield
(Harpenden)
GIRLS SQUASH MORNINGS
Oct 29th at Cannons…coaching and a graded tournament. It was fortunate
that Julian had booked a 5th court as a record 36 turned up!!
Results: A grade winner Jasmine Eilfield (Harpenden)
2nd Natasha Drake, 3rd Nikita Bansal, 4th Hannah Brown
B grade winner Kira Eilfield (Harpenden)
2nd Raveena Bansal, 3rd Charlotte Treadwell, 4th Grace Gear
C grade winner Camilla Camerea (Radlett)
2nd Kathryn Godfrey-Evans, 3rd Sophie Cartledge and Lisa Miller
D grade winner Sarah Brown (Radlett)
2nd Anabel Elliot, 3rd Helen Gibson, 4th Megan Godfrey-Evans
E grade winner Amy Chung (W Herts)
2nd Ellen Treadwell, 3rd Daisy Moore, 4th Lauren McKenzie
Dec 17th at B Stortford…so close to Xmas yet a great turn-out of 21
girls
Results:
A grade winner Ashleigh Booth (B Stortford)
2nd Charity Price, 3rd Natasha Drake, 4th Hannah Brown
B grade winner Hannah Daly (Broxbourne)
2nd Hannah Mulvey, 3rd Grace Gear, 4th Anna Davis
C grade winner Annabelle Gay (Harpenden)
2nd Amy Chung, 3rd Polly Banks, 4th Helen Gibson
D grade winner Daisy Moore (B Stortford)
2nd Sophie Gay, 3rd Isobel Payne, 4th Amy Morris
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
Oct 14th…Harpenden U-9 Graded…A Grade winner Grace Gear (Gosling)
E Grade winner Ellie Garner (Cannons), runner-up Ellen
Treadwell (Cannons)
Nov 18th…Harpenden U-10 Graded…C Grade 2nd Annabelle Gay
(Harpenden)
3rd Helen Gibson (Harpenden) E Grade 2nd Isobel Payne (Harpenden)
O-10 B Grade 5th Hannah Brown (Radlett) D Grade 2nd
Kira Eilfield (Harpenden) 3rd Hannah Daly (Broxbourne) F Grade
2nd Sarah Brown (Radlett)
Dec 10th…Radlett Graded…C Grade 5th Hannah Brown (Radlett) E Grade
1st
Raveena Bansal (R Masonic) 3rd Hannah Tilley (Radlett) 4th Sarah
Brown (Radlett) F Grade 5th Mackenzie Lemon (Radlett)
Dec 23rd…Harpenden Xmas Graded…U-10 B Grade 4th Helen Gibson
(Harpenden) C Grade 4th Isobel Payne (Harpenden) Senior D Grade
4th Hannah Daly (Broxbourne) E Grade 1st Beatrice Cash, 2nd Alison
Small, 3rd Rachel Penn, 4th Kathryn Godfrey-Evans (all Harpenden)
2007 FIXTURES
Sun Jan 14 East Anglian League round 2 at St Ives (Cambs) 9.30am
Sun Jan 28 U-15 Inter-county v Hampshire, Kent and Surrey (Hampshire)
Sun Feb 4 U-13 Inter-county v Kent, Essex and Surrey (Home..venue tbc)
Sat Feb 10 Harpenden U-10 (10-11.30am) and O-10 (11.30-1.30pm) Graded
Tournament.
Sun Feb 11 Radlett U-9 (1-2.15pm) and O-9 (2.30-5pm) Graded Tournament.
Sun Feb 25 Girls’ Squash Morning at Cannons 9.45 – 12.15pm..coaching and
Graded tournament.
Sun Mar 4 East Anglian League round 3 at Ipswich
Sun Apr 15 Girls’ Squash Morning at Cannons 9.45 – 12.15..coaching and
Graded tournament.
Sun Apr 29 East Anglian League round 4 at Norwich
GOOD LUCK in 2007!!!! Please keep the above dates free so we can
put out our strongest team and let me know if you have any problems with
any dates.
Best wishes…Julian Craxton