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By Greg, on March 28th, 2017 
Another exciting finish to the annual Winter League squash season. This year featured spirited and competitive play and deciding matches at virtually every roster position.
In the consolation round Mike Brennan’s Dragons won 3 of 4 five set matches over Matt O’Connor’s Suns including 2 where the Dragon player was down 0-2 in games. Overall the Dragons went 6-3 over the Suns. In perhaps the most thrilling match of the season Dragons Palmer Higgins took Suns sub Barrett Takesian to 5 games of exquisite squash that only 2 seasoned former college squash teammates could produce. Further drama came at 10 all in the 5th when a diving attempt to return a shot forced a 5 min injury timeout. Barrett held on and won 12-10 in the 5th.
In the Championship match Doug Worthley’s Lions were too strong for Harvey Klugman’s Stags. The Lions won 6-3 behind strong showings by Tom Hambrick, Hawley Strait, Ken Farber and Liz Crane.
Congratulations to all players!
By Greg, on March 16th, 2017 Each year we are delighted when members of the Bates College Squash team come to Portland for an informal clinic. After a snow cancellation in February we are fortunate to have a number of players coming to Portland Community Squash this Saturday:
- What: Squash Clinic, Exhibition, Q&A
- Where: Portland Community Squash, 66 Noyes Stree, Portland, Maine
- When: Saturday, March 18th from Noon until 2:30pm
- Who is invited: Juniors, Adults, others
- Admission is free
- Format: Typically we have the players go through a quick warmup and then they’ll play a bit on the courts. This will be a combination of just doing drills and actual game play. We’ll move in to an informal clinic where we’ll have members of the team on court with groups of interested players sorted loosely by ability and/or age. We’ll also try to have dedicated time for Q&A in one of the classrooms. These young men and women are wonderful people with diverse and interesting backgrounds and love to talk about Bates and squash!
Please come join us for this annual event and see some of the best squash players in the country. Seeing them on the court and hitting balls is thrilling and exciting and you’ll gain new insight into the game and how it is played!
By Greg, on February 15th, 2017 Don’t miss this great opportunity to see the finest young squash players in the country compete for the College Squash Association’s Men’s Team Nationals this weekend at Harvard.
SquashTV is livestreaming throughout the weekend (Starts Friday, February 17 through Sunday February 19th) and you may watch for FREE!
See College Squash Association’s article
CSA page with draws and divisions including live scoring
By Greg, on February 11th, 2017 The 2017 Maine State Championship tournament entry deadline has been extended until Wednesday.
Signup and information available here.
By Greg, on January 27th, 2017 2017 Maine State Squash Championship
The Maine State Squash Championship is hosted by mainesquash.com for the enjoyment of all squash players in and near Maine and to encourage participation in the sport of squash.
Age Divisions:
Girls U19, Boys U19, M50+, M65+ , W50+, W65+
Skill Divisions:
M2.5 , M3.5 , M4.5 , M5.5, W2.5, W3.5
Tournament Director:
Greg Born – born.greg@gmail.com – 207-671-9811
Information:
- $40 Entry fee (Non US Squash members add $15 tournament fee = total $55)
- Open to all players
- Entry fee allows you to play up to 2 divisions
- Women can play in Men’s Divisions
- You should avoid playing below your US Squash rating – if you are a 3.6, do not play in the 3.5, play in the 4.5
- All matches except finals are self-scheduled and played at mutually agreed upon times and venues (players are responsible for paying any membership or day use charges for playing matches)
- Finals will be played Thursday, April 27th, at Portland Community Squash 6PM – 9PM. The finals events will be combined with our end of year Celebration of Squash.
- You will receive an email with your opponent and contact information at the beginning of each round
- We will try to make all events double elimination or round robin. The goal is to play squash and have fun!
- All players will need to sign a release prior to participation. Minors will need parental permission and a signed release prior to participation.
- Tournament Director may make changes to tournament divisions, consolidate divisions and move players around within and between divisions.
- Tournament Director’s decisions are final.
- PDF Entry form: http://www.mainesquash.com/2017entry.pdf
- US Squash Tournament page: https://modules.ussquash.com/ssm/pages/tournaments/information.asp?Tournament_id=7668
- Mandatory event registration form: https://goo.gl/forms/O3MakQwYWUybnix73
Timeline:
Registration Window: January 27rd – February 15th at 6 PM
Round One Matches: February 16th- March 5th
Round Two Matches: March 6th – March 22nd
Round Three (quarterfinals) Matches: March 23th – April 5th
Round Four (semifinals) Matches: April 6th – April 23rd
Finals Night + End of Year Squash Party: Thursday, April 27th, Portland Community Squash 6PM – 9PM
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Portland Community Squash
YMCA of Southern Maine (Portland Branch)
Where to Play, Racquets and Equipment
Local College and Pro Squash links
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