2017 Savills Squash Tournament
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Running for over 40 years
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Thank for your interest in the Savills Squash Tournament 2017 On behalf of Savills, I would like to pass on my thanks to David and Tony for all the hard work they have put into the tournament for the last 16 years which been key to the organisation and growth of the tournament into what is today one of the pre-eminent property industry sporting events. Having played in the tournament for the last 13 years, I am thrilled that Savills has agreed to take over. We will do our very best to ensure it continues to be a fun and collaborative property squash tournament. A big thank you to Cat Varley for agreeing to coordinate the tournament this year and to assist with the handover from Newton Perkins. Below is a brief overview of the tournament:- It is a team competition. For a match you field a team of three players (drawn from a squad of up to five). Initial round robin matches involve 4 to 5 matches played before the first round deadline of 16th March (there is normally a total of around 30 teams entering). Qualifiers from the groups go on to contest further rounds and compete for a main and plate trophy. The Tournament is for Greater London based property and surveying businesses. It is also open to property departments of legal practices and financial institutions. For non-property organisations, two of three players in any given match must be property department members. All players must be bona fide members of the firm (including partners/directors/employees and consultants). This year’s entry fee is £175 per firm. If you do not have a London squash club there is a Fitness First club in London who allow competing teams to use their courts (subject to payment of the club’s guest fee charges). Happy squashing to all entrants, and I very much look forward to seeing you all on Finals Night at the RAC on 26th April. Richard
Richard Winter Director Savills +44 (0) 7967 555 540 [email protected] Leagues Rules Available Squash Courts Leagues
League 1 League 2 League 3
Allsop CBRE Colliers CRE
Carter Jonas CoStar Group Ernst & Young Real Estate
GVA Dorrington Plc Fladgate
Gordon Dadds K&L Gates LLP Gerald Eve LLP
Matthews & Goodman Strutt & Parker Metrus
Third Way Interiors U&I Group Plc
League 4 League 5 League 6
BNP Paribas Real Estate Berkeley Homes Ltd ARUP
Curzon Advisers Ltd Broadgate Estates Cushman & Wakefield
Jones Lang LaSalle Harper Dennis Hobbs Savills
Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd Knight Frank
Newton Perkins PGIM Real Estate
Doherty Baines Withers Leagues
League 1 League 2 League 3 Team Players Team Players Team Players Pip Lee-Woolf* Theo Holmes Chris Ridgway Tom Nicoll George Harper Peter Flint Allsop Will Davies CBRE Tom Moore Colliers CRE Andrew Sellars Jeorge Walker Ben Stirk Tom Hanson Sebastian Denby* Christopher Potter Roshan Chhatralia Tim Brooksbank Steve Horncastle Ernst & Young Real Carter Jonas Edward Westmacott CoStar Group James Baudains Estate Robert Gibbons Ben Dixon Alex Stevens* James Barwick Darran Smith Adam Wilding Adrian Love Sam Wilkinson GVA Ollie Slack Dorrington Plc Garith Brown Fladgate James Fry Anthony Clark Matthew Canfield Nick Mumby Jeremy Prosser Max Robinson* Christopher Swallow Tom Evans Ian Chappell Peter Morton Simon Johns Gordon Dadds Adrian Bingham K&L Gates LLP Patrick Navein Gerald Eve LLP Steve Johns Pratik Shah Peter Williams Alex Brightman Victoria Atkinson James Arthur* James MacFarlane David Edwards Michael Watt Chris Beevor Saul Zulman Matthews & Charlie Wood Strutt & Parker Will Strant Metrus Richard Miles Goodman Piers Collacott Jack Wood Michael Pilling Nick Coates Paddy Ship Barnaby Smith* Matt Sampson Alex Chapman Paul Redstone Third Way Interiors Ben Gillam U&I Group Plc Stewart Whittle Liam Baptist Matt Potter Marcello Burbante League 4 League 5 League 6 Team Players Team Players Team Players Harriet Chambers James Kison Joan Martos-Garcia Jonathan Steel Lloyd Preston-Allen Henry Talyer BNP Paribas Real Berkeley Homes David Wilson Harry Norris ARUP Nick Orlowski Estate Ltd Sam Rhodes Oliver Yeats Pulkit Agrawal Guy Pickup Rory Turner Alex Riches James Meikle Curzon Advisers Cushman & Jack Fry Broadgate Estates Struan Robertson Ltd Wakefield Jonny Ufton Will Mantell Sayer Adam McMillan Paul Sweeney David Hume Tom Moore Oliver Marcroft Toby Smith Richard Winter Harper Dennis Jones Lang LaSalle Matthew Connor David Harper Savills Freddie Corlett Hobbs Alex Browning Chris Dennis Max Green Ben Gamble Tom Larkin Matt Price James Thistle Stephen Browne Simon Austen Multiplex Construction Thomas Barroussel Knight Frank James Maskey Europe Ltd Mark Cordell Will Stebbings Tim Atkinson Michael Stewart Tony Wollaston James Stacey David Alcock Philip Barrett Newton Perkins Paul Vernon-Smith PGIM Real Estate Chris Santer Leroy Mattis Killian Currey-Lewis Mark Howard George Coleman Stuart Atkinson Doherty Baines Vincent Taylor Withers Alex Stothard Guthrie Brunton Contacts
Team Captain Tel No email
League 1 Allsop Pip Lee-Woolf 020 7543 6802 [email protected] Carter Jonas Sebastian Denby 020 7518 3200 [email protected] GVA Alex Stevens 020 7911 2383 [email protected] Gordon Dadds Max Robinson 020 7493 6151 [email protected] Matthews & Goodman James Arthur 020 7367 5390 [email protected] Third Way Interiors Barnaby Smith 020 7054 1145 [email protected]
League 2 CBRE Theo Holmes 0207 182 2000 [email protected] CoStar Group Christopher Potter 020 3205 4653 [email protected] Dorrington Plc James Barwick 020 7590 9435 [email protected] K&L Gates LLP Christopher Swallow 020 7360 8252 [email protected] Strutt & Parker James MacFarlane 020 7318 4655 [email protected]
League 3 Colliers CRE Chris Ridgway 020 7487 1844 [email protected] Ernst & Young Real Estate Roshan Chhatralia 077 9207 8281 [email protected] Fladgate Darran Smith 020 3036 7298 [email protected] Gerald Eve LLP Tom Evans 020 7333 6376 [email protected] Metrus David Edwards 020 7079 3960 [email protected] U&I Group Plc Matt Sampson 020 7802 9939 [email protected] Team Captain Tel No email
League 4 BNP Paribas Real Estate Harriet Chambers 020 7338 4488 [email protected] Curzon Advisers Ltd Pulkit Agrawal 020 7045 3121 [email protected] Jones Lang LaSalle Paul Sweeney 020 7399 5956 [email protected] Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd Matt Price 020 3829 2500 [email protected] Newton Perkins Tony Wollaston 020 7456 0700 [email protected] Doherty Baines Mark Howard 020 7355 3033 [email protected]
League 5 Berkeley Homes Ltd James Kidson 020 7601 7346 [email protected] Broadgate Estates Guy Pickup 020 7505 4000 [email protected] Harper Dennis Hobbs David Hume 020 7462 9128 [email protected] Knight Frank James Thistle 020 7861 1381 [email protected] PGIM Real Estate James Stacey 020 7766 2431 [email protected] Withers George Coleman 020 7597 6881 [email protected]
League 6 ARUP Joan Martos-Garcia 020 7636 1531 [email protected] Cushman & Wakefield Rory Turner 020 7152 5205 [email protected] Savills Tom Moore 020 7409 8031 [email protected] Rules
1. The event will be called the Savills Squash Tournament. Savills 7. Each player will be graded according to his/her ability relative to will be the organisers. the other team players (ie with the best playing No. 1) and will play his counterpart in other teams. The order as stated initially 2. All teams taking part will be from firms, institutions and other will be the order adhered to, with the exception that at any time organisations which deal specifically with property matters, in the course of the Tournament it is open to any team captain typically those members who are within the General Practice to advise his opponents and Savills in writing in advance of their Division of the RICS (e.g. estate agents, surveyors, estates match, that the order of merit is to be changed (subject to the departments of Local Authorities, estates departments of approval of the Adjudicating Committee, if necessary). The new Insurance Companies, etc), in the Greater London Area. playing order must be strictly adhered Solicitors and financial institutions are also eligible on the to until such time as any further change is notified to and proviso that two of the three players in any team match are bona approved by the organiser. fide members of the Greater London based property and/or property finance department. Entries will be accepted at the 8. The respective players from each firm or company will play their organisers discretion. opposite numbers over the best of five games under the normal England Squash rules. 3. The teams will consist of three bona fide employees/Partners/ Directors/Consultants of each firm or company or bona fide 9. In the first round, the teams will be arranged in either 6 or 8 subsidiaries prior to 1 December preceding the relevant year. Leagues, according to the numbers participating, and the Names of each of the players and their positions held will be organisers will use their discretion in seeding the draw. lodged beforehand with Savills. 10. The teams taking part will be advised as to which League they 4. Decisions as to the eligibility of the players and their playing are in and who they will be required to play. They will be given order will rest with the Adjudicating Committee which will a final date for completion of the first round by which date all comprise one representative from Savills and two other of the matches must be played. The team matches do not nominated individuals whose decision shall be final. necessarily have to be played in a particular order. Both teams are responsible for ensuring that games are arranged and 5. Each team may name two reserves. They will automatically played, but the first mentioned team should take the initiative by replace any member(s) indisposed or unable to play due to arranging a mutually convenient time and venue for playing the absence on business or holiday or through injury. In that event, match. The opposing team representative should be contacted the reserve player would come in at No. 3 level and the other at least two weeks (and preferably more), before the games are members would move up accordingly. However, if the No. 1 due to be played. or No. 2 player, for example, is injured and the No. 3 player has already played his game, then the reserve will take place of the Savills wish to encourage teams to play their matches as a team No. 2 player. (ie same venue and date), but it is not obligatory. 6. Only the three named players and two named reserves can 11. Matches are to be played in Central London, unless by mutual represent the team. If any of the five named players leave the agreement. Teams will be responsible for arranging their own employ of the firm/company subsequent to 1 January in the courts, other than for the Final. The hiring costs are at the relevant year, he will not be eligible to play in any further rounds discretion of the two teams but will normally be shared equally. (unless the player has played in all first round matches) in which Please refer to the page entitled “Available Squash Clubs” later in case a new player may be nominated who must have been this document for details of available venues. an employee/Partner/Director/Consultant of the firm prior to 1 January preceding the relevant year. 12. Prior to the commencement of the match the players will agree 16. The winning team from each League will be placed into a further the speed of balls to be used, but in the event of a dispute the draw for the “Trophy” tournament whilst the second placed team slow ball (double yellow spot) will be used. will be placed into a further draw for the “Plate” tournament. 13. It is the sole responsibility of the winning captain or an appointed 17. In the event of there being 6 Leagues in the first round, the draw representative from the winning team to report the result to for the “Trophy” and “Plate” tournaments will place the teams Savills, by fax, e-mail or post by the final date of the league. into two further Leagues of three teams who will play each other with the point scoring system as set out in paragraph 14 (above), 14. The winners and runners up in the first round will be on the but without the bonus points referred to in 14.3. The highest basis of points scoring in each of the three individual matches as ranked team on points in each League will go through to their summarised below: respective Final. 14.1 Result Points 18. In the event of there being 8 Leagues in the first round, the a 3-0 win 6-1 winners of each League will be placed into a draw to decide a 3-1 win 5-2 quarter final pairings for the “Trophy” tournament, and a 3-2 win 4-3 the second placed team, correspondingly, for the “Plate” a 2-2 draw 3-3 tournament. For those matches (and the succeeding semi final a 2-1 win 3-2 and final rounds) the match will be won by the team winning the a 2-0 win 3-1 majority or all of the individual matches (ie 2-1 or 3-0) and not a 1-1 draw 2-2 on the basis of the points awarded according to paragraph 15 a 1-0 win 2-1 (above). 14.2 In the event of a player failing to turn up for a match, that 19. For the avoidance of doubt, in the finals (both “Trophy” and match will be forfeited and the points awarded 5-0 to the “Plate”) the match will be won by the team winning the majority other team. of the individual matches (i.e. 2-1 or 3-0) not as paragraph 14 14.3 In addition, if all three matches in any fixture are played, above. EACH team will gain three bonus points. In the event that 20. The venue for the Finals of the main tournament and the Plate only one or two matches are completed and/or walkovers will be arranged by Savills to take place on a nominated day. are claimed, the teams will not be eligible for the three bonus points. 21. The Trophy and the Plate will be held by the respective winners for a period of one year, who will make immediate arrangements 15. In the event of any teams tying on points at the conclusion of for them to be insured for a sum to cover replacement by that the first round of the competition, then the points result of the firm or company against loss, damage, theft or other claim match between the respective teams will establish the qualifier during that period. The winners of both the Trophy and the Plate for the next stage. If this is inconclusive, the points result of should ensure that Savills are notified in writing of the name the first string will establish the winner. If that is not conclusive, and address of the insurers and that the organiser’s interest is the second string match will determine and so on to the third noted on the policy. Both winners are responsible for ensuring string. The Adjudicating Committee’s decision in respect of the their company name is engraved on the trophy/plate base in a allocation of points is final. suitable manner and for returning them in repair and cleaned two weeks prior to the following year’s Final. Booking Matches & Available Squash Clubs
Experience of this team tournament is that the most successful 8. Given the restrictions on court availability, it is really important matches and the most enjoyable post-match entertainment and that all captains respect the clubs requirements and do not networking is where the three matches are played at one venue on make provisional bookings that are then cancelled which by a single occasion. implication mean other teams cannot play. The decline in the number of squash courts in London and the Fitness First, Monument (3 courts, 1 glassback, 2 hardback) increasing prevalence of member only clubs necessitates that Tel: 020 7623 6895 tournament matches now require more pre-planning than in Address: Swan Lane, London Bridge, London, EC4R 3TR previous years. We would encourage team captains to start Contact: Reception or Manager, John Greatwood organising games as soon as possible. There are other clubs/venues in London where non-members are Many teams have members at clubs such as the RAC, Queens, permitted to book squash courts. We would ask you to contact the Lansdowne, Oxford & Cambridge, Lords and Southbank. We clubs directly for details of their availability and terms of use. encourage bookings at these clubs to relieve pressure on courts at non- member clubs. NON-MEMBER PERMITTED CLUBS For teams without a member club, we have again agreed with the The Meridian Hotel (Health Club and Spa) Piccadilly Monument Club at Fitness First that those courts are available to Court Availability for team matches between 9.00am – 11.15am and non-members. If you are intending to use that club for matches, 3.00pm – 5.15pm. please therefore note the following arrangements:- Tel: 020 7851 3139 1. To avoid excessive bookings in late February, please arrange to Address: 21 Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BH play your first round games as soon as possible. The CityPoint Club (2 courts) 2. The club will restrict bookings to one court on any one day for a Available for individual (non-team) matches. maximum of 3 sessions Tel: 020 7920 6200 3. A court can now be booked 4 weeks ahead (as opposed to 2). Address: 1 Ropemaker Street, London, EC2Y 9AW 4. A cancellation fee of £30 will be applied by FF to any team Better Gyms (public leisure centres) www.better.org.uk cancelling a booked court with less than 7 days notice. Oasis Sports Centre (3 courts) 5. Non-members pay a guest fee of £7.50 (i.e. £45 for a match with 6 non FF members) Tel: 020 7831 1804 Address: 32 Endell Street, Covent Garden, WC2H 9AG 6. The club have a list of teams and captains. To save an confusion for the club, the captain (or their secretary/PA) is the only person Finsbury Leisure Centre (4 courts) who should ring the club to book a court. Tel: 020 7250 1303 7. Please can you advise us if you are already a Fitness First Address: Norman Street, London, EC1V 3PU member? The club will email you just confirming details of the location and club facilities.