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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
The committee in 2011 acted upon a couple of complaints in respects of behavior in matches and a particular 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. Please act like a good sport. If you refer to the rules swearing, threatening behavior, racket abuse and violence; this will be formally addressed with due penalties.
We wish for all players however competitive they may be feeling to act like good sportsman. 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 as well as their decisions regarding strokes/lets graciously.
Un-registered players amnesty over
Please can all club captains check that their players are fully paid up if they have played more than a couple of times for their team.
The current ruling is that you must be a registered player and if you have played more than 3 times in one year for your club (these appearances count across all the playing seasons). Please note that as of 2012 all previous Winter 1 appearances have been calculated and will start incurring penalty points for players who make an appearance in Winter 2.
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
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.
How to access the new online registration system
The last link on the main menu on the website (left hand side) has a link Online Registration, please click on this to access the registration area.
We have kept a lot of previous membership details. To stop duplication of data; OSRA respectfully asks that renewing players lookup their OSRA ID and retain this original account as this will save us further costs in respects of having to employ a Database Manager.
NB. Details of your OSRA ID can be found under Players / All Players on the left hand side menu.
To register and update your name and contact details, enter your OSRA ID (all numbers - for instance my ID is 992) and then the password.
Your initial password against your OSRA ID is likely to be your surname (in CAPITAL LETTERS) and full Date-of-birth (UK format, in numerics with leading zeros, no spaces & no slashes). i.e. SPEIGHT05011969.
Please try this password in the very first instance. Once you have completed your initial login; please also do change your password.
We have set a secure password against each account, if you cannot access your account with the information provided, please try the reset password option at the login screen. If you are still experiencing problems at this stage then you are welcome to contact our Registrar or the Committee member responsible for the Website. We will require your email address and OSRA ID to provide you with further assistance should you be experiencing a problem in resetting your account password.
Once payment is complete you will then be able to make further updates to your own personal details at any time in that playing year. For instance one type of update you will probably want to record against your Oxfordshire Squash & Racketball account is your England Squash No. but might not know it off hand, or you are new player and are in the due-process of registering with England Squash. Please do note that it is a requirement to be affiliated to England Squash and the O.S.R.A. do need your E.S. registration number.
If you are a brand new player please feel free to register online and affiliate yourself to a team.
NB: please see the note on the "Playing" page regarding penalties for non-registered players.South Regional Closed Racketball Championships 2011
The competition is a closed event and therefore only entrants from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire will be accepted.
Please note the closing date for entries is 12pm on Friday 17th February 2012 and entries will only be accepted when accompanied by payment. Any entries received after the closing date will not be accepted. The entry fee is £15 and each entrant will receive a free t-shirt.
Entry forms and payment to be sent to:
Marie Gook
England Squash & Racketball
New Century House
Pembroke Road
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
HP20 1DB
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 
who have had a long involvement in squash in Oxfordshire.