Player of the Month 
Player of the Month
2010/12 & 2011/01
In December and January, Elvis Payet had a busy time; in the Shell sponsored Grampian Leagues he managed 6 matches for Garioch in Division 3, mostly playing No.1. In that time, he managed to beat Mark Hearns twice(!), Andrew Darcy Evans, Sam Jones, Bruce Milton, and most impressively - Duncan Robinson who usually is sighted in Division 1. So for these exploits, Grampian Squash award the January Player of the Month to Elvis Payet of Garioch.
2010/11
The captain of Division 1 side ASRC Clyne is Mike Black and he is also their No.1 player. Mike also plays in the Aberdeen National League side and in November he had a very good month. Locally he beat Gavin Sutherland at the start; and followed this with two very close 3-2 wins against the emerging young stars, Chris Shinnie and Chris Leiper. But his best performance was on the 18th when he beat the former international, Ali Gorrie – and for this Mike Black wins the Shell E&P sponsored Player of the Month for November 2010. Well done, Mike.
2010/10
Elite junior, Chris Leiper plays No 2 for Shell 1 in Division 1 of the Shell UK sponsored Grampian Squash Leagues. He has started this season in cracking form with wins against Chris Troup, Sam Peacock and Andy Speirs before meeting young PNC rival Chris Shinnie. Leiper won this at #1 string 3-1, displaying great form. Besides this, his strong showing in the Nordic Junior Open where he beat 2 close rivals for a Scottish junior team place has earned Chris the 1st Player of the Month Award for season 2010/11. Well played, Chris.
2010 – February
Garioch Police were locked in battle for the Division 3 league championship with ASRC Reds and Ellon with February’s results crucial. During this time their No3, Angus Stalker played 4 times and remained unbeaten; his best wins against Kenny Taylor and David Ovenstone (3-2, which resulted in a 3-2 to Garioch Police). For these efforts, Angus Stalker of Garioch Police is February’s - Grampian Squash Player of the Month (sponsored by Shell).
2009 – November
In late October Gavin Sutherland beat Grampian’s No1 Alistair Gorrie. Then during November he has beaten Keith Simpson 3-1; Innes Young 3-2; Andy Mott 3-0 and then avenged his only defeat so far this season beating Mark James 3-1. Gavin captains the ASRC Selby side who now sit top of Division 1 and for his exploits he is recognised as November’s Player of the Month.
2009 - September/October
Chris Gilbert has made the No1 slot at Ellon his own. This season he started by taking Gavin Grant to 5 games, and then followed this up with 3 good wins – beating Keith Thomson, Sam Peacock and Mark Smith of Redz, all 3-0.Chris is looking fit this season. He is the first of season 2009/10’s Player of the Month.
2009 Player of the Year
This is Mike Spalding of ASRC Parke, along with Shell Rep Alastair Mudie and Alisdair Duncan the Grampian Squash President. Mike is receiving the Grampian Squash Player of the Year trophy – he is the only player to have retained the trophy for a second year! Mike won the National O-40’s championships beating the top 3 seeds on the way through the competition and earned selection for the Scottish team from outside the running in that competition.
2009 Junior Player of the Year
Mhairi Charlton has won the Junior Player of the Year for an unprecedented 3rd time. She is pictured with Shell Rep Alastair Mudie.
Dec 2008 / Jan 2009
Sam Allan, now playing out of PNC in Division 1 at 1 or 2, beat Neil
Rayner and Jacques Van Oorschot at 2 to finish a successful 2008.Then in
January, as Division 1 hotted up, he beat Adam Bews, ASRC Parke's new import 3-2. Victories over S. Cartwright and Jim Spiers at 1 followed, and for those feats, the 17 year-old wins the Shell sponsored Grampian Player of the Month for December/January.
November 2008
By November Students 1 had quickly established themselves as the front runners in Grampian Division 2. Nick Forrest beat Danny Selway, after which he carried on and won a total of 4 matches culminating in defeating Hannah Anthony 3-2 for the Students to beat 2nd placed Alphas. For this feat Nick Forrest is November’s Player of the Month.
Mhairi Charlton - Grampian Squash Junior Player of the Year 2008
Mike Spalding - Grampian Squash Player of the Year 2008
Player of the Year
Mike Spalding plays for ASRC Casino in Division 1 at No3. He was an integral part of this team, which won the Division 1 title in March after Mike was awarded the February POM award. Almost an ever-present in the side Mike lost only 3 matches all season and improved his ranking to No6 by season end. At 43 years old he was selected to captain the Scottish O-40's side in the Home Internationals this year. Mike has played for Aberdeen's Premier 1 side which have had an excellent year and will play this weekend for the National title.
For all his contributions this season Mike Spalding is Grampian Squash's Shell sponsored Player of the Year.
Junior Player of the Year
Mhairi Charlton is currently ranked 1 at U-17 Girls in Scotland . She played No 1 girl for Scotland in Europeans at U-15 last May and has been picked as No1 girl for Europeans at U-17 this May. Mhairi got to the semi final of Scottish Jr Open; and the final of Welsh Jr Open beating No 1 seed (No 7 in Europe!) in the semi final. She won the Grampian Closed Ladies and the GS Ladies League Individual titles. Mhairi played No2 and now No1 for Shell 1 who finished 3rd in the Ladies League. She was runner-up in the Girls U-17 Scottish Championships. Mhair is currently ranked 17 in Europe at U17. Played in winning Grampian I-R U-19 team. She's 15.
The Junior Player of the Year award has this year been named the Peter Nicol trophy, and Peter has kindly offered a coaching session to the winner - The winner is Mhairi Charlton.
Mike Spalding - Player of the Month February 2008:
Mike Spalding plays No3 or No2 for the ASRC Casino team, which has been chasing the league title in Division 1 this season. February saw the final matches, and Mike's performances in the run in have helped keep Casino on top in a tight finish. His wins helped to secure the title for Casino and he is February's Shell sponsored Player of the Month.
Kenny Taylor - Player of the Month January 2008:
"In December Kenny Taylor of ASRC finished off the 1st half of the season beating Alan Goodbrand of Keyhead. ASRC are languishing near the foot of Division 2, nevertheless Kenny won his next 3 matches in January, beating Steve Body; Ricky Towler and Angus Stalker. Will this be enough from the ASRC captain for his team to escape the drop?? - time will tell, but his inspirational efforts have earned Kenny Taylor the Shell Grampian Player of the Month award for January 2008.
Well done, Kenny"
Greg McArthur - Player of the Month November 2007:
Greg McArthur plays No1 for ASRC Casino International in Grampian Squash League Division 1. Recently he took on the coaching post vacated by Alistair Gorrie at ASRC. In November Greg not only beat all the other five No1's in the league - he beat them all 3-0. That in itself was a pretty good performance, but we expect that from Greg! The REALLY impressive performance came in a National League match against Western where Greg was matched with Scottish No2 Alan Clyne, who's making inroads in the PSA Rankings. From 2-1 down against the Scottish Champion, Greg roared back, encouraged by a large crowd who believe this was one of the best games seen in the North East for years, and won it 3-2.
For all this Greg is named as November 2007 Grampian Squash Player of the Month.
Martin Robertson - Player of the Month September/October 2007:
This season has started very competitively with only 7 players managing to win 5 or 6 matches. Martin Robertson has managed this, in the PNC team in Division 2 which is hurtling towards the title. He has 3 wins at No 5 string against A. Taylor; G. Allan & J. Mace, followed by 3 at 4th string against N. Forrest, G. Grant and D. Brodie. Martin is one of the very successful Grampian juniors of only a couple of years ago and this season's bright start has earned him September/ October's award as the Shell sponsored Grampian Player of the Month. Well done, Martin.
Jamie Jacobsen - Player of the Year 2007:
Jamie Jacobsen joined Beechwood 1 at the start of the season, and came in at No5. In a Division 1 Championship winning team he is now playing No2. He has also been a regular for the Aberdeen Premier side who finished Runners-Up in the National Leagues. Mid season Jamie was Runner Up in Grampian Closed and same day was Runner Up in Grampian Closed O-35's, beating most of his Beechwood teammates over the 3 days of competition!
In the North of Scotland Open Jacobsen came close to a major surprise - he nearly beat Shorbagy, a professional who was seeded, losing 9/11 in the 5th; he completed the weekend by beating Stuart Lucidi & Peter Buchan to win the Scottish O-35's National title.
Jamie Jacobsen's form has continued to improve and he is a very popular choice to receive the Alan Wiseman trophy as this season's Player of the Year.
Mhairi Charlton - Grampian Junior Player of the Year 2007:
Mhairi Charlton is currently ranked 1 in Scotland at U-15 girls. In February Mhairi won the National Championships at U15. She has been selected to play for Scotland in Home Internationals & European Team Championships at U-15.
During this season she has won 5 A Events including the Grampian Open at U-15 and was runner up in U-17's at David Lloyd.
Mhairi plays in Shell Ladies team and rapidly went from No.3 to No.1. She captains and plays No 1 for Shell U-15 team which finished R/Up in U15 leagues and R/Up in the Junior KO Cup. Mhairi also got to the semi-final in Ladies Individual & Junior Individual competitions.
Player of the Month - February 2007
Jon Leather:
Jonathan Leather is the captain of Shell 3 playing in Division 4 - Division 4 had strong favourites Garioch Police entered for their 1st season. In February Jon beat Dave Watson, Gordon Smith and Henry Hollins, but it was the match against Garioch Police which attracted attention. In a close encounter at the top of Division 4, the league was decided for Shell 3 on the match Jon played against a very strong No 3 Nick Searle. Jon won 3-0 against Nick to seal his team's promotion next season. Jon Leather wins February's Player of the Month.
Player of the Month - December 2006 / January 2007
Alistair Gorrie:
Alistair Gorrie is the No.1 ranked Grampian Squash Player. He's unbeaten in the Grampian Squash leagues this season, playing at No1 for ASRC F4W. During December and January, Alistair has played a match against the No1's of every other Division 1 team and has emerged victorious each time. However, he has also during this spell played team National league squash for ASRC and in December beat Graham Stewart of Whitecraigs at No1 - Stewart plays above Greg McArthur! This victory resulted in ASRC winning 3-2. In January ASRC played the return fixture at Whitecraigs, Alistair again up against Graham but this time with the match poised at 2-2 Alistair was 0-2 down. He recovered to win 3-2 and a second ASRC victory v. Whitecraigs!
All this, plus a victory in the Grampian Closed Tournament on January 19th means that Alistair is December/January 2007 Player of the Month.
Player of the Month - November 2006
Mike Milne
Mike Milne is the stalwart No.1 at Macduff and has featured as a candidate for Player of the Month most months for the last 2 years! This month beat Fred White and Paul Foy 3-0, but excelled in beating Danny Selway 3-2 from Shell 3 who are top of that division, and also Ross Anderson 3-2 for Macduff to beat ASRC Promoters 3-2. Competing in Division 4 of the Grampian Leagues, Mike is November's Grampian Leagues Player of the Month
Player of the Month - October 2006
Paul Charlton presents Dick Bird with his P.O.M. award.
Having played for Jesters for as long as anyone can remember, Dick Bird found himself at No1 at the start of this season. Initial wins against the Banchory No1 and away to Keyhead 2 got Dick off to a good start but the 3-2 away win against Neil Smith of Ellon at Ellon for Jesters to sneak a 3-2 win has earned Dick the October 2006 Player of the Month. Well done Dick!
Grampian Squash Player of Month for January is Andy Wharton
ASRC Raeburn playing number 1 in Division 4 was undefeated for the month of January
Greg McArthur
Young 18 year-old Greg McArthur started the season playing No1 for Beechwood 1 in Division 1. In his first outing he beat last year's Player of the Year Sean Berryman! He followed this up by beating the current Grampian No1 ranked played Alistair Gorrie 3-2. Unbeaten in October, other victories included one over the promising Lyall Paterson. Greg is October's Player of the Month.
Chris Troup
A relative rookie to Grampian Squash, Chris started this season at No4 for Inteq Beechwood in Division 3. By November he was playing No 2 or 3 and beat David Laing, James Henderson, Nick Davidson and Richard Kinghan in an unbeaten run in November. He finished with a debut win for the Beechwood 1st team at No5 in Division 1. Chris is November's Player of the Month.
Player of the Year 2004/2005
Above is Sean Berryman receiving the Grampian Squash Player of the Year trophy from Alastair Mudie of Shell, Grampian Squash's major sponsor. Sean had a great season (including January when he was voted Grampian Squash Player of the Month). Beaten only twice all season, both by PNC players, Sean missed only one match and capped many fine performances by his defeat of Alastair Gorrie of PNC. Alastair had been unbeaten in Grampian for 3 seasons prior to this reversal so the 3-2 victory was a great result for Sean.
Sean played 20 of the 21 matches in Division 1; his team ASRC Casino International finishing 3rd in the league with him winning 18 of those matches. Sean is Grampian Squash Pleyer of the Year.
Player of the Month (Feb 05):
In the second half of the season the Ladies League is split into the top 4 sides plus the rest. This means the top Ladies teams playing each other every week. Suzie Murray plays No2 or No1 for Aberdeen University Students and has been having a very good season showing improved form. In February she defeated the rising young stars Hannah Anthony and Robyn Hodgson, alongside Annie Lamb and Lorna Assenti. 5 victories in all, Suzie is February's Grampian Squash Player of the Month.
Suzie Murray - AU Students receiving her trophy from Paul Charlton.
Player of the Month (Jan 05):
Player of the month for January - Sean Berryman. Sean received his trophy from Gerry Towler
Player of the Month (Nov 04):
Robert Adam is no stranger to the Player of the Month award - he once won it as a very promising Junior 3 seasons back. Now he is playing at No.3 for Peter Nicol Centre 1 in Division 1 and is unbeaten so far this season. PNC1 are very strong at 1 & 2 so Robert's contribution at 3 is pivotal to their hopes of recapturing the title. He has been in great form in November which included winning in 5 against Andy Spiers of ASRC International Casino. Robert is November's Player of the Month.
Player of the Month (Dec 04):
This season's first Grampian Squash Player of the Month award goes to Jacques Van Oorschot of Shell 1 playing in division 2. Jacques was a Junior with Shell previously and has come back in this season to play regularly at No.1 . He was unbeaten from the start through to the end of October, a run of 5 matches which included beating Duncan Mitchell and Colin Rennie and he's quickly rising up the Grampian Rankings. Well done, Jacques.
Jacques getting the POM award for Sept/October from Alex Sinclair, Vice President of Grampian Squash