Racquets Fitness Centre hosted their annual Christmas Graded Squash Tournament on Saturday 16th December, seeing 37 squash players of all ages and standards competing across 4 categories. The initial matches in the morning saw some very close contended games, which was a snippet of what was to come throughout the day. Well over 50 matches
Well done to the winning team at the Racquets Xmas Quiz Night on Friday 8th December 2017 pictured below. Thanks to Mike and Anne for a interesting spicy quiz. Thanks all for supporting, we raised over £200 for Cancer Research UK. Don’t forget to have a go on the hamper Xmas prize draw, also in
Ollie Cartwright’s commitment to encouraging others to play squash at Racquets Fitness Centre gets him shortlisted for Young Volunteer of the Year 2017 in the Oxfordshire Sports Awards. The average life of a 13-year-old will generally involve keeping up with mounds of homework, trying out every new after school club going and spending time on
We have been open as usual this morning but as very few members braved the snow so far we are closing at 1pm. So no squash club night later.
Well done to Chloe Marshall – winner of the Ladies Open Nottingham Racketball Tournament 2017 and to Simon Martin – winner of the Mens O45s.
RACE FOR LIFE COMPLETED AFTER LOSING 7 STONE – WELL DONE GEMMA Gemma accepts that she was always the bigger one from a very young age. A love of food and an aversion to exercise committed Gemma to a vicious cycle that ensured that by the time she was at University she was 21 stone.
Each term pupils from Barley Hill get the opportunity to learn how to play squash at Racquets Fitness Centre, and on Tuesday 7th November they got the chance to compete in their first tournament. A group of 12 year 5/6 pupils competed in a round-robin competition, putting their newly gained squash skills to the test.
If you would like to keep up with the Oxfordshire County Junior Squash scene – here is the latest November 2017 newsletter. Racquets juniors mentioned in this one : Ollie Cartwright (Under 15), Luke Hayes (Under 13), Alex Glover (Under 11), Artie Shrimpton (Under 11), Nick Harbour (Under 19). Thanks to Dale and Sue Tranter
The Racquets Xmas squash camps have been cancelled and replaced with Squash Drop-in Sessions for all standards 10am and 11am each day of next week 18th to 22nd December. For more information about drop-ins click here….. 11am – 4pm £20 per day gold members £25 per day other members / non-members Discount for siblings Coaching
Wednesday, 3rd January 2018 Our first One Day Tournament of 2018! Let’s start the new year with a BANG with competitive match play and the chance to play against new opponents. Games to be played and prizes to be won! All juniors of all standards, from beginners to advanced. It’s not an official England Sanctioned
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