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 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

 Harrow’s Alan Clyne has broken into the World’s top 50 players for a new career high ranking of 47.

Alan rose 6 places in the February PSA rankings and must be delighted with his steady progress toward the World’s top 32 players.

Many congratulations Alan.

(pic above: Alan Clyne and his Harrow Vapor racket take on ex-World No.1 David Palmer in the Detroit ‘Motor City Open’)