Weekend Reportage: "wintery mix"!

What a weekend it was… It had everything in climate, with sunshine, rain, hail, sleet, snow…  It also had everything in squash, with some excellent training at the club to events up and down the eastern seaboard!   In NJ we had Coach Elriani from our Philly club bring through some of his elite JCT players to mix in with our Performance crew.  By way of competition, there was a Gold in PA, Silver in MD and Bronze in NY.  All of this, coupled with a solid dose of school squash and we have what the weather man might call a “healthy wintery mix”.

Philly had the Gold… and the dubious weather… and the three venues.  Lucky squash players and their families are tough!

Congratulations to Yiden on winning the BU13 in fine style.  Shout outs to Tony on his quarter, Ronnie on some solid wins and Jesse on some epic “almosts” against much higher rated players.

Talking about excellent efforts against higher rated players, well done to Leo in the BU15  who played a great event, pushing higher rated players close, defeating others and deserving a solid 10th place.  Also in the BU15 was Dev who enjoyed a couple of nice looking wins and a small lament that he and Julian travelled all the way to Philly… to play each other!

In the realm of “playing each other”, shout outs to Miss Katherine and Alison in the GU13 who played second round with Katherine ending up the victor on her way to a handy 6th place.  Alison on her behalf fought her way through to the consolation final, with some good squash and a notable 0.15 rating upset.  Much more to come from both.

Baltimore hosted a silver, NY a Bronze.  Our Silver standouts were Jayden in the BU15 who won out in a dramatic five game final!  Much respect also to coach favorite Humzah in the BU19 made the final and lost in a tight four games.  Best performance in NY was Dennis in the BU15 who won the consolation!

Back to the club and we have a busy couple of weeks ahead.  Preparations for the Texas JCT continue apace, we have a crew in Port Chester for a Silver at the same time and school squash is two weeks away from its climax!  A great time to be a squashie - see you all at training!

February to knows!

What an awesome weekend we just had!  In addition to some great training at the club we saw the Middle School Nationals being hotly contested in Philadelphia and enjoyed via the live stream.  Well done to the 15+ Tigers who represented their schools, always an excellent thing to do!  Additionally the MS Nationals featured an NSL Junior Exhibition, with top ranked Tiger stalwarts Colten and Reghan performing with distinction.

As always during the busy winter months our weekly check ins are divided between the “must knows” and the “may be of interests”!  Please contact us with questions or requests and we’ll get back to you with solutions!

Must Knows

With Middle School Squash winding down, a reminder that we offer a FREE TRIAL to new players who may wish to experience a Squash Tiger Squad and push their squash to that next level of achievement.

It is the very last day to give your opinions on the program through Coach Claire’s Squash Tigers Survey - we would be grateful for two minutes of your time.

Coach Michael is currently in Ireland to contest their National Championship.  Good luck to him in his quest for the title and a reminder to everyone that he will resume his normal lessons next Monday.  We’ll be following Coaches matches online and wish him well - details via our Insta Story.

Tournament coaching is available for the Philadelphia Gold (limited due to the 3 venues) and the Texas JCT.  Details are unchanged and you can contact Coach Claire directly with requests.

Of interest

The Groundhog said there’s another six weeks of winter… ouch!

We are providing access for adults to play at the club - ideal for parents who might want to enjoy the game their kids play or for anyone looking for a new interest - information via Coach Ebonie.

See you all at training!

Groundhog Day Update!

Groundhog Day approaches this coming Sunday; one of my favorite days of the year!  Hopeful we get good news from Punxsutawney Phil and an early spring is on the way!  In the meantime, while we wait for word from the groundhog, we have our weekly check ins of the “must knows” and the “may be of interests”!   As always, please contact us with questions or requests and we’ll get back to you with solutions asap!

Must Knows

• Last week to give your opinions on the program through Coach Claire’s Squash Tigers Survey - we would be grateful for two minutes of your time!

• Coach Michael is travelling back to Ireland to contest his National Championships.  Good luck to him and a reminder that he will not be at the club next week for his usual lessons.  We’ll be following the live stream and wish him well!

• Maryam, one of our favorite alums, had a stellar weekend in NY in the College Squash Individual Championships - a brief precis HERE including some of our other alums and the UVA report HERE.

• In person coaching is available for the Texas JCT!  Details are unchanged and please contact Coach Claire directly to request coaching by the end of the week so we can finalize coach travel arrangements.

Of interest

• Our Burns Day Rehearsal Tournament went off without a hitch this past weekend, with matches played, lessons learned and not an insignificant number of donuts consumed (disappointingly no haggis however) … read all about it!

• We are providing access for adults to play at the club - ideal for parents who might want to enjoy the game their kids play or for anyone looking for a new interest - information via Coach Ebonie.

See you all at training!

Paul and the team