Congratulations to Salisbury United, a winning combination of players from Five Rivers and SD Fitness, who just edged out Chichester’s Cruel Dioxide (a figment of Tony Adams’ over-fertile imagination) 3-2 in a thrilling final. With both sides taking two strings relatively comfortably, the match was tipped in favour of Salisbury in the Ladies top string match when former world No.23 Sarah Spacey clawed her way back from 2-8 down to clinch a thrilling 15-13 victory in the deciding game against former England U19 Top 10 player Amy Jones.
Hampshire SRA Chairman Paul Roux presented the Farooq Mirza trophy to the victorious Salisbury captain Julie Palmer. Many thanks to Nuffield Health Portsmouth for once again hosting the final.
The strength of players turning out in this competition has increased significantly in the last couple of years. While it is good to see stronger players participating, we will look to introduce a second tier next season, perhaps comprising players from Division 2 and below only, in order to encourage more casual social players also if there is sufficient interest.
George Kousseff
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This year's HSRA AGM was held at Places Leisure in Eastleigh with the squash clubs across Hampshire being well represented. All the presentations from the HSRA committee can be found on the "About Us/Downloads" page of the HSRA website. The link is shown below. Several important decisions regarding the league structure were made. ...................See full story...
Last weekend turned out to be a great one for the Hampshire O65s. Paul Reader, Barry Featherstone, Iain Nicholson and Dave Harris qualified for the finals at Coventry and North Warwick Sports Club along with six other counties, all competing to be National Champions. Hants' first game was against the holders Cumbria, with Hants managing a great win, beating Cumbria 2-1 and putting Hants into the top 4. The afternoon session placed Hants against Kent for a place in the grand final, with Hants coming out on top again, 2-1. The grand final was on Sunday with Hants playing the favourites, Surrey. After an epic struggle Hants once again won 2-1 with Barry winning 3-2 in final game.
Hampshire O65 - National ChampionsSee full story...
Winchester Racquets and Fitness Club are pleased to announce that they will be hosting a PSA Squash Tournament: The Excalibur Cup from Friday 5th Feb to Sunday 7th July 2019. The Number #1 Seed is Daryl Selby, the current World No 21. There are also graded tournaments for players of every level with some great prizes up for grabs. Entry includes a t-shirt and a BBQ. It'll be a great weekend of squash not to missed.
Please "Read More" for details on how to attend or enter the graded tournament.See full story...
Trojans Squash Club are pleased to announce that they will be hosting the 2019 Hampshire Open Squash Tournament from Thursday 28th Feb to Sunday 3rd March 2019. The tournament will include 16 world ranked squash professionals. This is a opportunity not to be missed. Please select "Read More" to see the attached poster for details of how to purchase tickets.See full story...
Hampshire Squash are pleased to announce that Dan Binns has taken the role of County Development Officer for Hampshire Squash. Dan began playing squash as a junior at Lee on Solent and Trojans and still plays squash in the Hampshire leagues. He's played squash at county level in the o35, o45 and o50s age categories and is also a Level 2 coach. In addition, Dan has over 30 years experience of the development and delivery of marketing and sales strategies, team management and mentoring. Bringing this experience to the County Development Officer role is set to help squash in Hampshire flourish.See full story...
This year's Hampshire County Closed Tournament was a great success, culminating in the A grade final which was a tight, entertaining battle between Alex Phillips and Rob Downer with Rob emerging as the eventual winner. A great final to end the event.See full story...
Entrants for this years tournament are beginning to build up, so don't forget to book your place. It will be held at Winchester Racquets and Fitness on 3rd and 4th November 2018. Closing date: Entries must be received by 29/10/18.See full story...
This year's Hampshire County Closed tournament will be held at Winchester Racquets and Fitness on 3rd and 4th November 2018. Closing date: Entries must be received by 29 October 2018. The entry form can be found on the link below:See full story...
Trojans Titans overcame Salisbury United by what turned out to be a relatively comfortable 4-1 scoreline to retain their Summer League title.See full story...
Hants Squash will be holding another England Squash refereeing and marking course, at Southampton University on Sunday 1st October 2017, starting at 11am.See full story...
England Squash are proposing changes to the current player membership scheme which will give ES player members vastly improved benefitsSee full story...
