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Cleethorpes Cricket Club
Invitational Tournament 2022 |
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Cleethorpes Cricket Club
Invitational Tournament 2022
28 - 29 Aug
Cleethorpes Cricket Club, Cleethorpes, UK |
Patrick Rooney
11/3 11/6 11/9
3 -0
Sam Osborne-Wylde |
Patrick Rooney
11/8 11/8 13/11
3-0
Nick Wall |
Nick Wall
7/11 11/6 12/10 7/11 11/3
3-2
George Parker
2022 Winner
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Nick Wall
9/11 6/11 12/10 11/8 11/7
3-2
Simon Herbert |
George Parker
11/8 11/6 11/8
3-0
Harry Falconer |
George Parker
7/11 11/9 15/17 11/5 11/1
3-2
Declan James |
Curtis Malik
11/9 11/9 11/6
3-0
Declan James |
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Special Thanks to our Sponsors |
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Oceanblue logistics |
Surface Specialists |
Joy Walker Estate agents |
Paul Rudd Solicitors |
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North Lincs Tyres |
C&L Fairburn properties |
The Van Franchise |
Flying Colours Finance |
The Final
Nick Wall v George Parker
Wall was quick into his game and lead 8/2, Parker got back into the
game 6/9 but Wall kept his discipline to win 11/7. Total reversal of the
first with Parker settled 6/1, Wall trying to get back into it 6/9 but
Parker regains the momentum for 11/6. Again Parker is off to a flyer
6/1, some good squash from both with Parker retrieving everything but
Wall gets back to 6/9, after some long rallies and some amazing
retrieving from both players Wall takes the lead 10/9.
Parker is having none of it and takes the next 3 points to win 12/10.
Looking a little tired at the end of the last game after the initial
exchange of a couple of points Wall goes 8/3 and Parker is chasing every
ball down still 9/7 Wall and after a lot of work he takes it 11/7 games
2-2. Parker never let up and after he lead 2/1 was still taking the ball
as early as he could winning the next 6 points. Wall comes back with two
but is looking very tired and so Parker wins it 11/3 and 3-2.
Nick Wall (left) & George Parker (right) At The
Presentation with Tournament Organiser Mike
Hallam
I am always impressed with the work all these players put into every
game they play, the amount of training and hard work they do every day.
they are a credit to our sport and deserve more and not just the
Olympics.
I finished off the night by thanking the sponsors, Oceanblue logistics,
Surface Specialists, Joy Walker Estate agents, Paul Rudd Solicitors,
North Lincs Tyres, C& L Fairburn properties, The Van Franchise and
Flying Colours Finance.
Two people missing that have supported the tournament from day one, John
Massarella who was assessing in Poland and sadly Malcolm Willstrop who I
had immense pleasure to call a friend and will always miss our chats we
had whenever or wherever I saw him, it was a pleasure to have met him.
Next year is 25 years and we intend to put on something special.
Reports Courtesy of
Mick Hallam
Tournament Organiser |
Semis-Finals
First semi final sees Patrick Rooney playing Nick Wall. A close first
game up to 5/4 to Wall, 4 points later its 9/4 Wall, Rooney fights back
to 8/9 but Wall closes out 11/8.
Almost replica of the first game, Rooney looking to establish himself,
Wall leads 9/4, Rooney fights back to 7/9. Rooney misses a simple volley
and gets only one more point, Wall 11/8. The same pattern as the first
two games, Wall 5/3 then Rooney takes four points, looking more like it.
Points exchanged up to 9/9 and Rooney wins the next rally for game ball,
10/10 another game ball for Rooney but mistakes see Wall take it 13/11
and 3-0. Although Nick played really well Patrick made a lot of
mistakes.
Next on is George Parker and Declan James. An even start then James
leads 7/2, they share the next two points then Parker wins four in a row
but James runs out 11/7. A reverse of the first game, Parker leads 7/3,
some really long rallies lead to Parker 10/7 but James comes back to
9/10 but Parker finishes it 11/9.
The third game is the longest of the tournament and Parker leads 5/1,
more long rallies and lots of lets and Parker goes to 10/7. James fights
back to 10/10, another game ball for Parker then 11/11, 12/11 Parker,
13/13 a few queries to the referee and frustration from both players but
James wins it 17/15.
Parker starts well in the fourth 4/1 leads to 7/2, a mini revival for
James 5/7 but Parker takes the fourth 11/5. These had been really hard
games and it look to have taken the toll on James as Parker leapt to a
9/0 lead and closed the match out 11/1 and 3-2.
Reports Courtesy of
Mick Hallam
Tournament Organiser |
Round One
The top four seeds at Cleethorpes are Patrick Rooney, George Parker,
Declan James and Nick Wall, complimented by four up and coming young
players.
First on court was Patrick Rooney playing Sam Osborne-Wylde, fresh from
his success at theU19 world championships. Rooney made a fast start
playing high up the court, taking the ball early not giving the 18 year
old time to settle and taking 5/0 lead. Osborne Wylde was worked hard
but pulled back to 6/3 before Rooney rattled off the next 5 points 11/3.
Osborne Wylde started the second game much better and with Rooney making
unforced errors lead 5/2. Rooney applied continued pressure and fought
back to 8/5, they shared the next 4 points but Rooney closed out at
11/7. The pace started to tell on the youngster and Rooney quickly went
6/2. to his credit Osborne Wylde rallied to 6/6 but to no avail as
Rooney closed out 11/6.
The second was the toughest game of the night, with Nick Wall taking on
Simon Herbert. Wall took an early lead 3/0 which soon became 6/2.
Herbert then came up with an onslaught of attacking squash, hitting
cross court nicks and some backhand drop shots that had Wall shaking his
head 10/6 to Herbert, Wall rallied to 10/9 but Herbert closed out 11/9.
The second game started as the first ended, Herbert hitting winners all
over the court 9/3 which was quickly 11/3. An upset looked on the cards.
Wall came out in the third playing tight controlled squash and they
exchanged point for point. Wall moved ahead 10/8 in a must win game,
Herbert pegged it back to 10/10 but after some disciplined squash from
Wall he took the game 12/10. In the fourth Herbert found his attacking
squash again and lead 8/5, Wall playing no risk squash levelled 8/8 and
took the fourth 11/8. With Herbert looking like he was feeling the pace
Wall lead 5/2. Herbert fought back to l7/6 but Wall was not going to
lose and closed out 11/7. Great squash to watch from a spectator point
of view.
Third Match featured Declan James and Curtis Malik, James here to defend
his title. In a tight first game points were exchanged up to 7/7, James
moved ahead 10/8 before taking the game 11/9. Th second was a repeat of
the first, points exchanged to 9/9 with James again taking the next two
points 11/9.in the third Malik lead 5/4 but then James took the next 5
points to lead 9/5 before taking the game and match 11/6. a game very
much closer than the score line suggests.
Last match on saw George Parker taking on club coach Harry Falconer.
Falconer surprised Parker taking a 4/0 lead with some great touch but
Parker got into hsi game levelled at 6/6 which became 8/8 before Parker
closed out 11/8. Parker moved to lead 4/2, Falconer fought back to 4/4
before Parker closed to 11/6. the third was a tight affair Parker 6/5
which went to 8/6 before Parker finished the game 11/6.
Reports Courtesy of
Mick Hallam
Tournament Organiser |
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