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End
of Season Report 2006
All
of Horsham's squash teams have completed their 2005/2006 season.
Horsham men's teams had one of their best season's ever.
The 1st team was strengthened by Ollie Pett and Vince Lawrence
playing at 1 and 3 this season and they certainly proved their
worth, going undefeated throughout the season. The team took
the lead early in Sussex League Division 1 and never looked back,
only losing 1 match all season. James Norman, Rachel
Willmott, Simon Keefe and Pip Johnson also contributed to the 1st
team's title winning season, putting in match winning performances
time and time again. Next season will be a different ball
game, as they go up into the Premier Division, where they will be
playing the likes of England ranked players, Stacey Ross and Tim
Vail.
The
men's 2nd team topped the Sussex Division 3 West by a commanding
44 points. The teams consisting of Nick Stafford, Roger
Hainsworth, Stuart Catterall and Chris Mason, started the season
poorly, losing the first match but bounced back strongly and went
through the rest of the season undefeated.
The
3rd team, with Kevin Taylor, Chris Mason, Michael Holding, Martin
Plews and Allan Edwards, playing in Sussex Division 4 West, had a
very strong first half of the season, winning 5 out of 7 matches
but the second half proved a different story, with only 2 wins and
left them finishing in 3rd place.
Finally,
the 4th team had a storming season, topping Division 6 West,
winning 15 out of the 16 matches. Alex Pett playing at no. 1
had an outstanding season, winning every match with only dropping
2 games out of the 54 he played. The rest of the team, Peter
Powell, Nigel Barnett, Les Lane and Ian Chance, kept the high
standard set by Alex up by only losing 7 rubbers between them
through the whole season. Next season will be tough though,
as the improved Alex Pett will be looking to play for the second
team and leave the 4th's looking for a new number 1.
Horsham
Ladies 2nd team ended their season with a good win against
Dunnings Mill 3rd team, winning 4-1. Trish Law won 3-1
having a blip in the second game, but won the other 3 games
convincingly 9-4, 9-2, 9-1 to take the win. Mandy Barnett
(9-3, 9-1, 9-3), Jenny Brown (9-4, 9-1, 9-3) and Bryony Johnson
(9-5, 9-6, 9-4) won convincingly 3-0 but Julie Stevens, although
fighting hard against her awkward opponent, lost 3-0.
Horsham
Ladies season ended with mixed results. The 1st team
struggled throughout the season, with many injuries and finally
had to withdraw. However, the 2nd team managed to stay at
the top of the table for most of the season but unfortunately were
toppled by Chichester 2nd team. Lancing also pipped them by
1 point, putting them into the third spot. The third team
also struggling at times put up a good fight to come 6th of the 7
teams.
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