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Squash on T.V in “The US Office”
“Doomsday” is the sixth episode of the eighth season of the American comedy television series The Office. During the episode Jim (John Krasinski) is tasked with tracking down Robert California (James Spader) at a squash court and intercepting a doomsday e-mails before Robert has a chance to view them. To distract him, Jim plays several games, demonstrating his complete lack of skill at squash.
Good to see that the character played by James Spader is using a Harrow Racket and wearing a Harrow shirt and Sneak shoes!
It would have been good to see ‘The UK Office’ version of Jim (Tim Canterbury) have to do this scene, as the character was played by Martin Freeman and he was actually very good at squash as a junior!
Sneak Squash Shoes
Polo Shirts
DLWE v Newlands – Away (Match Report) 20th November 2013
Playing at Newlands this season is almost like a home tie with all those teams in one Division! And not just in Division 1, as tonight we had 6 Newlands teams (numbers 2,3,4,5,7 & 8) all playing at home on 5 courts (one off which was also being used for a spin class) so with 0.8 courts per team it was looking like it could be a long night!
Sean (Norris) was on first at No. 5 against David Fallis and with the length of the rallies they were having, we expected this to go on for hours. However at the business end of each game David was in charge and he took all three of them. Good fighting performance from Sean and with a back problem as well, but David was just too difficult to put away.
I was on next and this tie was probably one of the few matches I thought I’d have a good chance of winning at No.2 (v Brendan Forrister). However after a massive 1st rally I was thinking the opposite and things didn’t get any better as Brendan wrestled the 1st game away from me.
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DLWE v Strathgryffe – Home (Match Report) 14th November 2013
When I looked at this fixture I couldn’t see a win for us. If we played a blinder maybe a 2-3 result could be on the cards along with some valuable points.
The normal Wednesday squash situation happened again this week with Strathgryffe having numbers 1 and 4 available and we had numbers 2, 3 and 5 ready to go! Any statisticians out there? What’s the percentage chance of a correct pairing turning up first to a squash match?(Answers on a postcard please!). So the first pairing ready to go were the number 1s and so Douglas Macmillan took to the court against Martin Woods.
The was a classic coach vs up-and-coming-player scenario and both men knew each other’s game to a certain extent. However the coach wasn’t taking things lightly and wanted to make sure that he controlled the game, which to a large extent he did.
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DLWE v SSRC – Away (Match Report) 7th November 2013
It looked like it was going to be a tough match last night against SSRC away and as I searched for my “Paul Hannah Solicitors” sponsored team top, I found it festering in the washing pile I thought this was a bad omen.
As I arrived at SSRC I noticed immediately a brand new carpet throughout the lounge, which is a light brown/creamy colour, so I gave my shoes a good wipe as I didn’t want to be the first to make a mark, but you’ll never guess who threw their drink over it later!
Sean Norris was on first against Chris Holt at No.4. Chris is No.1 in the over 50’s Masters age category so this was going to be a tough match for Sean. Like us, SSRC also had newly sponsored t-shirts (although not by Paul Hannah Solicitors!!) and after they had some team photos – which Sean somehow managed to get in (?) – we were off.
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Edinburgh Sports Club Junior Open 14th & 15th December
World Squash Championship 2013: BBC to show tournament
The 2013 World Squash Championship will be shown on the BBC from the quarter-final stage.
Nick Matthew and James Willstrop are two of the British competitors featuring in the event which begins on 26 October and runs to 3 November.
The BBC Sport website will show the quarter-finals and semi-finals live.
The final will be aired on the Red Button and also on the BBC Sport website and connected TVs with a highlights programme on BBC Two.
DLWE v Glasgow Uni – Away (Match Report) 23rd October 2013
Well this match against Glasgow University was always going to be a real 6 pointer! And it was away as well which means we had to play on those really strange courts. But what do you know the courts have been refurbished so all my excuses were out of the window!
I was on first this week against a fit looking bloke from Hong Kong called Alfa Au (where do teams pick up these guys from, out of nowhere?). He was wearing bright orange shoes and a luminous yellow top so I thought “If you’ve got the bottle to wear that you must be a decent player!” and as our number 5 said ‘He has the best knock up I’ve ever seen!’. But I know I can be quite a handful to play against if you’ve never seen my game before (don’t laugh that’s very rude!!).
I was able to move Alfa well, especially to the front and this gave me the advantage in the 1st game as all my drops were tight. So first blood to me but I felt far from confident as Alfa looked like a really dangerous player. The second was even tougher and I had to move much quicker has Alfa was reading my drops now. But hang on! He was now wearing red shoes!?! Maybe he had some traffic light system going on? I managed to sneak the second game, but needed to concentrate hard to do it.
I was now fully expecting Alfa to be wearing green shoes in the third game; maybe it was a distraction tactic! The third was another tough game and once again I really needed to focus. Alfa didn’t speak much English, but when he tinned an easy drop at 8-6 up he certainly knew that s**t was the correct thing to say! Fortunately I managed to shore things up just at the right moment to sneak back into the game and then win the match 3-0. I was delighted with this win as I think Alfa will be a real handful when he gets a bit fitter (especially if he works my game out! Stop laughing!!)
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Scottish Squash Job Anyone?
The closing date for the two salaried roles of
(a) Coach Education and Development Manager and
(b) Regional Development Manager (West)
is now Friday the 1st November 2013.
All applications received to date will be considered.
Details have been updated on the SSRL web site at:
http://www.scottishsquash.org.uk/index.php/home/get-involved-job-opp
2013 U.S.Open in Philly
Greg and Nicol take the U.S. Open titles in Philly!
The finals on Friday night saw some great squash with a really exciting 3-2 in the W.S.A. women’s event and a master class in the P.S.A. men’s event.
http://www.usopensquash.com says:
What a women’s final to mark the first ever World series event to offer equal prize money for the women and the men!
It was a meeting of the world No. 1 and world No. 2 and Nicol David retained her U.S. Open title with a thrilling five-game victory over Laura Massaro—eighty-four minutes of captivating play that could have been choreographed to say to to the men’s finalists “follow that if you can!”
What followed was a masterful performance from Gregory Gaultier as the French top seed added to his U.S. Open title of 2006 with a straight games win over Nick Matthew, the third seed and 2007 champion.
Picture left shows Harrow’s James Simpson take on the Number 2 seed James Wilstrop in the 1st round.
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To see the women’s U.S. Open draw click here
DLWE v Western 1 – Home (Match Report) 9th October 2013
Another tough night in the West 1st Division, as DLWE (sponsored by Paul Hannah Solicitors) lined up against Western 1.
The number 3s played early and I missed this one, but apparently Captain Cantlay had another hum-dinger. He played Andy Phillips at number 3 and just like last week was 2 love up and just like last week got reeled in and eventually lost 3-2. In an inspiring speech Richard declared “It’s easy to get 2 points in this position” and that’s what he expected from the rest of the lads! I’d like to thank Andy for giving him a two game start. The cheque’s in the post Andy!
Sean was on next against a brand new player from Singapore called Earnest. He looked a bit handy to say the least. He’s got a strange game with loads of lobs and drops and he’s also really quick to the front. Sean played into his hands to a certain extent giving him easy volleys, but I think Earnest is going to be a real handful against many players. So 3 love to Western.
Big David Craig went on next against Paul Robson at number 5. David is a different player this season as he is actually warming up before the match and this is proving massively effective as he’s now winning early games. He took the match to Paul and played really well to go 2 love up. But there’s always something to improve on in sport and now Dave needs to be able to finish a match. He started to tire in the third and Paul started to play better and this carried on all the way to the 5th game when a shattered David finally lost to an ever improving Paul. However both players put a good shift in and will sleep well tonight (in fact Paul had a quick kip behind the courts later on, while watching the No.1s!).
As that game was finishing I went on at number 2 against Peter Halliday. Now I knew in my heart of hearts that Peter was too good for me these days, judging by some of his results, however……………
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