Squash Results

Results

2008 Annual Club Closed Tournament

Alice Bishop and Barney Elworthy

The annual BLTSC club closed tournament was played over a period of 6 weeks with all BaD League and internal box players being automatically entered and then given the opportunity to opt out. Although this resulted in some byes in the early rounds, most matches were played by the 98 male and 23 female entrants. The Men's tournament was broken into A, B and C grades based on league and box positions.

The Ladies final was played on Saturday 26th April between Alice Bishop and Ann Manley. Alice returned Ann's serve very well and dominated most rallies to win 9/2 9/6 8/10 9/5. The Mens A was won by Barney Elworthy who repeated his 2007 victory by defeating Frank Ellis 3/2. The 1st game was won by Frank 9/3 after some tight squash and many long rallies exceeding 50 shots. Barney then comfortably won the 2nd and 3rd games 9/0 and 9/1 by again extending the rallies before dropping the ball short. Frank rallied in the 4th with some excellent power squash to win 6/9, however Barney easily won the 5th 9/0. The Mens B finalwill be played between the winner of Phil Riley & Peter Joyce and the winner of Alex Winser & Sam Barham. The Mens C final was played between Hugo Wellesley and Nick Hawkesby. Hugo ran out an easy winner 3/0. Nick probably regretted the lunchtime beers and half-time pastie at the Rovers Ground ... not that it would have made any difference, Rovers still lost!

The annual end-of-season dinner was attended by 61 members and partners. A karaoke and disco followed the prize presentations and captain's speeches.

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England Squash Inter-County Championships 2007/08

BLTSC are justly proud of being the home of five of the six players successful Avon men's over 45 team. The team came away from Winchester Squash and Tennis club with a resounding success in the England Inter-County Championships scoring an almost perfect 59 out of 60 points. Devon coming second with 31 points shows how strong the Avon performance was which sends them into the premier inter-county division next year to face the squash elites which include teams from Lancashire and Yorkshire.

Thanks must go to Winchester for being such welcoming and perfect hosts. And also to the Devon, Sussex and Hants teams who all took part in the competitive, good spirited and fun weekend (both on court and in the bar) - this all being what makes squash so special.

Well done also Mike Martin, Mark Taylor, Nick Drysdale, Ben Dillistone and Mark Regan for representing Redland and not least to Captain Jeremy Goulding from Lansdown Bath.

England Squash Inter-County Championships 2007/08
Stage Two
Category: Mens O45
South Promotion
Division: 1

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Autumn 2007 BaD League

The Club plays in the BaD (Bristol and District) League www.badsquash.co.uk

Here are the final positions at end of Spring season for the 7 Mixed and 3 Ladies teams:

Mixed A 2nd in Prem B - Promoted to Prem A
Mixed B 3rd in Prem A
Mixed C 3rd in Prem C
Mixed D 2nd in Div 1A
Mixed E 3rd in Div 2C
Mixed F 4th in Div 2B
Mixed G 5th in Div 1B - Relegated to Div 2

Ladies A 6th in Prem A
Ladies B 5th in Prem A
Ladies C 4th in Div 1

Well-done to the Mixed D and G teams who won their respective divisions in the play-offs. The D team beat Welshback B 3-2 to win Div 2A, while the G team beat Thornbury C 4-1 to win Div 2C.

The club has entered 5 Mixed and 1 Ladies team for the Summer season.

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National and County Honours

The following Club members represented either their county or country in 2007:

Frank Ellis (Scotland 035 & Avon O35), Ben Dillistone (Avon O45), Mark Taylor (Avon O35 & O45), Mike Martin (Avon O45), Mark Regan (Avon O45), Paul Barham (Avon O45), Nick Drysdale (Avon O45 & O50), Paul Gaffney (Avon O50), Ann Manley (Avon O50), Alice Bishop (Avon 1st), Karen de Klerk (Avon 1st), Ruth Drysdale (Avon 2nd & O40), Claire Kedward (Avon 1st), Peter Joyce (U13), Sam Barham (U18) and Dan Barham (U13).

At the World Championships in Capetown October 2006, Ann Manley won the O60's, Frank Ellis lost in the semi-final of O40's, and Mark Taylor won the O45's plate. Peter Joyce is reigning England U13 Champion.

For latest Avon County match reports: www.avonsquash.co.uk.

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Peter Joyce wins U13 National Championships

Congratulations to Peter Joyce who recently won the Under 13 National Championships at the National Squash Centre in Manchester. Peter won the event without dropping a game and beat Joshua Masters (U.K. number 3) in the final 9-6 9-7 9-3 Peter is currently the UK Under 13 number 1 and has just started playing in our very own badsquash league for Redland G with an impressive opening win. Peter is part of the local Elite Squash academy run by Hadrian Stiff. You can check it out at www.elitesquash.co.uk

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2007 BAD Squash Womans Winter League

Currently number 1 and 2 in the BAD Squash League ranking system are Claire Kedward at one and Alice Bishop at 2. This is great news for the ladies squash teams. BLTSC currently put out 3 ladies teams, 2 of which play in the Premier A Division against the best in the Bristol area.

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20/10/2006
World Master's Squash Champs

Final's Day

England, Australia & Hosts South Africa Share World Masters Honours

The 8th World Masters Squash Championships, the biggest ever international event in the sport, which was staged across five different venues, drew to a mighty climax in Cape Town with honours evenly shared between England, Australia and hosts South Africa.

A record entry of 672 players, representing 33 countries, competed in a total of 16 age-group events - from Over 35 for men and women to Over 65 for women and, for the first time, Over 75 for men! England, Australia and South Africa each won five gold medals, with Ireland claiming a sole gold medal.

South African Mike Tootill, runner-up in the Men's Over 35 event in the 2003 World Masters in Finland, clinched the 2006 title with a 9-7, 5-9, 9-4, 9-4 victory in the final over No4 seed Neil Frankland. The Scot made his breakthrough in the semi-finals where he dismissed England's top seed Mark Allen in straight games, while third seed Tootill crushed surprise German opponent Matthias Scholl, a 9/16 seed, for the loss of just two points. There was an upset in the Over 60 event final when England's No2 seed Ann Manley beat her top-seeded compatriot Bett Dryhurst 10-8, 9-4, 9-6. Earlier, Dryhurst had recovered from a game down to beat South Africa's former World Masters champion Jean Grainger in the semi-finals.

Women's Over 60 semi-finals:
[1] Bett Dryhurst (ENG) bt [3] Jean Grainger (RSA) 4-9, 9-3, 9-1, 9-3
[2] Ann Manley (ENG) bt [4] Liz Pratten (RSA) 9-5, 7-9, 9-3, 9-6
Final:
[2] Ann Manley (ENG) bt [1] Bett Dryhurst (ENG) 10-8, 9-4, 9-6

Men's Over 40 semi-finals:
[1] Craig van der Wath (RSA) bt [5/8] Jonathan Leeb (RSA) 9-5, 9-0, 9-2
[2] Jonathan Clark (ENG) bt [3] Frank Ellis (ENG) 9-7, 9-4, 9-1
Final:
[1] Craig van der Wath (RSA) bt [2] Jonathan Clark (ENG) 9-7, 9-2, 9-2

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2007 BAD Squash Doubles Results Tournament: Redland

Barney Elworthy and Claire Kedward

The finals of the annual BLTSC club closed tournaments were played on Saturday 28th April. The male event contained 26 entries and resulted in an exciting final between the top 2 seeds, Barney Elworthy and Mike Martin. The match lasted 80 minutes and Barney ran out a comfortable 3-0 winner once his running game and superior fitness wore down his elder opponent.

The ladies final was contested between Ann Manley (World Over 60 Champion) and Claire Kedward (reigning ladies club champion). Ann started by playing her usual slow and controlling game and took a 2-0 lead, before Claire raised the pace and eventually won 3-2.

After the prize presentations and photos, about 70 members and partners sat down to the annual end-of-season squash club dinner. Team captains were invited to speak about their team's performance over the season. Fred Dee, a local comedian, then provided some entertainment and a disco.

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