On Friday the 5th April Knutsford Squash Club held their 2012/13 end of season dinner which this year was celebrated by over 30 members and guests.

Steve O'Hare laid on a fine spread of food which in the culinary circles, within which he frequents is now considered legendry.  Outside of those circles it was still only Pea and Ham soup!

A witty ensemble followed by resident compare for the night Dave Waring, who thankfully had found time off from his duties as the public address announcer at Knutsford railway Station

The Trophy presentations were made and Congratulations to Liam for winning the 2012/13 Senior Closed Tournament beating Steve Costello and Gary Cashmore for beating Tony Hindley in the Plate.  As the cups were not claimed on the night Dave Waring has submitted to the Website Editor photos of him holding the trophies.

The respective Team Captains presented a witty account of the season and honours for Players of the Season were awarded:

4^th Team – Mike Walton

3^rd Team - Tim Slater

2^nd Team - Simon Whitaker

1^st Team – Chris Smith

The evening would not have been complete  without a call to the Team Manager in South Africa to wish him a Happy 60^th birthday.  It was considered rather rude that he did not take the call until we realised that it was 3 in the morning.

After the Low calorie dessert and the sudden appearance of 30 Yeager bombs the party dispersed, mainly by age to the Amber Lounge, Wine Bar and Gerard’s House.

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With effect from 8th April the Inner Squash door code will be changed.  The Code can be found on the Members Forum Page which is a secure page for Members only.

Members are reminded not to disclose the number to anybody other than a Squash Member as this will prejudice our own personal security and the clubs insurance.

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The Fab 4ths found their way to Prestbury scenting points from last-placed Prestbury 6. First to appear for the home side was Roy of the Lomas clan, so on went Gwyn at 2. It was only then that Prestbury's secret weapon was revealed - the Wall! Recently replaced, it suited hard hitters and was liable to make explosive noises if you hit it right! Gwyn served hard and drove hard, the Wall did its bit, and poor Roy had no answer mustering only 5 points. We started to plan for an early finish.

On came Chris 'I need to get away' against Geoff at 3. Geoff seemed ready to oblige him when coasting in the first, but Chris got to work on the Wall and Geoff eventually squeaked it 10-9. No alarms in the second as Geoff got used to the pace of the Wall, but the third was tight again, this time 10-9 to Chris. Geoff managed to cut the mistakes to comfortably take the fourth and the match.

Next up were the youngsters Matt (15) vs our Peter (17) and what a mature performance they gave! The first two games went narrowly to Matt, but Peter stormed back to take the third to 1 and the fourth to 4 as Matt's touch seemed to desert him . Could Peter pinch it? The fifth was tight again, Matt served tight and Peter was scrabbling recovery shots from the back corners. No lack of stamina from our man, but in the end he had to give best 6-9 - well played Peter, unlucky! And bang goes the early finish.

Our Matt  at 4 took on Linda and had few problems, serving and driving hard at the Wall, dropping only 3 points to seal the match and the tie.

Meanwhile on the back court Mike at 1 was cruising against Jane, surely playing out of order? No problems for Mike here, no explosive wall to put him off, and a comfortable win.

For Match Scores Click here

Please see the plate draw for the 2013 PLATE tournament.
 
Most of you have a bye into the QFs (sorry Dave and Will).
 
It is vital that the games are played as rapidly as possible to complete for team dinner - so the huge trophy can be awarded.
 
PLEASE CALL YOU OPPONENT TODAY OR ASAP to arrange.
(Im sorry for the rush but we only got the last scores in on Tuesday to enable the draw) 

LET ME KNOW SCORE OR IF YOU CANT/DONT WANT TO PLAY PLEASE FORFIET AND LET YOU OPPONENT/ME KNOW

 David