S2SQ - SUSTAINING SUCCESS
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Learn | Compete | Excel
Scozzie Squash 2011-2019 / S2 Squash Est. 2019
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S2 is a welcoming community! We pride ourselves on individual attention and our coaches not only take an interest in players squash, but in their overall lives. We teach and embody the highest standards of sportsmanship, hard work and perseverance, and we are proud to have one of the finest coaching teams ever assembled in the United States.
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Another
S2
unning weekend!
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Hi, Everyone.
An awesome weekend for S2 across the country to end Week 7 of the season. Top performances in the Cleveland Gold, the Shipley Silver and the Westchester Bronze all made us proud, along with a hard working weekend at the club which was packed to the rafters on a chilly weekend here in Philly. You can read Lyall's awesome report on the weekend
here - don't miss it!
This coming weekend we have our second P2P of the season. We are proud to say that entries are now through the US Squash website! A big thanks to our buddies at US Squash, who are always enthusiastic to see more and more people competing and have gone out of their way to assist us in pulling in even more people for our signature event.
You can enter here!
A reminder that training
ALWAYS
runs... and that includes while the P2P is in action this weekend. Yes, you should play, regardless of your level and experience, but if you are pressed for time, squads will run as always at their appointed times.
We are now exactly a month away from the Pennsylvania Regional Championships which are being conducted at S2! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the event, it has a proud tradition at the club and offers both strong matches, good points and the unique characteristic of having POINTS OPTIONAL. Fundamentally that last fact, that players don’t have to take points, means that there is no player for whom the event isn’t pretty much perfect. For those who are working on their ranking, the Regionals falls nicely between Gold and Silver points, for highly ranked players, they can play up, or simply not take the points… and it’s all at S2, which is a perfect location for such a large tournament! It’s going to be huge, it’s going to be a great weekend and whether you’re playing for match play or for points, it’s pretty much a guaranteed win/win situation. Entries close 11/6 and you can register
HERE
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The season is buzzing along, let's keep it up! See you at training!
S2 Coaching Team
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5 Things to Know About PA Regionals
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- Optional Points. This event provides the unique opportunity to opt not to take points and have the exposure removed if you weren’t happy with your finishing position. This means anyone can play for the match experience without the stress of points. Players must email [email protected] within one week of the completion of the Regional Championships.
- Eligibility. Players must have residency in the region of PA to be eligible - defined by the location you live for the majority of the year. South Jersey players are also eligible, anyone from Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem counties may compete in the PA Regionals.
- Registration Deadline - Wednesday November 6th at 12:00pm.
- Points. The offering is split in between Gold and Silver Points. 1500 points are up for offer for 1st place, as well as being crowned King/Queen of Pennsylvania! In divisions with more than 25 players, the top 5 players will all earn over 1000 points.
- Pennsylvania already has 65 entrants (with 2.5 more weeks still open for registration!), more than double any other Regional Championships! Sign up today to join the biggest and best tournament of the year at the greatest tournament venue/experience - S2 Squash!
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S2ozzie getting ready for Best-Coast JCT!
S2ozzie Squash's Coaching Crew will be venturing West for the West Coast JCT -
kicking off November 9!
If you'd like a S2ozzie Coach outside your door it is important that you make that clear to us now, so we can make appropriate plans!
Request coaching, or ask any questions by email
HERE
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And we'll see you on the other side!
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S2 to host the Pennsylvania Regional Championships
The big news of the week came from our buddies at US Squash who have confirmed S2 Squash as the host for this years Pennsylvania Regional Junior Championships! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the event, it has a proud tradition at the club and offers both strong matches, good points for those on the way up and and the unique option to not take points for those at the top of the tree and looking for match play and the title!
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Lyall's weekend reportage
Week 7 of the 2019/20 season saw another thrilling conclusion, as S2ozzies were spread between training at home, the Shipley Silver down the road and the Westchester Bronze and Cleveland Gold, positioned slightly further away. It finally felt like Fall as the fluctuating weather conditions hit us, but despite the outside temperatures starting to drop, we still wanted our on court performances to come right from the top drawer and build from the S2unning start to the season our S2 hopeful have set up so far.
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5 Things to Know About P2P Series 2019-20
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- Name and History. P2P stands for ‘Prepare to Perform’ and our Event Series runs a monthly rated based tournament from September-May. The format uniquely places players into appropriate divisions with 8 players of a similar rating (within 0.5) and everyone initially has the opportunity to qualify up into a higher division. Our 5 Previous Series winners include; Sam Fenwick (Yale), Adrian Leanza (Brown), Lyall Paterson (Edinburgh Napier), Jamie Ruggiero (Williams), Sean Hughes (Harvard) .
- Players - We accept every level of player from a 2.0 rating through to a 6.5 and have between 50-90 players at each event. Generally over 50% of our participants are from PA, but we accept entrants nationwide. As a guideline; Premier Division - Ratings 5.5 - 6.0 Division 1 - Rating 5.0 - 5.5 Division 2 - Rating 4.6 - 5.0 Division 3 - Rating 4.2 - 4.6 Division 4 - Rating 3.8 - 4.2 Division 5 - Rating 3.4 - 3.8 Division 6 - Rating 3.0 - 3.4 Division 7 - Rating 2.6 - 3.0 Division 8 - Rating 2.2 - 2.6 Division 9 and 10 - Rating <2.23.
- Registration Deadline - Regular deadline is Monday 12:00pm ($50 members, $75 non members) prior to tournament start, late registration is open until Friday 12:00pm ($50 members, $90 non members). Registration covers 4 matches, breakfast and lunch and all prizes, 1-3 in every division.
- Format - Players will play 4 matches - 3 will be best of 3, final match will be best of 5. The first match will be a qualifying match, R1 is quarter finals, R2 semi finals and R3 is final play offs for positions 1-8. Players must referee/mark following match and then they will watch or assist is our ‘Ambassador Connection’ initiative. Registration and Warm Up Period from 9:00-9:15am, Matches begin at 9:15am and tournament will fully conclude before 2:30pm in the 1 day events.
- Year 6 of P2P’s. Every year the tournament series has grown from 40 members in 2014, to over 130 in 2019. We want to make 2019/20 our biggest and best yet, with 14 ASB courts and welcome a full range of players from National Champions - JCT - Gold - Silver - Bronze - Beginner Level for a once in a lifetime tournament opportunity with every level of player competing under the same ceiling at the same time! Don’t miss out!
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