09/01/13
We’ve had a number of players return this month as well as a couple of new entries which is great to see. Most of the new players have come in at the upper end of the table which obviously affects movement further down. Apologies if you’ve not ended up where you expected.
Tim Jones has won a free court as he was the only player to play all his games last month. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your voucher Tim.
If you have Sky Sports there’s live squash on later today from the Queens Club in London. It’s the final of the World Series.
01/12/12
Well done to Martin Sadler who came top of box 1 last month. He’s going to take some beating!
Tim Jones and Chris Chard have won the free courts as they were drawn from a (long) list of players who played all their games last month. Please ask at the reception for your vouchers.
Welcome to the returning and new players this month.
01/11/12
The winners of the free courts were Tom Romain and Steve Webb, as they were picked from a list of players to play all their games. Please ask at the reception at the Olympiad for your voucher.
Welcome to the new players who have joined. If you’ve got a new player in your box, please make an extra effort to arrange a game. I’ve also taken a couple of players out who haven’t played for a while.
01/10/12
There are a number of new entries and returning players this month, and also a number of withdrawals. Therefore some of the promotions/demotions from last month’s games aren’t quite as expected.
I’ve removed a couple of players who haven’t played for a couple of months, and if you didn’t play at all last month you may find you’ve dropped further than expected…
Steve Webb and Tom Romain have won a free court as they were picked from a list of people who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your voucher.
01/09/12
Not surprisingly, last month was very quiet but let’s hope that now the Olympics and Summer Holidays are over, that a few more games get played.
We have a number of new and returning players joining this month so please make an extra effort to arrange a game if you have a new player in your box.
Jez Parkes has won a free court as he was the only player to play all his games. Please ask at the reception for your voucher Jez.
01/08/12
The winners of the two free courts for July were Nicki Mingay and Tim Jones, as they were picked from a list of players to play all their games. Please ask at the reception at the Olympiad for your voucher.
Welcome to the new players who have joined for this month. If you’ve got a new player in your box, please make an extra effort to arrange a game. I’ve also taken a couple of players out who haven’t played for a while.
01/07/12
It was a fairly quiet month last month with no games being played in some leagues. If you’ve lost interest, or don’t have time anymore, please let me know.
As I was the only person to play all my games I’m afraid I’ve won a free court again, Steve Webb wins the other one.
01/06/12
Congratulations to Simon Gardner who came top of box 1 for the second month running!
The winners of the two free courts were Simon Gardner and myself, as we were the only two players to play all our games. Simon – ask at the reception at the Olympiad for your voucher.
There are highlights on Sky soon of the British Open. Details here:
http://www.squashplayer.co.uk/tv/index.htm
01/05/12
As mentioned last month I’ve decreased box 1 & 2 from 6 to 5 players again. This has meant everyone has shuffled down. Apologies if you’re not where you hoped to be.
Congratulations to Simon Gardner who came top of Division 1!
Simon Gardner and Dave Hagelthorn have won the free courts this month as they were picked from the list of players who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
Welcome to the new players who have joined. If you’ve got a new player in your box, please make an extra effort to arrange a game. I’ve also taken a couple of players out who haven’t played for a while.
01/04/12
I’m afraid I’ve had to increase box 1 & 2 to 6 players this month as I’d forgotten to include someone after doing the whole league. Apologies to the players in that box.
Neil Richardson and Colin Prangle have won the free courts this month as they were picked from the list of players who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
01/03/12
Ian Sandell and Steve Drewell won the free courts this month as they were picked from a list of people who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
Welcome to the new players who have joined. If you’ve got a new player in your box, please make an extra effort to arrange a game.
01/02/12
We’ve had a number of players return after a break, which is great to see.
Congratulations to Steve Wakefield who came top of box 1 without dropping a game! All scores from last month are now on the website.
Mark Galton and Rob George won the free courts this month as they were picked from a list of people who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
News 01/01/12
Happy New Year
We’ve had a number of new players join us this month which is great! It does mean that the promotions/demotions around the middle boxes are not as you may be expecting. Sorry if you’ve not ended up where you planned…
Congratulations to Mark Galton who came top of box 1, and to Nigel Jones and Nick Cole who have won a free squash session as they were picked at random from a list of players who played all their games last month.
Welcome to the new players who have joined. If you’ve got a new player in your box, please make an extra effort to arrange a game.
News 01/11/11
Welcome back to the returning players who have come back this month.
John Davis and Andy Frances won the free courts this month as they were picked from a list of players who played all their games last month. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
News 01/10/11
Welcome to the new players who have joined this month. If you have a new player in your box please try and make and extra effort to arrange a game with them.
Steve Drewell and Chris Chard won the free courts this month as they were picked from a list of players who played all their games last month. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
Many of you will know Gary Pellant who has played in the Chippenham boxes for a few years. Gary is moving to Australia with his family in the coming month, so good luck and all the best from us Gary
News 01/09/11
We’ve had a number of players return/join again this month so squeezing everyone in has been tough. Sorry if you haven’t ended up where you expected. Welcome back to the new players.
Congratulations also to Steve Wakefield and Richard Catt who won the free courts this month. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
News 01/08/11
We’ve had a number of players return/join this month so squeezing everyone in has been tough. Sorry if you haven’t ended up where you expected. Welcome to the new players, I hope you enjoy J
Congratulations to Steve Duffet who came top of Box 1 last month with 5 wins out of 5!
Congratulations also to Colin Prangle and John Wilky who won the free courts this month. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
News 01/07/11
We’ve had a number of players return/join this month but also some leave. I’ve extended a number of the boxes to 6 players this month to accommodate the new players. I’ll reduce all boxes to 5 again next month so you’ll need to win your box to ensure you go up!
Congratulations to Gary Pellant who came top of Box 1 last month!
Congratulations also to Dave Hicks and Steve Duffett who won the free courts this month. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
News 01/06/11
Congratulations to John Davis and David Nickson who won the free courts last month. Please ask at the reception for your vouchers.
News 01/05/11
The free courts were won by Steve Webb and Rob George as they were picked at random from a list of players who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your voucher.
News 01/04/11
Unfortunately we’ve lost some more players this month due to work, moving away, or rest. It means I’ve been able to reduce all boxes of 6 down to 5 again so hopefully fitting the games in will be more manageable.
The free courts were won by Phil Neale and Paul Sutton as they were picked at random from a list of players who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your voucher.
News 01/03/11
Congratulations to Simon Gardner and Peter Luetchford who have won a free court as they were picked from a list of players who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
We’ve had a number of players leave due to injury or work commitments though thankfully a number have also returned
News 01/02/11
Congratulations to Chris Chard and Nigel Jones who have won a free court as they were picked from a list of players who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
Well done to ‘Me’ who came top of box 1…
News 01/01/11
Congratulations to Dave Whiteing and Susan Widtman who have won a free court as they were picked from a list of players who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
With a number of new players joining this month and some out due to injury, your league positions may be not quite as you expected. Apologies for this, but it’s great to see some new players getting involved.
News 01/12/10
Congratulation to Gary Pellant who came top of box 1 again last month. Congratulations also to Richard Brennan and Gary Pellant who have won a free court as they were picked from a list of players who played all their games.
Box 1 has 7 players this month for various reasons though I’ll be looking to reduce this next month which may impact on the rest of the leagues. To be sure of going up, you’ll need to come top of your box…!
Happy Christmas Everyone!
News 01/11/10
We’ve had a number of new and returning players join this month, so some league positions will have been affected. Apologies if you’re not where you expected to be.
Once again I’ve removed a number of players from the bottom league as they hadn’t played any games for a while. Please let me know if you’d like to come back in…
Congratulation to Gary Pellant who came top of box 1 in October. Congratulations also to Dave Hagelthorn and Chris Chard who have won a free court as they were picking from a list of players who played all their games News 01/10/10
We’ve had a number of new players join this month (welcome!) though I’ve also removed a number of players who have not played for a while. If you’ve been removed and want to start playing again, please let me know.
Richie Birkett and Paul Sutton won the free courts as they were picked randomly from the list of players who played all their games, please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers
News 01/09/10
We have been shortlisted in the Wiltshire and Swindon Sports Awards in the ‘Most Innovative Club of the Year’ category!
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We’ve had a number of new players join this month (welcome!) though I’ve also removed a number of players who have not played for a while. If you’ve been removed and want to start playing again, please let me know.
Neil Richardson and Simon Saunders won the free courts as they were picked randomly from the list of players who played all their games, please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
Titan have released a new racket that I can get at prices lower than the RRP, let me know if you’d like one:
www.titansport.co.uk/squash/sidewinder.htm
News 01/08/10
We’ve had loads of players returning this month which has made the resulting boxes not quite as many would be expecting. Apologies if you’ve not gone up if you expected to.
Henry Lee and Colin Romain won the free courts as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers.
News 01/07/10
There were a surprisingly good number of games played last month which is great considering the heat/world cup/tennis!
Stephen Duffet and Colin Walker won the free courts as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers.
News 01/06/10
We’ve had loads of players drop out of the boxes this month for various reasons. Some are gone permanently, some just temporarily. The result is that many players will have moved up unexpectedly this month.
Well done to Julian Mitchell who came top of Box 1.
Simon Saunders and Dave Hicks won the free courts last month as they were picked out of a hat of people who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
News 01/05/10
‘Welcome’ to the new players who have joined this month, I hope you enjoy being involved. Well done to Richie Birkett who came top of Box 1, but who is unfortunately out for May.
George Blackburn and Tristan McMichael won the free courts last month as they were picked out of a hat of people who played all their games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
News 01/03/10
Once again, we’ve had a number of new players returning this month, and some new entries. We now have more players involved than ever!
John Davis and Dave Boyne won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers.
The Friday club sessions have started and are going well. Please come along if you fancy a bit of fun after work on a Friday (5:40 to 7pm)
News 01/02/10
We have a number of new players joining this month. A warm welcome to the new players. I’ve tried to reduce all boxes to 5 players per box again. Therefore we’ve ended up with an extra box at the bottom, so many people will have not been promoted as they expected.
Dave Whiting and Chris Wilde won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers. Congratulations to ME who came top of Box 1!
News 01/01/10
We have a number of new players joining this month. A warm welcome to the new players. Squeezing everyone in and keeping existing players happy was proving very difficult so I’ve increased some of the boxes to 6 players for this month only. You’ll have to come top of your box this month to be sure of going up!
Phil Browning and Steve Maggs won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers. Congratulations to ME who came top of Box 1!
News 01/12/09
We have a number of new players joining this month as well as a record number of injuries. A warm welcome to the new players, and we wish those with injuries a speedy recovery.
Colin Prangle and Kevin Speight won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers. Congratulations to Richie Birkett who came top of Box 1.
Good news! Phil Browning has decided to enter a second Olympiad team to the Wiltshire league for the second half of the winter season (starting after Christmas). The team will join the league in Division 4 (the bottom) and will need to consist of 5 players for each match. This is a great opportunity for players of all standards to get involved in some great evenings of squash. Please contact Phil (or me) if you’d like to get involved, or would like to know more.
News 01/11/09
Paul Dawson and Mark Adams won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers. Congratulations to Richie Birkett who came top of Box 1.
A quick reminder on the scoring for the boxes; if a match is not finished during the session, the scores are recorded reflecting the current state of the match eg. if the match is 2 – 1 at the end of the session, the points are awarded 3 – 2 on the board, the points are NOT awarded as if the match has been won i.e. 5 points to the player in the lead. A replay can be arranged or the match finished in a different session if agreeable to both players.
News 01/10/09
Gary Pellant and Steve Webb won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers. Congratulations to Richie Birchett who came top of Box 1.
I’ve updated the rules so please have a look…
I am now able to get Titan rackets and accessories at very good prices. If you’re in the market for a new racket, let me know and I’ll show you some of the Titan range…
News 01/09/09
I’ve reduced the number of players in the middle boxes to 5 again. Therefore many players who may have expected to be promoted, have stayed where they are this month.
Chris Hunt and Richard Wilson won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers. Congratulations to Richie Birchett who came top of Box 1 again.
News 01/08/09
We’ve had a number of players join this month so I’ve increased the number of player in the middle boxes to 6, I plan to reduce this next month.
George Blackburn and Phil King won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers. Congratulations to Richie Birchett who came top of Box 1 again.
News 01/07/09
We’ve had a number of players rejoin at the top of the leagues which has made the promotions this month a little awkward. Sorry if you’ve not gone up when you expected to.
Steve Drewell and Steve Brant won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers. Congratulations to Richie Birchett who came top of Box 1.
Apologies to Vincent Hodges who I demoted this month as a result of adding his scores up incorrectly. Sorry Vincent.
News 01/06/09
Neil Richardson and Gary Jones won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers.
Well done to Gary Pellant who came top of Box 1 in May.
I’ve removed the contact page from the website as I wasn’t keeping it up to date and it seems easier to email all the contact details anyway. Please encourage anyone you play to give me their email address.
News 02/05/09
Welcome to the 4 new players who have either joined or returned this month. 3 players will be out temporarily for May due to new babies or work commitments.
The new boxes are attached to this email. I’ll be putting them up on the wall at the Olympiad very soon.
Sean Seager and Robert George won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers.
I’ve removed the contact page from the website as I wasn’t keeping it up to date and it seems easier to email all the contact details anyway. Please encourage anyone you play to give me their email address.
News 03/04/09
Steve Drewell and Chris Pomphrey won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for your vouchers.
Congratulations to Richie Birkett who came top of Box 1.
Welcome to the new players who have joined this month. I’ve reduced the number of players in each box down to 5 again. Therefore some of the promotions/demotions in the middle boxes may be not quite as expected. They’ve obviously all been done fairly based on the final scores.
I’ve ranked all players this month as usual. It would be interesting to know whether anyone looks at these?
I’ve heard recently of a few games being abandoned due to broken rackets or strings when a player hasn’t had a spare. Please try and equip yourself with a spare so as not to be in this situation. Don’t forget the Gary Pellant is able to supply Karakal rackets and kit at very reasonable prices and you can often buy pairs of rackets at very reasonable prices on the web.
News 01/03/09
We’ve had more new players join in March and some have returned from injury or working aboard. Squeezing the new players in has been a challenge so apologies if you are not where you expected to be this month. Once again, to reduce the effect of the new entries I’ve increased the number of players in many boxes. I hope you still manage to get your games in. I hope to reduce the number back when if we have a month without any new entries.
Congratulations to Dave Hicks and Mike Flory who have won a free squash session after being chosen at random from the list of players who played all their games last month. Don’t forget that to be included in the draw for the 2 free courts every month you need to play all your box games during the month.
News 03/02/09
Paul Sutton and James Houghton won the free courts last month as they were chosen at random from the list of players who played all their box games. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you vouchers.
Congratulations to Steve Wakefield who came top of Box 1 again.
We’ve had more new players join this month and some have returned from injury. Squeezing the new players in has been a challenge so apologies if you are not where you expected to be this month. To reduce the effect of the new entries I’ve increased the number of players in boxes 5, 6 and 7. I hope you still manage to get your games in.
News 02/01/09
We’ve had five new players join this month though a similar number have dropped out temporarily due to injury.
Congratulations to Steve Wakefield and John Davis who have won a free squash session after being chosen at random from the list of players who played all their games last month. Don’t forget that to be included in the draw for the 2 free courts every month you need to play all your box games during the month
As there were some boxes where no games were played last month, I’ve only ranked the top few boxes. I’ll get back to the usual ranking next month.
News 02/12/08
We’ve had a couple of new players join this month though a couple have also dropped out due to injury. Welcome to the new players! Congratulations to Richard Birkett and Jez Parkes who have won a free squash session after being chosen at random from the list of players who played all there games last month. Don’t forget that to be included in the draw for the 2 free courts every month you need to play all your box games during the month
The coach Steve Wakefield, who also plays in box 1, is offering a Christmas coaching deal from the 16th December of 2 sessions for £30. Please contact Steve directly if you are interested.
News 04/11/08
We’ve had loads of new players join the boxes this month and some players return from injury. I’ve had to squeeze 11 new names in at various levels which has been a challenge! Apologies to those who have not ended up in the box they expected to after last month’s games, I hope you understand. Congratulations to Mike Mathews and Dave Boyne who have won a free squash session after being chosen at random from the list of players who played all there games last month.
Well done to Steve Wakefield who came top of Box 1. Steve is actually a squash coach and is offering a 10% discount to players in the Chippenham Squash Boxes. Click the banner below for more details…
News 03/10/08
We’ve seen lots of injuries occur over the past few weeks so a number of players are taking a break this month, I hope you all feel fit again soon. I’ve made a couple of additions to the rules to cover injuries so please take a look at these. Congratulations to Vincent Hodges and Pete Caroll who have won a free squash session after being chosen at random from the list of players who played all there games last month.
News 05/09/08
Three new players have joined this month, we also have two players returning from injuries as well. Winners for this month are Jon Collins and Roland Scott. Please collect your vouchers from the Olympiad reception. Well done to Julian Kashdan who came top of box 1. The boxes are now also on the wall at the Olympiad.
News 04/08/08
The boxes for August are now up on the wall and also online. We have 5 new players joining this month and 3 players currently injured. Well done to Ian Sandell and Andy Davis who have won the free court this month. Please ask at the Olympiad reception for you free court vouchure.
News 02/07/08
The boxes for July are now up and also online. Congratulations to John Davis who came top of Box 1. Well done also to Vic Church and Kevin Speight who have won the free court this month.
News 02/06/08
The boxes for June are now up and also online. Congratulations to John Davis who came top of Box 1.
Well done to Colin Walker and Kevin Shute who have won a free squash court each, kindly donated by the Olympiad. To be in with a chance of winning next month you just need to make sure that you play all your box games.
Please try and email me with your scores throughout the month so that I can keep the site updated.
News 01/05/08
The boxes for May are now up and we’ve had a number of new players join in the top divisions. Apologies to anyone who hasn’t been promoted as they expected as a result of the new entrants. Good luck eveyone!
News 07/04/08
Good news! Not only have the Olympiad bought a new clock for the squash courts, they’ve also agreed to donate 2 complimentary courts to us every month. Therefore all players who play all their games during the month will go into a draw for the prizes. Many thanks to the Olympiad for donating these prizes.
Update 01/04/08
Dear Olympiad Squash players,
You will notice that the boxes have now taken on a slightly new format in that there are now only 5 players per box. We have had a number of new players join this month which is fantastic, though it has meant that I have had to do some major shuffling across the leagues to accommodate the new players. I hope this doesn’t affect/disappoint anyone too much. The very nature of the box system means that the ability levels will be balanced out over the next couple of months.
Please be aware that the boxes are now nothing to do with the staff at the Olympiad. If you spot any problems, please contact me directly.
I am going to try and mirror the results every month on our website. Please email me if you can with the results of your games throughout the month and I’ll update the site.
If you would like to add an email address to your contact details please email me. It would be really useful if I could display player contact details on the site though I need your permission to do this. Please let me know if you are happy to have your details displayed on the site (or not).
Finally, if you know anyone who may like to get involved please encourage them to join. Squash in Chippenham should be really vibrant as there are a huge number of players of all abilities. It would be great if they were all playing one another……
Regards,
Andy Frances
