Junior Section

EXETER GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB

JUNIOR GRADED TOURNAMENT RESULT 25/6/17

There was a total
number of 24 players:-

C Grade had 12 players with Eddie Whalley battling
and successfully winning the
grade. There was a play off between Owen
Matthews from Fort Stamford, Freddie Cockram, D&E and Cerys Williams,
Newton Abbot for Runner up position with Owen Mathews taking the spot.

Freddie was 3rd
and Cerys 4th.

Rory Cooper-Smith
was Plate Winner and Oliver Sutton was Plate Runner up.

B Grade had 6 players
with Roxy Gillingham winning the top spot.

Charlie Hill, EGCC, in his first tournament was Runner up and Devina Gandhi was 3rd.

A Grade: There were 6 players and despite being given a handicap Darcy Boyle won
the grade with Tom Kershaw runner up and Billy Whalley taking 3rd
place. There was a lot of strong
competition in this grade with a high standard of squash .

There are points
awarded to each player who enters a tournament determined by their placing at then end of each tournament and this is used if necessary as a seeding for the next
tournament.

At the end of the
season the Shield made by Bob Hefford on
behalf of Devon Squash and Racketball is
presented to the player who has the highest number of points and this season
the shield and £15 prize Courtesy of the
Devon SRA was presented to:

Max Cockram from the
D&E

Runner up was Darcy
Boyle who also received a £10 prize

Well done to all
players and we look forward to seeing you next season.

Jess Hefford

Hi all,

Just to let you know that our boys played some amazing
squash today (16th April 2016) and got all the way to the Semi’s. We placed 4th out of 30 county
teams, finishing behind, Sussex, Kent and Yorkshire.

We beat Warwickshire, Lincolnshire and Essex on route.
Boys are shattered, but all of them had a great time and did the county proud.

Couple of photo’s attached.

Cheers
Jon Sharp

Posted on behalf

Hi,
I am posting this on behalf of Jon Sharpe.

Team: U13’s

Billy Whalley (Newton Abbot)

Ioan Sharpe (Newton Abbot)

Max Cockram (D&E)

Sam Bishop (Fort Stamford)

Seb Walker (Newton Abbot)

Toby Roberts (Newton Abbot)

Developing U11’s

Eddie Whalley (Newton Abbot)

Luca Colombini (Newton Abbot)

Coach: Jon Sharpe

Team Manager: Matt Whalley

Sponsor: Centrax

This season our Devon U13’s have surpassed all
expectations. We’ve even managed to pick up some commercial interest with
Centrax providing sponsorship, and some great kit (Thanks to Matt Whalley for
organising). With an average age of just 10.5 the boys progressed to the
Semifinals stage of the English Intercounties with fantastic wins over Cornwall
(4-1) and a very strong Dorset side (3-2), playing with Billy Whalley and Ioan
Sharpe (both 9 years old at the time) at the top of the order.

Unfortunately, the semi’s proved a step too far this
season, with tough games against Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Surrey, with
each of these teams including several top 10 England U13’s players. We showed
real grit though, eventually losing 3-2 to Gloucestershire who progressed to
the finals.

We had time for a friendly match in Bude against
Cornwall, on 20th Feb, taking 6 U13’s squad players and a couple of developing
U11’s. Another fine win for the Devon boys!

Next season is looking promising with Billy Whalley progressing
up the English U11’s rankings rapidly and Ioan reaching the Number 1 spot in
Wales U11’s. We will have the magnificent Toby and Sam for another couple of
seasons too, so we have a very bright future in this age group.

Next up, we have the English U11’s national tournament in
Warwickshire in April which we could potentially do very well in.

Thanks to all the parents who have helped this season.

Jon Sharpe