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Junior Squash in Cambridgeshire
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Support for players from 4-19
Across Cambridgeshire, there are juniors playing at all levels, from those hitting their first-ever ball to those playing in international competitions. This is all supported through clubs and the county association working in partnership with our excellent coaches to give all juniors a way into the sport.
Below the junior pathway is set out on how players develop through the county system, all of this is underpinned by the club’s system.
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All players start out in a junior set up at one of the counties clubs and progress from there:
Junior Club Sessions
Junior squash programmes provide a fun environment in which to learn and play squash, whilst also ensuring there is a clear development pathway for those wanting to progress into competitive play. Find one of the many clubs that run these sessions here.
Peterborough Junior Squash
Saturday morning sessions: Mini sessions and development squads.
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St Ivo Junior Squash
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Hunts County Junior Squash
Our squash coaches pride themselves on training the “up and...
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Comberton Junior Squash
Saturday morning sessions: Mini sessions, development and performance squads.
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Melbourn Junior Squash
Junior sessions Wednesday 16:20-17:20
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Inter-club Events
The county organises a variety of events to encourage the playing of squash between children from different clubs. Two of our main series of events are the Cambridgeshire Junior Friendly Series and the Cambridgeshire Junior Squash League. The Junior Friendly Series is held at different clubs around the county and is aimed more at early learners and improvers. The Junior Squash League is a team-based event that is aimed more at juniors who are keen to play competitive matches in a fun and friendly environment. Each year, the county also runs the junior closed championships, which are open to all Cambridgeshire juniors and which determine the county champion in each of the age groups, from boys’ and girls’ Under 9s through to Under 19s.
Competitions
Junior competitions are split into multiple categories and age groups. Age groups are generally Boys and Girls U9, U11, U13, U15, U17 and U19. The system means there competitions suitable for all ability levels. Whether you are new to competitive squash or an experienced player, we can help you find the right competition level to support the development of your squash skills. England Squash (the governing body) sanction events into different categories but there also multiple unsanctioned events run as well. The different categories are explained below:
Copper competitions are the perfect way for players to start their competitive squash journey. These entry-level competitions are fun, engaging and allow new players to the sport, the opportunity to develop their skills.
Who’s it for: aimed at locally based juniors who are new to the sanctioned competition circuit.
Bronze competitions are local ‘open’ tournaments that attract both local players and nationally ranked juniors. Games will be played as best of five.
Who it’s for: aimed at local juniors who play at club or county level.
There are traditionally seven silver competitions per year and these are spread across the country throughout the season.
Who it’s for: open to all, but designed primarily for the higher ranked juniors.
There are traditionally 3 gold competitions per year and these are spread across the country throughout the season.
Who it’s for: the best juniors in England
Events Lists
For a full list of sanctioned events visit the England Squash website here.
For a list of events in Cambridgeshire see below:
Private Coaching
Coaching can be in many forms from 1-1 to small groups. It gives coaches more time to work on individual techniques and really drill down into improving a player’s performance.
All the clubs and coaches operate in different ways and if you are already involved with a junior set-up talk to the lead coach to find out your options. If you’re not involved with a setup or they don’t offer coaching look through the coaches on the right. Some coach across multiple venues and some are tied to a certain club. Even if you don’t contact the right coach to start with, we all know each other and can point you in the right direction.
James Rust
James is a Community Development Coach and has been playing...
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Ali Loke
Ali plays at the international level on the PSA world...
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Martyn Goodger
Martyn is a Level 1 coach based at Ely Squash...
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Chris Shaw
Chris is a level 2 coach with 8 years coaching...
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John Dewis
ES level 2 licensed coach, Individual and group coaching
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James Powley
James has over 20 years of Squash coaching experience worldwide...
See ProfileCounty Training & Matches
We are responsible for the junior county setup. This consists of a number of training events that bring together all age groups at county level with the best coaches to prepare them for inter-county matches. Each year, we enter teams in England Squash’s Junior Inter-County Championships, which is a historic competition that represents the pinnacle of junior county squash, attracting more than 1,000 county players across ten different age categories. In recent years, the county’s top junior teams have achieved significant success, with a number of teams qualifying for the national finals.
Junior County
Teams
Boys U11, Boys U13
Boys U15, Boys U19
Junior Clubs
Inter-club Friendlies
Competitions
Private Coaching
County Squads
Aspire Squad
Aspire Squads
Aspire is the first step on the England Talent Pathway, for younger developing players. The programmes goals are to feed the England Potential programme, preparing players for the regional team championships at the end of each season, whilst supporting player development.
What does the programme consist of?
- 5 Weekend training dates
- 1 Selection Events: Regional Team Championships
Selection Criteria
- Selections are lead by the Aspire Head Coach for each region. They are supported in their selections by their assistant coach, county head coaches and further key coaches in the region.
- Selection remains continual ensuring equal opportunity for selection for all players across the season preventing date of birth bias as to where players peak due to maturity in the season.
- Head Coaches may award selection based on core places where players will remain on squads for the foreseeable future or rotational places where they are looking at the player on a squad by squad basis.
- Key selection events for these squads are Silver, Gold and Platinum Events
