Open Championships
The Open Championships are open to norths Club members and are played at the end of the year.
There are five divisions of play
Open (everyone may enter)
Capped (restricted to lower ranked players, as designated by the Club Captain)
Ladies
Masters (45 years and over)
Grand Masters (65 Years and over)
All players will be eligible to play in one division of Open or Capped and those who meet the entry requirements may choose to play in one or more of the other draws.
The draw will be conducted as a round robin style with points awarded for both participation and wins. There are prizes for the winners and runners up of each division. Additionally, the winner of each grade has their name put on the honour boards in the viewing gallery of the courts and the squash club website.
The results should be emailed to the club captain ( captain@northssquash.com ) as soon as possible after the match.
Current standings can be found here.
Please arrange the time for your match with your opponent at an agreed day and time. Make a court booking through the internal club booking sheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E8QqOI3fUihqgFA5zM_Nnufhz7tU6xVLxN-WHrD_WBQ/edit ) or book a court through norths Fitness (note: court booking made through norths Fitness will incur a cost).
Please do try to accommodate your opponent if they have suggested a number of possible times to play your match. If you are unable to play your match despite multiple attempts to agree a suitable time, then you must forfeit your match. We have many matches to play and a limited time to play them, so please try to be as flexible as possible.
All matches are in the same format as pennant games (‘point a rally’ to 15 points, best of 5 games). In following the latest pennant format, games must be won by 2 points (e.g. 15-13, 16-14, 17-15, 18-16 etc). Games are to be refereed and scored by you and your opponent unless you arrange a referee prior to your match.
Open Championship 2023 winners
Karan Rathore - Open Champs Winner
Mike Dickens - Open Champs Runner Up
Richard Williams - Open Champs Plate Winner
Steve Dawson - Open Champs Plate Runner Up
Martin Cox - Masters Champs Winner
Ed Ho - Masters Champs Runner Up
Barry Werth - Masters Champs Plate Winner
Kali Lawrie - Masters Champs Plate Runner Up
James Driscoll - Open Champs Capped Winner
Barry Werth - Open Champs Capped Runner Up
Peter Henry - Open Champs Capped Plate Winner
Paul Baylis - Open Champs Capped Plate Runner Up
Open Championship 2022 winners
Mike Dickens - Open Champs winner
Jeff Cabarrus - Open Champs runner up
Clive Johnson - Open Champs Plate winner
Andrew Roughan - Open Champs Plate runner up
Martin Cox - Masters Champs winner
Clive Johnson - Masters Champs runner up
Barry Werth - Masters Champs Plate winner
Paul Baylis - Masters Champs Plate runner up
Barry Werth - Open Champs Capped winner
Paul Baylis - Open Champs Capped runner up
Open Championship 2021 winners
Mike Dickens - Open Championships Winner
Remus Mate - Open Championships Runner Up
Mark Brycki - Masters Championships Winner
Martin Cox - Masters Championships Runner Up
Barry Werth - Open Championships Capped Winner
Simon Dorahy - Open Championships Capped Runner Up
Richard Williams - Open Championships Plate Winner
Jesper Solgaard - Open Championships Plate Runner Up
Andrew Roughan - Masters Plate Winner
Paul Baylis - Masters Plate Runner Up
Paul Baylis - Capped Plate Winner
Mark Gett - Capped Plate Runner Up