Tournaments

Team Tournament - Sunday 23rd May 2010

Every year before the AGM the club hold a team tournament. Players of all ages and ability are encouraged to enter. Teams are selected to include a player from each playing category (Advanced through to beginners), and players play against their opposite numbers from other teams.
It is a great opportunity for all the club, team players, social players, and juniors to come together and play in a friendly, fun competition, where everybody gets to play players of a similar standard. Make your entry on the noticeboard.

Mason triumphs in turkey tournament final

The final of the annual handicap turkey tournament took place on Monday 1st February.  A large crowd was at the Ivo centre to witness a tense and exciting finale to the competition as the hard hitting Danny Caulkett Junior took on the skillful Steve Mason.  
Mason was awarded a 12 point handicap start by match referee Toby Reeves. Under the rules of the Turkey, Caulkett junior had 20 minutes to overturn the deficit in a continuous game of point-a-rally squash. 
Caulkett started well and reduced Mason's lead to eight points with ten minutes remaining. The two players slugged it out over the next five minutes in a game of high quality volleys, fierce drives, and exquisite drops. As the game progressed into the final five minutes, Caulkett started to find a good length with his drives and with two minutes remaining Mason held onto a slender lead of two points. Both players refused to take a step back and an epic rally ended with Caulkett tinning an easy drop. The roar of frustration Caulkett emitted still echoes around the Ivo centre to this day.
With victory in his sight Mason could have sat back and played for time, but to his credit he took the next point with a sublime dropshot to claim the title. Well done Steve, and a big thank you to Toby Reeves for organising the tournament.




Mason(right) is presented with  a cheque shaped turkey for the winners prize.





Turkey Tournament

Matches are played for 20 minutes, non stop. The player with the higher handicap gets a points start corresponding to the number difference in handicaps between the two players. Scoring is point a rally. draw

Previous Tournaments

2008

7th Prince Sr Ivo Graded Tournament - April 2008

2007

6th Prince St Ivo Graded Tournament - October 2007 - Report Follows

Torres Triumphs in A Grade Final

Report by Derek Reeves, November 4th 2007

The 6th Prince Graded Squash Tournament took place at St Ivo Outdoor Centre last weekend. The format proved popular as ever with competitors travelling from all over the country to play.
The players select their grade dependant upon their ability; A grade for County standard and above, B grade for team players who are not County players and C grade for regular team players.
The winners of each grade were presented with Prince squash rackets and the plate competition winners each took home a prince racket bag.
The A grade event has grown in prestige and recognising this, the finalist were awarded cash prizes too.

Results:
A grade winner    Federico Torres (Unisport Varsity Guildford)   runner up Peter Kuller (Cambridge.)
A plate winner Mark Bangs (Northwood)   runner up Antonio Petronzio (Lambs Spitalfields.)
B grade winner Brendon Mounter (Southgate)   runner up Matt Beaton (St Ivo.)
B plate winner Tony Gay (Abbotsley)   runner up Sam Mueller (Cambridge.)
C Grade winner James Robson (Woodford Wells)   runner up Dan Caulkett (St Ivo.)
C plate winner Steven Mason (St Ivo)   runner up Girts Friemans (Sobell.)

The next graded squash tournament event is scheduled for April 2008

Grade Winners Federico, Girts, and Brendon celebrate with a jamming session.