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Tue 1st Mar 2011 - Round SEVEN |
Group A:
CLFS Esporta Oxford 5-0 MB Nottingham
Chris Ryder 3-0 Chris Truswell 11-2, 11-3, 11-9
Scott Handley 3-0 Mark Fuller 11-8, 11-7, 11-4
Andrew Birks 3-1 Declan James 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8
Kristen Johnson 3-2 Ollie Holland 8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-3, 11-7
Madeline Perry 3-0 Emily Whitlock 11-7, 11-9, 14-12
LEBC Group Chapel Allerton 2-3 Courtcraft Pontefract
Renan Lavigne 1-3 James Willstrop 8-11, 11-5, 11-13, 2-11
Aaron Frankcomb 1-3 Saurav Ghosal 11-9, 4-11, 3-11, 3-11
Laurence Delasaux 3-2 Simon Parke 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6
Anthony Graham 2-3 Lee Beachill 9-11, 11-4, 11-3, 7-11, 10-12
Jenny Duncalf 3-1 Vanessa Atkinson 11-5, 4-11, 11-7, 11-7
Group B:
Surrey Health & Racquets 4-1 Exeter Diamonds
Peter Barker 3-0 Laurens Jan Anjema 11-8,
11-8, 11-5
Adrian Grant 0-3 Stewart Boswell 5-11, 2-11, 9-11
Alan Clyne 3-0 Jonathan Harford 11-4, 11-9, 11-9
Adrian Waller 3-1 James Snell 4-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-9 (48m)
Alison Waters 3-2 Aisling Blake 11-5, 11-3, 11-13, 7-11, 11-0
UWE Bristol 1-4 TWP St George's Hill
Mohamed El Shorbagy 3-0 Daryl Selby 11-5, 12-10, 11-8
David Evans 1-4 Tom Richards 11-7, 12-14, 8-11, 10-12
Lucas Serme 1-3 Nafiizwan Adnan 9-11, 11-8, 7-11, 10-12
Michael Harris 1-3 Stephen Meads 9-11, 3-11, 13-11, 7-11
Rebecca Quiney 0-3 Rachel Willmott 9-11, 6-11, 8-11
IGT Winchester2-3 Team Chichester
Gregory Gaultier 3-1 Azlan Iskandar 8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-3 (49m)
Joey Barrington 0-3 Robbie Temple 2-11, 10-12, 8-11 (38m)
Stacey Ross 0-3 Olivier Pett 4-11, 7-11, 10-12 (29m)
Mark Cairns 3-1 Tim Vail 9-11, 13-11, 11-2, 11-7 (58m)
Lauren Selby 0-3 Lauren Briggs 6-11, 7-11, 9-11 (26m)
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Crystal Ball
With four rounds to go the
semi-final places are tantalisingly close for some, and
tantalisingly within reach for others ...
Oxford should bounce back into second place with a 4-1 win over
Nottingham, while Chapel A will maintain their unbeaten record
but Ponte will make them sweat for a 3-2.
Down South, Surrey could dent Exeter's playoff hopes and it
could even be 5-0, but St George's are quite capable of a
similar result at Bristol to keep their lead intact. We'll plump
for a 3-2 home win in the closest tie of the night as Winchester
host Chichester.
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Champions Surrey Health Back In The Chase For PSL Glory
Reigning champions Surrey Health & Racquets celebrated
their third successive PSL win with a 4/1 home victory over
Exeter Diamonds – a reversal of the result earlier in the
season which strengthens the Croydon club's second place behind
runaway leaders TWP St George's Hill in Group B of the
world's most prestigious squash league.
While Team Chichester moved up to third place in the
Group after a 3/2 away win over PSL newcomers IGT Winchester,
St George's Hill extended their unbeaten run by beating UWE
Bristol 4/1 for the second time this season
After beating fellow Yorkshire club Courtcraft Pontefract
5/0 earlier in the season in Group A, 2009 champions LEBC
Group Chapel Allerton slumped 2/3 at home to a star-studded
Pontefract side – but still remain top of the Group tables.
Meanwhile, CLFS Esporta Oxford move into second place in
Group A after thumping former champions MB Nottingham 5/0
at home.
Surrey Health & Racquets team manager Pete Smith admitted it was
a "good night" for his squad after a near-maximum points victory
over the Devon rivals with whom they shared second place before
the night's matches unfolded. The home side's Alison Waters,
Adrian Waller and Alan Clyne quickly established an unassailable
lead for Surrey Health – though Londoner Waters, the world No3,
was taken to five games by Irish PSL debutante Aisling Blake
after failing to convert a match-ball in the third game.
Australian international Stewart Boswell put in another starring
performance for Exeter by beating the hosts' higher-ranked
England international Adrian Grant in straight games before
world No7 Peter Barker extended the Surrey club's lead by
beating Dutch champion Laurens Jan Anjema 11-8, 11-8, 11-5.
TWP St George's Hill delivered another near-perfect performance
in the West Country – where they consigned 2007 runners-up UWE
Bristol to their seventh successive defeat of the season. The
Weybridge club stalwarts Rachel Willmott, Stephen Meads. Mohd
Nafiizwan Adnan and Tom Richards all despatched Bristol
opponents put in their way before recently-crowned British
National champion Daryl Selby sought to make it maximum points
from the top string clash with the home side's Mohamed El
Shorbagy.
But the 20-year-old Egyptian international was too strong for
Selby, winning 11-5, 12-10, 11-8 to give the home crowd some
consolation.
A packed gallery at IGT Winchester were hoping to see revenge
against the southern rivals who beat them earlier in the season.
And after Team Chichester took the opening two matches,
Winchester's former club manager Mark Cairns – a 43-year-old
former world No10 - was set to make a hero's return to the court
.... and turn matters round.
"Mark was absolutely in the zone," said team manager Gary
Hinton. "He was simply in awesome form – and duly won his
match."
Cairns saw off Chichester captain Tim Vail 9-11, 13-11, 11-2,
11-7 in 58 minutes. But it was all in vain, as on an adjacent
court Robbie Temple played one the games of his life to defeat
Winchester's higher-ranked Joey Barrington in straight games.
But the Winchester crowd was then treated to its first
appearance of French star Gregory Gaultier, the world No6 from
Aix-en-Provence who recovered from a game down to defeat the
visitors' Malaysian number one Mohd Azlan Iskandar 8-11, 11-9,
11-5, 11-3 to reduce the deficit to 2/3.
After losing the first three ties of the season, Courtcraft
Pontefract turned the tables tonight by recording their third
win in a row - against Yorkshire rivals LEBC Group Chapel
Allerton. The Leeds club's world No2 Jenny Duncalf was too
strong for the visitors' former world champion Vanessa Atkinson
– but now retired former world number one Lee Beachill called
upon all his vast experience to eke out a 11-9, 4-11,3-11, 11-7,
12-10 win over Chapel Allerton's Anthony Graham.
And after Indian number one Saurav Ghosal showed off his prowess
to beat the home club's Australian international Aaron Frankcomb
in four games, it was left to Pontefract star James Willstrop to
clinch victory for the underdogs with his 11-8, 5-11, 13-11,
11-2 win over Frenchman Renan Lavigne.
But CLFS Esporta Oxford boosted their chances of a place in the
end-of-season semi-final playoffs with a powerful 5/0 home win
over MB Nottingham. Despite last-minute changes to the line-up,
the home side's squad of Chris Ryder, Scott Handley, Andrew
Birks, Kristen Johnson and Madeline Perry all came up trumps
with wins over their visiting opponents.
The Oxford team now move up to second place in the Group A
tables, just six points behind leaders Chapel Allerton.
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