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Tue 1st Feb 2011 - Round FIVE |
Courtcraft Pontefract 3-2 Benz-Bavarian Duffield
Saurav Ghosal 3-1 Jonathan Kemp
11-8, 11-13, 19-17, 11-7
Simon Parke 3-2 Joel Hinds
14-12, 8-11,8-11, 11-9, 11-8
Lee Beachill 2-3 Andy Whipp
11-7, 11-13, 4-11, 12-10, 2-11
Neil Cordell 1-3 Chris Fuller
8-11, 2-11, 11-7, 10-12
Kirsty McPhee 3-0 Laura Hill
11-7, 11-9, 14-12
LEBC Group Chapel Allerton 3-2
CLFS Esporta Oxford
Renan Lavigne 3-2 Scott Handley
1-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-1
Laurence Dealsaux 0-3 Jaymie Haycocks
6-11, 8-11, 12-14
Anthony Graham 3-0 Lee Drew
13-11, 11-5, 11-9
Adam Murrils 2-3 Andrew Birks
11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 2-11, 8-11
Carrie Ramsey 3-0 Katie Quarterman
11-4, 11-8, 11-8
Team Chichester 3-2 UWE Bristol
Mike Phillips reports
Tim Vail 2-3 Lucas Serme
8-11, 3-11, 13-11, 12-10, 5-11
Nic Birt 1-3 Theo Anderson
11-7, 5-11, 4-11, 9-11
Peter Genever 3-1 Dan West
13-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8
Brandon Handley 3-0 Konrad Tyma
11-6, 11-6, 13-11
Lauren Briggs 3-0 Rebecca Quiney
11-3, 11-0, 11-3
TWP St George's Hill 3-2 Exeter
Diamonds
Daryl Selby 0-3 Stewart Boswell
11-13, 10-12, 9-11
Tom Richards 3-1 Campbell Grayson
6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6
Neil Hitchens 0-3 Jonny Harford
5-11, 8-11, 7-11
Steve Meads 3-2 James Snell
11-8, 8-11, 5-11, 11-3, 11-8
Dominique Lloyd-Walter 3-0 Rhianne O'Donnell 11-4,
11-0, 11-3
IGT Winchester 1-4 Surrey H&R
Kashif Shuja 0-3 Peter Barker
3-11, 6-11, 6-11 (23m)
Marwan El Shorbagy 0-3 Peter Nicol
6-11, 9-11, 9-11 (24m)
Jesse Engelbrecht 2-3 Tim Garner 11-7, 11-6, 10-12, 6-11, 4-11
Stacey Ross 3-0 Adil Maqbool
11-5, 11-9, 11-7 (39m)
Lauren Selby 1-3 Victoria Lust
4-11, 9-11, 12-10, 12-14 (40m)
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Crystal Ball
As
the season reaches the halfway point, Crystal Ball, still
smarting after a poor performance last week (by its own high
standards), thrusts its fingers into the fire once more ...
A first win for Pontefract would put a big dent in Duffield's
playoff hopes, while Chapel A look set to sneak the top of the
table clash, both 3-2.
Chichester are likely to leave Bristol stranded at the bottom of
Group B with a crushing 5-0 win, St George's will open up a big
gap with victory over challengers Exeter, 4-1, leaving champions
Surrey to reclaim second place with an away win at Winchester,
3-2 but 5-0 a possibility.
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St George's Hill & Chapel Allerton End
First Half of PSL Season Unbeaten
With the first half of the Premier Squash League (PSL) season
now behind them, both LEBC Group Chapel Allerton and TWP St
George's Hill remain unbeaten - and have extended their
leadership of Groups A & B, respectively, after the fifth round
of the world's most prestigious squash league.
Yorkshire club Chapel Allerton, winners of the PSL title in
2009, celebrated a 3/2 home win over Group A rivals CLFS Esporta
Oxford. Frenchman Renan Lavigne clinched a valuable win in the
tie decider in his maiden appearance for the Leeds club. In a
fine battle between two 36-year-olds, former world No17 Lavigne
- now retired from the Tour - recovered from two games down to
beat Oxford stalwart Scott Handley 1-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-8,
11-1.
Meanwhile, in a packed St George's Hill in Weybridge, Surrey,
the home side also relied on a veteran newcomer this season to
pull the side through in a 3/2 win over Group B rivals Exeter
Diamonds. After eight seasons for nearby Guildford, 40-year-old
Stephen Meads made a significant home debut for his new club by
beating promising full-timer James Snell, aged 22, 11-8, 8-11,
5-11, 11-3, 11-8.
Later St George's regular Tom Richards, fresh from two
successful runs in PSA Tour events in the USA in January,
clinched victory for the hosts with a 6-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6 win
over Exeter's New Zealander Campbell Grayson.
"It was a fantastic performance from Steve, who has only just
returned from coaching duties with the Hong Kong national
squad," said St George's Hill team manager Danny Lee. "We're
enjoying a great run this season – and it's down to a good depth
of squad we have, which is the envy of the rest of the teams in
the league."
Reigning champions Surrey Health & Racquets made up for two
recent defeats by recording a 4/1 away win over PSL newcomers
IGT Winchester. In the standout match of the tie, former squash
great Peter Nicol, the ex-world number and world champion who
retired some years ago, took on Winchester's rising Egyptian
star Marwan El Shorbagy, the 17-year-old who last year won the
prestigious British Junior U17 Open title.
The teenager went into the match with all guns blazing – but
37-year-old Nicol was able to call upon all the skills which
made him one of the world's best ever players by despatching his
young opponent 11-6, 11-9, 11-9 in 24 minutes.
In the final match of the day, the Croydon club's 40-year-old
captain Tim Garner celebrated his 13th match in the last 11 days
by recovering from two games down to beat the home side's South
African ace Jesse Engelbrecht 7-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-4.
Team Chichester won the battle to stay off the bottom of the
Group B tables by seeing off visitors UWE Bristol 3/2. The home
side quickly claimed their victory with successive wins by
Lauren Briggs, Brandon Hanley and club stalwart Peter Genever.
But Bristol bounced back when Theodore Anderson beat Nic Birt in
four games – and young Frenchman Lucas Serme stemmed a fightback
by Tim Val to beat the Chichester captain 11-8, 11-3, 11-13,
10-12, 11-5.
In the other Group A tie, Yorkshire club Courtcraft Pontefract
celebrated their first win of the season in a 3/2 home victory
over Derbyshire's three-time champions Benz-Bavarian Duffield.
"It was a great evening of squash – with a fantastic performance
from 38-year-old former England international Simon Parke who
just never gave up in his incredible 14-12, 8-11, 8-11, 11-9,
11-8 win over tough opponent Joel Hinds, the 23-year-old
reigning world university champion," said Pontefract team
manager Malcolm Willstrop.
Former Pontefract number Lee Beachill also entertained the
packed crowd with his performance against in-form Cheshire
player Andrew Whipp. At 2/1 down, Beachill gave it his all to
level the match after a tie-break in the fourth – but the
younger Whipp blasted back in the decider to win 7-11, 13-11,
11-4, 10-12, 11-2.
But it was the host club's Indian star Saurav Ghosal who
clinched victory for the team. In his first PSL appearance for
more than a year, Ghosal beat England international Jonathan
Kemp 11-8, 11-13, 19-17, 11-7. |
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