News from the Club ...

Know any Adults or Juniors who may fancy playing squash

The Club wants to encourage anyone who may have an interest in trying squash.
You would be welcome to come along for a FREE trial session.

Try Squash in 2025 is available to any junior or senior who may be interested, so think about any friends or family. All equipment and coaching will be provided.

If you would like to give it a go, please contact either Jim Tunley or Mark Davies.

For any further details or to make an appointment: See the Contact & Links page to get in touch.

Summer sessions going well

Our Ladies Summer Sessions on Wednesday evenings (6.45 to 8.15) continue, with growing interest as new members join the Group.

Designed to encourage further participation and play for women and girls, it's great to see family members (Mums and Daughters) taking part.

All of the Sessions are open to Women and Girls of all ability - so why not come along, give it a try !

DHENIS STAFFORD

We were sorry to hear that one of our Club members and Team player, Dhenis Stafford had passed away peacecefully on 27 June.

Dhenis had been on the Intensive Therapy Unit at Shrewsbury Hospital for 12 days, having been originally admitted on 4 June.
On behalf of all members, the Club has past flowers and condolences to Emma, Dhenis's wife.

2025 Club Championships

The 2025 Club Championships draws for all Squash and Racketball events (Ladies, Mens and Juniors) are posted in the Club.

Players involved should arrange their games as soon as possible, to progress the competition through to Finals Day on Saturday, 13th September - these will take place from 5.00 pm - to be followed by presentations, pizza and a pint in the Bar area.

2024-5 PSA Squash Tour Finals

This season-ending event, the 2024-5 PSA Squash Tour Finals, took place in Toronto, Canada. The Finals featured Welshman World No.4 Joel Makin and female World No.1 Nouran Gohar with wins over Mostafa Asal and Olivia Weaver, respectively.

Joel Makin (30) became the first Welsh player in history to win this tournament (the first major PSA Final of his career) after his match was cut short due to an ankle injury sustained by Asal.

Ladies Summer sessions started

During June, July and August, the Ladies Summer Sessions will take place on Wednesday evenings between 6.45 and 8.15.

This is a temporary arrangement, which cancels our Saturday morning sessions until September.

The Summer sessions acknowledge that there are many different family commitments at this time of year, with the weekends being precious.

Theses are open to Women and Girls of all ability and our first session took place on 18th June - we have all of the equipment required so why not come along and give it a try !

British Open Champions

This year's British Open Championships took place in Birmingham over nine days, with Finals Day on 8th June.

In the Ladies Final, Nouran Gohar (Egypt) beat her fellow Egyptian, Nour El Sherbini in a tight match by 3-2.

The Men's Final was between the number 2 seed, Diego Elias (Peru) who beat the number one seed, Mostafa Asal (Egypy) by 3-1.

A difficult decision on our First Team

Following a difficult season for our First Team in the top Division of North West Counties and a discussion at the recent AGM, members of the Club' Committee members have decided that we should take relegation from Division 1 and, we hope, have two teams in Division 2 for the 2025-26 Season.
For more detail, please see the Teams Page.

AGM - UPDATE

Our 2025 Club Annual General Meeting took place on 29 May - below are some of the highlights:

* No increase in Subscriptions or Light Card fees again this year.
* A push to continue with an upgrade of the Club, especially the toilet areas.
* Two new Committee members are appointed - Jo Koscinska and Lee Harrison.
* An Honorary Membership goes to - Brian Wynn.

We wish to thank and acknowledge the input from our two Committee members who have stepped down this year - Tom Trueman and Alasdair Blundell.

2025 AGM Note

Tez is Irish Champion

Huge congratulations to Tesni Murphy on winning the 2025 Irish Open Championships in Dublin on 24th May.

In the Final, Tez beat Scotish player Georgia Adderley by 3-1.

Courts closed for four days

For essential maintenance, both courts were closed for play from 29th May until 2nd June.

On the Thursday and Friday, all of the court walls were filled, where appropriate, then painted and re-marked.

On the advice of our contactor, Courtcraft, they remained closed, allowing time to both dry and "cure",
The courts were available again for play on 2nd June..

Huge honour for one of our Juniors

For hard work and dedication to developing his sport, congratulations to our Junior member Ethan Willis on his proud award by Squash Wales - see the Juniors Page for details.

BACK to BACK to BACK

History was made on 26th April as Wrexham AFC won promotion - for the third consecutive season - quite brilliant.

In beating the in-form team Charlton by 3-0, Wrexham made history with promotion to The Championship next season - congratulations, it's a huge boost for the Club, the Town and for Wales.

Liverpool fans show support !

Congratulations also to Liverpool as they take the 2024-25 Season Premier League title on 27 April.

Some of our members wanted to celebrate this achievement !

New court heaters now fitted

During the week commencing 17 March, the Club has had two new court heaters installed; these thanks to a Sport Wales Energy Efficiency Grant.

Members are thanked for their understanding during the disruption to court availability, while the old Ambirad heaters were removed and the new heaters were installed.
Advice had been for the work to take two days, however, the Contractor encountered some technical issues which ultimately meant that courts were not available for four days!

The Club continues to maintain and improve the Squash Club for the benefit of all our members; the changing of our court heaters, plus the recent new central heating boiler, and a court refurbishment coming in May (more detail nearer the time), indicates this as a priority.

Important work planned ...

Following on from having a new central heating boiler fitted last December, the second part of our Sport Wales Energy Efficiency Grant meant new court heaters were to be fitted in March.
This caused some disruption as some courts were not be available to be booked.

The Club's Junior Coaching session scheduled for that week was also cancelled.

The Squash Club is very grateful to the support from Gareth Lloyd at BS&SC in particular, who helped us achieve this Grant.

Looking ahead, as part of the Club's on-going maintenance programme, both courts are due to be re-painted at the end of the current season, on 29-30 May. Members will be advised on details nearer the time, but it's likely that both courts will not be available for use for 4 days.

Final home match - a stunning win

The final home match of the season for our First Team produced an amazing performance and victory over fourth placed Wigan.
See the Teams Page for details.

Supporting International Women's Day

On 8th March, the Club will host the usual Ladies Squash session, but in support of International Women's Day.

As part of the Day, the Club has been involved with Wrexham Council's Active Wrexham Team who will be promoting all of the amazing women and girls sporting sessions and Clubs being delivered and run across the Wrexham area.

Our Saturday morning sessions continue to attract new players; we hope that they may carry on through to the school summer holidays.

Generation game at the Club

During the start of 2025, we have the brilliant news of a Father and Daughter playing together in the same Club League.

This is fantastic for the sport of squash and for the Club, that both Darren Fogarty and his daughter, Anna, can play and enjoy a competitive match together. Anna (13) is a member of the Club's Junior Coaching Programme, as well as the Squash Wales Academy (North) Group.

Welsh selection for our Juniors

Early February the Club heard that, four of our Academy (North) players had been selected to represent Wales in some forthcoming European Junior Team Championships - for more details of this great news, please visit our Juniors Page.

We say "farewell" to Alasdair

At the end of January, Alasdair Blundell is due to leave Wrexham, for a move to the Manchester area with his partner.

Alasdair will continue remote working for a Wrexham based company, so he may pop-in occasionally.
During his time as a member of the Squash Club, Alasdair embraced the Club's desire to encourage young people into squash and, in 2024, successfully completed his Level 2 Coaching Award. Alasdair was also a Club Committee member and Team player.

We thank Alasdair for his service to the Club and send him our very best wishes for the future.

Club remains open despite the severe weather

Throughout the week commencing 6 January, we've seen snow and severe icy conditions around the Brymbo area; but the Squash Club has remained open for play.

Members are asked to exercise extreme caution when accessing the Club, with a suggestion to park on the main Complex car park and walk down via the steps near the Cricket Pavillion.
If you are the last to leave the Club, please check that all lights and fans throughout are switched off, thank you.

Starting off the New Year

The Club's first Ladies session of 2025 took place on Saturday, 4 January, when we were pleased to welcome a group of six.

This FREE SESSION each week is an important initiative by the Squash Club, to help encourage and increase participation in our sport, in particular, by women and girls.

Anyone interested in taking part, either contact the Club for further detail, or come up to the Club on a Saturday morning around 10.30.

Top player at the Club

On 17 December, we were pleased to welcome World Ranked No.6 Joel Makin, playing for Warrington against our First Team.

It was a mark of the man that having played his match he also took time on court with an Academy junior player.

2024 Welsh Champions

Over the weekend 14-16 December, Squash Wales hosted the Karakal Welsh Senior Closed 2024 .

In their respective Finals, Joel Makin beat Emyr Evans, while in the Ladies Final event Tesni Murphy beat Ellie Breach. In the E event, young Academy North player, Leon Lauder, won his Final.

New boiler fitted

With support from a Sport Wales Energy Saving Grant, the Club has had a new Central Heating boiler fitted on 13 December.

We know that the recent couple of months has been a trial for members, with no heating at a coldest time of the year; thank you for your patience, but that should we hope be a thing of the past!!

Helping out with a court share !

On 5th December, the Club were happy to support and help out Brookside Squash Club, based at Weston Rhyn, Near Oswestry.

The recent severe storms and flooding had a devastating impact on the Club, causing damage to the squash court - it's a difficult time for the Club who also have a Team in the NWCSL.

They hope to get the building back in operation as soon as possible, but meanwhile, their "home" matches will be played at Brymbo under a shared arrangement.

Brian's 80s tour ...

Continuing his 80th celebrations, the Club's Senior Member, Brian Wynn got on court with the Club's youngest member, 13 years old Anna Fogerty on 6th December.

It was great to see these two enjoying a hit together.

Our Christmas Fast & Furious 2024

Our annual Fast & Furious pre-Christmas Competition took place on 30 November and we thank those members who took part for their support.

The simple format, designed as just a bit of fun, brought together an excellent group of mixed ability players into good competition, even some family contests !

She's born to play ...

At the F&F on 30 November, we welcomed a star of the future, no doubt, in Harper Clark, daughter of Tom & Hannah.

At 23 months old, Harper is finding her way around the squash court - she's definately one to watch !

The 80s tour continues ...

As part of his celebration, Brian Wynn's 80th Birthday tour continued with a match against Mark Davies on 27th November.

Brian has endeavoured to play as many as possible of his playing partners from over the years. It's a fantastic achievement from Brian, who continues to play squash at least twice each week.

Racketball ... JD's your man.

Congratulations to Jonathan Davies who has achieved at yet another big Racketball Competition.

Jon finished as Runner-up in the Liverpool Racketball Open, Over 45s Event held over the weekend 24-25 November. He was disappointed not to win this event, admitting he did have a great chance to win the Final match !

Snow causes postponments.

Snow overnight on 18 November, with the ensuing roads disruption and a Police warning for severe weather later across the North West, caused the Club to postpone the Squash Wales Academy session and our First Team match against Warrington.

Further details are on the Juniors and Team Pages.

Congratulations Tez

Well done to our First Teamer, Tesni Murphy, on her Semi Final place at the Canadian Womens Open 2024 held in Toronto from 27 to 31 October.

In her hard fought Semi Final match, Tez (seeded 8) won the first game but eventually lost out 3-1 to Second seed, and the eventual Champion, Belgium player, Tinnie Gilis.

LATEST - A Championship win in Monaco:
Over the week 11-15 November, Tez went even better and won the Women's Monte Carlo Classic 2024 at the Monaco Squash Club - this was a superb win for Tez who, in the Final, beat the No1 seed, Sarah-Jane Perry by 3-0 - Huge Congratulations to Tez.

Free squash for Ladies / Girls

Throughout the remainder of the year, the Club is pleased to see a return of an important initiative to encourage play, in providing Free Squash for Ladies & Girls.

Sessions take place each Saturday, between 10.30 and 12.00 and are designed to encourage women and girls to try squash. All equipment is provided with sessions run by the Club's qualified coaching team.

This remains an open offer to anyone who may be interested, please do get in touch with us ... come along and have a go.

A Commonwealth disappointment ...

Some good and some disappointing news on 22 October - Commonwealth Sport confirmed that Glasgow are to host the 2026 Games.

The Glasgow Games are scheduled from 23rd July until 2nd August 2026 but will feature a much reduced 10-sport programme.
Sadly, this means it will not involve several established Commonwealth sports, including Squash.
This is hugely disappointing news as we try to grow the sport, particularly as all of the Glasgow squash facilities are already in place.

Cheshire Champion

Well done again to Jonathan Davies, on taking the 2024 Cheshire Open - Over 45s Title over the weekend 20 October at the Bowden Squash Club.

Birthday wishes to Brian

Congratulations to Brian Wynn, an active member of the Club who celebrated his 80th Birthday this October.

Brian, who was also a former Badmington player and Coach, continues to enjoy playing squash twice a week and "loves it".

From everyone at the Squash Club, we hope Brian had a great birthday and that he keeps on playing the game he loves ...

Congratulations to Jon Davies

Over the weekend 5-6 October Jonathan Davies competed in the British Racketball Open Mens Over 50s event at the Hallamshire Club in Sheffield.

He did really well to progress, but lost out in a tight Semi Final match.

Alasdair achieves Level 2 Coaching Award

Congratulations to Club member, Alasdair Blundell who, in August, successfully completed the England Squash Coach Award (Level 2) at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham.

This Award is an important one for the Club, enhancing our experience and qualification, particularly for the coaching work with juniors.

Joel and Gina - our 2024 National Champions

Congratulations to Joel Makin and Gina Kennedy, on becoming the 2024 National Champions in Birmingham on 18 August.

Josh is our new Club Champion

Congratulations to Josh Davies, our 2024 Club Champion.

The Final was eventually played on 3 August, against Rob Evans - Josh winning the match in three games: 11/8, 11/9, 11/5.

In the Play-off match for Third Place, Will Silvester came through strong to beat Darren Lee 3-0.

In our Plate Competition, Richard Ackerley beat last year's Plate winner, Andy Morris.

Club's First Division status - CONFIRMED

We've received confirmation that the Squash Club's NWCSL First Division status is secure into the 2024-25 Season.

With our First Team at the bottom end of Division One last season, there was some doubt whether or not we would stay or be relegated !

For a Club like ours to maintain a place in this elite level Squash League is superb and huge thanks to all involved, in particular our First Team sponsor, Dave Cadwallader.

AGM Update

At the Club's Annual General Meeting held on 29 May, the headline was:
an AGREEMENT not to add any increases to either the Annual Subscription or the Light Card fee for the 2024-25 season.

Equality / Equity Policy

The Wrexham Brymbo Squash Club Committee is keen to ensure that all matters within the Club are treated with respect and fairness and, as such, have formally acknowledged and adopted the Squash Wales Model Equality / Equity Policy.

To view the Equality / Equity Policy, click on the link:

Equality / Equity Policy

Calling all potential coaches . . .

Do you have what it takes to become a qualified squash coach - if so, your Club needs you!

If any Club member has an interest in committing to become a qualified coach, the Squash Club may be able to assist with necessary fees and mentoring.
Please contact either Mark Davies or Jim Tunley to chat it through.

and finally ... all Members to note

To all members - at anytime, if you are the last to leave the Club, please ensure that the showers and all of the lights, heaters and court fans are turned off.

Please be vigilant in this and report any problems that may arise - thank you.