Charlie is flourishing Stateside whilst young James is now resident in a Surrey boarding school.
Here's the latest from the head of that much missed clan:
James has been playing well having just moved up to the U15 age group after turning 13 years old recently. He plays at Surrey Health & Racquets Club, Croydon (which is 5 minute's drive from his school) where he has been working his way up the men's teams (mostly for the 4th V with an occasional outing for the 1st V ) and aspiring to join his hero, Pete Barker, in the Pro-Infinity Team - see attached page from the Whitgift School magazine which catapulted him into A-list Celeb status at school where he receives a 50% reduction in fees because of his squash! James recently finished 5th in the u15 Scottish Open, playing older boys from Qatar, South Africa, Argentina and Scotland. He has joined Valence Squash Club, south of Lyon, in the land of your ancestors (sorry - just picking up on Trev's poor jokes about your match reports !!) so he can play in the Regional Men's French League during the school holidays, as Swiss squash is seriously s*** !!
Charlie has been picking up his game and has been playing in the middle order for the Yale Varsity Team who beat Univ of Penn on Sunday as you will see from the following match report. They have won all of their Ivy League college matches this season apart from a narrow loss to Princeton on Saturday and are well placed to challenge for the National College title on 22/24 Feb when I am going to watch Charlie and help him with some meetings about his future career. As a result of the Yale squash team's alumni connections on Wall Street, Charlie looks like he will be offered one of only 4 jobs available this summer with UBS as an intern, although he is also pursuing marketing options with Abercrombie & Fitch; Newell; PepsiCo and Unilever (Singapore). Without being recruited as squash player by the Yale Univ athletic coach, he wouldn't have got a place.
They are both in debt to the Club for their achievements ! It is quite amazing how much they have both benefited from playing squash having received so much encouragement from the Club. It is a shame so many parents think that tennis has more to offer in terms of achieving sporting recognition and financial rewards. It may be the case at pro-level but squash opens up so many more opportunities at other levels which I didn't realise when the boys started playing.
As for me, I am having French lessons and have taken up cross-country ski-ing starting with my first lesson today at 10.30 to get fit for a fresh burst of action on the Swiss squash circuit next season where I hope everyone will be playing down at my level !! I hope to revert to normal downhill ski-ing later this week as the views from the lounge is too tempting to do any work !
A Recent Stateside Match Report
Charlie has been picking up his game and has been playing in the middle order for the Yale Varsity Team who beat Univ of Penn on Sunday as you will see from the following match report. They have won all of their Ivy League college matches this season apart from a narrow loss to Princeton on Saturday and are well placed to challenge for the National College title on 22/24 Feb when I am going to watch Charlie and help him with some meetings about his future career. As a result of the Yale squash team's alumni connections on Wall Street, Charlie looks like he will be offered one of only 4 jobs available this summer with UBS as an intern, although he is also pursuing marketing options with Abercrombie & Fitch; Newell; PepsiCo and Unilever (Singapore). Without being recruited as squash player by the Yale Univ athletic coach, he wouldn't have got a place.They are both in debt to the Club for their achievements ! It is quite amazing how much they have both benefited from playing squash having received so much encouragement from the Club. It is a shame so many parents think that tennis has more to offer in terms of achieving sporting recognition and financial rewards. It may be the case at pro-level but squash opens up so many more opportunities at other levels which I didn't realise when the boys started playing.
As for me, I am having French lessons and have taken up cross-country ski-ing starting with my first lesson today at 10.30 to get fit for a fresh burst of action on the Swiss squash circuit next season where I hope everyone will be playing down at my level !! I hope to revert to normal downhill ski-ing later this week as the views from the lounge is too tempting to do any work !
I have left Gazza in charge of renting the house !!
A Recent Stateside Match Report
No. 4 Bulldogs Defeat No. 12 Quakers
Seniors Stay Strong at Top of Order
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Sunday the No. 4 Yale men's squash team (9-2, 3-1 Ivy) pulled off another Ivy League win, defeating No. 12 Penn (4-8, 1-4) 6-3 in the Brady Squash Center. The match was an important win for the Bulldogs, who were looking to bounce back after a 6-3 loss to No. 1 Princeton on Saturday.
The Bulldogs used a slightly different lineup Sunday than they had against the Tigers, allowing some young talent in sophomores Joseph Roberts and Sam Shleifer to slip into the order. The top three spots, however, remained unchanged, as seniors Kenneth Chan, Hywel Robinson andRichard Dodd played and won at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Robinson, who also won his match at No. 2 against Princeton, was 2-0 on the weekend.
The Elis also saw success in the middle of the order, where junior Neil Martin, freshman Zachary Leman and junior Charlie Wyatt won in three games at Nos. 4, 5 and 6. Finally, it was at the bottom of the lineup where the matches were most heated, with senior Sam Haig at No. 8 and Sam Shleifer at No. 9 taking their matches to four games, and Joseph Roberts forcing the full five before his match was decided. All three Bulldogs came up short, for a final score of 6-3.
The Bulldogs, now in the home stretch of their Ivy season, will next host No. 18 Brown on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Report by Joe Giammittorio '15, Yale Sports Publicity
Seniors Stay Strong at Top of Order
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Sunday the No. 4 Yale men's squash team (9-2, 3-1 Ivy) pulled off another Ivy League win, defeating No. 12 Penn (4-8, 1-4) 6-3 in the Brady Squash Center. The match was an important win for the Bulldogs, who were looking to bounce back after a 6-3 loss to No. 1 Princeton on Saturday.
The Bulldogs used a slightly different lineup Sunday than they had against the Tigers, allowing some young talent in sophomores Joseph Roberts and Sam Shleifer to slip into the order. The top three spots, however, remained unchanged, as seniors Kenneth Chan, Hywel Robinson andRichard Dodd played and won at Nos. 1, 2 and 3, respectively. Robinson, who also won his match at No. 2 against Princeton, was 2-0 on the weekend.
The Elis also saw success in the middle of the order, where junior Neil Martin, freshman Zachary Leman and junior Charlie Wyatt won in three games at Nos. 4, 5 and 6. Finally, it was at the bottom of the lineup where the matches were most heated, with senior Sam Haig at No. 8 and Sam Shleifer at No. 9 taking their matches to four games, and Joseph Roberts forcing the full five before his match was decided. All three Bulldogs came up short, for a final score of 6-3.
The Bulldogs, now in the home stretch of their Ivy season, will next host No. 18 Brown on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Report by Joe Giammittorio '15, Yale Sports Publicity
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