The club had 6 teams entered in the 2008 Spring Pennant Competition. They were graded in Divisions 2, 5, 7, 8, 11 and 12.

Sid Mir’s Division 2 team,  promoted after winning the premiership in Division 3 the previous season, found the going a little tougher this comp, but still managed to come a credible fourth.

Our Division 5 team of Frank Bartolotti, Robert Edwards, Rod Dale, Peter Lupevski, Joe Dundovic and Andrew Clarke (Capt) managed to come second overall. However, went down to President in the preliminary final.

Division 7 came fourth. This was a reasonable result considering the team had a number of injuries during the season.

Our Division 8 team of Mickey Bek, Brian Pisani, Paul Wright (Capt.), Rohit Autar and Gerald Walz came second overall in the comp. They managed to beat Bulldogs in the preliminary final, however went down to the minor premiers and form team of the comp Heroes Hill in the grand final.

Division 11 consisting of John Richardson, Tan Bui, Adrian Chen, Paul Riddell, Jason Kwok (Capt.), Kevin Fung and George Guan came second in their comp. They managed to win their preliminary final very convincingly against Bulldogs, but went down (18-10 and 2 rubbers each) to the very experienced Bankstown RSL in the grand final.

Division 12 found the going a little tough at times but still managed to come fourth.

Although we didn’t manage to take out any premierships this comp. The teams as a whole performed reasonably well, considering some of the teams were promoted to a higher grade after performing well last season.

The monthly handicapped round robin this year was a hard fought affair  throughout all the year. Going into the final month the leaders board was as follows: Chewy Lim 24 points, Doug MacFarlane 23.5 points, Joe Dundovic 21 points with both Peter Lupevski and John Richardson on 17.5 points. Our eventual winner Joe Dundovic played really well in the November finals to defeat Doug MacFarlane and take maximum points. The final standings were Joe Dundovic first and round robin champion 26 points, Doug MacFarlane 25.5 points second, Chewy Lim 25 points third from Peter Lupevski and John Richardson equal fourth with 19.5 points each. A very close finish between the top three players.

In conclusion the squash club would like to greatly thank our two major sponsors St. George Leagues Club and the Day-Night Chemist Ramsgate for helping to make this year another successful and enjoyable one for our club. Their contributions are much appreciated by all the squash club members. On closing, anyone interested in joining the squash club with the view to playing comp. squash can contact me (Brian Pisani) on 0415 641 581. So till next time.
Good squashing everybody!