Squash – Back the Bid for the 2020 Olympics
Andre Agassi, Kim Clijsters and Stefan Edberg have followed fellow tennis legend Roger Federer in backing Squashto be added to the Olympic Games programme in 2020 (to see pics of who’s backing the bid click here).
“Squash is absolutely one of the best/toughest sports,” said Agassi, the eight-time Grand Slam champion and Olympic gold medallist in 1996. “The Games would be proud!”
Federer was one of the first leading tennis players to pledge support for his fellow racket sport: “I think it’s a wonderful sport. It’s unfortunate some sports don’t get the opportunity to be in the Olympics – I think squash would deserve it.”
Since then, fellow stars Agassi, Clijsters and Edberg have also given Squash their backing.
“I think Squash would be a great addition to the Olympic Games,” said Clijsters, one of the greatest ever players in the women’s game who won 41 WTA singles titles including four Grand Slams. “It’s a great competitive game and different from the other racket sports in not having a net dividing the players.
To see pics of other stars that “Back the Bid” press ‘read more’ (or click here)
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Squash & the Olympics
Scottish Racketball Open 2013 – Results
The ‘2013 Scottish Racketball Open’ took place at Dumfries this weekend and there was another excellent turnout including new players coming up from south of the border.
To see the full results click here
The Open was won by Nick Bond of ‘The Chapel Allerton Club’ in Leeds and his team-mate John Round also made it to the final.
Other winners came from as far north as Kirkwall and as far south as Cheshire, showing how Racketball is spreading around Scotland and the North of England.
Many thanks to Dumfries Squash & Racketball Club (!) for hosting the competition and especially Keith Gristwood for not only organising everything, but also winning the Over 55s National Open Title.
To see some pictures of the event please click here
Squash On Sky – The North American Open 2013
Well why not kick back over Easter and watch the squash on Sky.
They are covering the North American Open this weekend on the 31st March and the 1st April (no joke!).
Sky Sports 4 on the Sunday 31st March – 7.00am – 11.00am – 4.30pm
Sky Sports 4 on the Monday 1st April – 1.00am – 6.00am – 3.00pm – 7..00pm
And don’t forget the clocks change on Sunday, if you’re getting up to watch it!
Willstrop v Matthew – The Rivalry (Trans World Sport)
Maria & JP – By Bethan Jinkinson BBC World Service
By Bethan Jinkinson BBC
World Service
Maria Toorpakai Wazir is a star squash player with a promising international career. Born in Waziristan, a highly conservative region of Pakistan, she had to disguise herself as a boy when she took up the sport – and later received ominous threats for playing in shorts.
“I am a warrior, I was born a warrior, I will die like a warrior.”
Press the ‘Read More’ to see the full story – or click here to see the story on the the BBC web-site
Return of the YoungSTARS – 17th March 2013
The YoungSTARS returned to David Lloyd in the West End this weekend when we held a mini-tournament on Sunday.
The aim was to give all the players as many matches as possible in an afternoon, so two mini-leagues followed by a play off match, guaranteed each competitor a minimum of 5 matches (best of 3 – PAR 11) and judging by the effort and red faces I think they’ll all sleep well tonight.
Players from David Lloyd West End, The Glasgow Academy, Whitecraigs LT&SC and Whitecraigs Rugby Club all competed. Many thanks to John Kirby for organising the players and the tournament with me.
Press the ‘Read More’ to see the full story
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DLWE v Craighelen – Home (Match Report) 13th March 2013
The Team – Little Sean, Captain Cantlay, me, Big Davie Craig & Ben Mazz (the real capt.)
Kurt, the Craighelen team captain, texted me earlier in the day to see if we could get an early start. So I kicked off at 6pm and when I got to 10-5 up in the 1st game it was soon clear that Captain Kurt would have to ‘cling-on’ for dear life to stay in the this game! (I would apologise for that terrible pun, but I’ve got a few more to come!). I went on to clinch the 1st game.
Well I thought I showed great ‘Enterprise’ to sus-out Captain Kurt’s game in the knock-up. His forehand was flashing, but he was letting everything bounce on the backhand, so that was the target. ‘set squash ball to stun’ and stick it right into the corner! Great plan and it really worked. Well it would be ‘illogical’ to change a winning game, so I didn’t and that’s really the ‘Bones’ of what happened. Having said all that, Kurt and I were competing hard in the 5th game, but that was because we played a couple of friendlies. First points on the board for us (Sean refereed and he was rubbish! Well I say rubbish, but I actually mean funny, as he gave a ridiculous ‘out’ and a ‘no let’ against me just for a laugh!)
To read more click on ‘read more’ below – To see the other DLWE Reports Click here
Jason Broadberry
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