News
3 October 2011
Squash teams celebrate a close-fought summer
Squash teams from local businesses celebrated a competitive summer at a special awards night. Sponsored by leading architectural and engineering consultancy Pick Everard, The Summer Business League is a popular annual event at Leicester Squash Club. Running for over 25 years the Summer Business League is open to local businesses and organisations. Having entered a team for 12 years Pick Everard has taken on sponsorship for the past two and will continue as sponsor for the third year to September 2012.
The league comprises four divisions, each with six teams. A challenging season from May to September involves each team playing every other in its own division twice, totting up 30 matches per division - 120 matches overall. This season hard-fought matches resulted in three of the leagues being won by less than ten points and Division 4 decided by just a single point. Division 2 winners Melton successfully defended their title from 2010, while the other three divisions all delivered first time winners.
Duncan Green, Pick Everard Partner, said this year’s league had provided a great season with some extremely tough, but hugely exciting, matches. “The Pick Everard Summer Business League gives local firms the chance to meet and play squash in an informal setting. There’s some great competition and a lot of fun can be had, with friendly rivalries developed on the squash court, with the potential for networking opportunities off court.”
The four winning team captains are pictured, rewards in hand, at the recent celebration evening at Leicester Squash Club, London Road, alongside Squash Leicester Chairman Nick Clark and Pick Everard’s Duncan Green: Left to right are: Steve Sibley, Captain of FIS Ltd (Division 1 winners); Alan Frew, Captain of Melton (Division 2 winners); Nick Clark, Chairman of Leicester Squash Club; Duncan Green, Pick Everard; John Pratt, Captain of Instasquash (Division 3 winners); Jez Smith, Captain of The Smiths (Division 4 winners).
