Women Collegiate Nationals Princeton, New Jersey Feb 18-20

Stanford Women were beaten 7-2 in their first round match at the womens collegiate Nationals(Howe Cup). Stanford the # 6 seeds were up against Trinity #3 seeds. Seniors Cecilia Haig & Smantha Buechner were the only teams winners. Cecilia the #3 on the Cardinal team won 3-0 conviningly, and Samantha #5 on the team won a close match 3-1.
Stanford faced Cornell in their first round consolation match. They managed to beat Cornell convincingly 6-3. The six winners for the cardinals were, Kathryn Corelli, Julie Koenig, Sareena Fagan, Sam Beuchner, Kyla Sherwood & Pam Chau.
Next up was the U Penn, In the Consolation final. Although, the Stanford girls lost this one 7-2, there were some standout performances, with #4 Kyla Sherwood & #1 Pam Chau, both claiming tough five set victories.

85 Participants in this weekends 2011 Spire Western States Regional Champs

Eight-five participants will compete in this weekends Spire Western States Regional Championships, that we're hosting at Stanford. This weekends Winners and Finalists in each division will be eligible to play in the US Squash Skill Level Championships that will hosted in Baltimore, April 29-May 1st 2011. 

A huge thank you to John George of Spire, who has very generously sponsored this event. John has been a great benefactor to Bay Area Squash and we all really appreciate his generosity. 

Over the last 15 years I have organized many Bay Area Squash tournaments. This it is my first ever event at Stanford, so I'd like to wish all the competitors the very best of luck this weekend. Play hard, play fair, but most of all have fun! 

Here is the schedule of events-

Friday 25th-First round matches start at 5.30pm(Complimentary Dinner provided for all tourney participants).

Saturday 26th- Matches continue from 9.30am (Complimentary Breakfast & Lunch will be provided for tourney participants).

Sunday 27th- Finals Day. Matches start 9.30am. All main draw & consolation Finals as well as 3/4th & 7/8 Play-offs. (Complimentary Breakfast & lunch provided to all tourney participants).

http://www.ussquash.com/ssm/pages/tournaments/information.asp?tournament_id=2307

I look forward to seeing you at the tournament.

Richard

Elite Junior Clinics in March

Elite Junior Clinics

Dates: 3/6, 3/13, 3/20,
Time 12.30-2.30pm
Cost: $50
Location: Stanford courts. To sign-up for any of these clinics
You can either post a response on the site or email/text me.

Stanford Junior Squash Clinics Starting March 6th

Stanford Junior Squash Clinics
This clinics are targeted toward beginner & intermediate Children ages 7-14
10 week class Dates= 3/6,3/13,3/20,4/3,4/10,4/174/24,5/1,5/8,5/15
10am-11.20am Sunday morning
Cost $275 No make -up week.
You can either post a response on the site or email/text me.
You can either post a response on the site or email/text me.

Bay Area Juniors vs Stanford Men -Monday Feb 7th Results!

The Stanford Mens Team beat the Bay Area Junior team 6-2. There was some great Squash on display and most of the matches were close.  Here are the results-

Stanford Men Vs Bay Area Juniors
Sam Gould bt William Mohr 3-2
Chirs Baldock bt Bransten Ming 3-0
Tyler Strand bt Gabriel Morgan 3-1
Teddy Bower lt Keane Heller 2-3
Paul Lee bt Patrick Smith 3-0
Chang Yea bt Lyall Cooper 3-1
John Han lt Cole Becker 2-3
Sam Barsh bt Raghav Kumar 3-0

Rosebud Junior Open Portland Oregon

I took four of my Juniors to compete in the Rosebud Junior Open. Rohan Sharan, Patrick Smith, Raghav Kumar & Samir Kothari. All the boys managed to reach a main draw or consolation final. I was very proud of their efforts. Here are the results.

Boys U15 Final - Miguel Nava bt Rohan Sharan 3-0
Boys U13 Consol Final Vincent Wang bt Samir Kothari 3-0
Boys U15 Consol Final Patrick Smith bt Raghav Kumar 3-0
Boys U 17 Consol Final Patrick Smith bt Jemitrius Vezia 3-1

Elite Bay Area Junior Team vs Stanford Mens Team Monday Feb 7th 4pm

Here's our Elite Junior team line-up for Monday:-
William Mohr
Branny Ming
Gabe Morgan
Jacob Pfau
Patrick Smith
Keane Heller
Lyall Cooper
Cole Becker
Ragahv Kumar

I still need a couple more players!!