Club president Chris Warrick said it looked like the club will host the tournament again in 2019 based on strong feedback from the weekend’s tournament.

“Everyone appreciated that we had done everything we could to bring the club up to scratch for the tournament,” he said. 

“They was a lot of comments about how welcoming all the people were and how friendly the club was. 

“Obviously they were pleased because they want to come back again.”

The mixed teams tournament saw more than 100 players take to the courts between Friday and Sunday. 

“The club was abuzz with activity,” Warrick said. 

“We had people from all across Victoria, a few from Tasmania, the ACT and even Western Australia. 

“It all ensured there was a high level of squash played throughout the weekend in a great spirit.”

The tournament provided Wimmera squash players with a great opportunity to play at a higher level without having to travel as far. 

Horsham’s Peter Miller said he definitely thought he had a home-court advantage during the competition.

“I’ve played in several different places including Perth, Darwin and Ballarat but you feel more relaxed playing at home,” he said. 

“There’s always that aspect where whoever you play has to get used to your court.”

Miller said it was fantastic to see so many people coming from different places just to enjoy playing in Horsham.

“There were plenty of people who hadn’t been to Horsham before and they were impressed with the town,” he said. 

“We served them up Florentines, which is of course a Horsham delicacy so they hadn’t tasted them before and a lot of them bought packs of them to take home.

“We had a lot of people say they had never been to the area and they hadn’t realised how beautiful it was here; it’s something you sometimes take for granted when you live here.”

A hotly contested match between Horsham’s Robyn Creek and former club president Adele Child was one of the highlights of the tournament for Warrick.

“Adele had travelled back over from Perth to take part,” he said. 

“She and Robin had an absolutely ripping five-game match. 

“There was plenty of fantastic matches.”

Miller said the successful tournament was down to the hard work of many of the club’s members.

“The great thing about our club is that we’ve got so many members who will come in to help out,” he said. 

“As a ratio of total members I don’t think I’ve been part of a club where so many will do their bit to help.”

WHILE Horsham Squash Club profited from a lot of hard work in the lead up to the weekend’s team tournament there was also plenty of success on the court. 

Players competed in teams of three or four across seven sections before the winners were decided on Sunday afternoon.

Horsham players featured in either the winning or second-placed team in each division other than division one which was won by Mick Dyke, Marge Delaney and Ross Meddings.

The Go Getters took out a competitive sections two with Horsham’s Jacky Adlington a part runner-up team Any Which Way. 

Robyn Creek played in team No Idea which took out section three, beating out clubmate Muhammad Javid who played with Where’s Wally.

Mark Deckert was part of The Mould and the Beautiful, which won section four ahead of the Leopards.

Daryl Ferguson’s Dee Jays won section five ahead of Warren Frost’s Battlers.

Numb-nuts won section six ahead of The Flugelbinders, which featured Don Perry and Donald’s Daryl Hollis.

Launa Schilling was a big part of team Chickadees which won section seven.