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.