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Edinburgh Open 25th-27th January (BPSA Event)
Want to see some great squash this weekend? Well get yourself along to Edinburgh Sports Club and watch some of the best players in the World.
Daryl Selby and Tom Richards head the seedings for the men’s draw. They are World Ranked 11 & 13 respectively so they will be tough to beat, but ex-winner Adrian Grant (seeded 3/4 and World Ranked 17, now playing with Harrow rackets) will be looking to upset the seedings and retake his crown.
There will also be some top Scottish players there to enjoy the home support. Including ‘Team Harrow’ (!) Greg Lobban (world Ranked 105), Dougie Kempsell and Stuart Crawford, but also Kevin Moran and many others. To see the Full Draw click here
The Women’s even has also got some great players in Emily Whitlock and Lauren Selby (seeded 1 & 2), but home interest will be spearheaded by Frania Gillen-Buchert.
To see the Women’s Draw click here
(phone the club to check for tickets for Sunday’s final on 0131-539 7071)
E.S.C. Open 2013 (BSPA & WSA Event) January 24th-27th
Dates for the Scotland’s premier squash event The 2013 ECS Open will be January 24th-27th in the New Year.
The BSPA and WSA event normally attracts some of the top names in world squash and some of the best squash to watch anywhere in the country (except my West League matches on Wednesday of course!).
The prize fund for this year will be £10,000 ($16K) and so it’s no wonder that previous winners have included legends of the game like Nick Matthew, John White, Peter Barker, Daryl Selby, Adrian Grant, Simon Parke, Aslan Iskandar etc as well as stars of the Ladies squash tour like Vanessa Atkinson, Vicky Botwright, Madeline Perry, Rachel Grinhan etc.
So book of the dates in your diary now and come to see this wonderful tournament in January (or play the graded side of the tournament – or the BSPA side if you’re feeling lucky!)
2013 ESC Open application form
Artemis BSPA & WISPA Events at Edinburgh Sports Club
Daryl Selby and Dominique Lloyd-Walter were crowned 2011 Champions at the BSPA and WISPA Artemis Squash Tournament at Edinburgh Sports Club this weekend.
Daryl beat the very exciting and attaching Andy Whipp (No.3/4 seed) in three straight games. And although the quality of the match was excellent it was always going to be physically tough for both players to raise their game’s after both had tough 3-2 victories in the semi-finals (Daryl’s lasting an hour and a half!)
Dominique also won 3-0 against No.2 seed Orla Noom (from the Netherlands) and celebrated her first victory after a 6 month injury-forced lay off.
2011 Champions and runners-up
North of Scotland Open Results (B.S.P.A. Event)
The B.S.P.A. North of Scotland Open at Aberdeen Squash Club saw the World No.40 Chris Ryder claim the 2010 title by beating Max Lee (world Ranked #77) in a hard-fought 3-1 final.
Chris joins a very impressive hall of fame that includes Peter Nicol, Lee Beachill, Alex Gough, Azlan Iskander, and the late great John Dale. 
Chris Ferguson flew the flag for Scotland by reaching the quarter finals and only narrowly losing to Arthur Gaskin (Ireland’s World ranked No.#90).
Harrow’s Kevin Moran also lost to Arthur Gaskin in the previous round (3-1) and tournament organiser Ali Gorrie lost to Irishman and the former World No.7 Derek Ryan.
To see the results click here.
Edinburgh BSPA Tournament Results
Adrian Grant and Vanessa Atkinson win the 2010 Edinburgh BSPA Tournament.
In an upset to the seedings Adrian’s opponent in the final was Saurav Ghosal World No.#29 (as he beat Daryl Selby World No.#13) and the Indian No.#1 made Adrian work very hard for the 3-1 victory in the final, which took an hour and 10 minutes.
Vanessa managed to win her final with a 3-0 victory over Nicollett Fernandes in just half an hour; after returning last Thursday just-in-time from New York (where her boyfriend James Wilstrop won the ‘Tournament of Champions’ title).
For the Men’s results click here : Ladies’ results click here : News click here
BSPA Squash at Edinburgh Sports Club
The Edinburgh leg of the BSPA tour has once again reached us and Edinburgh Sports Club will play host to some top-class squash (last year’s winners were Peter Barker World No.#6 and Vicky Botwright former World ranked No.#5).
The Artemis sponsored tournament (with a £10K prize fund) will be on from Thursday 28th to Sunday 31st of January 2010 and everyone is more than welcome to come over to watch and support the event according to event co-ordinator Simon Boughton.
Scotland’s top players will be pitting themselves against some seasoned pros from south of the border and looking to take some scalps, just as Peter O’Hara did last year with a magnificent run to the quarter-finals beating Joel Hinds (PSA No.#127) on the way. And not forgetting Harrow’s Alan Clyne who was only stopped at the semi-final stage by Irishman John Rooney (PSA No.#84).
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