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Issue 1194
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2nd December 2021
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Squash team beat Fulwood Stocksbridge’s squash team played their third game of the season in the Sheffield & District League, matching last weeks comprehensive result by beating Fulwood 16-1. Sporting their new kit, Mark Wingfield & Aaron Alcock started off proceedings by both winning 3-0, although both matches had periods where the result could have been different, with Aaron in his own words ‘damn lucky’ by saving 9 game points to come through with the victory. Alex Timmins-Jones also secured a victory with a 3-1 win over their number 2 player. The most anticipated match of the evening came when Ed Walker played Lee Rose, both number 1 seeds. Lee used to play for Stocksbridge before moving to the other side of Sheffield a few years ago. Ed showed his class with a dominant performance, beating Lee 3-0 to secure the points for the team, with Lee being gracious in defeat. This meant that Stocksbridge
secured 16 points, which is the maximum. Stocksbridge have repeated this result two games in a row, to maintain a really good start to the season. Stocksbridge sit 4th in the table with a game in hand on the teams above them. After the match, both teams enjoyed the generous hospitality and fantastic curries of our new sponsor Rajasthan Spice on Manchester Road. League Points System There are 4 matches which are each best of 5 games. The players are seeded and will play the matching seed from the opponents team. 15 points are needed to win each game (or by 2 clear points, if the scores are level at 15 all) with a league point awarded for each game won. The winning
team is the one with the most games (or if a tie, the most aggregated points), with 4 bonus points for the winning team. For example, we won the match against Fulwood 12 games to 1.
Stocksbridge Squash hold an open night on Thursday 7pm to 9pm at Stocksbridge Community Leisure Centre and new players are always welcome. It’s £3 for members and £4 for non-members.
Speedway to reveal signings SHEFFIELD bosses are set to unveil their 2022 Premiership side for a second successive season in the top flight.
Rugby ready for mini tournament With another blank weekend & no rugby, Globe Holidays sponsored Stocksbridge Rugby will at last get some games in, by holding a mini tournament at Coal Pit Lane this weekend.
The club will reveal the full 1-7 next Wednesday night via their social media channels – and co-promoter Damien Bates has confirmed there will be new faces.
There are three teams involved with near neighbours Sheffield Oaks & Wakefield based Stanley Rodillians making up the triteam event. The first match will kick off at 1pm, weather permitting & this is an opportunity to get some rugby into some of the wider squad members to showcase their skills.
Bates and boss Simon Stead have spent several hours talking to riders since the end of last season. He said: “We’ve looked at many riders and our first focus was to keep some of the riders from last season. “We’ve then looked at several riders we feel can add to those we are keep- asz Musielak talking about coming ing to give us a strong team to com- back it has to be good news. I’m looking forward to it already.” pete in the Premiership again. “I have a good feeling about the league The club will be hosting an open day next year, even with only six teams, at Owlerton on Saturday March 4 behopefully that will increase going for- tween 10am-1pm. ward. 10 teams would be ideal. Co-promoter Julie Reading will be “Jason Doyle, the 2017 World Cham- on hand to sell season tickets and a pion, has already announced he will number of race worn race jackets and be back in the league and when you shirts used by guest riders will also be see riders like Max Fricke and Tobi- on sale.
“Season tickets will represent great value, particularly considering we are looking at extra meetings next season,” said Bates. “I think there’s a good vibe about the club right now and the feedback we had from our supporters was all very positive about last season. I think the fans will be very pleased with the riders we have come up with.”
The tournament is based on a 10 a side format & a shortened playing period, with rolling substitutions to keep everyone fresh. Club Captain, Adam Roles-Middlehurst said ‘ this is a great chance to get some quality rugby into the boys, there have been too many breaks in the fixture list for us to pick up any real momentum, so let’s hope the pitches are fit to play on’. There will be hot & cold refreshments available for spectators, with the Clubs ‘own recipe’ mulled wine likely to be on sale. There will be a trophy for the player of the tournament, & all are invited to the Club’s HQ on Manchester Road afterwards. Stocksbridge will return to League action on 11th December with a tough assignment away at table toppers Rotherham Phoenix before ending the Year with the ‘Christmas Jumper’ fixture at Coal Pit Lane against Hessle Rugby the week after. Supporters are asked to wear their Christmas Jumpers in support of the Club’s chosen charities, donations will be taken during the game.
Snow Stops Play at the Golf Club The heavy winds and snow put paid to any golf at Stocksbridge over the weekend. Beautiful, wintry snow scenes are no good for golfing and plenty of members at the Club had to find other ways to occupy themselves. However, there was some golf mid-week, before the wintry conditions set in.
On 24 November, the Dragons Section competed in Round 5 of the Seniors' Winter Cup. Stuart Roebuck (23), from Division 2, was the overall winner and by a clear margin with 41 points. Stuart played steadily across the whole round and
played particularly well over the last 7 holes. Robert Haythorne (18), from Division 1, was second with 38 points, starting well with a birdie on the first hole. John Sykes (17) also finished with 38 points, but lost out on countback to Robert.
The only other competition of the week was the Pro's Midweek 9-hole Stableford. Liam O'Sullivan (0), the Club's League Team Captain, won with 20 points, a very impressive score given that he had no handicap allowance. Liam's 9 holes included an eagle on the first hole and birdies on the fourth,
fifth and eighth. Liam's gross score of 33 was 2 under par and could have been better but for dropped shots on the second and seventh. Stuart Marsh (10), scored well with 19 points to clinch second place. There were then four players on 17 points - Ashley Nightingale (19), Mick Hulbert (5), Jon Bryan (12) and Eric Wilkinson (4) - but Ashley took third place on countback.
