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20th April 2008 - The Danny Gamble Tournament 2008
Canterbury Squash Rackets Club presents..
The Danny Gamble Memorial Squash Tournament 2008
In aid of Cancer Research UK
Sponsored by Hatch Autos
30th May 2008 - 1st June 2008
Prize Money Available:
Winner: £200, Runner-Up: £100, Losing Semi-Finalists: £25
This tournament is more of a social one and all proceeds from the Quiz night, entry fees, T-shirt, Sales, DVD sales and raffle sales go to Cancer Research UK.
Last year we raised just over £2500 and are looking to beat that this year so we need your help!!
Entries close on Tuesday 27th May 2008, Draw takes place Wednesday 28th May. Entry fee by minimum donation of £10 to Cancer Research UK.
Best of 5, Point-A-Rally Scoring to 15 will be used
All Entries to be completed and emailed / posted to
Jan Gamble 114 Rough Common Road Canterbury, Kent Kent CT2 9BU
For more info please email joe@cmstringers.co.uk
*ENTRIES OPEN TO MEN AND WOMEN*
The facebook event for this tournament can be found at:
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25th May 2008 - Danny Gamble Quiz Raises £795!
We have got to a fantastic start so far this year! The Danny Gamble Memorial Quiz, held at the Chartham Village Hall on Friday the 23rd of May, helped raise £795 for Cancer Research UK. Many thanks to all that took part and to those who organised it and Congratulations to Table 4 (Malcolm Cooper, David Savins, Pete Burrows, Russell Page, Brian Casey, Nigel Allen and John Heffernan) for winning the quiz!! |
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1st June 2008 - Brewer completes Danny Gamble Hat Trick!!
BREWER WINS DANNY GAMBLE OPEN FOR 3RD TIME, MACONACHIE WINS PLATE.
Rodmersham's John Brewer beat club mate and training partner, Neil Baker in straight games to take his 3rd straight Danny Gamble Memorial Tournament title. Neil started off stronger, taking a 7-4 lead in the 1st game only for John to fight back to lead 9-7 and eventually closing out the first game 15-10. The 2nd game saw Neil race to a 6-0 lead with John having one too many winners to retrieve! As Neil edged closer to 13-10 in the 2nd game, John cut out the errors and tied the game at 13-13 before denying Neil by taking it 15-13. The final game saw John take a big lead in a game for the first time, with him just about getting everything back and raced away to a 15-9 win in the 3rd to pick up his 3rd title!
FINAL SCORE:
(1) John Brewer beat (3) Neil Baker 3-0 (15-10, 15-13, 15-9)
Middleton's Ross Maconachie overcame a rejuvenated and determined Graham Cutting to secure a 3-2 win in the final of the Danny Gamble Memorial Tournament plate competition. With Ross being the favourite, Graham upset the form book, storming to a 10-4 lead in the first before closing it out 15-12 after a late fight back from Ross. Ross continued his good form and powered to a 15-8 win in the 2nd with Graham making mistakes and Ross steadily retrieving shots in difficult rallies. Graham came up with some outrageous retrieving on his own as Ross found himself having to put the ball away more than once on several occasions to win the rally. This lead to mistakes which Graham capitalised on and took the 3rd game 15-10. The 4th was hotly contested with it the scores tied at 7-7 until Ross broke away to lead 13-7 and eventually closing out the game 15-11. The 5th saw even more frantic rallying and retrieving with Ross leading comfortably 11-6 only for Graham to pull the score back to 13-13! A mistake from Graham gave Ross match ball and a fast and furious rally followed with Ross winning it on a mishit!!
FINAL SCORE:
Ross Maconachie (Middleton) beat Graham Cutting (Canterbury) 3-2 (12-15, 15-8, 10-15, 15-11, 15-13) |
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5th June 2008 - Cutting takes Club Handicap title
CUTTING WINS DANNY GAMBLE CLOSED HANDICAP TOURNAMENT
Graham Cutting recorded his first win in the Danny Gamble Closed handicap tournament with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Steve Dunk. With the starting scored being -5, 0, Graham edged out the first game 15-10 before taking a commanding 2-0 lead with a 15-4 demolition of Steve "Drunk" in the 2nd! Steve battle back in the 3rd but just fell short of pulling a game back as Graham hung on to take the 3rd 15-13 in a tense finale to the match!
FINAL SCORE:
(-36) Graham Cutting beat (-41) Steve Dunk 3-0 (15-10, 15-4, 15-13) |
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10th April 2009 - The Danny Gamble Memorial Quiz
The Danny Gamble Memorial Quiz has been set for Friday the 22nd of May 2009 and is to be held at Chartham Village Hall (by the mills) at 7:30pm. Entries are open for table of teams of 8 people with the cost of entry being £6 per person. All proceeds will go to Cancer Research UK.
Food will be provided but please bring your own glasses and alcohol. To book a table please phone Frank Hixson on 01227 780217
Chartham Village Hall, Station Road, Chartham, CT4 7JB |
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12th May 2009 - The Danny Gamble Memorial Quiz
The Danny Gamble Memorial Quiz has been postponed and will be held at a later date. Please check back here for more updates. |
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21st May 2009 - The Danny Gamble Closed Handicap 2009
The Danny Gamble Closed Handicap is currently under way and the draw and results can be found in the ‘Draw’ section. Defending champion Graham Cutting has scraped through to the tournament semi finals after two tense five set battles against Tony Gamble and Raju Bhadresha with the latter having to concede leading 6 - (-6) in the 5th game due to calf strain! Can Graham’s luck hold out and land him the silverware !!?? |
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26th May 2009 - Rivers stuns Cutting in Semi Final
Julian Rivers overcame Graham Cutting in a tense semi final, winning the match 3-2 (11-8 in the 5th) to book his place in the final of the Danny Gamble Close Handicap tournament. Rivers will be looking to reclaim the title that he won back in 2007. The other semi final between Steve Snellgrove and Joe Magor commences tomorrow after an epic Quarter final which saw Steve Snellgrove beat Steve “Stag Do” Dunk 3-1. Dunk’s only comment was “That’s what 5 days of drinking does to you, son!” Snellgrove, who won the first Danny Gamble Handicap title back in 2005, will be looking to book his place in the final tomorrow. |
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27th May 2009 - Brewer back to defend title as entries close
John Brewer confirmed his intention to defend his title and aim for a 4th consecutive Danny Gamble Memorial Squash Tournament title. He faces stiff competition from talented youngster, Ted Jeal with Duane Harrison and Neil Baker completing the top four seedings for the tournament. Qualifiers kick off at 6:40pm tomorrow with the first round of matches commencing from 6:40pm onwards on Friday. Please see the ‘Draw’ and ‘Schedule’ sections for more details. |
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28th May 2009 - Magor books place in Handicap Final
Joe Magor booked his place in his first Danny Gamble Closed Handicap final, edging out 2005 Champion, Steve Snellgrove 3-1 (11-9, 11-8, -3-11, 11-7) to face the 2007 Champion ,Julian Rivers, who had knocked out last years winner, Graham Cutting in the other semi final. The final is expected to kick off at 6pm on Sunday the 31st of May and sees Julian holding at 11 point advantage at the start of each game in the Best of 5 match. |
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1st June 2009 - Magor overcomes Rivers in tense Handicap final!
Joe Magor survived a tense second game to win the Danny Gamble Memorial Closed Handicap tournament with a 3-0 (11-6, 11-10, 11-7) win over 2007 winner, Julian Rivers. With the scores starting ay -11-0, The first game was played at a furious pace with Joe keeping Julian pinned to the back corners before Julian fought back with some deceptive boasts and his patented reverse angle boast that he is well known for!!!! The second game was tight with Julian leading 8-2 before uncharacteristically making 4 mistakes off the serve for Joe to close the gap to 8-6 before finally levelling the game at 10-10 to set up a sudden death situation. Julian was then denied a stroke and a let was played before Joe won the next rally with a dying forehand length to lead 2-0. The final game was played at the same fast pace with Julian starting to make errors which allowed Joe to overcome the handicap and win the 3rd 11-7 to win the title for the first time.
Final Score: Joe Magor beat Julian Rivers 3-0 (11-6, 11-10. 11-7)
Full Results and Scores can be found by going to the ‘DRAW’ section. |
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1st June 2009 - Clarke ousts Cutting in plate final thriller!
Gary Clarke recovered from going two sets to one down to win the Danny Gamble Memorial Plate in a 3-2 win over Canterbury’s Graham Cutting. Graham Started off strongly taking the first game 15-7 with some good retrieving which caught Gary out. Gary came out firing winners in the second game hitting several drop shots into the nick to run away with the 2nd game, 15-4. Graham regrouped and after a series of dives from each player! (both not wanting to be outdone by the other in the diving stakes!), Graham managed to win it 15-11. Gary continued to hit winning drop shots in the 5th and lead 11-5 before closing the game out 15-6 to set up a deciding 5th game. Gary raced to a 6-0 in the 5th and kept in control as he lead 9-5 and 12-7 before closing out the game 15-12 and the match 3-2 to retain the plate title that he had won in 2007.
Final Score: Gary Clarke (Rodmersham) beat Graham Cutting (Canterbury) 3-2 (7-15, 15-4, 11-15, 15-6, 15-12)
Full Results and Scores can be found by going to the ‘DRAW’ section. |
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1st June 2009 - Brewer edges out Jeal in epic final!
John Brewer survived a late rally from Ted Jeal to successfully defend his Danny Gamble Memorial Squash Tournament title. Jeal, playing in his first Danny Gamble tournament had earlier survived a comeback from last year’s finalist, Neil Baker. Despite being 2-1 down and 12-6 down in the 4th game, Baker had recovered to win the 4th set 15-13 and lead 14-12 in the 5th game before Ted fought back to level the scores at 14-14 to set up a sudden death situation. Neil, unfortunately, conceded a stroke from the following service return to hand the match to Jeal and a place in the final against John.
John started the first game strongly, racing to the 9-3 lead with Ted struggling with John’s pace. He soon recovered, and pulled the score back to 11-13, keeping the ball tight and hitting some stunning winners. John edged the game 15-13 after a couple of errors from Ted. In the second, John started off very strongly, retrieving very well and putting Ted under a lot of pressure, forcing him to retrieve from difficult positions. He duly won the 2nd, 15-7 to put him a strong position. With Ted looking out of answers, he changed his game in the 3rd and kept the ball tight on the backhand and went for less risky shots. The scores were tied until 9-9 before a mini run by Ted saw him break way to lead 12-9 with a series of stunning winners and rallies that had John diving all over the court, much to doubles partner, Gary Clarke’s, delight!!! John managed to pull the deficit back to 11-13 but Ted wasn’t to be denied and closed out the game 15-12 to pull one game back. The 4th game was very similar to the third, with a lot of cautious rallies and some fantastic retrieving from both players. The scores were close and the crowd could sense a fifth game as the scores stood at 11-11 with nothing between the two players. A couple of errors from Ted, gave John a 13-11 advantage before Ted levelled with a drop shot in the nick and an error from John to tie the game at 13-13. Unfortunately, a tin from Ted and a stroke awarded against him handed the game to John 15-13 and the match 3-1 in arguably one of the hardest fought finals in the Danny Gamble tournament!!
Final Score: John Brewer (Rodmersham) beat Ted Jeal (Bexley) 3-1 (15-12, 15-8, 12-15, 15-13)
Full Results and Scores can be found by going to the ‘DRAW’ section. |
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7th April 2010 - The Danny Gamble Squash Tournament 2010
Canterbury Squash Rackets Club presents..
The Danny Gamble Squash Tournament 2010 (Open to all players)
In aid of Cancer Research UK
14th May 2010 - 16th May 2010 (13th of May will be used for Qualifying matches)
Prize Money Available:
Winner: £200, Runner-Up: £100, Losing Semi-Finalists: £25
This tournament is more of a social one and all proceeds from the Quiz night, entry fees, T-shirt, Sales, DVD sales and raffle sales go to Cancer Research UK.
Entries close on Tuesday 11th May 2010, Draw takes place on Wednesday 12th May 2010.
Tournament Entry Fee is £10.00 ( Please make cheques payable to ‘Cancer Research UK’)
Best of 5, Point-A-Rally Scoring to 15 will be used
All Entries to be completed and emailed / posted to:
Simon Goddard Sunny Grove Covet Lane, Kingston, Canterbury, Kent CT4 6JT
For more info please email: joe@cmstringers.com
*ENTRIES OPEN TO MEN AND WOMEN*
The event for this tournament can be found at:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=71701852982
The Entry Form for the tournament can be found below in picture format (.png) or can be downloaded from the following links in either Adobe Reader Pdf format (.pdf) or Microsoft PowerPoint format (.ppt):
Danny Gamble Memorial Tournament 2010 Entry Form (.pdf)
Danny Gamble Memorial Tournament 2010 Entry Form (.ppt)
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11th May 2010 - Gamble edges out Goddard in Handicap opener
Tony Gamble cleared his first hurdle in the first round of the Danny Gamble Closed Handicap with a hard fought 3-1 win over Simon Goddard. Tony contributed his success to his new found training regime and a staple diet of Stella, White wine and send out! With new rackets in tow, he now takes on Joe Radford in the next round for a place in the semi finals. Next round’s fixtures can be found in the Schedule section. Other results from the first round are:
Joe Radford (-30) beat James Clague (-18) 3-0 Ryan Broadbridge (-25) beat Leon Labovitch (-25) 3-0 Steve Snellgrove (-23) beat Julian Rivers (-34) 3-1 Alex Payne (-25) beat Steve Dunk (-39) 3-2 John Heffernan (-16) beat Graham Cutting (-39) 3-0
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13th May 2010 - London seeded to take first title
Steve London is this year’s top seed, tipped to take the Danny Gamble Open title for the first time after the withdrawal of 4 time champion John Brewer, due to injury. London, hailing from Park Langley in Beckenham, recently joined the ranks of the Professional Squash Players Association (PSA) and holds a current world ranking of 400. He will face stiff competition from Rodmersham’s Neil Baker (one place behind him in the PSA world rankings) as well as the mercurial Ted Jeal and seasoned veteran Duane Harrison! The first round proper kicks off one Friday the 14th of May. See the Schedule page for timings and the Draw section for the tournament draw. |