Juniors

We have a very active Junior section with teams competing at club, Merseyside County and North West Regional Academy standard. There is an active coaching programme every Saturday from 10am to 4pm. Last year also saw the launch of the Nick Taylor Academy at the club. We welcome Juniors of all standards and purposefully keep the cost of junior membership at the club low at £21.00 to encourage youngsters to play this great sport. The Saturday coaching session is open to both members and non-members at a cost of £3.00 per session (member) and £4.00 (non-member). The coaching sessions are overseen by fully qualified England Squash registered coaches helped by volunteers. Information about stroke production/routines is posted online so that juniors/parents can practice the routines themselves at other times. The club has an active mini squash section for juniors aged 6 to 11. Check out the calendar for forthcoming events or click here to access our latest news blog. Please see our latest newsletter for recent Junior squash news. Spring 08 newsletter Autumn 07 newsletter

Coaching Regular Saturday Programme Mini Squash:  6 - 11 yrs   Junior Squash:  11 - 19 yrs 10 - 10:50am Foundation level   1 - 2:30pm Development Awards 11 - 11:50am Improver level   2 - 4pm More advanced players 12 - 12:50pm Pro level     Mini-Squash Coach:   Junior Squash Coach: John Knight 648 5751   Irene Neilson 342 2796   Various volunteers assist at the sessions

In addition to the regular Saturday programme shown above there will be special sessions for juniors through the Nick Taylor Squash Academy. Please see the Academy pages for dates. To attend a session with Nick or Danny you MUST sign up on the Junior Noticeboard. Sessions cost £5.00 per hour. Please only sign if you can attend as once you've signed, you will need to pay. Thanks. Only members of HSRC can attend the Nick Taylor Academy.

In addition to the regular Saturday programme shown above there will be special sessions for juniors through the Nick Taylor Squash Academy. Please see the Academy pages for dates. To attend a session with Nick or Danny you MUST sign up on the Junior Noticeboard. Sessions cost £5.00 per hour. Please only sign if you can attend as once you've signed, you will need to pay. Thanks. Only members of HSRC can attend the Nick Taylor Academy.     Hit with an advanced player Sign up on the Junior Noticeboard to hit with an advanced player mid-week.

Child Protection Forms

The parents or guardian of any junior attending the Nick Taylor Academy MUST have submitted a Child Protection Form.

Tournaments

Junior players are also encouraged to participate in the Graded and other tournaments run by England Squash. Welsh Squash also run a variety of tournaments such as the Conwy Open and the Welsh Junior Open which many of our junior players have enjoyed. Again if you are unsure about participating in a lot of these tournaments, talk to John or Irene.

Merseyside county squads

Several of our juniors are members of County Squads. If there is any junior in the club who would like a trial for a place in the County Squads please contact John or Irene on 342 2796. County information is available at http://www.merseysidesquash.com/. Do look at the County's website regularly if you want to keep up with County events.

Merseyside Closed Results - Well done Heswall Juniors!

Well done to all the Heswall Juniors who played in the Merseyside County Closed. The conduct and the behavior of the juniors was excellent and a credit to HSRC. The following juniors all finished with places giving us, as a club, great recognition. Well done to all! Katrina Burrows: - 3rd place U15 girls - well done Katrina playing well above her age group, an excellent performance. Charlotte Keighley: - 1st place U17 girl's - excellent performance Charlotte, 1st place U19 girls. Richard Fisher: - 2nd U17, 3rd U19 - well done Rich; just kept getting better every game; played a lot of games, all hard; a great achievement. Andrew Corran:- 4th U19 Well done, Andrew. Mike Corran:- 2nd U19 Well done Mike; stay off the beer next time. Mike Beecham:- 1st U19 Well done Mike; worked hard all summer and got the reward. Also well done to Rich, Andy, Mike and Mike who have all been asked to represent Merseyside in 2 weeks for the U19s. Not bad considering they are all 17. Well done lads.

Merseyside junior league

We have several teams in the Merseyside Junior Leagues. Selection for teams is based on merit. Children are encouraged to challenge for a place in the teams through regular match play at coaching sessions.

Eye Goggles

Eye goggles are strongly recommended to junior players. HSRC and all its coaches cannot be held responsible for any injury to any junior sustained while playing squash or utilising the facilities of HSRC. Goggles can be purchased from the club at a discounted price though many good offers can also be found on the web.

School Links   HSRC is keen to promote links with schools and encourage youngsters to play squash. We do this through our membership of the Merseyside Squash Rackets Association and our links to the Wirral Squash Development group which, in particular promotes mini-squash in schools. Any school - Primary or Secondary- is more than welcome to contact the club with a view to developing further links. In 2006-07 the club participated in the PE School Sports & Club Links (PESSCL) scheme run in conjunction with the Education Authority. A number of schools such as Gayton Primary (shown below) participated in a Squash Festival held at the club.

Use of professional squash photos by kind permission of Steve Dodd & Squashology. This page was last updated on 5th April 2008