On-court, the women's side considered their long run of success in the squash arena, defeating long-time rivals Bathurst Panthers 3-1 in the final, while their male counterparts also tasted success - albeit much more surprisingly.

Player Glen Aktinson said their win was "a bit of a surprise to be honest".

"The women's side have played together for four or five years and are quite good but the men's side has often struggled to put teams in at all, so it was good to be able to get five teams together," he said.

"You never know which teams will be coming along and who will be in those times. Panthers didn't do any good [this weekend] but I played with them last year and we were really strong."

Atkinson said a tough run into the finals meant the Orange side painted themselves as underdogs heading into their clash with Springwood.

"We had a tough semi-final against Dubbo and they'd only just scraped into the finals with a one-point win over Queanbeyan so we weren't sure going into the final," he said.

In the end they won comfortably, with a 3-1 win after Jesse Keegan, Michael Hutchinson and George Eleftheriou all claiming their rubbers and Atkinson losing his.

"It was my first loss of the tournament, and it had to be in the final", he laughed.

However, he said the side hadn't put any pressure on themselves to win the final - or to secure any wins in any grades.

The men's B-grade side fell to Bathurst Panthers in the final, while both C grade sides were knocked out in the semi-final and quarter-final respective.

Tournament organiser Dave Fuller, who also played with Panthers' A-grade side, said it was a fantastic weekend.

"The courts in Orange are under new management now and squash has had a real vitality lift, which is sensational. They've got the juniors going really well and the guys on the committee are really drumming up the enthusiasm."

With 43 teams featuring four or five players per side, players came from all over the state to compete in games held in Orange, Blayney and Bathurst, with Atkinson saying some former players came out of the woodwork.

"We had people at the squash courts we haven't seen in 10 years who came and watched," he said.