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Covid-19
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Due
to the current situation the 2020 Club
Championships and the 57th AGM, due 14/15th March,
have been postponed until later in the year.
In addition
all ‘friendly’ matches have been postponed or
cancelled until further notice.
We hope you
are keeping fit and well and wish you all a safe
emergence from these difficult times.
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GBVets v
Oxford University 2020
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‘Oxit’ follows Brexit but better planned and
no trade deals on lets or points!
Following leaving the EU a more important occasion
arose on the following day, namely the GB Vets Touring
Team match versus Oxford University held at Oxford’s very
traditional squash club.
The comparative age ranges were an interesting
arithmetical algorithm and if GB Vets certainly won on
aggregate age unfortunately this apparent numerical
advantage did not follow them on to court.
16 players lined up for each side and it was decided to
play from the bottom of the order. As it started it was
going slightly in GB Vets favour however after 8 matches
it had ended in an honourable draw 4 matches each.
Although all these matches were decided 3/0 there were
some close fought individual games with the inevitable
battle of age versus experience, a psychiatrist’s dream as
it arrived at a balanced result.
Unfortunately, when we moved on to the top 8 this dream
of the balance of mankind was shattered. The exception was
a sterling performance from Allen Barwise winning 3/0, who
also managed to avoid any photographic evidence of being
there, something to do with his modelling agency contract
apparently.
Oxford fielding their Varsity team in the top order won
a decisive 7/1. There were some major scraps, Andy Murray,
Mark Shildrake and Nigel Bacon for GB Vets playing
enormous rallies against amazingly agile opponents, all
the matches were keenly contested with a plethora of
12/10s and 11/9s but to no avail the top 8 went down 7/1.
The overall match score was then 11/5 in Oxford’s
favour.
Matters took a turn for the better when a group of the
Oxford team joined the GB Vets team for dinner and a few
drinks somewhat later. Here in a more static environment
the GB Vets team came to the fore. Student prowess at
alcohol consumption was I believe eclipsed during the
evening by the GB Vets during a convivial evening.
A few words of thanks, firstly to the organiser of the
Oxford Team, Mike Sauvage and to Nick Sheppard the GB Vets
Captain for arranging between them another spectacularly
successful team match.
I think a special mention for Laura Nell the Oxford
Captain for marking several games as well as winning a
close match herself.
Probably most importantly to the Oxford Team of
Students for joining in the spirit of the day with great
enthusiasm.
A good day.
Robert Smith
more and photos..
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FESTIVAL
Of SQUASH 2019
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The seventh annual Festival of Squash organised by the GB
Vets was held at the RAC, Woodcote Park, Epsom on Sunday
3rd November.
By 9.30 a.m. groups of keen players, with ages spanning
from 25 to 85, representing the GB Vets, the Army and the
Escorts, began arriving to join the players from the host
RAC team.
The Army team was somewhat down on numbers given the
absence of Phil and Yvette Ashman. The former has left the
Army but has taken on the job of running the Army’s
overall sports- so squash is now only one of his sports…
However, in the spirit of the Festival of Squash, the GB
Vets loaned Nick Sheppard for the Singles, and (Lt. Col)
John Woodliffe and Lance Kinder for the Doubles! John and
Lance won one of their two matches with a large gallery
impressed by the amazing staying power of a pair now
aggregating over 168 years!!
Richard Green and Len Westover (The Army) were the overall
stars in the Singles, winning all three of their matches.
In the Doubles, Mandy Akin and Karen Hume (GB Vets) won
all three of their matches, whilst Alan Thomson and Dave
Clarke played four matches and won them all! Mike Stewart
and Karl Newland (RAC) won two of their Doubles matches
whilst James Dubois (RAC) won three of his Singles
matches… although he essentially played Nick Sheppard
twice- with Nick representing both GB Vets and the Army in
the same match! That really is the spirit of the event!
Shayne Baillie (RAC) had a fine day, narrowly losing to
Richard Green whilst winning her other two matches. Dean
Newberry (GB Vets) and John Goodrich (GB Vets) again
performed strongly with both winning two of their Singles
matches, whilst Jeremy Wilcox (Escorts) did likewise.
more...
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BUY CLUB MERCHANDISE - ON LINE!
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Now you can view and purchase Club Merchandise on line! We've also added some new items - not only do we sell the regular polo and tee shirts for both men and women but now also shorts and warm-up jackets. The order process is very simple:
- Go to www.iprosports.co.uk and click on the 'Club Zone' link at the top of the Home Page.
- Scroll down to the Vets Club logo and click on it. All garments are then displayed, click on product(s) required, select size, colour, personalisation (if required), click on 'add to cart'.
- When finished go to checkout, place order, pay, that's it!
Exceptions: Lamb's wool v neck pullovers are bought from another source and can't (yet) be obtained on line. For information on these and to order contact the Hon.Sec.
Old stock at low, low prices: There are a few men's tee shirts (large and XL) and a number of ladies shirts (all sizes) available from the Hon.Sec. All at £10, buy now, first come first served!
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