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Premier Squash League – Round 7
Round 7 of the PSL saw group 2 with a clear leader this week as Peter Nicol’s Surrey Health and Rackets sneaking into a 1 point lead by beating rivals (Exeter Diamonds) 11-10
In group 1 Oxford extended their lead by 1 point as they beat their nearest rivals Nottingham 10-9
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Alan Clyne Out Against Greg Gaultier (PSA No.4) in 1st round of New York Tournament of Champions
Unfortunately Alan lost in the 1st round of the Tournament of Champions, but he put in an improved performance against Gregory Gaultier (who is 64 places above him in the PSA rankings) since their last encounter at the World Open.
West Squash Division 1 Results 20th January
Newlands v Newlands 2 – (18-5) Mark ford plays a belter to get MOTM
Western 1 v Giffnock – (8-13)
Strathgryffe v Western 2 – (15-3) One rubber still to go! (S.T.V.T.T.A.)
Townend v S.S.R.C. – (6-15) S.S.R.C. to overtake Western with this result.
David Lloyd Renfrew v Whitecraigs Rugby Club – (15-6) looks more comfortable than it was! Match report here
David Lloyd West End v Cameron House – (18-5) DLWE overturned the 1st half result. Match report here
Under 20 Test Team Win for Scotland
Win for Scotland in Under 20 Test Match – West players Kevin Moran and Morgan Maguire were part of the winning Scotland team over the weekend against Wales and England.
The two teamed up with Chris Ferguson (who plays for Giffnock in the West Leagues), Sam Allan and Mhairi Charlton to clinch the U20 trophy by 78 points to Englands 75 points. To see the full results click here
New York’s Tournament of Champions
The prestigious Tournament of Champions in New York’s Grand Central Station will begin next Thursday as the PSA tour moves to America’s East Coast and Harrow sponsored Alan Clyne will be hoping to make it through qualification and into the main tournament draw.
Former winner Peter Nicol (2004) has commented on how difficult this tournament is to play because of all the noise and distractions that go on around the court as New York’s Grand Central Station goes about its daily business. To see his comments click here
To see a preview of the first big tournament of 2010 click here and the draw is here
West Squash Division 1 Results – 13th Jan
To see some of Wednesday’s match reports click the ‘here’ links below.
Western 2 v David Lloyd West End 11-12 – DLWE chalk up 2nd win of the season. Match report here
Giffnock v Newlands 1 11-12 – 3-2 thriller match. Quick report here
Cameron House v Strathgryffe 6-18 – Comfortable win for Division 1s top side.
Newlands 2 v Western 1 3-14 – Shock win for Newlands 2 against a team 4 places above
S.S.R.C v David Lloyd Renfrew 8-13 – hard fought 3-2 win for DLR. Match report here
Whitecraigs Rugby Club v Townend 4-15 – gap widens for Townend
Scottish Squash Performance Director Resigns
The Scottish Squash Performance Director Paul Frank (pic left) has resigned his position as of 1st February 2010.
Paul was in charge for over six years and was instrumental in setting up the very successful training programmes at Herriot Watt University, where many of Scotland’s top young players have the opportunity to train and develop their squash on a permanent basis within a well structured training camp. Read more…
Weather Cancels Scotland ‘B’ Internationals
News just in that bad weather conditions has meant that the Scotland team can’t travel to Cardiff to play the scheduled ‘B’ International Test matches this week against Wales and England. Their plane from Edinburgh was cancelled earlier this morning due to the snowy conditions in Edinburgh.
West Squash Division 1 Results – 6th Jan 2010
Western 2 v Whitecraigs RFC 18-2 – Gary Mc snowed in, in Inverness!
S.S.R.C. v Western (TBA) – SSRC win 3-2
Giffnock v Cameron House (18-1) – Cameron House could only muster 4 players
David Lloyd Renfrew v Strathgryffe (10-12) – match report here
Townend v Newlands (TBA) – cancelled due to snow and broken showers!
David Lloyd West End v Newlands 2 (5-15) – match report here
World Squash Rankings January 2010
1 ) Ramy Ashour EGY – 1184 PSA points (+4)
2 ) Nick Matthew ENG – 1079 PSA points (+2)
3 ) Amr Shabana EGY – 951 PSA points








