The club has 6 teams entered in the 2010 Autumn Pennant Competition. We have teams in Division 3, 6, 8, two in Division 10 and a team in Division 11 and 12. After having such a successful season last year, this season has started in a disappointing fashion. Due to a long list of injuries to many of our players, it has been difficult for the club to field its strongest teams in many of the divisions from week to week. On many occasions we have had to use players from lower divisions in order to get teams on the court. Our appreciation goes to players such as Jason Kwok, Emmanuel Calligeris, Sana Viengkhou, Bill Linton from Ador and many others, that in some cases have had to play 2 or 3 competition matches in a week in order to help the club out.

Needless to say our performances in the various competitions at the present time is nothing to write home about! However, as players come back from injury and start finding form again, we may be able to get a few teams competing in the finals. At the present time Andrew Clarke’s Div 3 team is 6th, Dave Armstrong’s Div 6 is 6th, Paul Wright’s Div 8 team, which has 4 players out with long term injuries is coming a credible 4th, Frank Duong and Jason Kwok’s Div 10 teams are coming 3rd and 4th respectively, Steve Keremea’s Div 11 team is 4th and George Keir’s Div 12 team is also 4th place in a very close competition.

We have had two handicapped Round Robin’s so far this year. February was won by Viv Beri, from Andrew Clarke and Doug McFarlane. April’s Round Robin was won by Dave Armstrong, from Joe Dundovic and Peter Lupevski. The points standing at the present time for our annual Round Robin championship is Dave Armstrong, Viv Beri and Doug McFarlane on 5 points each, from Andrew Clarke and Joe Dundovic on 4 points and Peter Lupevski on 3 points.
On a sadder note I would like to mention the sudden passing in January of Mal Mackenzie. Mal played squash in our lower divisions for many years and also served on the club committee. His cheeky sense of humor and friendly nature will be missed by all of us. On behalf of the players and the club, I would like to express our deep sympathy to his wife, children and family.

In conclusion, anyone interested in playing comp squash for the club can contact me on 0415 641 581 for further information. So until next time, good squashing everybody!
Brian Pisani

Publicity Officer