Friday, 6 September 2019

Squash Reunion

On Saturday 17 August, Dot and I were invited to a Squash players' reunion at the Armidale Bowling Club. It brought together people who were playing the game back in the 1960's and !970's, which included Dot. It was a time for reminiscences about who won tournaments, who tended to play against each other, who were friends and even enemies, and who organised what.

It was a lovely evening for both of us, although Dot knew far more people there than I did. The Bowling club put on a decent meal and for much of the time we nattered to others at our table. But there was vigorous discussion of the past as we stood around before the meal and, while were eating, a screen provided historic photos of many different people and occasions.

Here are some of the photos I took of the occasion, many from the table where we were seated.



A happy duo.


The screen I mentioned earlier showing one player on a squash court.


More of the room. Each table hosted about 10 guests.


Here's Dot again on the left and, to the right, a Selfie I took. I think you'll recognise the bloke involved. I suppose you might say I'm wearing hippie gear again - referring back to the previous post. I think that our age we shouldn't be conservative but keep on trying new things.




















We had speeches from various participants. And, after those at the end of the meal, we had an opportunity to roam the memorabilia stacked on the edge of the dining room.


There were lots of trophies and newspaper clippings going back over 50 years.
















And there were also several honour boards recording excellent squash achievements.


One sad thing occurs to me. Squash used to have a large following. However, few seem to play it these days. Our university's Sports Union has great facilities, but the squash courts have been reduced from 3 to 2. Moreover those courts are used only infrequently.

What's gone wrong?

AS



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