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The Park Steps
Over the years Nottingham has been a training centre for many of
the world's best, Simon Parke, Peter Marshall and Gawain Briars
included, and one of the features they all love - or hate - are
the Park Steps, just a few hundred yards from the club, linking
the Park Estate where the club is situated and the big bad
outside world of Nottingham itself.
They present quite a test, with long, loping strides needed for
the bottom section where timing - if you're trying to take them
fast - is crucial, while at the top the traditional shorter,
steeper steps are more a test of power and lung capacity
It would be interesting to ask how many times they thing they've
been up and down those 104 steps, and in how many different ways
they did it ... stay tuned ...
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to Porto
After missing a year in 2010 England Squash has committed to
holding the British Open Masters annually, either as a
standalone event or alongside the British Open itself, which can
only be good news.
There hasn't been a big overseas entry this time, partly because
of the relatively late notice, but there's a party from Portugal
who are certainly enjoying themselves.
Sadly all the men are out of the main events, with Teresa
Quelhas making her debut in the Women's O35 on Saturday
lunchtime.
One of the party, Bruno Dias, is organising the
European Masters in Porto in early September, so any Masters
looking for a late Summer holiday in Portugal with some squash
thrown in should get their entries in now!
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Boxing Clever
The front-of-court action shots this week come courtesy of a
camera box made by Tynemouth member Tim Shield (we tested it out
at the
recent club championships),
my old Nikon D40 (I'm not risking the new D7000 in there!) and a
£20 infra-red remote control.
Naturally I always ask the players if they're happy to have the
box on court, and the vast majority are quite ok with it - let's
face it we've all played with handbags, squashbags and all sorts
of other paraphernalia under the tin!
It's not the highest tech solution ever, but we think the
results are acceptable, and the results - and the box itself -
have certainly generated a bit of interest and a few funny
comments ...
- "OK
if I get some shots from the front?" ...
"Can you wait until we've finished?"
- Taking the box onto court
after the warmup ...
"Can you stay on and help me with his dropshots please?"
- Referee to the O60 top
seed: "Mr Boswell, could you sort out your hair for
the camera please ..."
- OK if I take some shots ...
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"Only if you have an indestructible lens!"
- "Where's the best place to
be for the best shots?"
- "What happens if I hit it?"
... you owe me £5,000 ...
- "I though you were offering
us a packed lunch"
- "No, I'm too ugly ..."
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