Concordia Squash Players,
Personally speaking I'm glad to see the back of the 2015/2016 season. Early promises of minimal disruption were entirely false, progress painfully slow and even now work is still incomplete. Apart from the court heating on/heating off, heating on/ heating completely gone' saga', we then had delayed temporary heaters which were never switched on. On the rare occasion they were they couldn't be felt.
We have chewed dust, sat in dust and skated on dust. Following the eventual fitting of new heating panels ( 2 weeks lost after delivery of the wrong panels) in the court ceilings, we now have the smoothest floors in Britain - the floors still not sorted.
It was unfortunate timing that we also lost a court glass door.
Lack of suitable changing facilities and no bar hasn't helped things either, team squash matches were severely disrupted with many home games played away. I don't think anyone has enjoyed their team or league squash at Concordia this season.
On a positive note we can look towards a better 2016/2017 season. By September the bulk of the refurbishment work should be complete. Our court floors should be sanded off by then and there are plans in place to have the court walls painted.
Thank you to Mark Knott and Steve Goldie who took up the roles of team captain in the wrong season. Both the men's 2nd and 3rd team have avoided relegation during the turmoil and their teams can look forward to a less stressful campaign this Autumn. The men's first team and also the ladies team held on mid table.
Watch out for the club competitions which I'll only start to organise when I know for sure the courts are good to play on.
Roland continues to do a great job running the leagues and our website, good luck to those continuing to play in the summer leagues.
Ian Mc
Personally speaking I'm glad to see the back of the 2015/2016 season. Early promises of minimal disruption were entirely false, progress painfully slow and even now work is still incomplete. Apart from the court heating on/heating off, heating on/ heating completely gone' saga', we then had delayed temporary heaters which were never switched on. On the rare occasion they were they couldn't be felt.
We have chewed dust, sat in dust and skated on dust. Following the eventual fitting of new heating panels ( 2 weeks lost after delivery of the wrong panels) in the court ceilings, we now have the smoothest floors in Britain - the floors still not sorted.
It was unfortunate timing that we also lost a court glass door.
Lack of suitable changing facilities and no bar hasn't helped things either, team squash matches were severely disrupted with many home games played away. I don't think anyone has enjoyed their team or league squash at Concordia this season.
On a positive note we can look towards a better 2016/2017 season. By September the bulk of the refurbishment work should be complete. Our court floors should be sanded off by then and there are plans in place to have the court walls painted.
Thank you to Mark Knott and Steve Goldie who took up the roles of team captain in the wrong season. Both the men's 2nd and 3rd team have avoided relegation during the turmoil and their teams can look forward to a less stressful campaign this Autumn. The men's first team and also the ladies team held on mid table.
Watch out for the club competitions which I'll only start to organise when I know for sure the courts are good to play on.
Roland continues to do a great job running the leagues and our website, good luck to those continuing to play in the summer leagues.
Ian Mc
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