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Blair Christie Joins Harrow
I’m delighted to announce that Blair Christie is the newest member of the Harrow Squash Team and will be playing and coaching with the Harrow Vapor.
Blair is an ex-Scotland International at Under 16 & 19 and was Scottish No 1 for around 18 months at Under 19; as well as being U19 Scottish Champion (he also captained the U19 team at the Worlds in Hong Kong and the European Championships in Denmark).
All-in-all Blair received around 50 caps at all levels (including Senior B squad several times in home internationals – and this was in the days when Scotland had Peter Nicol/Colin Keith/Peter O’Hara/Barry Sutherland etc) and he’s now developing squash in Central Scotland where he has recently started coaching.
Another great name plays with Harrow!
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.
West Squash Division 1 Results – 3rd March 2010
Newlands 1 v S.S.R.C. (15-4)
Strathgryffe v Giffnock (1-18)
Western 2 v Western 1 (3-3 so far!)
David Lloyd Renfrew v Cameron House (17-4)
Whitecraigs RFC v Newlands 2 (7-17)
Townend (160 pts) v David Lloyd West End (96 pts) – 9th v 11th (a real close one here)
PSA North American Open Squash 2010
Nick Matthew won the PSA North American Open this weekend by beating Ramy Ashour (the World No.1) in the final by two and a half games to nil!! (11-9 16-14 5-4 ret. inj)
Ramy had to retire in the 3rd game due to a niggling foot injury he’d been carrying for some time, but it was the physical pressure that Nick put him under that forced this retirement. Ramy was up 9-7 and 7-4 in the first two games and had it not been for the sheer determination of Nick Matthew he could have easily gone onto win the title. 
To see the final results and a match report from Martin Heath please click here.
West Squash Division 1 Results – 24th February 2010
Newlands 1 v Western 2 (18-2) Gary MacK snowbound
Strathgryffe v Townend (18-2) Stuart C missing for Townend
Giffnock v David Lloyd Renfrew (18-1) Chris F at No.2 makes the difference. Great win for Jamie Mac at No.1
Western 1 v David Lloyd West End (18-3) Lee G MOTM for DLWE
Newlands 2 v S.S.R.C. (14-11) Tough win for Mark F coming from a game down against Steven H at No.1
Cameron House v Whitecraigs RFC (5-18) Good away win for the Rugby Club
Peter O’Hara Joins Harrow
Ex-Scottish International, Scottish over 35’s No.1, Coach, West League No.1 for Newlands Peter O’Hara has done it all in Scotland and I’m delighted to announce that he is now going to continue his squash career using Harrow rackets.
Peter was impressed by the weight and feel of the Harrow Vapor and felt it was the right time to make a change to the new racket. And I’m really looking forward to seeing the ball being fizzed all over the court by ‘Pistol Pete’ wielding his new weapon!
For a full list of all Harrow players please click here
Bridge of Allan Squash Masters – Results
The main results in the Bridge of Allan Masters last weekend were as folows (all other results are available here):
Over 35’s Peter O’Hara beat Simon Boughton 1-9 9-2 9-6 6-9 9-5
Over 40’s Craig Thomson beat John Meadley 4-9 9-4 9-2 9-4
Over 45’s Jimmy Wells beat Tom Adams 9-2 9-6 9-3
Over 50’s Peter Shivas beat Boyd Kidd 6-9 9-4 9-7 10-8
Over 55’s David Taylor beat Jim Dougal 9-10 9-10 9-4 9-4 9-5
Over 60’s George Porter beat Alex Everingham 4-9 9-5 9-7 1-9 9-5
West Squash Division 1 Results – 17th February 2010
David Lloyd West End v Giffnock – (4-18) Giffnock win without Niall Morris or Owen Hadden
Western v Newlands 1 – (7-17) Good win for Caron L
Whitecraigs RFC v Strathgryffe – (4-17) Matt Anderson was W/Craigs MOTM
S.S.R.C. v Western 2 – (8-13) 3-2 to Gary McKay at No.1 v Steven Halliday
David Lloyd Renfrew v Townend – (14-6) Stuart’s last game for Townend? Beats Lyall Patterson 3-1
Cameron H v Newlands 2 – (5-17) Good win at No.2 for Cam House
Premier Squash League – Round 8 Tonight
Tuesday night saw Harrow’s Alan Clyne playing for Surrey H&R as he joined many other of world’s best squash players compete in the Premier Squash League south of the border.
20 of the worlds top 30 players were on show including Nick Matthew, James Willstrop, Peter Barker, Adrian Grant, Daryl Selby, Alison Waters and Jenny Duncalf in what must be the best squash league in the world.
For full details click here
British Nationals 2010 – 3rd Title for Nick Matthew
Nick Matthew took his 3rd British National’s Title last night when he beat James Willstrop in last nights final.
Nick won the match 3-0 in 50 minutes and said “That will go down as one of my best performances – I didn’t make many errors and it’s not often you beat James 3/0”.
James admitted “I just felt lacking physically, no push, no spark, I couldn’t inject and so couldn’t use my racket”.
In the women’s final there was an upset as Alison Waters (seeded 2) beat Jenny Duncalf (seeded 1) in a thrilling 3-2 final; with the last game going to 12-10.
Alison said “That’s one of the best matches I’ve ever played, it was neck and neck all the way and I hope it was good for the crowd!”
To see the final results click here and to see the report click here
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