HKFC Squash Section Handicap Cup
Cup Winner Julian Tanner with Organiser Jon Pipe
The squash section’s annual handicap tournament ended in October after two months of frenetic squash activity. This year’s event saw a new scoring introduced to challenge the stronger players even further in a test of patience, concentration and endurance as they battle to overcome a score differential against their opponents.
64 players entered from across the spectrum of Men’s Division 2 to 15, Ladies and Juniors, battling it out for the title of 2014 Squash Handicap Cup Champion.
Tim Fan (Division 2) has claimed this title for the past 3 years, but with a handicap score of -63 every match was an uphill struggle. Some exceptional displays of solid squash saw him reach the semi-finals, but he met his match in Julian Tanner (Division 6) and could not overcome a start score of -47 v +4.
In the other half of the draw, Andrew Ward (also Division 2) fought well to reach the semi-finals. Wardy met Mike Shilton (Division 10) in the semi-final with a start score of -53 v +5, and we saw Mike triumph to reach the final.
The final saw Julian and Mike starting on -8 v 0, and could have been over very quickly as Mike had beaten Julian recently in a regular scoring game! However Julian dug deep and over an hour later came off court the victor, 3-1 in games. Congratulations to Julian as the 2014 Squash Handicap Cup Champion, and to Mike as runner-up.
Plate Winner Eric Ho with Organiser Jon Pipe
In the plate, Eric Ho reached the final by over-turning huge point deficits of -55 and -56 against Rachel Sutcliffe and Iris Sung respectively, both putting up a good fight and taking Eric to the wire. In the final, Eric played Allen Lam and had a start score of -33 v +3. In an epic battle that lasted over 100 minutes and Eric winning over 225 points, Eric took the title of 2014 Squash Handicap Plate winner. A very big well done to Allen who brought along his fan club who cheered every point along the way, and put in an excellent performance and out-played Eric in several rallies!
Thanks to all who entered and made it another great tournament, and congrats to all the winners and runners ups!
