News
O45 team get promoted.
Mens County O-45 team shock the squash world and are promoted to Division One. · Team: Glenn Ward, Gary Candlish, Ken Landsbury, Tony Bisset, Alan Coates. The squash world is still reeling from the news that over the weekend of 28th /29th January in Leicester, a cobbled up O-45 team from Northumbria finished 2nd in ... read full story
REST IN PEACE – Steve Lindsay
REST IN PEACE – Steve Lindsay. Sad news, Steve Lindsay passed away on Saturday 28th of January after losing his battle with cancer. Steve was well known by many Squash players in Northumbria and further a field. His enthusiasm for the game was second to none. Steve represented the county as a player and coached ... read full story
Senior County Closed 2012
The Newly refurbished Northern Squash Club was the host of Northumbria County Closed 2012. Over the weekend 13th-15th January almost 50 players competed over 4 events. The Mens entries were led by defending chamion Dave Barnett and Samantha Ward was the ladies defending champion and top seed. There were also ‘B’ and ‘C’ events. There ... read full story
Northumbrians at BJO
The British Junior Open took place from 2nd-6th of January in Sheffield. In previous years the county has had only 2-3 representatives as entries are limited and only the higher ranked players can get in, this time around Northumbria had 8 entrants competing against the very best the world has to offer. The tournament was ... read full story
League Mid-Season Report
Northumbria Squash Leagues Mid-Season Report 2011/12 Squash in the north-east continues to flourish with 67 men’s and 16 women’s teams competing in this season’s regional leagues. Each team consists of 5 players seeded from 1 to 5 in order of ability, playing against opponents usually on a weekday night or over the weekend. Matches are ... read full story
Le Roux and Perry take Northumbria Open titles
The Northumberland Club was host to the first NORTHUMBRIA SENIOR OPEN and the crowds were treated to some high level squash from professionals coming from far and wide to fight it out for the title. The Mens Open entries were topped by Joel Hinds (world ranked 84) and Shaun Le Roux (world ranked 90). The final ... read full story
North of England Junior Open
Almost 100 juniors played at the Northumberland Club in Jesmond on the weekend 19th-20th of November competing at the North of England Open. With boys and girls events from under 11 to under 17 there were 8 titles up for grabs. The winner of the boys under 11 event was unseeded yorkshire player Harry Anderson. Anderson beat ... read full story
Mattimore wins Abbeydale Silver event.
Northerns Michael Mattimore had a huge break through winning a Silver standard England squash event in Abbeydale, Sheffield. Mattimore is ranked in Englands top 20 at under 13 level but has until now only threatened to break through amongst the very best and he did so emphatically. On his way to victory Mattimore beat number ... read full story
Promotion Group for Over 55′s
We have waited a long time but at last a home fixture for us at the Northumberland Club for the 055 inter-counties between Northumbria, Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire 2. On this occasion we were able to involve 9 players who had previously supported the team on various trips over the past 5 years. First match ... read full story
Six Top 10 finishes at Junior nationals
Many Northumbrian juniors competed at the national championships in Manchester from the 27th-30th of October. In the recent past we have had National champions with Lucy Beecroft last year and Kimberley Hay not too long ago but the performance this year from many of our juniors shows us that Northumbria have players competing at a ... read full story
