Essex Squash & Racketball Association 2019 2019 ESSEX ESS EX SRA SRA AGM GM & COU COUNT NTY Y LEA LEAGU GUE E ME MEET ETINGS INGS Also Includes : Havering Barking & Dagenham Newham Redbridge Waltham Forrest July 2019 Hamtons, Chelmsford
Essex Squash & Racketball Association 2019 AGM, 2019 A GM, & Lea & League Meetings gue Meetings H&S – Fire Exits When Speaking Please Start With Your Name & Club Essex SRA AGM Joint League Meeting Presentation of Trophies (Break) Geoff Went David Neller ESRA Secretary Chairman, ESRA Men’s & Ladies League Meetings
Essex Squash & Racketball Association 2019 AGM AGENDA 1. Adoption of Minutes & Matters Arising 2. Annual Report 3. Adoption of Accounts 4. Election of Officers 5. Any Other Business Note – Nominations for vacant positions and AOB require a 7 Day Notice, however nominations and AOB may be requested from the Floor
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Adoption of Minutes from 2018 AGM Matters Arising - NONE Pr Propos oposer er & & Seconder? Seconder?
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Committee • Met 6 times on ESRA matters • SE Regional Forums (Essex/Kent/Sussex/Surrey/Middlesex) • Attended ES Council meetings & AGM • Attended CAN meetings (County Association Network) • Essex Squash Quiz Night in May at Hamptons .
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) 2019 Essex Closed Squash
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) 2019 Essex Closed Squash The 48th Essex County Closed Squash Championships at Club Kingswood in January saw the most entries ever for an Essex Closed Event (163) Biggest prize pot ever (£3000) Most matches played (193). Richie Fallows, made it three wins out of three defeating long-standing rival, Ben Coleman, and Elise Lazarus, claimed her second County Closed by defeating junior rival, Alice Green. Thanks to the Safwat family, all of our sponsors, the Club Kingswood staff, and everyone in Team RACKETUP.
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) CONGRATULATIONS Essex Ladies 2 nd in the IC Finals (Silver). Elise Lazarus (Jnr.) Alex King Sarah Neller (Cap) Alice Green (Jnr.) Eleanor White (Jnr.)
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Intercounty Competitions IC Finals 2 nd in IC Finals (Silver). • Ladies Seniors • Ladies 040’s 8 th in IC Finals • Men’s o60’s 4 th in IC Finals Group Playoffs (did not reach finals weekends) 2 nd in group • Men’s Seniors 2 nd in group • Men’s o35’s 2 nd in group • Men’s o50’s 2 nd in group • Men’s o55’s 3 rd in group • Ladies o50’s
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Essex Men’s o’55’s Team Mark Kirkman Francis Engerer Kenny Trim Mark Shildrake Nigel Bacon Stewart Court (no pic?)
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Essex Men’s o’35’s Team Lee Jemmett Adam Safwat Anthony Savage Cliff Bennett Paul Wallace Dave Smith Malcom McEwen
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Players to Note - Elise Lazarus and Alice Green • Alice and Elise, our highly rated 18-year-olds, are still producing excellent results at both junior and senior level. • Both were members of the winning England team in the European Team Championships in April.
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Players to Note – Lauren Briggs (Connaught) Lauren won the o’35 World Masters’ in Charlottesville, Virginia, last August
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Players to Note – Sarah Neller (Kingswood) Sarah won the Gibraltar Open Ladies Competition in June this year
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Players to Note – Alice Green Alice won u19 Gold at European Junior Open in Cologne this July
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Players to Note – Yusuf Sheikh Yusuf was selected to play for England in the European Championships and was part of the U15 team that lifted the trophy for the 13 th Consecutive Team Title.
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Players to Note • In other events 6 Essex ladies took part the best results were Maureen Duke and Barbara Sanderson (4th in their respective events). PSA World Rankings • Daryl Selby (19) Alice green (144) • Richie Fallows (51) Elise Lazarus (203) • Ben Coleman (54)
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Essex Squash57 2018-2019 Competitions: County SQ57 Singles Championships on Sunday 7th April at The Woodford Wells Club. There were over 40 competitors, 16 in the O50’s, from 10 clubs chasing the 6 titles on offer Inter-County: off the back of the Essex Closed we entered 3 teams (Men, Women, O50) into the inter-county championships in Nottingham in June. Essex came away as the National O50 Champions, congratulations to Patrick Osborn, Marc Thornley, Fred Cooke, Pascual Dibattista & Paul Fennell. A big thank you to the captains Daniel Weights, Zoe Fennell and Patrick Osborn for all their organization effort.
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Nationals: December Essex players went to Nottingham to play in the National Doubles and came away with 4 of the 6 titles: • Women - Amber Marshall & Zoe Fennell • Mixed - Zoe Fennell & Patrick Osborn • Men O40 - Marc Thornley & Adam Grilli • Men O50 - Marc Thornley & Patrick Osborn Essex also had players at the National Squash57 Singles at Edgbaston Priory - Patrick Osborn was RU in the O55 ’s .
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report (summary) Essex Squash57 2019-2020 There has interest expressed in trying to re-establish an Essex sq57 League but given the limited number of clubs stepping forward and the likely contention with squash matches we are discussing possible alternatives e.g.: • Setting up periodic (quarterly?) club challenge events. • With the National Squash57 Doubles being in December it probably makes sense to run an Essex Squash57 Doubles competition in the build up to that.
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report – Juniors (summary) Full Junior activity included in the county report: END OF SEASON REPORT 2018/2019 EJS has worked extremely hard and continued to build on a structure that has seen the introduction of an increased number of new juniors to Essex Squash playing inter county and Essex GP events. • County Trials – Open to any young player and identified an additional 44 players for development training. • Development Squads – 4 training squads at 4 different clubs had 80 players involved, an increase of 14% from last season. • County Squads – 4 main training squads with a total of 138 juniors involved in county coaching/training from which our Inter County
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report – Juniors • Grand Prix Series – 5th season, with 8 events around the county aimed at giving players from school year 10 and below their first taste of competitive squash -133 juniors took part. The success of this competition has meant that we will again run 8 events next season. • Essex Junior Closed - held in September with 120 competitors (an increase of 22% on last year) and saw the introduction of Under 9 categories for the first time. • Essex Junior Open – 120 players entered from 9 counties. Essex won the BU11, BU13, BU17 & BU19, GU9, GU11, GU13 & GU19 our best haul for 2 years by Essex players. • Rankings - 98 of Essex players featuring in the National lists. Essex has 9 boys in the top 20 across all age categories, girls have 11 players in the Top 20 across all age categories.
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report – Juniors • Inter- County Competition/Trophy Finals - EJS we were able to field 11 teams in the National Competition with 7 teams making it through to main finals and 3 teams making the trophy finals. • National finals - BU15 finished 3rd, GU15 finished 6 th, GU19 A finished 7 th, GU19 B finished 8 th, BU13 finished 5th, BU17 finished 5th and the GU13A finished 3 rd . • Trophy Finals - GU13B finished 3rd, BU19 finished 2nd and the GU17 finished 2nd. Essex were the third largest county just behind Surrey and Yorkshire, 2019/2020 will see an increase in participation by Essex Teams.
Essex Squash & Racketball Association Annual Report – Juniors • Inter-County Friendlies – The Southern and Eastern Counties Grand Prix series is another initiative of EJS which allowing B team inter county friendlies, with 3 rounds involving Essex, Kent, Surrey and Middlesex. Essex had winners in all categories during the course of the season with overall win for Essex in the U11 category, second places in the U13 and U15’s and third place in the U17’s. A further programme of three rounds is planned for next season. Sponsorship & Funding - Many Thanks to: • Platinum sponsorship package from Mills Smith Insurance Group. • 200 Club provides a steady revenue stream to backup sponsorship. • Funding from England Squash via East Regional Forum of £1340 towards Player Development and Fund raising.
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