Match Report – 2013 Ballyearl Guinnesss Festival of Squash
Roving reporter – Simon Pollock provides us with a report that is just vague enough to keep up the old adage “what goes on tour, stays on tour!”
Ballyearl – Northern Ireland June 2013 – A particularly tough tournament this year by all accounts! As I walked into the Ballyearl Bar the first member I met held out his hand saying “Are you the new guy? Good luck, I hope you make it!”. So it was straight into it with no hanging around as the first round was ordered.
As the Ballyearl virgin, I went on at 5 (pints) literally against a particularly handy, and crucially sober female and immediately discovered drunk squash is a dark art. After half an hour of playing “which ball should I hit” she said “why are you playing after 5 pints” to which I replied “I thought that was the rules”.
At 4 (foot) Stu Ward climbed out of my hand luggage raring to go. Didn’t see much of this one but must have been a tough game as he had to leave early muttering something about hitting a wall….
Scotland Team for the World Team Championships in France
To see the Scotland Team for the WSF Men’s World Teams that start on Sunday (and all the other teams!) click here
You can also see how the teams have done in the past by clicking here
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Results of the 1st RASTA Racketball Tournament of the Season @ Glasgow’s David Lloyd West End Club
It was a fantastic start to the Racketball season at David Lloyd in Glasgow’s West End as a 30 strong field lined up to produce the 2013’s 1st Ranking List of this year’s Saltire Tour.
The Premier Division saw the top two from last year’s Ranking List compete for top spot. The winner was Richard McBride from Colinton Castle in Edinburgh who won 2-1 in a tightly contested final.
First British Win In The Women’s British Open Since 1991
Amazing Massaro is the first British Open Winner since Lisa Opie in 1991
Laura beat Nicol David 3-1 in the 2103 British Open Final
Ramy & Laura Win British Open 2013 Titles
JUBILANT scenes were witnessed at Hull’s KC Stadium at the weekend for the second time in two months as a English player won the British Open women’s final for the first time since 1991.
Preston-based world number two Laura Massaro defied the odds to beat favourite Malaysian Nicol David 3-1 (11/4, 3/11, 12/10, 11/7) in the most tensely contested match of the tournament.
An emotional Ramy Ashour became the first Egyptian winner of the British Open since 1966 after he claimed the title at 
his second attempt.
It wasn’t plain sailing for the world number one who was troubled by Frenchman Gregory Gaultier, a previous British Open champion himself who called on that experience, but couldn’t beat Ashour who won 3-1
To se the full results click here or here
Racktball Around Scotland 2013 Tour Starts in 2 weeks
2013 British Open – Results so far
The 2013 British Open kicked off yesterday in Hull, with the 1st rounds of the Open Tournament being played at the K.C. Football stadium.
To see the Open Draw click here
To see the Woman’s Draw click here
To see the Masters Draws click here
The top 2 seeds in the Men’s Draw are Ramy Ashour (No.1) and Nick Matthew (No.2 and defending champion) – and they could meet for a showdown on Sunday. However James Willstrop (No.3), Greg Gaultier (No.4 seed) will no doubt have something to say about that!
In the Women’s Event it’s once again hard to see past Nicol David to retain her title, but the big challenge may come from Laura Massaro (seeded No.2)
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