Squash News - 18th September
We are organising our first squash open tournament of the season, The Toby Cox Cup, on Saturday 21st September. Team matches start on the 3rd October and Junior coaching starts on the 14th October.
We are organising our first squash open tournament of the season, The Toby Cox Cup, on Saturday 21st September. Team matches start on the 3rd October and Junior coaching starts on the 14th October.
Team matches start on the 3rd October and Junior coaching starts on the 14th October. A WhatsApp group has been created for section members and squash ladder has been set up to encourage more playing and to help new members meet other squash players.
The first Squash team matches took place last evening, Thursday 3rd October, with SAC Team 1 traveling to charming "bourgade" Saint-Ouen l'Aumône to play Squash 95 team 4. With only 4 players, they won 3:2 with victories from Aurélien at number 2 (3:0), David at 3 (3:2), Greg at 4 (3:1). Jean-Guillaume at number 1 had a good fight against a very young, very fit and basically very good player but lost 0:3. Meanwhile SAC team 2 played Squash 95 team 6 at home, but lost 2:3, though Hugo Marrison had a good win against a very good player.
Squash league news, 10th October evening matches: Team 1 won their second match of the season beating Stade Français 4 5-0, with Alec, Nicolas, Aurélien, David and Jacques-Philippe all winning their matches. Team 2 lost 2-3 against Total, with good wins by Hugo, again, and Arnaud. The Squash Ladder has been set up.
SAC had two excellent wins last weekend, playing St Brice in a thrilling 35-over match on Saturday and then on Sunday SAC once again welcomed Le Croc Sportif from the UK.
SAC play the last two games of the season are this weekend: an away game against Chantilly on Saturday and then the British Embassy at home on Sunday.
The season came to an end with two excellent wins for SAC over the weekend vs Chantilly and the British Embassy.
We are pleased to announce that from the 21st of September, we will be organising Touch Rugby sessions at SAC, open to all members, young and old, male and female, thanks to the initiative of Romain Boudot.
More details will follow but please put down 11 o'clock on Saturday the 21st in your diaries as an exciting sporting date - and one which just happens to coincide with the start of 2019 World Cup Rugby tournament in Japan.
Watch this space for further information!
President's Cup winner (Best net): John Goodhardt - 68
Nou-Yai Cup winner (Best Ladies' Gross): Sue Hall - 88
President's Putter winner: Peter Hall - 31 putts
Junior cricket starts again on Saturday: U11s from 10 to 11 and U16s train from 11 to 1. Seniors play Rhinos CC for two 30-over matches on Saturday and Sunday.
Over the past weekend SAC had the great pleasure to host the return of the Rhinos, a team from the UK that last visited Paris in the early 1990s. Two excellent matches were played, with a win each for the tourists and the hosts.
Next weekend the opponents are St Brice on Saturday 7th and Le Croq Sportif on Sunday 8th (with a 12 o'clock start.)
Forthcoming events: Centenary Cup match against Villarceaux on 26/10.
The Section had a Patsome Competition on Saturday 19th October, won by Sue Hall and John McCallum. The Centenary Cup match against Villarceaux is CANCELLED for this year.
Please note that the Temporary Daily Membership (Guest) fees are due on arrival at the Club. Members are reminded that there are no reductions based on the time of arrival and the full amount should be placed in the envelopes provided. (However Guests under the age of 17 pay half price). For full information please refer to this page.
All the news that fit to print - and more besides!
All the news that fit to print - and more besides!
The Queen’s Cup Open Tournament took place over Saturday and Sunday. Nicolas Coquelet Domart from Stade Français beat SAC's Lee Beaves in the final. Members Nicolas Rosset, Charles Kingston and Sean Lafleur finished 3rd, 4th and 5th respectively.
Clotilde Pâquier and Benjamin Sharp were the big winners in this year’s club tennis tournament.
The BCC Diary for 2019 from September is attached to the main article. The BCC has a Facebook page, which has various posters of events; don't hesitate to 'like' and 'share' it with your friends and contacts.
All the news that fit to print - and more besides!