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Results of the Western Squash Doubles Tournament
There was a great turn out for the inaugural Western Doubles tournament in Glasgow this weekend with 16 players competing in two round-robin groups which produced seedings for a knockout rounds after this. 
In Group A the top teams were Martin Woods/Gavin Dillon and also Paul Sweeney/Ross Lawrie and in Group B they were Owen Hadden/Morgan Maguire and Mat Mackie/myself.
The best of 3 semi-finals saw Martin/Gavin lose to v Paul/Ross and in the other semi Owen/Morgan were very narrowly piped by Mat/me (15-13 in the 3rd game).
So with 30 seconds break (!) the final was underway and it was the youngsters (Paul/Ross in case you’re in any doubt!) who took the honours in 3 games, winning 15-11 in the last game.Thanks to Logie and Western for getting everyone there, as it was a great fun tournament and all involved appeared very keen to do it again in the New Year.
Stuart’s Out of Fairmount’s PSA Squash Open
Unfortunately Stuart Crawford didn’t progress past the quarter finals in 
the six thousand dollar prize funded PSA Fairmount Open in Philadelphia yesterday. He was beaten in the quarter final by Pakistan’s Arshad Burki (pictured right in orange – and who is the PSA World Ranked No.98) in a hard fought 3 games yesterday.
To see how the tournament finished please click here.
26 Hour Squash World Record Attempt – Now!
Today (4th Dec ’09) Neil Hide, a member at Crawley Squash Club, hopes to break the current Guinness World Record for the longest squash game ever! The record currently stands at 24 hours and was set by a club in Auckland, New Zealand.
Squash On At The Weekend
West – Logies Western Doubles Tournament Saturday 2.00pm
Grampian – Grampian Junior Open (featuring Harrow Juniors Rosie Allan, Kirsty Lobban, Chris Leipr & Robbie Patterson).
Highland – Highland Masters at Inverness Squash & Tennis Club.
To see the draw click here.
Women’s International Squash Players Federation
Here is a preview of the WISPA 2010 calander which was shot during the recent Caymen Islands Open Tournament
World PSA Squash Rankings December 2009
1 ) Karim Darwish EGY – 940 PSA points (+2)
2 ) Gregory Gaultier FRA – 919 PSA points (-1)
3 ) Amr Shabana EGY – 917 PSA points (-1)
4 ) Nick Matthew ENG – 891 PSA points
5) Ramy Ashour EGY – 800 PSA points
6 ) James Willstrop ENG – 573 PSA points
7 ) Peter Barker ENG – 526 PSA points
8 ) David Palmer AUS – 492 PSA points (-1)
9 ) Thierry Lincou FRA – 444 PSA points (-1)
10) Wael El Hindi EGY – 333 PSA points (+6)
Alan Clyne is up 11 places in the PSA World Squash Rankings
Alan Clyne has jumped 11 place in the December PSA World Rankings, with a new career high placing of No.74
He is now 18 places higher than just two months ago and with upcoming tournaments we look forward to seeing him racing towards the top 50 in the New Year!
Premier Squash League
Harrow sponsored Alan Clyne (PSL ranked No.74) beat Joe Lee (PSL ranked No.84) in the ‘Premier Squash League’ last night 7-11 11-9 11-4 11-6 to win the crutial tie in the match. This meant that Surrey H&R beat TWP St.Georges Hill 3-2 and restored their winning ways with a 4th win out of 5 in the PSL (against my old club!).
In a very impressive line up Alan’s team mates include ex-world No.1 Peter Nicol not to mention World No.7 Peter Barker – World No.36 Davide Bianchetti and World No.6 Alison Waters
To see all last night’s results click here.
Scottish Squash University Championships 2009
The men’s uni champions for 2009 are Napier and Dundee lifts the women’s title in The Scottish University Championships.
For a full report and to hear about a 1st round exit for defending Champions Glasgow against this year’s strong favourites (and eventual winners) please click this link.
Squash Players of the Year
Karim and Nicol won the prestigious title of Squash Player of the Year at The 2009 World Squash Awards hosted in London last weekend?
PSA Male Player of Year – 2005 Thierry Lincou, 2006 and 2007 Amr Shabana, 2008 James Willstrop – 2009 Karim Darwish
WISPA Female Player of Year – 2005 Vanessa Atkinson, 2006, 2007 and 2008 Nicol David – 2009 Nicol David
Nicol David ended the season on a good note with a fourth consecutive Wispa Player of the Year award.
At the World Squash Awards in London last weekend (promoted by Peter Nicol & Tim Garner through their sports marketing company ‘Eventis’), the world No. 1 piped world junior champion (14 year old) Nour El Sherbini of Egypt and (Harrow sponsored) Natalie Grainger in the vote by the membership of the Wispa Tour.
The 26-year-old Nicol won seven tournaments on the Wispa Tour this year, including a fourth World Open title as well as the World Games gold medal in Kaohsiung in July and is set to end the year as the top ranked women’s squash player for a fourth consecutive year.
Egypt underlined their status as the new force of world squash as they won the remaining honours.
PSA’s Player of the Year was Karim Darwish while world junior champion Mohamed El Shorbagy took the Young male Player of the Year award and the 14-year-old Nour El Sherbini was the pick for the Wispa Young Player of the Year award.
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