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It’s a pleasure to introduce the Harrow ‘Sword’ racket which was developed in memory of Derek Sword. Derek was one of Scotland’s top junior players in the in the days when Peter Nicol and Martin Heath were also making their way in World Squash.

Derek tragically died in the 9/11 attacks in New York and friends including Peter and Martin helped arrange the Derek Sword Trophy, which is now played annually by a New York and a UK team. The 140gm navy & white racket (from a Vapor mould) has Scottish, UK and USA flags and makes mention of the match venues of Edinburgh, New York and London (where the trophy has been contested) on the frame itself.

From this match the legacy was developed into ‘World Squash Day’ and this year the date is 5th November (should be some fireworks that night!).

For further details on this exclusive racket click here (or go to the ‘Harrow Shop’ tab and then rackets).

It all started well for Jason and he was in charge of the 1^stgame and always ahead. John kept himself in contention, but at 9-8 Jason turned the screw and won the next 6 points without reply to take the 1^st game 15-8.

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Steve Wilson (Open winner) & Sean Norris (runner-up)

Steve Wilson may not have been seeded to get to the final against last year’s champ Sean Norris, but given his recent form, not many people were surprised that he made it.

The very first rally set the tone for the match as Steve played very aggressive squash and Sean chased everything that was thrown at him. Sean eventually won the rally and then continued forcing Steve into making errors to take a 7-2 and 8-4 lead. However all this running was bound to take a physical toll and Steven worked his way back to 9-9 and then took a 13-10 lead. Once the finish line was in touching distance Steven wasn’t going to be denied and he eventually won the 1^st game 15-13 (on a stroke).  (to see more photos click here)

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me, Jason Grinton, Richard Cantlay, Craig Paris (Giles Insurance - Sponsor)

 An unexpected final indeed and it couldn’t have been better for the crowd with a 3-2 spectacle that lasted almost an hour. Going into the match the favourite was Richard Cantlay and the underdog Jason Grinton, but tournament squash brings it unique pressure and finals heighten that pressure so anything could happen……………and it did!

Jason got off to a great start as Richard played some nervous looking shots and it wasn’t long until Jason had a strangle hold on the 1^st game with an 11-6 lead. Richard stemmed the tide, but wasn’t able to make up much ground as Jason kept the lead and took the 1^st game 15-9. (to see more photos click here)

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David Lloyd Glasgow West End Semi-Final – Well that was a great semi-final in the David Lloyd West End Championships last night as Richard Cantlay took on the young pretender Doug Macmillan. On paper I thought Read more…

David Lloyd Renfrew – Semi-finals

Well the semi-final certainly lived up to expectations as Jason Lang and Sean Norris did battle yesterday – and it was a Read more…

 What a match in the 2011 West Closed final and the quality between the 2 local lads was as good as you’d see between any two Scots anywhere in the country. Peter O’Hara was certainly the favourite going into the tie, but you underestimate Barry Sutherland at your peril!

The first game saw Peter take a good early lead and Barry was taking time to get used to the pace and (bizarre) angles Peter played. The early lead ‘Pistol Pete’ took was never surrendered and it wasn’t long before he sealed the 1st game, but Barry was just showing signs of adapting to the power.

In the 2nd game Barry was able to deal with the early exchanges and he didn’t let Peter get a lead and in the mid part of Read more…

West Squash had a great Inter-regional tournament this year winning at Under 11, U13 and U17 level (and coming 2nd at U15).

All the Harrow sponsored players dominated their events at the Tournament as Douglas Macmillan, Kirsty Lobban, Findlay McDonald all had 100% win records (and Rosie Allan also had some good results). In fact Kirsty and Findlay lead the Highlands & Islands Region to a win in the Under 15 competition.

Congratulations to the West and Harrow Stars

Under 11 Individual Results and Under 11 Team Results

Under 13 Individual Results and Under 13 Team Results

Under 15 Individual Results and Under 15 Team Results

Under 17 Individual Results and Under 17 Team Results

Under 19 Team Results

Congratulations to all the Scottish juniors who have been picked for both the 5 Nations Tournament (in April) and the European Team Championships (in May) this year.

These include Harrow sponsored juniors Kirsty Lobban (U15) from Inverness Squash Club, Dougls Macmillan (U17) from David Lloyd West End Glasgow, Rosie Allan (U19) from Aberdeen, Findlay Macdonald (U15) from Inverness Squash Club  and Greg Lobban (U19) also from Inverness Squash Club

 The North American Open final on Friday was a wonderful exhibition of squash between the No.1 & No.2 players in the World.

 But the Winner was Nick Matthew in a 5 game spectatular piping Ramy Ashour 11-6 in the last game to claim the top prize.

 To see all the results click here