News from the Club ...

Club celebrates three years !

On 1st March 2010, it had been three years since the Squash Club was established. In that time we have welcomed many new members and our junior coaching programmes have helped develop through some good and quite promising young players.

We have also developed this website and seen the introduction of our on-line booking arrangements - in the future we will look to tackle some sizable maintainence issues with the front wall on Court 2 and the changing areas.

Child Safety & Equity

The Squash Club fully supports and welcomes the work of its National Governing Body, Squash Wales, in the area of child safety and, as such, members and parents may be interested to see their recently issued Newsletter (January 2010) -"Child Safety - Our Priority"

Junior Coaching resumes !

After a weeks delay due to the extreme weather conditions and difficulties in accessing the Squash Club, the latest junior coaching programme commenced again on 20th January.

For more detail and to view the latest Lesson Plan, go to the -Juniors Page

Members are asked to continue exercising caution when accessing the Club during the threat of snow and icy conditions at the Sports Club.

Local Girls help carry the flag ...

There was a superb and quite unprecedented show of Welsh squash at the Swiss Junior Open over the weekend of 4 - 6 December and two of our Club members played a big part.
In a quite remarkable weekend, Welsh youngsters won five of the eight tiles being played for with Hannah Davies winning the Final of the Girls Under 17 event.
Emily Jones narrowly missed out on 11th place in the Girls Under 15 group .

To find out more and view pictures, go to the - Juniors Page

Juniors Christmas Tournament

A successful Junior Tournament took place on 2nd December with thanks to John Williams of By Product Services Ltd for his generous sponsorship.

For the results and to see our juniors, click here and go to the -Juniors Page

Treat yourself this New Year ...!

Orders are now being taken for good quality cotton polo shirts (navy or white) that will include the Club's logo. We will also be able to offer t-shirts in the latest performance materials, in mens and ladies fit (red, navy or white).

Prices start from £10 for adult sizes but, to try before you buy, contact Jim Tunley.

View the new shirts -Club's new polo shirt or

Club players excel at local tournament.

Over the weekend 20-22 November, a number of Club players took part in the North East Wales Open, hosted by The Saints Club, Prestatyn.

The highlight must go to Hannah Davies and her friend Tesni Evans (from Saints) who, in the Welsh overall rankings are 74th and 27th respectively, but took on and beat the Tournament's two top seeded players Jenny Wright (ranked 3 in Wales) and Beth Winstanley (6th). These superb performances took the North Wales pair to the Final where Tesni took the title.

Other players finished as follows -
Darren Lee - 6th in Section B
Mark Davies - 3rd in Section C
Darron Hewitt - 4th in Section D
Perry Shoemark - 9th in Section D, and
Thomas Hewitt - 4th in Section E.

Congratulations to all our players taking part.

To read a full report of the Tournament, click on the link -North East Wales Open

Equity Policy

The Wrexham Brymbo Squash Club Committee is keen to ensure all matters within the Club are treated with respect and fairness and, as such, have now formally acknowledged the Squash Wales model Equity Policy.

To view the Equity Policy, click on the link
-Equity Policy

Congratulations Hannah!

Over the weekend 29 October to 1 November, Hannah Davies provided a glimpse of her great potential by achieving a top four place in the Girls Under 17 section of the British Junior Closed Championships.
Sponsored by Tecnifibre, the Championships were held at the National Squash Centre in Manchester.

Hannah feels she could have done better and made it through to the Final, however, on behalf of the whole Club we congratulate her on this fine achievement.

See Hannah in action at the Championships -Hannah wins her Quarter Final match

2009-10 Squash Season

The current season commenced in September with representative teams in all three of the North Wales Leagues as well as Mens and Ladies Teams in the North West Counties Squash Leagues. Visit our Teams Page to see all of the fixtures.

February Internal Leagues

Members are encouraged to play all their monthly league matches and these are now posted on the website for access either using the link above or via the on-line booking system. Games are due to be played by Sunday, 7th March.

If there are any members who would like to join (or re-join) the leagues, please contact Jim Tunley.

Adult Coaching

The Club's popular adult group coaching programme held its last session just before Christmas 2009.

It is anticipated, however, that these will resume again later in January - we will consult members soon to see if we can hit on a time that will be more convenient for the majority.

Sessions are designed for individuals of all standards - they will be hard work but with an emphasis on fitness and fun !

Watch this space for further details or, contact either Mark Davies, Garry Fisher or Jim Tunley.

2009-2010 Memberships

At the Club's 2009 Annual General Meeting, it was agreed to hold the annual membership subscriptions with no further increase over last year.

A note of the meeting is available (see below).

Our membership year for 2009-2010 commenced on 1st June, with fees as follows:
Senior - £60
Junior (in full time education - £30 or £50 for 2 children from same family
Family (2 adults and children) - £90.

These subscriptions were due by 30 June.

Follow the link for a copy of theMembership Renewal Form

It was agreed, however, that the cost of a light card be increased from £2.00 to £3.00 for a 45 minute session - which still represents extremely good value.

A full note of the 2009 AGM meeting may be accessed using this link -
Our meetings

Squash Presentation Evening Success!

Thanks to all who supported the Squash Club at our 2009 Presentation Evening.

The evening acknowledged the achievements of our junior members with a presentation of awards from our sponsor, Club Member Darren Booth. We also announced four new awards relating to the recent Teams' season.

The following awards were made during the evening:

2008-09 Junior Tournament

Main Event Winner: Perry Shoemark

Runner Up – Alice Jones

3rd – Jason Slater.

Main Plate Event Winner: Edward Avery
Runner Up - Oliver Green
3rd - Jasmin Hughes.

Young Boys Event Winner: Thomas Hewitt
Runner Up - Luke Griffith

Plate Event Winner: Adam Cartwright

Runner Up - Edan Jackson

Young Girls Event Winner: Hannah Philpott

Runner Up - Natasha Jackson

See some of our Juniors using this link -Presentation Evening

2008 Club Handicap Tournament

Winner:Hannah Davies

Runner Up - Darron Hewitt

Third Place - John Roberts

Fourth Place - Garry Fisher

2008-09 Season Special Awards
Female Team Player of the Year - Alice Jones
Male Team Player of the Year - John Evans
Most Improved Junior Player of the Year - Perry Shoemark
Best Team Captain of the Year ! - Paul Gowing.

Congratulations to all our award winners !

On-line Booking continues following successful trial

The Squash Club Committee met on 23 April 2009 and has agreed to enter into an arrangement with HBI Consulting Ltd of Tunbridge Wells that will maintain the On-Line Booking system. This is both an important initiative and financial commitment for the Club and our thanks to those members who did respond with their views following the recent three month trial.

Only active (paid up) members of the Club will be able to book a court and this may be actioned through either a PC or a WAP enabled mobile phone. The instructions sent out in January are also available on the website. The website also includes the facility for members to amend any of their personal details but it is particularly important to ensure the system does show your correct e-mail address.

Please note that having booked (or cancelled) a squash court, the system will automatically issue an electronic no-reply confirmation of booking back to your e-mail address - as we will not have a link and touch screen at the Club, it is recommended that members keep these and take them to the Club, to avoid any confusion.

Access the system using the link above

Please remember, this system also allows members to view their position in the monthly leagues and provides appropriate contact details.

Calling all potential coaches . . .

Do you have what it takes to become a qualified squash coach - if so, your Club needs you!

Three Club members, Darron Hewitt, Llinos Evans and Hannah Davies recently attended a Level One coaching course at Holywell and each are due to be assessed later in March. Prior to assessment, they will have to take four coaching sessions under the supervision of another qualified coach, who will monitor their progress and provide mentoring support.

Hannah has also elected to take part in a Referee and Marker course, which again will be assessed later this year.

The Squash Club may be able to assist with necessary fees and mentoring but, if any Club member has an interest in committing to become a qualified coach, please chat it through first with Mark Davies.

Superb Final sees Hannah come through !

After some enforced delays to matches during this competition, sponsored by Darren Booth, there were two hard fought matched at the Semi Final stage on 6 February, but these were eclipsed in the Final.

Friday the 13th proved lucky for the Club with a brilliant final match in which the youth of Hannah Davies overcame the experience of Darron Hewitt.

Our congratulations to both players in getting through to this stage and for providing an excellent Final.

The winner's trophy will be presented to Hannah when we arrange an end of season social event at the Club.

Follow the link to see our FinalistsHannah & Darren with sponsor, Darren Booth

About our Club ....

Wrexham Brymbo Squash Club welcomes all levels of ability, from beginners to advanced.

The Club opened on 1st March 2007 and has two private, centrally-heated squash courts that are considered by many to be the best in the area. The Club fields six competitive teams: one mens and two ladies teams in the North West Counties Squash Leagues and three teams in the North Wales Squash Leagues, these also include some of the Club's promising Junior players.

Since the Club opened, we have seen a steady growth in our membership to both our senior and junior sections and we are most grateful to our sponsors, from the Sports Council for Wales along with the Directors of the Brymbo Sports and Social Complex, for allowing us to make this possible.

Through our Welsh SRA qualified coaches we have an active programme of junior coaching and practice sessions in the early evenings throughout the year.

This web site is integral to our on-going commitment to the development of Squash in Wrexham with the Club at Brymbo at the heart of programmes to encourage young people to play.

Congratulations ... our North Wales Juniors

Our rising stars at the Club, Hannah Davies, Llinos Evans and Emily Jones confirmed the positive force in North Wales junior squash as they competed in the most prestigious event in World Junior Squash, the British Junior Open Championships held at Sheffield over the weekend 2 - 6 January 2009.

Read more about the successful junior members at the Juniors Page