Wales Squash & Racketball. FILM Presented by Sam Lloyd

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1 Wales Squash & Racketball 18 TH ANNUAL PRESENTATION 19 th July 2013 Holiday Inn, Cardiff. 8pm. FILM Presented by Sam Lloyd Introduction Wales Squash & Racketball would like you to join us in a celebration of the 2012/2013 season. We are a small squash playing Nation that continues to be supported by Sport Wales and consistently punches above its weight in all areas of the sport. We share the Sport Wales vision of uniting a proud sporting Nation, where every child should be hooked on sport for life and striving for a nation of champions. We aim to achieve this through increased partnerships with Local Authorities, players, parents and volunteers, by ensuring clear targets and realistic goals, managed by strong corporate governance.

2 The 2012/2013 squash season in a snapshot: Appointed a (new post) Operations Manager Develop the business Re-branded from SQW to WSRB Produced a fresh modern easy to navigate website Delivered 10 UKCC coaching courses to 66 coaches and qualified 77 Leaders. Delivered 3 Referee courses and 2 workshops across the principality. Introduced Racketball to many clubs & held the first national championships Received record entries in the Masters Closed and held the 1 st Masters Open 3 professional players were awarded Elite Cymru funding and achieved world ranking career highs. Mens & Ladies senior teams success on the European stage Introduction of the Central Powys Forum full access to coach & player pathway. Delivered the Mini Squash national schools programme to 53 schools, 8,200 pupils. Won the U13 British national title & silver medals for Five Nations. Brought live streaming of WSRB national events to your homes through laptops, computers, smart phones and tablets. Continue to deliver the back to basics coaching programme through 4 High Performance Coaches. A World Referee and Senior assessor from Wales Maintained the domestic team squash result service throughout Wales with 9 leagues (190 teams) playing weekly with every result going on the website. Presentation Adult Team squash continues to be the backbone of club squash in Wales. Domestic Competition South Wales leagues - Thanks to the League Manager, Mike Howe 9 leagues 2,514 matches 15,480 rubbers 56,512 games 85,6574 points Thanks to Mike for the ENDLESS hours of hard work organising the South Wales Leagues and assisting the County League organisers from North, South and West Wales.

3 League squash in Wales has 190 teams playing weekly with the Captains inputting the results on the website portal which is updated every day receiving over 98,000 hits last season. WINNERS - Presented by: Richard Packham of Pointfore UK Division Winter 2012 Spring 2013 Premier 1 Newport A Premier 2 Llanelli A Newport B One East Llantrisant A St Mellons B One West Pontardawe A Bridgend LT A Two East Rhiwbina C Llantwit Fardre A Two West Sunnyside A Llanelli B Three East Llantwit Fardre A Cardiff University A Four East Cardiff University A Blaenavon/Pontypool Welsh Inter-Counties Ladies Mens South Glamorgan South Glamorgan Representation Presented by Age Group High Performance Coach Masters Players to be presented with Caps Paul Hounsell Hugh Griffiths Mike Workman Kwesi Hazel Eric Robinson Certificates of representation & caps Senior High Performance Coach - Dave Evans Senior Womens Team Championships Holland - Quarters achieved 6th place. Tesni Evans, Deon Saffery, Jenny Wright, Hannah Davies Senior Mens Team Championships Holland - achieved Bronze medals Group 2 Peter Creed, Sam Fenwick, David Haley, Joel Makin, Scott Fitzgerald

4 Junior HPC - Nick Birt U19 Europeans Zurich, Switzerland - Quarter finals achieved 7 th - place. Joel Makin, Jenny Haley, Emyr Evans, Owain Taylor, Fiona Murphy U17 Europeans Girona, Spain achieved Quarters - 5 th place. Elliot Morris-Devred, Emyr Evans, Elin Harlow, Liam Jones, Lowri Roberts. Junior HPC - Andrew Evans U15 Europeans Girona, Spain achieved - 12 th place. Daniel Christopher, Josh Lee, Jordan Williams, Tyra Beattie, Ciara Richards U15 Five Nations in Le Mans, France - achieved 4 th place. Elliot Morris-Devred, Daniel Christopher, Josh Lee, Joe Rhys Curtis, Ceri Burgis, Kathryn Field, Tyra Beattie. Junior Hpc - Greg Tippings U13 Five Nations in Le Mans, France - achieved Silver Medal. Jordan Williams, Srikar Mummidi,, Ciara Richards, Kate Workman, Lewis Clements, Kieran Hillman, Katie Jones British U13 National Champions Ciara Richards - 3rd Jordan Williams Champion Presented by Strachan Travel Ken Beecher Elite Cymru Players Over the last 12 months our professional players have been training hard and playing at a number of PSA and WSA events. On the men s tour this year Peter Creed has climbed to 69 in the World, a career high. On the women s WSA tour Tesni Evans has reached a career high of 45. Deon has reached 48. All players are working towards the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Present - Welsh National Champions 2013 Men Peter Creed Ladies Tesni Evans

5 Referee Awards A big well done to Roy Gingell this season on again raising the standard of refereeing on the PSA and WSA World tours. Currently appointed a World Senior Assessor, Roy was chosen to referee the World Series Finals at the Queens Club in London this year as well as a handful of other Pro Event including the British Open Final, the Men s World Open Final and the Mens World Team Finals. Tournament Attendance and Activity 80 sessions covered by affiliated referees 40 assessments on new referees following course attendance 2 Referee passes to County Grade from Club grade Referee workshops in North & South Wales Courses in Prestatyn, Cardiff and Wrexham Another referee rising through the ranks in Wales this year has been Huw Moores from Rhiwbina Squash Club. Huw plays squash and also assists with coaching at the club. This season Huw has been trained as a Referee Tutor and Assessor and has attended tournaments where he has been mentored and assessed by World Referee, Roy Gingell. In recognition of his development and enthusiasm Huw represented Wales as a referee at the European Team Championships held in Holland in April, where he gained valuable assessments and feedback for his referee portfolio. Present - Huw Moores Coaching Awards This season WSRB delivered 10 coaching courses and 96 coach mentoring opportunities, 43 learners attended UKCC Level 1, and 23 learners attended UKCC level 2 coaching courses. Courses have been successfully delivered across the country, in Cardiff, Swansea, Rhayader, Milford Haven, Wrexham and Bangor. WSRB Leaders courses have been held in; Swansea, Cardiff, Carmarthen and Pwlhelli with 77 leaders attending.

6 Wales Squash & Racketball Volunteers of the Year - Byron Lloyd Lewis South Glamorgan League organiser Karen Beattie Chaperone duties Young Coaches of the Year - FILM Cai Barnaby, Nia Kenward, Elliot Webber Volunteer Coach of the year FILM Mike Rowe Wales Squash & Racketball Coach of the Year FILM Greg Tippings Lifetime services to Squash Patricia Connies-Laing CHAIRMAN - Phil Brailey - Thanks to Wales Squash and Racketball Sponsors Vital support, year after year we rely on them for tournament support and Junior Development programmes Thanks to Staff, Sue and Sam Ian Blackburn Sport Wales Chloe Sherratt Dunlop Official Ball and Racket Jim Strachan Strachan Travel Travel arrangements Richard Packham Pointfore UK Official Grip Grass roots Events & Mini Squash Schools Racketball Sponsor Russell Wilkinson Mumbles Shoe Repairs Trophies Nick & Kath Johns Martyn Christopher Alan James Simon Lau Strachan Travel Eddy Evans Im-Press Promotions Cardiff North Ltd Celtic Waste Management Welsh Junior Open Representational shirts, clothing & stationery Grassroots Events European Junior Event

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