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AGM Date

This year's AGM will be held on Monday 11 June 2012 at 7.30pm
at the HIBC Pavilion, Harwell International Business Centre, off the A4185 between Rowstock and Chilton. 
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 Refreshments will be provided.

 

 

 

Men's Winter League 2011/12 Playoffs

Div 1     Wallingford 1 v Racquets 1 (Racquets won 3-2)

Div 2     Bicester 1 v Chipping Norton 1 (Chipping Norton won 4-1)

Div 3     Wantage 1 v Witney 1 (Uncontested)

Div 4     Witney 1 v Bicester 2 (Bicester 2 champions as Witney in Div 3 playoff)

Div 5     Defence Academy 3 v Brackley 1 (Defence Academy won 4-1)

Div 6     Chipping Norton 3 v Racquets 2 (Chipping Norton won 3-2)

Div 7     Banbury 2 v Bicester 3 (Uncontested)

Div 8     Bicester 3 v Defence Academy 4 (Defence Academy 4 champions as Bicester in Div 7 playoff)

Latest England squash newsletter

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This month's stories include:
 
> Hampshire Boys U13 Team Win 'Junior Team of the Year' Title
> Nick Matthew Wins Canary Wharf 2012
> Benson Squashes a Mile for Sport Relief
> Sportivate Funded Afterschool Squash Club a Huge Success

Congratulations to Thame Squash Club

You may have seen in the regional news that Thame have broken the world record for the longest game of squash.  Many congratulations to Guy Fotherby & Darren Withey.  Further details of the confirmation of this in the Guinness Book to appear here.  It goes without saying that rallying for 31hrs is no mean feat. Read about it here.

O.S.R.A. disciplinary issues

Further to the posting below: the OSRA Committee has recently had reports of players conducting themselves in an unacceptable manner, including abuse of the match markers.  May we remind you that we all play the sport for enjoyment, this does not include boorish behaviour.   Any teams, or players, whose conduct is reported to the Committee will face disciplinary action, with bans for those found guilty.  You have been warned!

The committee in 2011 acted upon a couple of complaints in respects of behavior in matches and one particular nasty incident involving threatening behavior. We have a zero-tolerance attitude to this type of behaviour. No names will be named but O.S.R.A. would ask that all members ensure that when team matches are played that all participants are treated respectfully and that our sport is not brought into disrepute. If you refer to the rules swearing, threatening behavior, racket abuse and violence; this will be formally addressed with match bans and due team penalties implemented.

We wish for all players however competitive they may be feeling to act like good sports-people. If a marker feels the need to give you a conduct warning or kindly reminds you as a player not to swear, please accept this graciously as well as any decision to award a let or stroke.

Welcome to our new Junior Administrator
Oxfordshire squash & Racketball association welcomes their newest member Sara Freeman who is currently acting as the Junior administrator.  Sara's details are under the Juniors section along with some much needed updates for our Junior section of the website. Thanks Sara...

Have your say - new online forum

Please note that Oxfordshire squash has a private online forum containing further news items.  All members of Oxfordshire squash are welcome to join. If you wish to read up on what issues the committee is currently discussing and if you wish to cast an opinion then please do feel free to contact the committee member responsible for the website and they will be able to arrange access.

Ladies Achieve Success in Inter Counties

Our ladies O50 team and 1st teams have both won their Stage 1 Inter County weekend. The Ladies 1st team were incredibly successful in beating all their opposition whilst the Ladies L50 just nipped into first place. Well done ladies!

Oxfordshire Junior Success

Well done to all of the Oxfordshire juniors who took part in the Esporta Oxford Junior Open Bronze Event. The tournament took place at the Esporta Health Club in Oxford over two weekends and was run by Ross Gore. It was sponsored by Ashaway who provided some great prizes. In total we had over 100 entrants participate from all around the country. Oxfordshire Junior Winners

  • Boys U19 Winner - William John
  • Boys U17 Winner - Joe Brooke
  • Boys U17 Runner up - Tom Wellstead
  • Boys U15 Winner - Alex Noakes
  • Boys U13 Plate Winner - Ed Noble

Esporta will be looking to run some further sanctioned events in 2011 so keep your eye out on the junior section and tourniment and pencil these into your diary.

Oxon Boy Selected to play for England

Oxfordshire's Joe Brooke has been selected to play for the England boys U15 team in the Home Internationals next weekend 9th April in Edinburgh against Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Joe was ranked Number 4 in England in the U15s at the last set of rankings and may be higher in the new April rankings. The Committee would like to extend their congratulations to Joe for such a great achievement. Well done Joe!


The Oxfordshire Squash and Racketball Association is a group of volunteers who take on the responsibilities of organising all the county squash in Oxfordshire. For details of what they organise please go to the Organisation page.

The committee are always looking for new people to join them in order to share the load. Please contact the secretary of the committee if you are interested in offering some time.

The new player registration system has been developed by a local company called stw-online.net who have had a long involvement in squash in Oxfordshire.