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Juniors Page
** News **
July 2010 Junior Coaching during holidays During the summer holidays, that is from the week ending 16th July, it is intended that all group and individual coaching should take a break - watch this space for details of the new arrangements from September.
Please note, the Wednesday supervised drop-in sessions have now concluded and thank you to those juniors who participated.
April 2010 19th in Europe !
Congratulations to Hannah Davies on achieving this fine placing in her first European Championship in Vienna. Just turned 17 years, Hannah has done well as she moves into the stronger Under 19 group. LATEST NEWS - The Welsh Team have made it through to the Final after beating France 2-1. A very strong England Team come through to win the European Championship in Vienna, with Wales in second place, France in third and the Czech Republic in fourth position.
March 2010 Midtown Open - our juniors do well. Some of our juniors played in the recent Midtown Open Tournament at Deeside and here is how they got on -
Well done to everyone.
Marchwiel Deiniol Primary School - a second group Following their successful visit to the Club with Year 4 pupils last September, we hosted a taster session for Year 5 pupils from the Deiniol Primary School on 17th March.
Our thanks for a super morning to coaches Johnny Jones and Margaret Meadowcroft, the Class Teacher, Miss Beynon, Headteacher, Mr Terry Walker and, of course, the young people for their part in this latest taster session, run as part of the Wrexham Schools Squash Programme.
The two-hour session comprised all of the twenty Year 5 pupils taking part in a range of skills and fitness fun exercises. As a follow-up, all will soon be invited back to the Club for a more squash specific session after which we hope that some will want to continue with coaching. Well done to everyone for a superb session.
Follow the link to see the Marchwiel youngsters with their Teacher and Coaches:Year 5 pupils
Achievements at Welsh Junior Open Four juniors from the Club have travelled down to Cardiff this last weekend (12 - 14 March) to take part in Wales' premier junior squash tournament, a European Grand Prix event.
All our players did really well and congratulation to them on their weekend.
Well done in particular to Hannah on winning her Welsh Junior Open title, this is a tremendous achievement.
February 2010 An excellent weekend in ... Lille Hannah Davies competed in the French Junior Open Squash Championships last weekend as part of a strong North Wales contingent and made it through to the Final of the Girls Under 17 event.
Over 4 days of intensive squash, the Welsh players achieved some great results. Hannah was Runner-up in the Girls U17 event, this following an epic semi-final battle with Katie Smith (England) which went all the way in the 5th game - 12 points to 10.
In the Final Hannah lost out to local French girl, Melissa Alves, but she was pleased with her work in a tournament which had a bigger and much stronger field than the Swiss Junior Open Tournament she won back in December last year.
Other notable Welsh achievements came in the Under 13 girls where Lowri Roberts and Elin Harlow met in the 3rd /4th playoff, with Lowri just coming out on top this time.
Hannah with her French Open Runner-Up Trophy
An excellent weekend in ... Bangor Thomas Hewitt played in the Gwynedd Junior Open at Bangor over the weekend of 13 - 14th February to reach the Final in both the Under 11 and Under 13 events, beating two Under 13 boys to get there.
ASDA initiative starts The ASDA Sporting Chance 2010 initiative starts this half term and the Squash Club has been asked to take part.
Under 11 Squash gets stronger ! The good work that goes on at Club and regional level in North Wales through Development Squads continues from strength to strength - that's the word from Squash Wales:
January 2010 New Junior Squash Lesson Plan The Club's latest Lesson Plan is now available to view - just follow the link:
Junior Coaching starts again ! Following the weather delay, Junior Coaching has now started again at the Club each Wednesday early evenings, with three 45 minute sessions starting at 4.45 pm.
Current groupings are as follows: 4:45 Edan & Natasha Jackson - Joe & Nia Johnson Isobel Griffith Rebecca Parrish Rebecca Thomas Ellie & Lucy Griffiths
If you have a junior who would like to start with some coaching, please contact Mark Davies [see Contact Us & Links page for details] for further information.
Youth Test Series Hannah Davies travelled to Edinburgh over the weekend 16-17 January, as part of a Welsh Team playing in the Youth (Under 20/18) Test Series.
Wales came third in the Under 20s group to Scotland, then England, while in the Under 18s series, Wales came second to England. Home Countries Youth Test Series
Tough British Junior Open for local girls Hannah Davies and Emily Jones played in Sheffield over the weekend 2nd - 6th January in the prestigious British Junior Open. This Tournament, effectively, is the World Championships of Junior Squash and was dominated in all categories by young Egyptian players. You can follow the link below to view the final results.
Our two local girls faired differently - Hannah did really well to finish the Girls Under 17 competition in 22nd place; while Emily lost her first round Girls Under 15 match in five sets but then had to leave the Tournament through injury.
December 2009 North Wales Juniors excel at Swiss Open Hannah Davies and Emily Jones were part of a strong North Wales contingent at the 2009 Swiss Junior Open that took place over the weekend 4-6 December at Langnan am Albis, Nr Zurich.
Organised through the European Squash Federation, the North Wales Squad also included Emyr Evans, Alex Pendleton, Sam Griffith and Tesni Evans.
To check out all of the results, just click on the link -
** UPDATE ** On Sunday, 6th December, Hannah went on to win the Swiss Open Girls Under 17 Final beating a French girl, Oxane Ah-Hu. [11-4, 6-11, 11-5, 12-10]
Earlier that same morning, Emily narrowly missed out in the play off for 11th place, in the Girls Under 15 event. She lost to Gabriella Caoasi from Hungary [11-8, 11-9, 5-11, 9-11, 7-11].
Welsh squash was rewarded with five of the eight Swiss titles being played for - an amazing weekend.
2009 Juniors Christmas Tournament A super evening with some excellent games of squash from our younger players.
Thanks from the Club to all parents for their on-going support and for the refreshments brought along. Thanks also to John Williams, our sponsor, who made the presentations, to members of the Coaching Team for their work in developing our juniors and finally to Margaret Meadowcroft for her superb organisation.
The results: Group One - Winner: Perry Shoemark. Runner-Up: Alice Jones. Third: Joseph Newnes. Fourth: Aled Goddard. Group Two - Winner: Luke Griffiths. Runner-Up: Owen Platt. Third: Ryan Davies. Fourth: Harley Steel. Group Three - Winner: Hannah Philpot. Runner-Up: Natasha Jackson. Third: Nia Johnson. Fourth: Rebecca Parish.
Well done to all of our Juniors in taking part and playing some very good games.
2009 Christmas Tournament Players
November 2009 British Junior Closed Championships Our congrastulations to Hannah Davies who did so well in the National Squash Centre, Machester over the weekend 29th October to 1st November.
Hannah at the British Junior Championships
Hannah with Tesni Evans (Saints)at the British Junior Championships
North Wales Under 11s The Coaches report an excellent response from all of the Wrexham players involved with the North East Wales Under 11 Squad at their recent training session at Deeside.
Everyone enjoyed the challenges and we are fortunate to have some real talent within this squad from our Club - well done to all concerned and keep up the good work !
Dream comes true for John ! For John Evans, one of the Club's most promising young players, it was a day to remember as he meets up with two of his childhood stars.
Click the following link -
October 2009 Our Juniors making the grade ! We are delighted to report the Club's coaching programmes have been rewarded by our Juniors achieving the following successes.
[1] From our younger players at the Club, some have been selected for the Under 11 North East Wales Squad. Here they will receive additional coaching at Deeside Leisure until March 2010, playing with Juniors from Flintshire and Denbighshire.
Wrexham Brymbo coaches Mark Davies & Margaret Meadowcroft have been asked to take the sessions.
[2] Six players, Thomas Hewitt, Hannah Philpot, Luke Griffith, Morgan Williams, Harley Steele, Owen Platt and Benji Parrish (some of who have previously taken part in the Under 11 North East Wales Squad) have been selected to join the Under 11 North East Wales Talent Identification Squad to be held in the Saints Squash Club Prestatyn.
[3] The Area Performance Centre is a mixture of, generally, our older junior players. This squad is based on players from Denbighshire and Wrexham with sessions held in Prestatyn on Wednesday nights.
Congratulations and best wishes to all our junior players.
Juniors excel at Inter County matches Over the weekend 10/11th October, Hannah Davies & Llinos Evans played for North Wales Inter Counties Under 19 Team against Cheshire and Lancashire, both winning their matches.
Over the same weekend, Emily Jones played for the North Wales Under 15 side against Cheshire, Lancashire, & Leicestershire. This Team were also overall winners of their series, with Emily winning one and losing two matches.
Wrexham Brymbo coaches Mark Davies & Margaret Meadowcroft were selected to coach the two successful teams over the weekend.
Meanwhile, Perry Shoemark played for the North Wales Under 15 Boys Team against Merseyside, Lancashire and Cumbria, playing in two of the matches and winning both. Other team members were Emyr Evans Alex Pendleton and George Thomas (from Saints).
Congratulations to all players - the Club is proud of your achievements.
Acceptable Behaviour .... At the start of a new season, all are reminded of the Club's Acceptable Behaviouer Code for our Junior Members; this is particularly important when selected to represent our Club at Performance Centre or matches.
Acceptable Behaviour Code for all Junior Members
September 2009 Marchwiel Deiniol Primary School .... Thanks to all staff and parents involved with this latest taster session as part of the Wrexham Schools Squash Programme, particulary the young stars from the Deiniol Primary School.
A group of twenty youngsters, all Year 4 pupils at the School, were superb as they took part in a range of skills and fitness fun exercises. All have been invited back to the Club for a more specific squash session and we hope that some will want to continue with coaching.
Follow the link to see the Marchwiel youngsters with their Coaches:Year 4 pupils
June 2009 Developing Junior Squash The Club has been heavily involved with Under 11 squads held in Deeside over the four week period in June, with players coming from Flintshire, Denbighshire and Wrexham.
Follow the link to see our Under 11 squad of players:North Wales Under 11 Squad
May 2009 Schools Squash Programme Always on the look out for our future stars, we visit Wat's Dyke Primary School in Garden Village as part of the Club's Mini Squash Programme, run in association with Squash Wales.
Mini Squash visits Wat's Dyke Primary School
Junior Tournament success! Congratulations to all our juniors who took part in the 2009 End of Season Tournament on Saturday, 16th May.
Tournament Results Main Event - Winner: Perry Shoemark; Runner Up Alice Jones; 3rd Jason Slater
Follow the link to see some of our future stars!Junior Tournament
Thomas excels at Bethesda Congratulations to Thomas Hewitt on his superb 2nd place in the Under 11s competition at the Bethesda Open Squash Tournament.
European Team Championships 7 - 10 May Congratulations also to Hannah Davies on her selection as part of the Welsh Under 17s Team competing at the European Championships in Girona, Spain.
Our Junior Squash Structure & National Squads The Club's squash coaching programmes are geared to Squash Wales structures - to view these, follow the link:Junior Coaching Structures
April 2009 Superb Tournament win for Perry Congratulations to Perry Shoemark who continues an excellent March & April not only representing North East Wales in the English Under 13 Boys Inter Counties Team, finishing a creditable 4th in the finals weekend in Northamptonshire, but in also claiming his first tournament victory.
Follow the link to see Perry following his victory:Perry Shoemark
Our other juniors played well in the Midtown Open Tournament and congratulations are also sent to the following:
March 2009 Friendly Match v. Llanfyllin. The Wrexham Brymbo Juniors played host to a team from Llanfyllin on 29th March with Hannah Philpott, Jasmin Hughes, Joseph Newnes, Thomas Hewitt, Aled Goddard and Edward Avery representing our Club.
January 2009 Inter Counties Matches. The Club had three representatives in the Girls Inter Counties matches over the weekend 24 / 25 January. Our thanks to Margaret Meadowcroft who travelled up to Newcastle with the North Wales Under 19 girls, however, due to an unfortunate late withdrawl by one of the girls the Team was always going have a tough time. Playing teams from Yorkshire & Northumbria, Hannah Davies and Llinos Evans both performed really well (considering Llinos was suffering with a back injury) with Hannah winning her two matches.
The same weekend, Mark Davies travelled to Barnsley with the North Wales Under 15 girls Team which includes Wrexham Brymbo's Emily Jones. The North Wales Team lost to Northumbria & Yorkshire but did well to beat Lancashire. Well done to Emily who played particulary well at No.1 in the Team against very strong opposition.
Home Internationals Hannah Davies represented Wales in the Under 18 Home International test matches in Cardiff over the weekend 17 / 18 January and won 3 out of her 4 matches. In one match she beat the English No 5 Under 17 girl Lucy Townly in a very exciting 5 set match; a girl Hannah had not beaten before.
Local players at the 2009 British Open The British Junior Open is the most prestigious and longest-established junior open on the world calendar and attracts up to 500 of the very best players from all over the world - it is considered to be the World Championships of Junior Squash.
Four local girls flew the North Wales flag at Sheffield over the weekend 2nd to 6th
January - Llinos Evans, Hannah Davies, Emily Jones (all Wrexham Brymbo) and Tesni Evans (Prestatyn) and they did us proud.
Llinos Evans, also in the U17 girls, was in her first British Open and finished 28th. Llinos came up against the No 2 seed from USA early on, an extremely strong player who reached the semi final. Llinos continued to perform well in further matches. Well done to all our North Wales players.
December 2008 Swiss success finishes 2008 in style Wrexham starlet Hannah Davies confirmed her climb into the European elite by reaching the final of the girls U17s event at the Swiss Junior Open in Zurich on 5th December.
The 16 year-old Wrexham Brymbo Squash Club and Stars Academy member, who was recently ranked number 16 in Europe in her age group, more than justified her status with another impressive performance that carried her to the finals.
Hannahs run of successes was halted when she lost 3-0 to her fellow Stars Academy team-mate, Tesni Evans.
Another Club member, Emily Jones, was part of the flourishing Stars Academy contingent that returned to North East Wales with two winners, five finalists and seven places in the quarter-finals.
November 2008 Inter County debut for John Congratulations to Junior Club member John Evans who made his senior Inter County debut at the end of November, for North Wales against Merseyside. Although John narrowly lost his match 3 2. he is certainly playing extremely well at the moment and is beating many of the more experienced players in the Club.
Local Girls excel in Belgium Three of our juniors competed with Squash Wales in the Belgium Open over the weekend 1-2 November. Hannah Davies finished 8th having had a real chance to beat the number 2 seed, Andrea Malinova (Slovakia) in the quarter final. If Hannah had made it through, she would have played fellow North Wales player and close friend, Tesni Evans from Prestatyn. Tesni went on to take the Belgium title, beating the number one seed from France, 12-10 in the fifth set.
This shows real strength in North Wales Junior Squash and our congratulations to both young ladies.
Llinos Evans and Emily Jones also made the trip to Belgium and performed very well against strong opposition - both will have gained valuable experience which will hold them in good stead for the future.
Area Performance Centre On 9 November, the Club hosted an Area Performance Centre with Coach Andrew Evans as well as the Brymbo Coaches. About 25 up and coming young players from Flintshire, Denbighshire and Wrexham took part in coaching sessions which helped to establish a benchmark for ability across the three local Centres
October 2008 British Junior Closed Tournament A rising star at the Club, Hannah Davies, has confirmed her ranking and that she is one of the most promising players in the country. Hannah is still aged 15 but came tenth in the British Girls Under 17 group at the recent British Closed Junior Championships held at Wimbledon.
Hannah is a good example of how supportive local coaching programmes can help young people achieve their goals, linking progress as a junior through the regional and national schemes. The coaching programmes are held at the Wrexham Brymbo Squash Club on a weekly basis and Hannah has complimented this by playing on a regular basis as part of the Club's senior teams in the North Wales and North West Counties Squash Leagues. This is a superb effort Hannah ... very well done.
Welsh Junior Closed Tournament Congratulations to our juniors on their fine performances in the Tournament at Saints Club, Prestatyn and Holywell Leisure Centre on 3 - 5 October. Results as follows:
North West Counties Ladies League Well done to AliceJones who made her debut representing the Club against Neston on 13th October. Alice is part of the Club's coaching programme and it is really good to see such progress, with our juniors moving up in this competition.
23 May 2008 Red Spot Award Pictured are Edan Jackson, Natasha Jackson, Ellie Pugh and Hannah Philpott receiving their Red Spot award from Mark Davies (Chairman of the Club). All juniors are part of the Club's Schools Squash Programme.
6 March2008 2008 Welsh Open Wrexham Brymbo Squash Club junior Emily Jones has won the Welsh Open title with a stunning victory in the final of the girls under-13s in Cardiff - a major European Grand Prix ranking event.
Emily faced fierce opposition from over 230 top players from 16 different countries across the world, to carry off this prestigious crown and without dropping a game throughout the competition.
To view the national rankings of our juniors visit the Squash Wales Website
In April 2008, coaches at the Club agreed that all juniors and their parents should be made aware of our Acceptable Behaviour Code. This highlights the importance of discipline necessary for everyone to enjoy their squash in safety.
Click here to view the
Acceptable Behaviour Code for all Junior Members
Click here to view results and photos from the
2007 Junior Christmas Tournament
Click here to view the draw for the
2008 Christmas HandicapTournament
[We are grateful to our sponsor, Darren Booth]
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