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Lewes Junior Open 2017

The third edition of the Lewes Junior Open Bronze Event took place on Saturday 20th May with 53 juniors competing across the U11-U19 age categories for the chance to call themselves champions in the beautiful South Downs National Park.

A big thank you to Smash Sports the UK distributors of Tecnifibre and Salming for supplying the Prizes for the event and to the Southdowns Sports Club for supplying the courts! A massive thank you of course to all of the entrants for coming and playing in good spirit and to their parents for giving up their time too!

GU11’s

Megan Light of Hampshire (pictured above) edged out Southdown favourite Poppy Wiles of Sussex (below) to take home the GU11 Title.

Final Standings:

Megan Light

Poppy Wiles

Grace Winton

Harriet Broadbridge

BU11’s

Jake Sim-Baskar of Sussex (pictured above) beat Indie Flint of Surrey (pictured below) to take the BU11 title. It was Indie’s brother Sonny who won it in 2016 against Jake!

Final Standings:

Jake Sim-Baskar

Indie Flint

Xiang Cheung

Thomas Welch

George Griffiths

BU13’s

Troy Southall (pictured below) came out on top in the all-Sussex U13’s final defeating Bailey Malik (above).

Final Standings:

Troy Southall

Bailey Malik

Sonny Flint

Christian Faergemann

Heston Malik

Luke Camfield

Joseph Purr

Oscar Griffin

Jack Eadie

Sumner Malik (w’drawn)

GU13’S

Isabel McCulloch of Kent powered to the GU13 title without dropping a game! She beat Amy Faegermann of Surrey in the final 2-0.

Final Standings:

Amy Faergemann

Isabel McCulloch

Ella Welch

Emily Winton

Livvy Wiles

Megan Tweed

BU15’S

Joshua Cutting of Kent (below) upset the seedings to make the final before going down to Joss Sim-Baskar of Sussex (pictured above) 2-0.

Final Standings:

Joss Sim-Baskar

Joshua Cutting

Ashley Hughes

Joe Pannell

Alex Broadbridge

Max Tunon

James Donaldson

Charlie Broad

Kai Cheung

Thomas Ballard

Euan Tweed

GU15’S

Florrie Edwards of Sussex went one better than last year by winning the main event in the GU15, following up her GU15 plate triumph last year. She defeated Abigail Wilkinson of Middlesex in the final.

Final Standings:

Florrie Edwards

Abigail Wilkinson

Laura Page

Pippa Softley

No BU17’s event was held this year.

GU17’S

Maia Pannel (above) edged Torrie Malik in a terrific Girls U17 final to take the trophy back to Surrey!

Final Standings:

Maia Pannell

Torrie Malik

Anje Bryant

Siobhan Wilkins

Rachel Moss

Leesha Daniells

BU19’S

The Squash Company’s own William Rowe took the BU19 title with a 2-0 victory over fellow Sussex player Perry Malik.

Final Standings:

Will Rowe

Perry Malik

Louie Martin

Noah Meredith

Jonah Bryant

Jude Peckham

Dominik Moorhead

No GU19’S event was held this year.

Lewes Junior Open 2016

The second Lewes Junior Open Bronze Event took place on Saturday 30th April with 68 juniors entering across the U11-U19 age categories for a shot at glory in the shade of the rolling South Downs Hills.

A big thank you to HEAD for supplying the Prizes for the event and to the Southdowns Sports Club for supplying the courts! And of course to all of the entrants for coming and playing in good spirit and to their parents for giving up their time.

BU11’s

Sonny Flint of Surrey (Upper) defeated Jake Sim-Baskar of Sussex (Lower) to take the BU11 title.

BU11’s Plate

Xiang Cheung and Zack Greengrass of Sussex battled out for the BU11 Plate, with Xiang defeating the youngest ever competitor at the LJO at 6 years of age!

GU11’s

Lottie Hill of Kent (pictured above) edged out Renitha Srindan of Essex (below) to take home the GU11 Title.

BU13’s

Caleb Boy of Kent (above) saw off the challenge of Thomas Greengrass (below) to take home the U13 Competition and a rather nice matching bag.

BU13’s Plate

Congratulations to Lewes Squash Club’s and The Squash Company’s own Sam Bebbington (top) for winning the BU13 Plate against Liam Ferris (below).

GU13’S

GU13 Champion – Anje Bryant (Sussex)

GU13 Runner-Up – Emily Winton (Sussex)

BU15’s

BU15 Champion – Frankie Smith (Sussex)

A massive congratulations to Lewes Squash Club and Squash Company Player Dom Moorhead as he continues his comeback from an 18 month injury lay-off by finishing as BU15 Runner-Up!

BU15’s Plate

Sujan Srindan from Essex (top picture) saw off Ashley Hughes of Sussex to claim the BU15 Plate.

GU15’S

The GU15 Final was an all Kent affair with Maddie Hill defeating Jemima Morris to take the crown.

GU15’s Plate

Florrie Edwards of Sussex took home the GU15 Plate title.

BU17’s

BU17 Winner – Lucas Hughes (Sussex)

BU17 Runner-up – Sebastien De La Vega (Surrey)

BU17’s Plate

BU17 Plate Winner – Fin McManus (Surrey)

GU17’s

GU17 Champion – Alice Hill (Kent)
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GU17 Runner-up – Rachel Moss (Surrey)

BU19’s

Congratulations to Surrey’s James Wyatt who pipped Essex’s Joe Blackmur to the BU19 title.

GU19’s

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Girls U19 Champion – Boo Burki (Surrey)

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Girls U19 Runner-up – Lily Taylor-French (Kent)

Lewes Schools Squash Cup 2015: LOGS vs. Priory

Underdogs LOGS edge Priory in inaugural Lewes Schools Squash Cup

36 pupils from Lewes Old Grammar School and Priory School Match took part in the inaugural Lewes Schools Squash Cup at the Southdown Sports Club, Lewes. The event was split into three categories, with LOGS edging the Year 7 event thanks to stellar performances from Jacob Stammers and Joe Hunt, only to see Priory storm the year 9/10 event 7-2 in matches.

It couldn’t have been any closer in the elite category though, where county star Cam Baker’s win for Priory meant the tournament went down to the final match. It was to be LOGS’ day though as the underdogs triumphed, with Richard Boyne, an alumni of LOGS, defeating Jacob Prosser of Priory 2-1 in the final match to claim the trophy and silence the partizan priory crowd.

It was a fantastic debut for the Lewes Schools Squash Cup, which it is hoped will expand to include four schools for 2016.

You can read about the 2016 Lewes Schools Squash Cup here.

Lewes Schools Squash Cup 2016: LOGS vs. Priory

LOGS vs. Priory 2016

LOGS (Lewes Old Grammar School) went into the 2016 Lewes Schools Squash Cup against Priory School looking to defend their title despite losing a few of their players to University over the past twelve months.

You can view information about last year’s Lewes Schools Squash Cup here.

The Cup was split into three events again with players participating in the Year 7-9 Event, Year 10-11 Event or Elite Event.

It didn’t start well for LOGS as an incredibly strong generation of Priory Year 7’s starring as Priory stormed into an early lead in the Year 7-9 Event with Priory’s 1st Team beating both the LOGS 1st and 2nd Teams, with only Jacob Stammers of LOGS avoiding defeat. The LOGS 1st Team managed to edge out Priory 2nd Team in a closely fought match with Oskar Filskow just beating Charlie Branton but it wasn’t enough as Priory 2nd Team saw off both the LOGS 2nd Team and 3rd Team without dropping a game.

In the Year 10-11 event though things got off to a far better start with illness and absence depriving Priory of a few of their players and the Event which they won so emphatically last year slipped away from them as Patrick Duffy, Dylan Patel and Gabriel Leggo defeated Priory’s 1st Team without losing a game. Priory 1st Team were able to beat the LOGS 2nd team 2-1 in matches but it wasn’t enough to stop LOGS claiming the event.

LOGS’ victorious Year 10-11 Team

As with last year, the Cup went down to the Elite Event. Priory named a formidably strong side featuring three players in the County Squad and Qualified Coaches in Cam Baker, Dom Moorhead and Jake Prosser. With Hal Knox also joining them, the quartet overpowered the Elite team from LOGS with newcomers Josh Jacobs and Jake Norland unable to stop the rampant Priory side who won all of the Elite matches.

Given the ability emerging in Priory’s Year 7 group it might be some time before LOGS are able to wrestle back the trophy unless they are able to find an influx of their own.

PREVIOUS WINNERS:

2015 – LOGS

Places to play Squash in London

As the winter nights draw in, it’s the perfect time to rediscover your love for squash or perhaps try it for the first time. London is a vast and vibrant city that can make it tough to find your ideal location and that’s where MyLocalPitch comes in – as London’s leading search and booking portal for grassroots sport.

The company came into existence to streamline the current, often archaic, process of booking sports venues and the app is the next stage of the mission. It’s available today for download.

Locating sports venues in and around London is our speciality and here are three of the best places to play squash in London whether it’s at lunch, after work or on the weekend.

1) Sobell Leisure Centre

Sobell Leisure Centre is situated in the heart of the London Borough of Islington, just minutes away from Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium.

There are six courts, coaching, competitive internal leagues and two representative teams in the Middlesex County Leagues.

Nearest station: Finsbury Park

2) Balham Leisure Centre

Balham Leisure Centre, which is based in Wandsworth, has excellent Squash facilities. It is pay as you play.

Parking is pay and display, there are changing rooms, internal leagues and a viewing area.

Courts available for hire for 45 minutes. Rackets and balls can be hired from reception. Peak time cost is £10 and off-peak £7.70. Racket hire £2 and balls for sale at £3.50.

Nearest station: Balham

3) Crystal Palace National Sports Centre

Facilities at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre are top of the range. There are three courts available for booking and the option of hiring a racket and buying squash balls.

There is free parking available, changing rooms, an internal league and viewing area. The league is run every Wednesday night between 6.30pm and 9pm. It’s £3 for members and £5 for non-members.

Nearest station: Crystal Palace Overground