Category: Competitions

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5/1/2016

Concordia Squash Players,
As promised I'm sorting out this seasons individual Handicap Competition for the end of this month. The team fixture lists look favourable so it works out well.
I've considered a few formats but would like to stay with the 3 man round robin format (1st round only) I'll see how the entry list looks. On that note can I have entries ASAP, closing date is Friday 15th January.
First round matches will be on Monday 25th January, group winners (possibly a runner-up or two) will go on to play single knock out matches on Monday 1st February. I will not confirm the dates for the latter stages until I have all the entries in.
This is an opportunity for players of ALL standards from ALL our leagues to have a go at playing those above and below you.
Your name could be on the trophy. Get your entries in.
Ian Mc

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Concordia squash 2015 closed finals

23/12/2015

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Concordia Closed 2015 semi finals

16/12/2015

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Concordia Closed 2015 semi finals night. Tuesday 15th December.
Things went very much to form in the A competition with the Morton brothers up against the top two in the club, Tony Hedley and Andy Dolan. Both favourites dominated proceedings from start to finish with 3-0 scorelines.
In stark contrast, the B competition provided the 2 battles of the night. Steve Goldie and Michael Jones provided much entertainment with long drawn out rallies, both players looking for an opening which didn't come readily, it was hard to see who would come out on top in this one. After going 2-1 down Steve turned things round and took the match 3-2.
Peter Archibold and Chris Brock had their own epic on court 1 which unfolded like a book. Peter went 2-0 up but had to work so very hard to do so. At 12-12 in the third you sensed that Peter needed to finish off the match fearing a Chris Brock come back in the fourth and fifth. The anxiety showed and Peter tightened, 3 rushed shots later Chris had taken the game
15-12. As scripted (almost) Chris also took the fourth. Then the twist, Peter came back with some really intelligent squash, slowing down the pace and keeping it high and tight. Peter took the match 15-7 in the 5th. Great to watch.
The C competition saw Robin Ritchie make light work of Keith Grey who worked hard but couldn't deal with Robin's consistency, 3-0 to Robin. A similar score line in the other semi with Martin Davison overhauling Mark Knott 3-0 after some unorthodox but entertaining rallies. No shortage of effort or commitment from both players.
Thank you to those who came along and supported the match, cheers Dan for the refreshment and thank you to those who marked games.
The finals are on Tuesday 22nd December, 6.40pm start. Beer and curry in the village to follow.
Please come along and support the event. Players, family and friends are all welcome.
Ian Mc

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Concordia Closed 2015 quarter finals

15/12/2015

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Concordia Closed 2015 quarter finals, Monday 14th December.
Before I start can I just say I couldn't see all of the matches so if I've missed out someones 'efforts' worthy of a mention, my apologies.
The C competition got off to a flyer with 2 real battles on courts 1 and 3. Once again Roland Smith demonstrated his battling qualities, this time against a dominant Martin Davison. Roland took the first game 15-14, faltered in the second but made life really difficult in the 3rd and 4th. Great game with Martin the victor, 3-1.
Mark Knott had to turn around a 2-0 deficit against Peter Irlam. He nearly didn't get the chance, Peter just couldn't close out the game at the end of the 3rd, 2 boasts into the tin were everything. After winning that 3rd, Mark always looked the stronger and managed to take the win 3-2. A good contest.
The other two games were slightly more straight forward. Keith Grey showed no mercy against young James Rowe winning 3-0 and Robin Ritchie, playing the more consistent and tidy squash, beat John Ormsby 3-0.
In the B competition Dave Hall and Peter Archibold provided the fireworks with a 5 setter worthy of any final.
There simply wasn't anything in it. Massive effort from both players from start to finish and 15-13 in the 5th says it all.
A battle of the fittest between Andy Lawrence and Michael Jones saw Michael go through 3-0. The score isn't a fair reflection of a match which had many long rallies and great retrieval from both players.
Chris Brock managed enough control and played good length to close out his games against Nick Fecitt winning 3-0.
Thank you to Elliott Harrison who turned out and gave Steve Goldie a run for his money after Dan Cussack had to withdraw with injury. Steve plays Michael Jones in the semi's. Get well soon Dan by the way.
The A competition went with the form book, Tony Hedley controlled everything and beat Mark Livingstone 3-0.
Andy Dolan's skill and quality drop shots were too good for Gary Storey however Gary didn't make it easy with some great retrieving.
Ian Morton went through with a bye after Simon Long withdrew.
Jamie Morton repeated his win of last years semi final over Ian McAllister with an unbelievable number of volley nick shots. This wasn't luck, he played for everyone of them and his eye was in. Nicks aside, Jamie's ball striking was just too much for Ian to handle. 3-2 in the end.
Semi's to be played Tuesday 15th December 2015, 6.40pm start. Please come along and support the event.
Ian Mc

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DECEMBER 2015 SQUASh COMPETITION

9/12/2015

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Concordia Squash Players,

   The first round of the C competition 2015 took place on Tuesday evening, 8th December. 4 of our junior players entered reducing the average age of entrants considerably. A lot more than anyone would want to admit !
    Roland Smith probably had the toughest task of the night having to work hard against the quick and ever improving Elliott Harrison. The 3-0 result doesn't reflect the battle on court. Roland's consistency made the difference. Great match.
   Robin Ritchie, Peter Irlam and Don Pattison were the other seniors drawn against opposition at least 40 years younger. (Sorry guys but it's true) All 3 demonstrated their experience and quality but gave their young opponents a good run out. Thank you to them.
   John Ormsby's power serve proved too much for Alan Bell, Martin Davison put in one of his better performances to over run Steve Lavery, they've have had their battles in the past. Last but not least, Mark Knott beat the always entertaining Bill Johnson in a well humoured encounter, both playing some shots never seen before nor to be seen again.
   Keith Gray went through with a bye, Rory Whaling having to withdraw with injury. Get well soon Rory.

The last 8 play Monday 14th December
Come along and support the event.

The draw for the last 8 was conducted straight after. This is who plays who on Monday 14th December, 6pm start;
Keith Gray          v          James Rowe
John Ormsby     v          Robin Ritchie
Peter Irlam        v          Mark Knott
Roland Smith    v          Martin Davison.
On Monday 14th December all 3 separate A, B and C Competitions will be played, the last 4 in each to play their semi finals the next night, Tuesday 15th. Come along and support the event, you'll need to bring your own refreshment.
See you there.

Ian Mc

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Concordia 2015 handicap final

26/5/2015

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Concordia squash Christmas bash results

8/12/2014

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Concordia Squash Club's Christmas Bash 2014 took place on Friday 5th December where many players took the opportunity to team up and fight for their name on the Handicap Trophy.
A new team in the event took the spoils with a magnificent effort dropping just 2 points throughout. Walton's Wanderers get their name on the trophy, they were Andrew Walton,
Findlay Mclean and Kelvin Duffy; all 3 gave 100% commitment up against strong opponents and they never gave up.
I can't repeat what was said when they were told of their win, needless to say they were surprised.
Mustang and Hacks were a close 2nd with 123 points (Sally 'Mustang' Faulkner, Andy Dolan and Ian McAllister)
Other scores were Roland's Old Un's- 119 points, Hit for Brains-114, Cunning Stunts- 103 and the Miss Hits-102.
There was a great turnout and the night was a success I think.
Thank you to those who marked games whether they played or not and special thanks to Andy Dolan and Keith Grey who spent much time on court covering for injured players ensuring everyone had a bash.
The squash was followed by a few beers in Concordia bar and then across to the village for some more with a lively curry to finish.
Look out for the next Team Handicap competition early 2015.

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July 2014 mini leagues

3/7/2014

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This is how the teams came out:-

Gangnam   Style v      Bruno's Mob
The   Mishits        v       Bill's Bashers
Cunning  Stunts     v     Roland's Old Uns.

A good turn out produced some good squash when 6 teams battled for the privilege of playing in the final on Wednesday 23rd July 2014.
The Mishits went through with 119 points with outright wins by Chris Brock turning over his mentor Bill Johnson and Dave Hall proving too strong for an up and coming star for the future Gary Storey. Mark Coxon fought well to secure the other 35 points for the Mishits.
Bruno's Mob were only 1 point behind to take the other final spot with wins by Ian McAllister and Bruno with Peter Irlam contributing a valuable 34 points.

It was really good to see some new faces in the club, all with potential to strengthen our leagues and our teams.

There will be a play off for 3rd and 4th place to run alongside the final on 23rd July,
that means an encounter between Bill's Bashers and Roland's Old Un's. 6.40pm start.
Come along and support the event.

Enjoy your squash
Ian Mc

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2014 closed comp 2nd round

1/5/2014

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The 2nd round of the A competition took place last night
(Tuesday 29th) with one or two players showing signs of a hard season.

Keith Gray was once again (isn't he always) up against Tony Hedley. 3-0 to Tony.
Peter Irlam was stuck in Leeds so Rory Whaling with a bye now has to face Tony in the quarters.
Dan Cussack showed how his team squash this season has seen his game go from strength to strength, he beat Robin Ritchie 3-0.
Some great squash from Steve Goldie and Ian Morton was the tie of the night with Ian well bandaged up. Steve went through 3-2.
Although the last match of the night, Dave Hall narrowly lost to Jamie Morton, another great match. Mark Livingstone beat John Ormsby (a battle of the blasters)
Bruno Gaultier beat Les Carr and Ian McAllister beat Paul Blakely.
Tonight Dan will face Steve Goldie, Jamie Morton will play Mark Livingstone and Bruno will play Ian McAllister.
The B competition got off to a shaky start with a number of no shows. Although injured, Graeme Sneddon put up a valiant fight to narrowly loose to Dave Mcrae. Rob Owen's opponent couldn't make it, thanks to Rob who stayed and marked games all night. Mark Knott beat Paul Scott, Nick Fecitt was too strong for Peter Edney, Martin Davison just pipped Chris Brock and Andrew Pattison won the family battle over his Dad who kindly stood in at the last minute (another no show) With only 5 out right winners I needed 3 highest scoring losers to go through to make the last 8, these were Chris Brock (62pts) Paul Scott (52pts and Don Pattison (52 pts) Bill Johnson will be doing the draw for the B' tonight at 6pm, potentially there could be some re-matches,
depends how the names come out. Even if not playing, come along.
Ian Mc

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December Mini League 2013

16/12/2013

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Click here toBeing so near to Christmas it was no surprise that there were only 4 teams entered in the last club competition of 2013.

The Miss-Hits were drawn against Cunning Stunts while McRae’s Mob played Gangnam Style.

The Miss-Hits go through with a total of 124 points, only 2 short of the maximum with wins from Ian McAllister and Tony Hedley. Chris Brock was narrowly defeated by Dan Cussack in a very hard fought encounter with both players determined to win at all costs.

Cunning Stunts total came to 105.

In the other match Gangnam Style were just too strong for McRae’s mob with all 3 Gangnam players winning their games. Well done to Mark Knott, Keith Grey and Andy Lawrence.

There will need to be some handicap adjustment next time round I think.

The final is next Thursday, 19th December, 6pm start.

Come along and support the event.

Ian Mc

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Handicap Mini League competition

4/11/2013

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By popular request there is a Handicap Mini League competition on Sunday 8th December and Sunday 15th December 2013. Probably looking at a 5.20pm or 6pm start with the courts booked no later than 8pm.
Format will largely stay the same but may need to be tweaked depending on the number of teams
entered.
Can I please have your 3 man team submissions (with team name) by Sunday 10th November.
Enjoy your squash
Ian Mc

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2013 Open competition Finals Report

4/5/2013

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The 2013 closed competition finals got off to a great start with the 'B' match between Mark Knott and Nick Fecitt.
Mark has made much progress this season and his boundless energy and enthusiasm made for a good contest which thoroughly entertained the crowd. Nick' shot selection kept him in control most of the time and he came through to win 3-0 however Mark didn't make it easy for him.
The 'A' final was always going to be a big ask for Ian Morton to take anything from Tony Hedley who had already shown his overall fitness and speed around the court in his semi against Jamie Morton. Early exchanges demonstrated both players ability to rally and also finish them with some great drives finding the nick. Unfortunately just as the contest was hoting up Ian suffered a pulled calf and could not play on. I'm sure Ian will come back stronger next season.
Thank you to Jamie Morton who stepped up to give Tony a game for the spectators.
The short presentation took place in Concordia bar.
Thank you to all who came up to support the event.
Ian Mc

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2013 Open competition Finals night

3/5/2013

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Concordia Squash Players,
The finals start at 6.40pm tonight. (3rd May) Mark Knott plays Nick Fecitt in the B final after a hard fought and thoroughly entertaining semi final match with Peter Irlam last night.
Tony Hedley is looking to regain his title in the A competition against Ian Morton. Both finalists made steady progress in
their semi final games beating Jamie Morton and Steve Goldie respectively.

Please come along and support the event.
Ian Mc

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Mini League final results

15/4/2013

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The Miss-Fits (Chris Brock, Tony Hedley and Mark Livingstone) are the first team to get their name on the Mini League Shield after they beat the Broken Strings (Michael Jones, Neil Taylor and Peter McCourt)

Despite Don Pattison giving Tony Hedley a run for his money in the semi's, Tony remained strong to beat Michael Jones in the final. Both Chris Brock and Mark Livingstone also demonstrated the value of their fitness to come through to win their finals matches, Chris beating a tired Peter McCourt and Mark wearing down Neil Taylor despite a valiant effort.
Thank you to all those who entered the competition as well as those who turned out to watch and make a night of it.

A special mention to Steve Goldie and Nick Fecitt for marking the bulk of the games, particularly in the early rounds.

If the response is favourable we can have another mini league later in the year, I'm open to any suggestions on how we could improve the format.
The end of season closed competion is to run from Monday 29th April with the final on Friday 3rd May.

Can I have your entries in ASAP so I have an idea of how many courts to book. Entry is free, first round losers will go into the B competion (plate) to start Tuesday 30th so all entrants will get to play at least 2 games.
Enjoy your squash.
Ian Mc

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New Mini Leagues starting Sunday 24/3/13

5/3/2013

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Concordia Squash Players,

I have 7 teams (see below) submitted for the Sunday Mini league. (24th March) I'm looking at a prompt 5.20pm start. The first 4 teams out of the hat play their match. Same Handicap format. All points scored count. Best of 3 games to 21, American scoring. Negative handicaps to be reasonably adjusted.
The winners go through to the finals night. The third highest scoring team get a second bite of the cherry and make up the four to play later that evening. Similarly the 2 winning teams go through to the finals night on Sunday 7th April 2013.

Concordia Tomatoes.          Dan Cussack (0) Andy Lawrence (+3) Mark Knott (+5)
Broken Strings.                    Michael Jones (-3) Neil Taylor (+7) Peter Mcourt (-2)
Macrae's Team                    David Macrae (+10) Sally Faulkner (+12) Craig Tuck (+10)
Miss Hits                            Mark Livingstone (-8) Tony Hedley (-20) Chris Brock (+8)
Norfolk + Good.                   Peter Edney (+10) Andy Pattison (+9) Ian McAllister (-10)
Second Strings                   Nick Fecitt (-6) Steve Goldie (-8) Rory Whaling (-6)
Les Escargots                      Keith Gray (+5) Bruno Gaultier (-6) Rob Owens (+4)

£3.00 per man should cover the cost of the courts. It is difficult to predict how long matches will take so can I ask that those teams due to play in the second 'four' still come up in good time (say no later than 6.15pm)   and support the event.
I'll do the draw on Friday evening (8th March) at Concordia when there are people around to witness it all.
Ian Mc

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Quarter finals of the Handicap Competition

19/2/2013

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Concordia Squash Players,
                                    The quarter finals of the Handicap Competition took place last night (Monday 18th February)
All four matches were fiercely contested and produced some thoroughly entertaining rallies.
There was virtually nothing between Keith Gray and Mark Knott, the pair having already played each other several times leading up
to the competition, it could have gone either way however Keith got over the line first winning 21-14 in the third.
Don Pattison showed his experience and made good use of his points advantage over Nick Fecitt who just couldn't make
ground. Don took it 21-16, 21-18.
Both Mark Livingstone and Ian Morton managed to overturn their deficit to catch Chris Brock and Andy Lawrence
respectively but both had to battle hard to do so. Mark beat Chris 21-17 in the third while Ian beat Andy 21-19, also in the third. They don't come closer than this.
A big thank you to Les Carr who marked 2 of the games and to those spectators who made it an event.
The draw for the semi finals, Dave Buckle doing the honours, came out with Keith Gray (+4) playing Don Pattison (+6) and
Mark Livingstone (-8) playing Ian Morton (-10).
Both of these semi's will be played on Monday 25th February, 6.40pm start. The final is on Friday 1st March, also 6.40pm.
Ian Mc

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Concordia Squash Club\'s committee sat on Monday 7th November 2011

14/11/2011

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As a result there are some dates for you to make a note of.

The Handicap competition
will run during the latter part of January 2012. The first round, consisting of the three man round robin format used previously will be on Monday 23rd January AND Tuesday 24th January 2012, 6.40pm start. This should offer a little flexibility for those who find it difficult to commit to one particular night.

The winner from each group will go through to the knock out stages to be held the following Mondays (30th January and 6th February 2012)

The final is likely to be Friday 10th February 2012 however this will depend largely on the number of entries.

The handicap system will be broadly based on league position however I may use some discretion as some players are well out of position.

Entry is free. Cash prizes for the winner and runner-up.

There will be a notice behind the courts at Concordia to post your entries or you can e-mail Ian McAllister. Entries for the handicap must be received by December 23rd.

The end of season Closed Competition
will be held during the week commencing Monday 23rd April 2012, subsequent rounds to take place each night during that week.

Again, depending upon the number of entries, the final will be on Thursday or Friday of that week ( 26th or 27th April)

There will be the 'A' competition with the first round losers going into the 'B' competition to commence the following night thus all players are guaranteed at least 2 games.

Entry is free and there will be prizes for the A and B competition winners and runners-up. Look out for the notices and e-mail nearer the time for entries.

The new website link
in use for posting your league results has thrown up one or two issues which needed clarifying.

Hopefully these issues will resolve themselves with the following guidelines.

Injured players must let Roland our league secretary and recent arbitrator, (with the wisdom of Solomon he is qualified) know that they are in fact injured and will not be able to play all their league games that session. No players will score points from this injured player whether they played their game or not. Harsh but the fairest way.

Claims are only to be made in the most extreme circumstances; i.e. a last minute cancelation with no time left to rearrange their match.

If at the end of the league session players are level on points then points scored 'against' will be used. If this is also equal (unlikely but possible) then the winner of their individual match will be used. If that was also a draw then the player having played most games wins, failing that, we might employ a coin of the realm.

Roland is looking at ways of introducing a bonus points system into the computer programme to encourage players to arrange and play all their games.

A quick note about Concordia men's first team's progress this season.

After a good start in Division 1 with the first four matches won, one or two injuries have crept in and a weakened team has faltered losing their last two fixtures against Westoe and Alnwick.

You can see the first team playing their home games on Thursday evenings, 7.20pm start, their next home game being on Thursday 17th November against Northern.

Your support would be very much appreciated.

Cheers

Ian Mc

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enter now for Concordia 2016 handicap competition starting 25/1/16

Concordia squash 2015 closed finals

Concordia Closed 2015 semi finals

Concordia Closed 2015 quarter finals

DECEMBER 2015 SQUASh COMPETITION

Concordia 2015 handicap final

Concordia squash Christmas bash results

July 2014 mini leagues

2014 closed comp 2nd round

December Mini League 2013

Handicap Mini League competition

2013 Open competition Finals Report

2013 Open competition Finals night

Mini League final results

New Mini Leagues starting Sunday 24/3/13

Quarter finals of the Handicap Competition

Concordia Squash Club\'s committee sat on Monday 7th November 2011

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