Wiltshire Squash - Knock-Out Cup

The Wiltshire SRA used to run two annual KO team competitions for the benefit of its members. These have always ran concurrently with the main Winter League, with the Finals taking place around mid-April, once the Leagues were well and truly part of history. For some reason, fewer teams have always participated in the Cup competitions than the Leagues which is somewhat surprising, since the entry fee was always very cheap and lavish prizes always awaited the winning individual team members. On top of this came a significant bit of local publicity for the Club and players concerned.

Nowadays, just one Cup competition is played, this being a handicap event open to all League teams. This is very popular with most teams participating.

Rules are as per normal league matches but:

Teams consist of 4 players playing in merit order.
American (point-per-rally) scoring with each game to 15 at 14/14 players to win by 2
Best of 5 games however players may decide beforehand to play best of 3 rather than best of 5 if time is running short (has to be mutually acceptable to all concerned).
Handicaps set by League Secretary and may fluctuate as competition progresses as present form is taken into account:
- If both negative handicaps (e.g. -16 and -4) then adjusted to -12 & 0.
- If both positive handicaps (e.g. +3 and +1) then adjusted to +2 & 0.
- If mix (e.g. -16 and +2) then play as is
Results determined firstly by number of strings, if a draw then number of games, then points within games. If still a draw awarded to away team
Entertainment fees to be split between teams.
Court costs are the responsibility of the home team - though venues may be switched if mutually acceptable to save on court costs.
Matches not played by due date will result in "toss of coin" deciding fixture, unless one team is deemed to have been particularly at fault.

1st Round (w/c 7th Jan)

Quarter-Finals (w/c 18th Feb)

Semi-Finals (w/c 1st Apr)

Final (w/c 22nd Apr)

Wessex 1 (bye)

Wessex 1 (-5)

v

Marlborough 1 (-9)

(9 - 6)

Wessex 1 (-5)

v

Defence Academy 2 (+4)

(7 - 8)

Defence Academy 2 (+4)

v

Defence Academy 1 (-15)

(3 - 12)

Marlborough 1 (-9)
v
Trowbridge 1 (-4)

(8-8: 204pts - 199pts)

Defence Academy 2 (bye)

Defence Academy 2 (+4)

v

Devizes 2 (+7)

(12 - 4)

Wessex 3 (+8)
v
Devizes 2 (+7)

(7 - 9)

Wessex 2 (bye)

Wessex 2 (0)

v

Defence Academy 1 (-15)

(0 - 12)

Defence Academy 1 (-15)

v

Trowbridge 2 (+6)

(12 - 4)

Defence Academy 1 (-15)

v

Devizes 1 (-2)

(9 - 4)

Trowbridge 2 (bye)

Trowbridge 2 (+6)

v

Cricklade (-6)

(10 - 4)

Marlborough 2 (+1)
v
Cricklade (-6)

(10 - 3)

Handicaps:

Defence Academy 1: -15, Marlborough 1: -9, Cricklade: -6, Wessex 1: -5, Trowbridge 1: -4, Devizes 1: -2, Wessex 2: 0, Marlborough 2: +1, Defence Academy 2: +4, Trowbridge 2: +6, Devizes 2: +7, Wessex 3: +8

Based on PAR scoring up to 15

Detailed Results:

1st Round:

Marlborough 1 v Trowbridge 1

	Players		Match Score		Game 1		Game 2		Game 3		Game 4		Game 5		Remarks
String	Home	Away	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	Remarks
1	Julian Beckett	Dan Francis	3	1	15	10	15	10	11	15	15	9
2	Si Lucas	Mike Ferris	3	1	15	7	15	17	15	6	15	11
3	Ed Davies	Nick Higginbottom	2	3	14	16	15	13	15	10	10	15	0	15
4	Dan Harris	Mark McGuinness	0	3	11	15	13	15	10	15

Marlborough 1 win on points scored after a tie

Wessex 3 v Devizes 2

	Players		Match Score		Game 1		Game 2		Game 3		Game 4		Game 5		Remarks
String	Home	Away	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	Remarks
1	Josh Watkins	Mark Lascelles	3	0	16	14	w	o	w	o					Mark conceded
2	Andy Heavens	Calvin Shaw	2	3	15	11	15	12	7	15	9	15	11	15
3	Howard Wilson	Trevor Edwards	0	3	13	15	13	15	14	16
4	Dave Hutton	Brandon Wellard	2	3	12	15	9	15	15	11	16	14	8	15

Defence Academy 1 v Devizes 1

	Players		Match Score		Game 1		Game 2		Game 3		Game 4		Game 5		Remarks
String	Home	Away	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	Remarks
1	Rich Green	Adie Gray	3	0	15	4	15	13	15	8
2	Adam Giles	Russ Bothwick	3	0	15	13	w	o	w	o					Russ retired injured
3	Calli Smith	Pete Hatch	3	1	7	15	15	13	16	14	15	7
4	Nev Buckle	Tony Ambridge	0	3	12	15	11	15	-6	15

Marlborough 2 v Cricklade

	Players		Match Score		Game 1		Game 2		Game 3		Game 4		Game 5		Remarks
String	Home	Away	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	Remarks
1	Alex Freedman	James Ryan	0	3	6	15	4	15	3	15
2	Kris du Cros	Luke Packman	0	3	12	15	10	15	13	15
3	Matt Burn	Gary Burton	3	1	13	15	15	2	15	1	15	10
4	Clive Morgan	Kev Minton	0	3	13	15	7	15	5	7					Clive retired injured

Quarter-Finals:

Wessex 1 v Marlborough 1

	Players		Match Score		Game 1		Game 2		Game 3		Game 4		Game 5		Remarks
String	Home	Away	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	Remarks
1	Rizwan Khan	Si Lucas	3	0	15	4	15	9	15	7
2	Adam Percy	Nick Mallaburn	3	0	15	0	15	12	15	6
3	Ed Crane	James Perry	2	3	11	15	15	6	10	15	15	11	17	19
4	Mike Stannard	Dan Davies	1	3	15	10	14	16	14	16	13	15

Defence Academy 2 v Devizes 2

	Players		Match Score		Game 1		Game 2		Game 3		Game 4		Game 5		Remarks
String	Home	Away	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	Remarks
1	Chris Greenwood	Mark Lascellas	3	1	15	8	5	15	15	13	15	10
2	Mike Hyland	Calvin Shaw	3	1	12	15	15	9	15	12	15	13
3	Steve Deacon	Trevor Edwards	3	0	15	8	15	6	15	7
4	Nick Hartley	Chris Hard	3	2	11	15	15	12	15	11	8	15	15	8

Wessex 2 v Defence Academy 1

	Players		Match Score		Game 1		Game 2		Game 3		Game 4		Game 5		Remarks
String	Home	Away	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	Remarks
1	Tom Crampton	Adam Giles	0	3	10	15	5	15	9	15
2	Joely Bennett	Calli Smith	0	3	7	15	13	15	10	15
3	Neil Marshman	Nigel Rowe	0	3	13	15	6	15	8	15
4	Neil Harries	Nev Buckle	0	3	5	15	w	o	w	0					Neil retired injured

Trowbridge 2 v Cricklade

	Players		Match Score		Game 1		Game 2		Game 3		Game 4		Game 5		Remarks
String	Home	Away	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	Remarks
1	Andy Cowgill	Johnny Carne	3	0	15	13	15	5	15	7
2	Mark Ricketts	Gary Burton	3	0	15	7	15	6	15	1
3	Martin Vaughan	Kevin Minton	3	1	15	13	13	15	15	10	15	13
4	Pete Simmonds	Chris Lavers	1	3	11	15	12	15	15	10	9	15

Semi-Finals:

Wessex 1 v Defence Academy 2

	Players		Match Score		Game 1		Game 2		Game 3		Game 4		Game 5		Remarks
String	Home	Away	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	Remarks
1	Rizwan Khan	Chris Greenwood	3	1	19	17	15	13	7	15	15	10
2	Ed Crane	Mike Hyland	1	3	10	15	15	13	4	15	7	15
3	Johnny Walker	Steve Deacon	3	1	4	15	15	10	15	12	15	12
4	Mike Stannard	Nick Hartley	0	3	6	15	15	17	13	15

Defence Academy 1 v Trowbridge 2

	Players		Match Score		Game 1		Game 2		Game 3		Game 4		Game 5		Remarks
String	Home	Away	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	Remarks
1	Adam Giles	Richard Elsden	3	1	5	15	15	12	15	12	15	7
2	Calli Smith	Martin Vaughan	3	0	15	9	15	12	15	9
3	Nigel Rowe	Richard Edwards	3	1	13	15	15	12	15	11	15	9
4	Dan Burns	Jerry Francis	3	2	15	9	15	13	13	15	13	15	15	11

Final:

Defence Academy 2 v Defence Academy 1

	Players		Match Score		Game 1		Game 2		Game 3		Game 4		Game 5		Remarks
String	Home	Away	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	Remarks
1	Chris Greenwood	Adam Giles	1	3	10	15	12	15	15	0	9	15
2	Mike Hyland	Calli Smith	1	3	15	12	12	15	13	15	14	16
3	Steve Moffat	Nigel Rowe	1	3	15	0	10	15	11	15	10	15
4	Nick Hartley	Dan Burns	0	3	12	15	14	16	14	16