Nick Matthew & Mohamed Elshorbagy in the Final of the British Grand Prix 2015
Nick Matthew beat Karim Abdel Gawad in the semi-final of the 2015 AJ Bell British Grand Prix. The World No.2 progresses to his third consecutive final at the British Grand Prix, where this year he will face World No.1 Mohamed Elshorbagy.
Nick said about his semi-final opponent “Karim offered a different challenge to my other opponents. I’ve never played him before and with his silky skills he presented a totally different challenge. I never felt totally settled” (Nick Matthew (ENG) bt Karim Abdel Gawad 3-0: 11-7, 11-6, 13-11)
Top seed Mohamed Elshorbagy won 3-2 against Gregory Gaultier in the 2nd semi-final as the crowd were treated to an impressive display of athleticism from both players, which went in Elshorbagy’s favour as the 24-year-old finished won in the 5th game 7-11, 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 11-8.
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Harrow’s Raneem El Welily is the New Women’s WORLD NO.1
Egyptian Raneem El Welily has topped the September 2015 PSA Women’s World Rankings and ended Nicol David’s nine-year run as No.1
The Harrow sponsored player has won 3 major titles major titles already this year (the New York Tournament of Champions, the Windy City Open and her home tournament the Alexandria Open) which have all helped her become the first player since 2006 to overtake Nicol at the top of the World Rankings.
“I’m absolutely thrilled to have become the new World No.1,” said El Welily, “I’m trying to be hungrier this season than ever before and I’ll need that hunger if I’m to stay at the top and hopefully I can start the season well at the China Open starting on the 3rd of September.”
Congratulations Raneem – a truly remarkable achievement (she is also the first Egyptian female star in any sport to be crowned World No.1)
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Harrow Players Strike Gold at The Central Junior Open in Bridge of Allan
Orla with her Harrow Camo Racket
Last weekend saw the Scottish Junior tour get off to a flying start at the Central Junior Open and Harrow sponsored juniors Orla Young and Fraser McCann were there to pick up the top prizes in their divisions.
Orla won Division 4 and Fraser completed the Newlands double by winning Division 2.
Peter O’Hara, the delighted coach, reported that Fraser didn’t drop and game and Orla beat all the boys in their respective divisions. He was very impressed with their performances and so the training is obviously going well!
Fraser with his Harrow Vapor racket
Whitecraigs LT&SC Tournament Photos 22nd August 2015
Whitecraigs LT&SC Tournament Results – 22nd August 2015
Harrow’s Orla Young wins the 2015 West Junior Player of the Year
Orla – 2015 West Junior of the Year
Orla Young from Newlands won the 2015 West Junior of the Year in June for her achievements in the 2014/15 season.
Orla, pictured with her winning salver, along with her trophy for winning the West Closed U13s (and her Harrow Stealth Camo racket) played for Newlands’ Ladies and mens/open teams and won over 30 matches!!
What a great achievement Orla – well played and Harrow is proud to sponsor you.
Dougie Kempsell wins the Shepparton International PSA $5K Tournament in Melbourne
Dougie Kempsell wins the P.S.A. $5K Shepparton International Tournament in Melbourne this weekend with a stunning run of form and determination to clinch the top prize.
He was seeded No.5 and so had to beat the No.4 and No.2 seeds on the way to the final. The first of these matches was an hour and a half marathon against Tayyab Aslam the No.2 seed from Pakistan (and World No.84) which Dougie won 11-5 in the 5th.
And if that was a marathon then the very next day was a triathlon as Dougie beat the home player and No.4 seed Josua Larkin in a match lasting 2 and a half hours! And it went all the way to 13-11 in the last game – what an effort!
So to The Final and it’s amazing that Dougie had anything left after those last two matches, but he did and won the final 3-0 against Josh Masters from England in just 34 minutes.
Fantastic win Doug and many congratulations.
Jason Broadberry
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