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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.

If you would like to know more, please contact either Mark Davies or Jim Tunley to chat through how you could become involved.

June 2025

Farewell to Tom !

At the SW Academy Session on 24 June, we said a "farewell" and very best wishes to Tom Willis as he prepares for life at University, to embark on a Geography Degree in Liverpool.

Tom has been a member of the Squash Wales Academy since its first days at Brymbo and has been a member of the Squash Club from the age of seven. We hope he has a great time in Liverpool.

Sprint Ducathlon for Ethan

Well done to Ethan Willis on tackling the Cardiff Sprint Ducathlon on 22 June.

The Sprint Ducathlon features all of the sights of Cardiff Bay, with runs and a bike section on closed roads, both finishing at the Millenium Centre.
A great effort Ethan, congratulations.

It's that time of the year ...

Best of luck to all those juniors who are taking a break from playing squash this month, importantly to concentrate on their exams.

May 2025

Welsh juniors at Europeans

Members of the SW Academy North Squad travelled to Bordeaux, France as part of an Under 15s and Under 17s Mixed Teams, in the 2025 European Squash Championships.

Each of the Teams played six matches between 8th and 11th May - the Under 17s Team finished the Championships in 15th place (from 19 Teams), while the Under 15s Team were 14th (from 16 Teams).

Congratulations to Ethan, Salah, Erin and Leon and all of our Welsh players, on what must have been a fantastic experience to represent their country abroad.

Huge honour for Ethan

One of our Club members, Ethan Willis, has had the huge honour of being made Captain of the Welsh Juniors Under 17s Team by Squash Wales.

Ethan will Captain the Welsh Team as they compete at the European Under 17s Championships in Bordeaux, France from 8-11 May.

Also in the Welsh Team will be fellow SW Academy (North) players, Salah Farrag, Erin and Leon Lauder - we hope they have a great time and wish them all the very best of luck.

April 2025

Hard work starts to pay ...

Currently, we only have one junior attending the first session of the Squash Wales Academy Squad (North), in Anna Fogerty.

There's no doubt that the additional coaching from Mike Harris is beginning to show, such that it may not be too long before Anna is considered for a move into the higher group of players !

March 2025

Wales win at Inter Counties !

At the Inter Counties competitiion in Sheffield at the end of March, the Wales Girls Under 15s took the honours.

Part of the Team was Erin Lauder, a member of the Squash Wales Academy (North) Squad, who train at the Club each weak. The Under 15 Girls won GOLD; the Under 15 Boys won the Silver Plate; the Under 13 Girls and Under 13 Boys both took home Bronze; while the Under 11 Boys also came third. Well done to all of the players.

Juniors coaching cancelled

The Club's regular Juniors Coaching session on 17 March is CANCELLED.

All parents have been notified, this disruption is due to us having new court heaters fitted on 17th and 18th March.

Meanwhile, it's really good to see two of our juniors - Anna and Lukas - now playing regularly in both the Monthly Squash and Racketball Leagues.

Two Welsh Champions

For several years, Tesni Murphy has been a positive role model to young Welsh female players; in particular to one young SW Academy (North) player, Erin Lauder from Ffestiniog.

Both are current Welsh Champions and, together they recently took part in the 2025 Girls in Motion session held in Manchester; they'd previously played together at Deeside Leisure Centre back in 2018 - see how they've changed (well, Erin) !

February 2025

Pupils visit the Squash Club

On 13 February, we were pleased to host Year 6 pupils from Brynteg CP School with Club Coaches, Jim and Mark, putting them through some basic routines, designed for complete beginners.

The visit had been arranged as part of the Wrexham Schools Programme, with help from the Council's Sports Development Team.

Academy stars to represent Wales

The Club is pleased and very proud to hear that four of the Academy {North} players have been selected to play for Wales.

On 7th February, Squash Wales sent out the great news to - Ethan Willis, Erin and Leaon Lauder and Jamie Silvester - they've all been picked, as follows:

Ethan Willis - Under 17 European Team Championships in Bordeaux, France [8-11 May].
Leon Lauder - Under 15 European Team Championships in Bordeaux [8-11 May] and.
Under 15 Five Nations Mixed Team Championships in Nantes, France [4-6 April].
Erin Lauder - Under 17 European Team Championships in Bordeaux, France [8-11 May] and
Under 19 European Team Championships in Prague, Czech Republic [17-20 April].
Jamie Silvester - Under 19 European Team Championships in Prague, Czech Republic [17-20 April].

Huge congratulatios all, the very best of luck and ENJOY.

Salah is Slovenian Champion

Huge congratulation to Salah Farrag - the 2025 Boys Under 13 Slovenian Junior Open Champion

Played in Ljubljana from 31 Jauary to 2 February, Salah lost only one game on his way to the Final - well done.
This followed on from Salah's win at the Welsh National Championships the previous week.

January 2025

2025 Welsh Junior Closed

From 24-26th January, the 2025 Karakal Welsh Junior Closed Championships took place in Cardiff , with some of our local Academy Squad players taking part.

Congratulations to them all on the following results:
Salah Farrag - Boys Under 13 Champion.
Leon Lauder - Boys Under 15 Third.
Erin Lauder - Girls Under 19 Third.
Ethan Willis - Boys Under 17 Third.
Jmie Silvester - Boys Under 19 Third.

Wrexham Schools Squash Programme

Club Coaches, Jim and Mark, took the Mini Squash Experience to Brymbo St Mary's CP School on 16 January, with two mixed groups from Years 4, 5 and 6.

The Schools Programme is an important outreach initiative to young people, particularly those living within the vicinity of the Club, to encourage greater participation

First Juniors session of 2025

On 6th January, as schools re-opened following the Christmas / New Year break, the first Juniors Coaching session of 2025 took place with just two players, Anna Fogerty and Jess Handley - other members of the group were unavailable.

Our Juniors squash coaching programme is an important element of the Club's activity with new members of the group welcomed at any time - contact the Club Secretary for further detail.

2025 British Junior Open

The first major juniors event of 2025 took place across a number of venues in Birmingham from 2nd to Monday 6th January; it featured three local players from the North Wales Academy Squad, brother and sister Leon and Erin Lauder, together with Salah Farrag, Jamie Silvester and Abdallah Eissa (Abdallah is a top seed in the Boys Under 19 event and plays in our NWCSL First Team).
This is a most prestigeous event with many of the World's top junior players taking part.

UPDATE: Leon - 43rd place.
Erin - 51st place.
Salah - 59th place.
Jamie - 82nd place, and
Abdallah - 5th place.

December 2024

2024 Scottish Junior Open for some ...

The final major juniors event of the year took take place in Edinburgh from Saturday 28th to Monday 30th December.

Five of our local juniors were part of the schedule, including Academy players:
Erin Lauder (Girls U17); Leon Lauder (Boys U13); Tom Willis (Boys U19); Ethan Willis (Boys u17); plus Jamie Silvester (Boys U19).
We wish them all well.

UPDATE: Leon - 7th place.
Erin - 14th place.
Ethan - 20th place.
Tom - 28th place, and
Jamie - 18th place.

Chance of National selection

Best of luck to three of our Academy North players who had individual sessions with Squash Wales National Junior Coach, Greg Tippings at the Club on 23 December.

The hour-long sessions were to "test and assess" all three - Ethan Willis, Erin and Leon Lauder, plus Jamie Silvester on suitability for possible selection to play for Wales - a huge achievement if they were to be successful.

Leon siezes the opportunity

Academy player Leon Lauder took the opportunity to get on court with World Ranked No.6 Joel Makin on 17 December.

Leon, age 12, played a game with Joel following the Wrexham First Team match against Warrington. It was brilliant to see this top professional player take time with an outstanding young junior.

Final coaching sessions in 2024

The final Club Juniors and Academy Squad (North) sessions of 2024 took place during the week commencing 16th December.

On behalf of all Coaches, we hope that you enjoy Christmas and we would like to see everyone back on court, as keen as ever, in 2025.

Get well soon, Will

One of junior members, Will Dean has had an awful 2024 with injury, unable to enjoy his favourite sports - Squash and Rugby.

It started with an injury earlier in the year and then again, in late Summer, a leg injury stopped play of all sports for three months.

Feeling his leg was much better and wanting to start again Will ventured onto the rugby playing field again but, during a ruck, he did unfortunately suffer a fracture to the humerous in his upper left arm. Now wearing an arm immobilising brace, he will have this between 6 to 8 weeks.

We understand what a massive frustration this must be for a keen young person like Will and do hope he's able to enjoy Christmas; get wll soon Will and we look forward to seeing you back on court, hopefully in the Spring.

Eye Protection - our Policy

It is important that all members, parents and juniors understand the Club's approach to Eye Protection - a policy which is also adopted by Squash Wales.

To view our policy, please click on either the link below or the graphic (right).

Eye Protection - our Policy

Child Safety & Equity

The Squash Club fully supports and welcomes the work of its National Governing Body, Squash Wales in the area of Child Safety and, as such, members and parents may be interested to see their Policy & Procedures in Squash Impementation Plan (July 2013) -

"Child Safety - Our Priority"

Equality / Equity Policy

The Wrexham Brymbo Squash Club Committee is keen to ensure 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

Acceptable Behaviour ....

Finally, all are reminded about the Club's Acceptable Behaviour Code for our Junior Members; this is particularly important when a Junior is selected to represent our Club in a match or at a Squash Wales Training Squad.

Acceptable Behaviour Code for all Junior Members