14 December 2006 
  • Monday night social doubles league and League Individual Tournament Update

  • Unfortunately, both these events have been postponed due to lack of entries.

December 2006 
  • Squash Player's raise money in memory of Ed Johnson

  • Dan Loton and Lee Carson will be participating in this season's football aid to raise money for charities in the memory of East Glos member Ed Johnson.

  • See http://www.eastglos.co.uk/members/footballaid/ for more information.

25 November 2006 
  • League Marking pads: Grafx have kindly agreed to sponsor the GSA over the next two years. New marking pads have been printed and are available for collection from Riverside. Please call the club to arrange collection of a box.

25 September 2006 
  • League Individual Tournament

  • The GSA used to run a league individual event...this involved players from each division playing a knockout event amongst themselves....in other words to give an opportunity for players in each league to see who is the best in their league and to play competitively against players from another club without being part of a team. This knockout event involves games organised between players on a strict play by date basis.

  • In its first year back we suggest an entry fee of £5 with a plate event to ensure a minimum of two games...This money to be used as prize money. A successful first year will lead to sponsorhip in future years and greater prize funds.

  • Entry forms are being sent out to all team captains via the clubs. Entries close by 6th October and additional entry forms can be requested via admin AT riversidesports.co.uk with contact name and address details. Please could all team captains encourage their players to enter this event. The more entries the better the event

25 September 2006 
  • Monday Night Social Doubles League

  • Entries are invited for a new social doubles league on monday nights.  Teams of 3 pairs...mens ladies or mixed, will play on a home and away basis. There will be no food requirement and match costs are to be incurred by the home team.

  • Entry forms have been sent to club organisers but to register a team direct contact Phil Taylor via email to admin AT riversidesports.co.uk. There is a registration fee of £10 per team payable to the GSA and forwarded to Phil Taylor, Riverside Sports, St Oswalds Road, Gloucester GL1 2TF. Please provide a contact name and address when e-mailing. Entries close October 6th.

February 25 2006 
  • See Peter Nicol play at Strings ...

  • The next Premier Squash League (PSL) Home Match at Strings Squash Club (Tewkesbury) is v Team Surrey on Tue 21st Feb at 7pm. This team boast Peter Nicol (Commonwealth Games Double Gold Medalist) and they have a strong team out against Strings.

  • Strings are currently joint top of the league and this is a crucial tie. Tickets are £8 to non members and are on sale now. Hurry they will sell out.

February 2006 
  • Cathy Spear

  • Message from Steve Kane

  • "You may not have heard, but Cathy Spear, former joint owner of tewkesbury squash club, died on saturday at 5am having lost the battle against cancer. Many players throughout the county enjoyed the hospitality they received at tewkesbury will want to know the sad news. A thanks giving service has been arranged at St. Giles church in Bredon. wednesday 8th February. Roger has asked for people to not send flowers, but all donations will be passed on to 'the league of friends of Tewkesbury Hospital'."

  • "This is a sad moment for all concerned with the club over the last 15 years"

30 October 2005 
  • Referee and Marking Evening with Bruce Kettle at Riverside on 30th October

  • A Refereeing and Marking Evening has been organised by Bruce Kettle [international referee] for 30th October, from 5.00pm a session will run for juniors and at 7.00pm a session for team players. Staged at Riverside , there will be on court situations involving crowd participation in decision making!! cost of £2 on night....a must for those league players who have not attended a course for at least 3 years as the GSA requires all players to have a current knowledge of the rules.

16 October 2005 
  • For those of you who have not heard, Bob Brown the GSA Secretary died suddenly on Monday 3rd October.

  • We would like to offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends at this sad time.

  • His funeral will be at 11.30am on Tuesday 18th October 2005 at St Matthews Church, Cainscross, Stroud.

25 September 2005 
  • Come and See National League Squash in Tewkesbury !

  • Starts 7pm this Tuesday, September 27th at Strings Squash and Fitness Club in Tewkesbury. Tickets available on the night, but please phone 01684 292340 to reserve yours. The home team line up includes local boys Ali Walker and Alex Stait. Tickets can be bought on the night but phone first to reserve a ticket. Children are welcome. All kinds of food will be available for supporters coming straight from work. 7pm kick off, dont be late. Come and support National Squash in Gloucestershire !

2 October 2005 
  • Team Captains - if you haven't entered your team details or registered your players on the website yet - then please do so now ! If you have any problems then please let me know.

16 September 2005 
  • There are fewer team entries this year for the winter leagues - so, any bright ideas for increasing the numbers for next season ? Are there any clubs or squash venues who could be chased for entries ? Please let us know if you have any thoughts on this ...

1 September 2005 
  • The new winter leagues will start the w/c 19th September. Teams that haven't yet either emailed or posted in their entries OR who haven't identified which divisions they would like their teams in - please contact me ASAP !!

  • There are currently only 9 teams entered into the premier division - any comments or suggestions for improving this situation ?

August 2005 
  • Squash Coaching for Juniors this Summer - see Gary Powell's Squash Wizards and Strings Squash Club webpages on this website for further information.

13 June 2005 
  • GSA AGM - many thanks to the few who attended.

25 May 2005 
  • Winter League 2004/05 Roll Of Honour

  • *** Premier Winners : David Cook’s “East Glos A” *** (Premier Runners up : Riverside A )

  • *** Division 1 Winners : Jerry Ballinger’s “Stroud A” *** (Division 1 Runners Up : Wotton A)

  • *** Division 2 Winners : Steve Kane’s “Strings C” *** (Division 2 Runners Up : East Glos D)

  • *** Division 3 Winners : Tony Jordan’s “East Glos E” *** (Division 3 Runners Up : Dowty Stav B)

  • *** Division 4 Winners : Tony Bank’s “Riverside F” *** (Division 4 Runners Up : East Glos G)

04 May 2005 
  • World Squash Day Recording Breaking Rally in Gloucestershire, see Gary Powell's Squash wizard pages to read more.

24 February 2005 
  • Gloucestershire County Closed Championships Review - In the mens vintage event (0-55) the current champion, John Turner (Glos Civil Service) successfully defended his title against Mike Critchley (Glos Civil Service) 9/3 10/8 9/3. In the Veterans event (0-45) Ginny Tejar again successfully defended his title but only by the narrowest of margins. Gary Powell pushed him all the way and in a final full of top quality squash lost 10/8 in the 5th game.

  • The men's main event the withdrawal of Alex Stait meant there would be a new Champion. Jonny Harford (Birmingham University), the new no1 seed had an easy run to the final beating Tom Elgood (East Glos) 9/1 9/0 9/0 and Rich Cannock (Riverside) 9/4 9/2 9/4. Robert Shepard the new no2 seed dismissed David Naish 9/2 9/0 9/2 but had a harder match in the semi-finals beating Phil Taylor (Riverside) 3/9 9/2 9/0 4/9 9/2.

  • In the final Jonny always looked the sharper player and took the first game 9/6. He then took the pace up to another level and won the next game in an impressive manner 9/0. In the final game Shepard put up more resistance but to no avail and Harford became the new County Champion winning 9/5.

  • Many thanks to all who entered , to the sponsors The County Group Cheltenham and to the referees who give up their weekend. Entries for this years' event were relatively poor with the ladies being pathetic with only one lady bothering to enter. This will not be the case next year when entry into the championships permits County representation at Inter County events.

  • Let's make next years' event bigger and better.....especially you ladies!!

24 February 2005 
  • County Closed - Next Season's Even - Phil Taylor has already fixed dates for next season's County Championships sponsored by the County Cheltenham Group.

  • The event will be held @ East Glos on 2nd, 3rd, 4th December 2005. Mens,Ladies,Vets (0-45), Vintage (0-55) entries are invited upto Fri 18th November. Entry fee of £15 payable to G.S.A forwarded with details of event entered, name, address,contact telephone numbers to Mr P.Taylor c/o Riverside Sports and Leisure Club, St Oswalds Road, Gloucester GL1 2TF.

  • Please note that entry into County Championships is a requirement in order to represent your County....ladies please be aware!!

  • Subject to there being 16+ entries in any event a plate event for 1st round losers will be organised.

  • Please keep 2nd, 3rd, 4th December 2005 free in your diaries and get your entries in at the earliest opportunity.

30 January 2005 
  • Cirencester Leisure Centre Squash Court - it looks as though the campaign to save the squash court has been successful. A big thank-you to everyone who contributed to the effort, and who signed the petition.

30 January 2005 
  • Cirencester Leisure Centre Squash Court - it looks as though the campaign to save the squash court has been successful. A big thank-you to everyone who contributed to the effort, and who signed the petition.

22 January 2005 
  • Cotswold, Cirencester Leisure Centre - Squash Court under threat !

  • Luke Packman reports ... We have been notified by our council that they intend to turn 1 of the 3 squash courts at the Sports Centre into extra gym space. As the 3 courts are the only council provided courts in their entire area as well as the only courts within 15 miles available to us we are petitioning against it.

  • This would have happened in the 1st week of January but luckily for us the gym equiptment ordered has not been delivered yet. This decision has not been discussed with any of the Sports Centre users and the first anyone knew about it was when our local paper published a story the day before Xmas eve! We feel that the council have been very underhand about the situation and want to show them the courts are a valued local resource.

16 January 2005 
  • Refereeing and Marking course @Riverside on Sunday 16th January from 7pm - 9pm (£2.00) run by Bruce Kettle. Can all players please note that they will be required to have attended a course by the start of next season.

21 December 2004 
  • Team Reps - You can now change the order of your team players (see the Team Reps> Team>Team Players> Change Team Order menu option). However, any change you make can be seen on the new Team> Player Changes webpage which logs every move !

  • Also, please ensure your team contact details and start times have been entered and are correct ! Email me (or look in the online help) if you don't know how to do this. I have received several emails from captains trying to contact other teams who haven't entered this info yet !

27 November 2004 
  • The 2003/04 season Division 1 winners plaque is at Riverside, can the team please contact Phil Taylor to arrange to collect - 07768 747 589.

19 November 2004 
  • Website Match Card: I have updated the online Match Card this evening - so you can now add reserve players into the team selection list. This means, there should be no more 'Unknown player' entries on submitted match cards - since if this option is still required a team has fielded an unregistered player and will forefeit match points. The reserve player selection lists appear below the reps comment box. These lists hold all players registered to a club. To add a reserve into the team selection lists, select the player in the reserve list and click the 'Add' button. The selected reserve will then appear in the bottom of the team selection list. You will now also find a {Walkover} option in the team player list should this be required.

  • New Website Page: you can now see your own match history - the new webpage is accessed via the Team>Players page.

7 November 2004 
  • Teams with HOME matches against Wycliffe B: Dave Morrish of Wycliffe B would like to inform the division 2 captains that unfortunately when his team is visiting you they will not be able to stay for the match meal. This is not an anti-social gesture - but due to the age of the team players. (Still, makes for a cheap night for the home team ...)

31 October 2004 
  • Teams playing at Tewkesbury Park: The wet side of Tewkesbury Park closes at 10pm which is attached to the changing rooms for the squash players. Several matches have over run (past 10pm) which is acceptable by management if the matches start on time. But several teams have been arriving at the club at the start of match time, rather than ready to go on court at match time. Please could all teams playing at the Park be ready to go on court at 7.30pm

  • Teams playing at Dowty Staverton: Dowty Staverton Squash Teams have to book food 2 weeks in advance as it is brought in from outside caterers. If any teams have players who have special dietary requests, i.e. vegetarian or allergies, we require notification a full 2 weeks ahead. We cannot provide any alternative on the night apart from a packet of crisps!

17 October 2004 
  • Match Start Times: Can team captains please ensure their team arrive at away fixtures on time, or if players are going to be late then please contact the home team captain prior to the match. Already this season, there have been several instances of players turning up very late and causing problems for home teams with court and meal times.

  • Can team reps please ensure their match start times are on their Team Details webpage - you can edit this entry from your team rep menu - or email me if you are having a problem finding how to do this.

01 October 2004 
  • FYI: Teams with Fixtures at Cotswold Leisure Centre: Message From Brian Smith : I think it would be advisable to tell all teams that when they are coming to the Cotswold Leisure Centre that they should allow enough time to park their cars. It is chaos at the moment as building works have started on the new Leisure Centre. This means that there is very little car parking available and teams may have to walk from the nearest Car Park in town (The Station Car Park). They will need to allow another 10 minutes. I mention this as the position will be poor throughout the season as the Leisure Centre gets very busy with other activities.

25 September 2004 
  • Where's the Table and Fixture menu options gone ?! - I've regrouped the menu options in a more 'logical' order - things to do with the selected team are all under the Team menu, and things to do with the selected division are under the Division menu. I've also added a new page - The 'Wanted' page - found under the Divisions menu, it lists all the match results not yet entered for the selected division. If you are the home team in this list - your're on the wanted list - so get and enter the result, before it's too late ... !

23 September 2004 
  • I've added the 'Team> Players' menu option so anyone can now view registered team player lists, and also the 'Help> Website User Manual' which contains information about how to find things on the website, and also how to go about entering match results.

  • Thanks for all the results which have been entered. I'll try and find a moment to correct the 'unknown players' in the fixture results - sometime soon.

21 September 2004 
  • Well, we've now got our first results on the website - well done to East Glos G (for winning the match, and working out how to enter your results - I wonder which was harder ?)

  • A big thank-you to all the team reps who have registered. If anyone from East Glos E, Stroud B, C, or Dowty Arle B reads this then can you please register a team rep - otherwise how are you going to enter your results ?

  • If you have any questions about how to enter results, then check out the Help> FAQs web page - I've put lots of possible questions I could think of (and their answers !) so hopefully yours might be amongst them.

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