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Commonwealth Games Squash Draws
Men’s Singles: Round 64 draw
[1] Nick Matthew (ENG) v Xavier Koenig (MRI)
[9] Alan Clyne (SCO) v Kevin Hannaway (SVG)
[3] Peter Barker (ENG) v Manda Chilambwe (ZAM)
[5] Cameron Pilley (AUS) v Kale Wilson (TTO)
[16] Greg Lobban (SCO) v Bruce Burrowes (JAM)
[8] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) v Kelvin Ndhlovu (ZAM)
[4] Saurav Ghosal (IND) v Jules Snagg (SVG)
[6] Alister Walker (BOT) v Dilshan Gunawardena (SRI)
Kevin Moran (SCO) v Scott Gautier (JEY)
[2] James Willstrop (ENG) v Nicholas Kyme (BER)
Commonwealth Games Squash – Tickets Available
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Doubles Squash/Double Trouble/Double Vision! Get ready for a double helping of intense sporting action! Doubles Squash puts four players in an enclosed space and challenges them to show off their skills. Players don’t just have to keep one step ahead of their opponents; they have to work in perfect tandem with their partner; anticipating, reacting and perfectly positioning every shot. The court is over 2 metres wider than a Singles court and the players use every inch of it. They go up high, down low, and lunge in every direction as they hunt down points. Teamwork is everything and the action doesn’t let up, not even for a moment. In Doubles Squash, the pressure is shared, but so is the joy of victory.
2104 British Open
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nGdbEhHOiI
This was the ‘match of the tournament’ but neither player went on to win the tournament! The 102 minute semi final was an amazing contest, but Gregory Gaultier took the title by beating Nick in the final.
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
The Team is announced – to see the article in the Herald click here
To see interviews with the Scotland team click here & also click here
Whitecraigs LT&SC 2014 Club Championships
Iain McDermott left receiving the prize from Tim Ross (squash convener)
The last two weeks has seen the Whitecraigs LT&SC 2014 Club Champions crowned and in the Men’s Tournament there was a hell of a final between Iain McDermott and Steve Luker.
Iain McDermott on the ‘T’ v Steve Luker (must have been the 5th!)
Steve took the early exchanges and won the first two games and looked in total control. He volleyed well and didn’t let Iain have a sniff of the ball let alone the ‘T’. But Iain is renound for coming back from some pretty tight situations and that’s exactly what happened in this match. He began lengthening the rallies and getting Steve behind him. He also began reading Steve’s drops much better and crunching them to a length any time he saw them. So 2-1 soon became 2-2 and so to the 5th!
By now you could see that Steve was tired, but so was Iain. It was still anyone’s game to win. Steve needed to control the match more and find the corners and Iain needed to keep doing what he was doing. The crowd was deep in discussion about who would do it.
The 5th game was another high paced affair and as Steve faded Iain powered on to take the match and become the 2014 Men’s Champion. It was a great match to watch.
Calum, Mark, Steve and Oli (and me)
The Junior Club Championships were played the next week and this was a good quality tournament played as a round-robin. It all came down to the final match between Oliver Millen and Mark Taylor.
Both players had maximum points going into the final so it was winner take all. The final was a great display of determination and power. Both lads love to wallop the ball and both hate losing to each other (despite the fact they’re friends). Oli was nervous and Mark was determined to run everything down.
However a season in the Wednesday Men’s teams proved to be the difference in this match as Oli was able to move Mark around the court and keep him in the back. Mark did run many of Oli’s shots down, but in the end Oli was just too consistent and too experienced as he won the match 3-0 and became the 2014 Junior Club Champion.
Laura Massaro – World Champion (BBC Interview)
Laura Massaro is the new World Champion in Penang
To hear a Radio 5 Interview with Laura please click here
Click here to see all the details of this stunning result, which sees the first British winner since 1999
Laura won a 5 set thriller 11-7 6-11 11-9 5-11 11-9 in the final against Nour El Sherbini (and her opponent had put out the World No.1 Nicol David in the semi-finals also in 5 games).
Highlights of The 2014 Canary Wharf Classic – Matthew v Wilstrop
DLWE v Giffnock 1 – Away (Match Report) 19th March 2014
You could cut the tension with a knife as we travelled to Giffnock to play the potential league champions last night. I say potential as they still needed 1 point to secure the title. Would they do it!?!?? Could we stop them?!?!?!
We on the other hand were safe from relegation and only really turned up for the team photo and the celebration! 
David (Craig) was first on against Owen Hadden (who fancies himself……….now where was I? Oh yes fancies himself as Giffnock 1s MVP – having amassed 18 wins out of 18 this season). I can’t believe Dave lost the very first game to Owen and handed Giffnock the title; what an anti-climax!!! Congratulations Giffers.
To see the full article press ‘read more’ below. To see all DLWE articles got to Current Match Reports by clicking here
18th-22nd March – Canary Wharf Classic – London 2014
Mingling with the bankers in London’s financial district on Monday will be 16 of the world’s top squash players. It is day one of the Canary Wharf Squash Classic, the capital’s coolest little tournament – and the only one played out entirely inside a small glass box.
Here to defend his title is James Willstrop, the world No.5 from Yorkshire. In the decade this event has been running, he’s won it four times.
Willstrop is a maverick athlete. In person he is unexpectedly charming. Famously sportsmanlike on court, he is regularly written off as being too nice – something he disputes. ‘I believe that sport should be played with respect,’ he said.
‘I’ve been to world No.1 and won world team championships. So you can win being – people call it “nice”, don’t they? – and I don’t know whether it is nice. It’s just respectful.’ 
To see the draw for the tournament click here
To see the history of the tournament click here
Jason Broadberry
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