Racketball Around Scotland with Big Peat (Islay Blended Malt Scotch Whisky) Inaugural Tournament at Whitecraigs LT&SC Glasgow
Big Peat invites all Racketball players to Whitecraigs LT&SC in Glasgow on the 30th June (in just 9 days!) to play the inaugural tournament in the new ‘Racketball Around Scotland Tour’.
The tournament will be a 1 day event and all players will be guaranteed 3 matches. There will be different grades from beginner, to club player, to a Premier Division for players who want to get UK Racketball Ranking Points.
Every racketballer will get an exclusive inaugural T-shirt and a ‘taste of Peat’ with a micro-bottle for all competitors; and the winners will get much bigger Big Peats! (and other prizes).
Squash On TV
| Title | Date | Start | Duration | Channel |
| British Open #5 | 06/06/2012 | 18:30:00pm | 01:30:00 | Sky Sports 3 Digital |
| British Open #5 | 07/06/2012 | 01:00:00am | 01:30:00 | Sky Sports 2 Digital |
| British Open #5 | 07/06/2012 | 08:30:00am | 01:30:00 | Sky Sports 4 Digital |
What Happened at The British Open 2012 PSA Squash
To see the PSA Men’s Draw Click here To see the WISPA Women’s Draw Click here
To see the over 35s – over 75s Master’s Draws Click here
James Willstrop: London 2012 would have been perfect stage for squash
James Willstrop, the erudite but almost unknown squash world No1, said the IOC was wrong not to include his sport for the Olympic Games
To see this excellent article (by Donald McRae of the Guardian) in full click here
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Masters Over 40’s Men’s Team Triumph at Home Internationals
Scotland had an amazing result in Dublin last weekend as the Over 40 side, captain by Peter Buchan, led his team of Frank Ellis, Malcolm Kerr, Alan Thompson, Craig Thompson and Scott Wilson to claim the Home International Over 40s title by beating Ireland 3-2, England 4-1 and Wales 5-0.
This is the first time a Scottish men’s team has won a full “Home International Masters Championship” involving all 4 home nations.
A really fantastic result – many congratulations to the team.
Scottish Men Reach Semi-final of European Team Championships
The Scottish men’s and women’s teams are competing in Nuremberg (2nd-5th May) for the 2012 European Team Championships.
The men’s team have played a blinder to get themselves into contention for a top 4 finish by reaching the semi-finals (their best placing since 1999).
They’ve got a tough one against the England this afternoon, as Alan Clyne (using his Harrow Vapor racket), Chris Small, Stuart Crawford (also with a Harrow Vapor), Greg Lobban (Harrow Power Spark), Dougie Kempsell (also with a Harrow Spark) and Kevin Moran are the squad who have done the business so far.
Congratulations to the Team for a top 4 finish!
Results available here
Scottish Open Racketball Championships 2012
Well it’s been all over the press (!) so you must have heard by now that the inaugural Scottish Open Racketetball Championships were held in Dumfries at the weekend (sponsored by Pathfinder Park Homes).
The tournament was a great successs with an ‘Open’ Championship as well as five different ‘Masters’ Tournamnets. The Tournament Director, Kieth Gristwood, organised the draws, the club, the catering, the sponsors, the players the markers, the trophies and even the night out on the Saturday (not to mention playing in the final; after a 5 set semi-final!). A great effort from all at Dumfries who helped him out.
And the Results? Well I thought I’d have a go as I’d no idea if I was any good or not and it turns out I’m OK, as I won the Open Tournament! Thankfully some of the “big guns” didn’t enter, but none the less I’m delighted and very proud to be the very first winner of the Scottish Championships.
Full results are available here
Harrow’s Alan Clyne is Runner up in Irish Open
Alan Clyne was runner-up to Alister Walker in the 2012 PSA $25K Irish Open this weekend. The Scottish No.1 (seen left with his Harrow Vapor racket) beat the No.2 seed Boran Golan to get into Saturday’s final against the World No. 18.
The tough semi-final that lasted almost 2 hours, must have taken it out of Alan as he lost the final 11-4 11-6 9-11 11-3 in 54 mins.
To see the full details and the Draw click here
CitySquash in the Bronx (squash helping at school!)
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It’s always a good day for squash for these youngsters!
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A Question of Squash
Did anyone see the episode of Question of Sport with Nick Matthew 
(on 16th April). I tried to see it on the BBC iPlayer but it disappeared early!
If you’d like to see a pictorial view of the programme have a look at squashsite365 by clicking here
Good to see the profile of squash is getting bigger!
Jason Broadberry
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