Our 2019 Forbes Squash Open on March 15 and 16 was the 10th and a great success, with 70 enthusiastic competitors traveling from as far as Sydney, Wyong and many other locations.
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The men's competition consisted of five divisions; Open, State, A, B, and C. The ladies played over four divisions; Open, A, B and C.
The format mostly involved timed events with a five minute warm up followed by play lasting a gruelling 25 minutes with no breaks.
Two exceptions were the Open grade finals, a best of five sets to 11 points with a margin of two.
The men's final was between top seeds Michael Bolton and David Hunt, Sydney based players and regular entrants in our Open.
Their match was a full, five sets of action packed squash with precision shots and amazing touch strokes a feast for spectators as David won the first set 11-7. Michael returned fire and quickly tied it to one set all. Mike then lost set three 9-11 but surged ahead in the fourth taking that 11-2.
The final set was tight. It was five points all but two errors by Dave gave Mike the opening he needed and he pulled away winning the fifth set 11 points to 7.
Ladies Open final winner was Georgie Lane of Dunedoo with Tracey Taylor of Grenfell runner up.
Georgie was in form and played deep, keeping Tracey well back while placing shorter shots in front. Final scores were 11-9, 11-0, 11-8.
Other prize winners were Men's State division final won by Jack Baker from Cowra with 52 points and Zane Southwell also of Cowra, runner up on 42.
Mens A final was won by Clint Ridley of Burcher with 39 points and runner up Tom Strechly of Parkes on 34. This was Clint's first A grade final.
Ladies A final was won by Jemma Besant scoring 60 with her sister Haylee Besant runner up, 56.
Mens B final was won by Nick Ridley of Condobolin with Mark Webb of Forbes runner up. Ladies B final was won by Lisa Toole formerly of Forbes now Wagga with 58 points, runner up being Donna Lane from Dunedoo on 52.
Mens C final was won by Will Maloney of Bathurst with 78 points to Mitchell Foords 35 of Bathurst. Ladies C final was won by Bianca Lyons of Grenfell with Holly McColl of Wagga runner up.
Forbes Squash Club returns to court this week. Our grading meeting was held last night to determine player rankings based on grading nights last week and our recent Summer Comp results.
Two separate competitions on Wednesday and Thursday nights will be played over 10 weeks beginning on March 27. Starting times are 6pm. For further information contact Club President Darryn Piper: 0417 084 954.
