Ramy & Laura Win British Open 2013 Titles

May 27, 2013 broadberrysports Leave a comment

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

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: 2012/13 Season, PSA, Squash, WISPA

2013 British Open – Results so far

May 21, 2013 broadberrysports Leave a comment

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)

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: James Willstrop, Nick Matthew, PSA, Squash, WISPA

Scotland Reach Semi-finals in the European Team Champs

May 8, 2013 broadberrysports Leave a comment

It was a fantastic result for Scotland’s Mens team as they reached the Semi-finals in the European Team Championships at the weekend and finished 4th in Europe.

The team was Alan Clyne, Greg Lobban, Doug Kempsell, Chris Small, Stuart Crawford and Kevin Moran and this is the second year in a row that the team has place 4th in Europe, which is a wonderful achievement.

To see a full report of the match have a look at the Scottish squash web-site by clicking here.

To see the results click here

Click ‘read more’ just below to see if you can you spot the Scottish Referees – or click here

The 2013 Scottish Junior Inter-Regional Teams

May 4, 2013 broadberrysports Leave a comment

West win 4 of the 5 titles (Tayside & Fife take U19s)

West of Scotland Juniors stole the show with a flurry of gold medals, but were denied a all the titles by Tayside & Fife last weekend.

The first ever event at Scotland’s 2014 Commonwealth squash facility saw 108 players, representing the country’s best juniors, meeting at the new courts at the Scotstoun in Glasgow.

For Tayside & Fife, last year’s winners Elspeth Young, Craig Valente-Wallace and David Beaumont stepped up an age group and along with Calum Johnston and Rory Irwin denied the West a full winning streak again. The gold medal decider was against the West and after losing the first two matches, Tayside & Fife had to win the final two to win the title. David Beaumont & Elspeth Young stepped up to the challenge and took both matches 3-0.

David Ward, Chairman of SSRC (the oldest members squash club in Scotland), presented the prizes at what is hoped to be the first of many events at the Scotstoun facility.

To see the winning team members press read more below

Vote For Squash & ‘Back the Bid’

May 3, 2013 broadberrysports Leave a comment

Vote for Squash to be

in the 2020 Olympics by

clicking:

HERE

The link will take you to “Inside the Games” web-site voting page

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: 2012/13 Season, Olympics, PSA, Squash, WISPA

Squash – Back the Bid for the 2020 Olympics

April 25, 2013 broadberrysports Leave a comment

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)