Savills is the Newmark Squash Tournament champion after going unbeaten on finals night at Pall Mall's Royal Automobile Club in London.
The tournament, which is organised and sponsored by global commercial real estates services firm Newmark, was celebrating its 50th anniversary. Savills and Knight Frank battled it out for the championship final, while the hosts played JLL in the plate final.
This year, 20 teams entered the tournament, which was founded by Allsop in 1971 before being overseen by companies including Newton Perkins and Savills. The tournament relaunched last year after being disrupted by COVID.
Perhaps the best contest of the 2025 championship finals was the third string match between Savills' Dominic Curtis and Knight Frank's Ed Hopkinson-Woolley.
With Curtis winning the first two games, it looked like the team from 33 Margaret Street would make light work of its opponents. But Knight Frank's Hopkinson-Woolley struck back, winning the next two games 11-7 and 11-3 to make things even.
With all to play for in the fifth and final game, the ding-dong battle came to a head, with Curtis winning 11-5 as the small crowd gathered in the viewing galleries energetically applauded.
Next up, Knight Frank’s James Maskey and Savills' Milo Jackson-Brown faced off in the second string match. This contest was slightly more straightforward as Jackson-Brown won 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 to claim another win and the championship for Savills.
Despite the destination of the cup being decided before a ball was struck during the first string final, Savills' Charles Major and Knight Frank's Michael Stewart put on a performance for those watching on.
The quality of the play was high, with Major winning the first game 11-3. Stewart pushed his opponent close in the second game, narrowly losing 11-13. Major completed his and Savills' clean sweep of victories by wining the third game 11-3, securing its unbeaten status in the finals.
Major, who works in Savills' hotels capital markets team, told CoStar News: "I'm incredibly proud to have been able to contribute to what was a brilliant effort from the team. We set out to work together and deliver a strong performance, which paid off.
"Dom dug deep to secure a win in the fifth game and Milo executed a series of stylish but effective drop shots to win his match."
He added: "We'd like to say a big thank you to the tournament hosts who delivered a great event and to our opponent Knight Frank, who put out a strong team. We look forward to defending our title next year."
At the same time as the championship matches, Newmark and JLL did battle for the plate, which was taken home by JLL. That competition recorded the longest match of all the finals played, lasting 33 minutes.
Chris Dennis, Newmark executive vice-president and event organiser alongside David Hume, told CoStar News that it was great to see players from teams that took part in the qualifiers turn out for the finals, with the celebrations lasting long into the night.
He added: "The quality of squash on show was superb. The match that will live long in the memory was the third string, where Dom managed to take a 2-0 lead before reeled him back in point by point.
"But Dom is a wily, old player and knows his way round a final – he won the RAC Vets on this very court a few years back. Fresh from his 'rest' in games three and four, 11-5 in the fifth saw him take the match for Savills."
Entries for next year's Newmark Squash Tournament will open in September, with any company dealing in property encourage to assemble a team for the free-to-enter competition.
