Club News

Two of LDS's brightest youngsters Hannah Stevens and Jasmin Watson head off tomorrow to take part in the latest leg of the Peter Nicol Junior Challenge series. The national series of events is being hosted on this occasion at Hunts Club in Cambridgeshire.

Both girls face tough challenges against nationally ranked players, Jasmine in particular faces the daunting prospect of getting on court with Nadine El-Refee, ranked 15th in England.

I am sure all members wish them well and they will surely return as better players for the experience.

LDS is delighted to announce that the junior section has secured a sponsor to provide all the youngsters and the coaching team with personalised polo shirts.

More details will be announced soon!

This weekend sees Hannah Stevens (pictured left) and Declan Osborn travel to Bishop Stortford for the Eastern Regional Closed Junior Squash Championship. Whilst Declan is almost a seasoned pro given his relative experience, for Hannah it is her very first Regional Competition.

Declan is in the Boys Under 19 category and kicks off against C. Shaw at 10.20on Court 5 at the Bishop Storford Squash Club on Saturday. Should he prevail he will face a seed, A. Lemon, in the second round at 13.40 on the same court.

Hannah has to wait until Sunday before making her bow, starting at 9.40 on Court 2. Again success would pit her against a seed in the form of G. Gear on Court 6 at 11.40.

Best of luck to both of them - a report from the competition will be on the site next week.

LDS recently had the pleasure of a visit from top coach Chris Vine see earlier news.

Chris and his team have organised a fabulous series of events over the summer for juniors of all ages and abilities.

Hopefully it will be a great success and many more will run in future.

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Development Officer, John Stevens reports:

Five LDS Juniors took part in a Junior graded Tournament at LA Fitness in Burnham on World Cup Sunday. Kurran Sharma and Hannah Stevens in the C grade and Shivani Sharma, Daniel Stevens and Jasmine Watson in D.

Unfortunately none got out of the group stages but some good competitive matches were had.  Hannah left the venue asking when the next tournament will be keen to get more matches under her belt.

Playing in tournaments against different and better players is great for the development of the Juniors and we will definitely be entering more next season.