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World Masters
Squash 2010
23-28 August, Cologne, Germany |
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World Masters Finals:
W35: Sabine Schoene bt Karen Meakins
11/7, 11/8, 11/7
W40: Simone Korell bt Judith Casbolt
11/9, 11/2, 11/7
W45: Leora Greenwood bt Beau de Dreu-Spitse
11/9, 11/3, 11/1
W50: Julie Field bt Lisa O'Grady
11/13, 11/4, 11/9, 11/4
W55: Vicky Cardwell bt Pauline Douglas
11/5, 11/7, 11/3
W60: Averil Murphy bt Marily Kennedy
11/9, 8/11, 6/11, 11/5, 11/4
W65: Sheena Worwood bt Norma Fulling
9/11, 11/5, 11/8, 11/7
W70: 1st Barbara Sanderson, 2nd Averil Heath
M35: Renan Lavigne bt Stephen Cooke
11/2, 11/3, 11/5
M40: Derek Ryan bt Lucas Buit
11/5, 11/3, 11/5
M45: Gary Duberly bt Peter Gunter
11/4, 6/11, 11/4, 11/9
M50: Geoff Davenport bt Alan Thompson
11/9, 11/3, 11/8
M55: Mark Cowley bt Peter Alexander
12/10, 11/8, 13/11
M60: Keith Jones bt Peter Leary
11/4, 11/9, 11/9
M65: Chris Ansell bt Antony Martin
11/4, 16/18, 8/11, 11/8, 11/2
M70: Brian Phillips bt Barry Gardener
12/10, 11/2, 11/9
M75: Malcolm Gilham bt Raymond Rook
11/6, 11/2, 11/7
Australian
Davenport Wins Record Fourth World
Masters Title
In Cologne
Australian Geoffrey
Davenport claimed
a record-equalling fourth title in the 2010 World
Masters Squash
Championships, the 10th staging of the World
Squash Federation event
in Cologne,
Germany.
The 52-year-old favourite and defending champion defeated
Scotland's No3 seed Alan
Thomson 11-9,
11-3, 11-8 in the final of the Men's Over-50 event.
Davenport won the Over-45 World
Masters title
in 2003 and 2006.
It was legendary fellow Australian Heather
McKay who
became the first winner of four World
Masters titles
in 1995.
A second crown also goes to Australia after former World
Open champion Vicki
Cardwell, the top seed, beat second-seeded Scot Pauline
Douglas 11-5,
11-7, 11-3 in the Women's Over-55 final.
England claimed six titles: Averil
Murphy successfully
defended her title in the Women's Over-60 event, beating
Australia's No2 seed Marilyn
Kennedy 11-9,
8-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-4 in the final.
Top seed Mark
Cowley, the Over-55 British
Open champion,
defeated fellow Englishman Peter
Alexander 12-10,
11-8, 13-11 in the Men's Over-55 final.
In another all-English final, third seed Keith
Jones beat
outsider Peter
Leary, a 9/16 seed, 11-4, 11-9, 11-9 in the Men's
Over-60 final.
Chris Ansell, also a British
Open champion
in the category, battled to an 11-4, 16-18, 8-11, 11-8, 11-2
win over fourth-seeded South African Antony
Michael Martin to
take the Men's Over-65 final.
The 'oldest' title also went to England after top seed Malcolm
Gilham overcame
unseeded fellow countryman Raymond
Rook 11-6,
11-2, 11-7 in the final of the Men's Over-75 championship.
And 54-year-old Julie
Field successfully
defended her Women's Over-50 title, beating second-seeded
South African Lisa
O'Grady 11-13,
11-4, 11-9, 11-4 in the final.
There was popular home success in two women's events:
Favourite Sabine
Schoene, a former world No6 from Munich, defeated Karen
Meakins, from Barbados, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 in the Women's
Over-35 final - and fourth seed Simone
Korell produced
a surprise German win after beating New Zealand's third seed Judith
Casbolt 11-9,
11-2, 11-7 in the Women's Over-40 event final.
The biggest shock in Cologne came in the Women's Over-45
event where unseeded South African Leora
Greenwood battled through to the final where the
47-year-old beat Dutch opponent Bea
de Dreu-Spitse 11-9,
11-3, 11-1 to take the title.
There was further unexpected South African success in the
Women's Over-65 event when second seed Sheena
Worwoodbeat England's Norma
Fulling 9-11,
11-5, 11-8, 11-7 in the final.
There was New Zealand success in the Men's Over-45 event
where second seed Gary
Duberly, winner of the Men's Over-40 title two years
ago, beat England's Peter
Gunter 11-4,
6-11, 11-4, 11-9 in a surprise final.
In the Men's Over-70 final,
Welshman Brian
Phillips beat
New Zealand's defending champion Barry Gardiner 12-10, 11-2,
11-9 to win his first World title.
Ireland celebrated a pair of surprise titles: Third seed Barbara
Sanderson celebrated
her recent 70th birthday by upsetting top seed Averil
Heath 8-11,
11-7, 11-5, 11-8 in the Women's Over-70 final.
And popular Irishman Derek
Ryan, a fourth seed, secured his first World
Masters title
in the Men's Over-40 event after beating third-seeded
Dutchman Lucas
Buit 11-5,
11-3, 11-5 in the final.
Finally Frenchman Renan
Lavigne celebrated
his maiden appearance in the championships by winning the
Men's Over-35 title, defeating Dutchman Stephen
Cooke 11-2,
11-3, 11-5 in the final.
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Photo Galleries from Felix Paal
The French
Experience
with lots of photos ...
English Triumphs
Full Results:
Women over 35
Women over 40
Women over 45
Women over 50
Women over 55
Women over 60
Women over 65
Women over 70
Men over 35
Men over 40
Men over 45
Men over 50
Men over 55
Men over 60
Men over 65
Men over 70
Men over 75
If anyone has any reports, photos etc,
we'd love to have them ...
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ENGLAND
WORLD MASTERS TRIUMPH
IN COLOGNE - 2010
England Squash Masters proved conclusively that they possess
the strongest group of players in the World with a third of
all the medals, 6 Gold, 5 Silvers and 4 Bronzes. No other
sport is able to match this and all who triumphed can feel
justifiably proud of themselves.
When you take into account that the majority of the top
Internationals didn’t travel in a lot of the age groups due
to varying reasons, including PARS, we did unbelievably
well. The strength in depth in all areas is testament to the
amount of Master’s Squash on offer in England and we must
give credit to Nick Rider and Chris Nutley at England Squash
for allowing the Master’s Committee unfettered rein to
develop age group Squash. This does not happen in any other
Country.
To win one World Masters Title is the pinnacle of anyone’s
career, so to win four, as Averil Murphy (W60) has
done, is just unbelievable. Julie Field (W50) won her
second and is a formidable womens player. In the Mens, O65
winner Chris Ansell proved that he never ever gives
up, being 1-2 and 3-7 down to Tony Martin and after
equalling at 2-2, Chris never looked back to walk the fifth,
to add to his two British Open Titles.
His room mate, the legendary trainer Keith Jones
(M60) spent all Summer running half marathons, and only
started playing squash a month ago once he was sure he was
fit enough! Mark Cowley (M55) has had an Adrian
Wright season, that is, winning virtually everything and is
the nearest thing to a cage fighter you will see on a squash
court. Apparently, his match in the Semi Final with Boyd
Kidd who looks even more ferocious than Mark was, to put it
mildly not one for the purists (most spectators loved every
minute of it), but shows that our English mentality never
gives up.
Finally in the M75, Malcolm Gilham, from leafy
Suffolk, can feel mighty pleased with himself as he claimed
our sixth Gold.
To the Silvers, having been there, it hurts. But at least
you got there!! The five were Peter Gunter (M45) ,
1-3 to the excellent Gary Duberly, Peter Alexander
(M55) who lost yet another titanic battle with his old foe
Cowley, but at least has won a couple of World Titles.
Peter Leary (M60) who made a brief comeback last year
looking surprisingly out of sorts, but obviously trained up
to his former glory and will be a major threat in the O60
this season.
Finally, Norma Fulling in the Women’s O65 who lost a
close battle to Sheena Worwood 1-3 and to Ray Rook (M75) who
lost to Malcolm Gilham.
I have been asked to prepare a full report which will be
available online when all the players have had their say
about the event.
Martin Pearse
England Squash Masters Chairman
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Men's Over-35
quarter-finals:
[1] Renan
Lavigne (FRA)
bt [9/16] Lefika
Ragontse (BOT)
11-1, 11-6, 11-2
[4] Mirko
Pareccini (ITA)
bt [5/8] Tommi
Ryyppo (FIN)
11-8, 11-2, 11-1
Manuel Fistonic (GER)
bt [3] Jago
Nardelli (ENG)
11-9, 11-6, 14-12
[9/16] Stephen
Cooke (NED)
bt [2] Glenn
Hitch (HKG)
11-3, 14-12, 13-11
Semi-finals:
[1] Renan
Lavigne (FRA)
bt [4] Mirko
Pareccini (ITA)
11-3, 11-8, 11-0
[9/16] Stephen
Cooke (NED)
bt Manuel
Fistonic (GER)
11-8, 12-10, 10-12, 4-11, 11-6
Men's Over-40
quarter-finals:
[1] Craig van
der Wath (RSA)
bt [9/16] Jesus
Souto Iglesias (ESP)
11-3, 11-8, 11-7
[4] Derek Ryan (IRL)
bt [9/16] Predi
Fritsche (GER)
11-5, 11-6, 11-8
[3] Lucas Buit (NED)
bt [5/8] David
Sly (CAN)
11-4, 11-4, 11-2
[2] Michael
Tootill (RSA)
bt Christian
Borgvall (SWE)
11-5, 11-9, 11-4
Semi-finals:
[4] Derek Ryan (IRL)
bt [1] Craig
van der Wath (RSA)
11-7, 11-8, 2-11, 11-7
[3] Lucas Buit (NED)
bt [2] Michael
Tootill (RSA)
11-2, 11-9, 4-11, 6-11, 11-6
Men's Over-45
quarter-finals:
[1] Trevor
Wilkinson (RSA)
bt [5/8] Greg
Pearman (ENG)
11-4, 12-14, 11-8, 11-3
[4] Peter
Gunter (ENG)
bt [5/8] Jonathan
Clark (ENG)
11-3, 11-8, 11-2
[3] Eamonn
Price (ENG)
bt Christopher
Wilson (ENG)
11-7, 11-6, 11-6
[2] Gary
Duberly (NZL)
bt [5/8] Mark
Woodliffe (ENG)
11-9, 12-10, 6-11, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[4] Peter
Gunter (ENG)
bt [1] Trevor
Wilkinson (RSA)
11-9, 11-7, 11-9
[2] Gary
Duberly (NZL)
bt [3] Eamonn
Price (ENG)
15-13, 11-8, 11-5
Men's Over-50
quarter-finals:
[1] Geoffrey
Davenport (AUS)
bt [9/16] Francis
Bradford (RSA)
11-9, 11-4, 11-9
[4] Bjorn
Almstrom (SWE)
bt [9/16] Udo
Kahl (GER)
11-3, 11-4, 11-3
[3] Alan
Thomson (SCO)
bt [5/8] Ian
Bradburn (ENG)
11-9, 11-6, 11-7
[2] Richard
Millman (ENG)
bt [5/8] Chris
Harland (ENG)
15-17, 11-2, 11-6, 11-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Geoffrey
Davenport (AUS)
bt [4] Bjorn
Almstrom (SWE)
11-7, 11-5, 11-6
[3] Alan
Thomson (SCO)
bt [2] Richard
Millman (ENG)
11-3, 11-5, 11-13, 11-6
Men's Over-55
quarter-finals:
[1] Mark
Cowley (ENG)
bt [9/16] Boyd
Kidd (SCO)
11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 7-11, 11-9
[5/8] Michael
John Brown (AUS)
bt [9/16] Lawrence
Skurr (NZL)
11-9, 11-6, 11-8
[3] Peter
Alexander (ENG)
bt [5/8] Geoff
Redfern (ENG)
11-5, 11-6, 11-2
[5/8] Nathan
Marks (BEL)
bt [2] Michael
Bester (RSA)
7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7
Semi-finals:
[1] Mark
Cowley (ENG)
bt [5/8] Michael
John Brown (AUS)
11-6, 13-15, 11-5, 13-15, 11-8
[3] Peter
Alexander (ENG)
bt [5/8] Nathan
Marks (BEL)
11-1, 11-8, 11-7
Men's Over-60
quarter-finals:
[1] Brian Cook (AUS)
bt Esa
Tuominen (FIN)
11-4, 11-5, 11-13, 6-11, 11-4
[9/16] Peter
Leary (ENG)
bt Derek
Collins (ENG)
11-5, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7
[3] Keith
Jones (ENG)
bt [5/8] Peter
Graham (ENG)
11-8, 9-11, 11-13, 11-4, 11-8
John Oliver Smith (ENG)
bt Josef Franz
Holzmann (SUI)
13-15, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10
Semi-finals:
[9/16] Peter
Leary (ENG)
bt [1] Brian
Cook (AUS)
13-11, 11-8, 12-10
[3] Keith
Jones (ENG)
bt John Oliver
Smith (ENG)
12-10, 11-3, 11-4
Men's Over-65
quarter-finals:
[1] Adrian
Wright (ENG)
bt [9/16] Geoff
Trenchard (WAL)
10-12, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-7
[4] Antony
Michael Martin (RSA)
bt [5/8] Barrie
McDevitt (AUS)
14-12, 8-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-3
[3] Ken
Johnson (ENG)
bt [5/8] Len
Froggitt (ENG)
11-2, 11-5, 11-5
[2] Chris
Ansell (ENG)
bt [5/8] Gerald
A Poulton (CAN)
9-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-5
Semi-finals:
[4] Antony
Michael Martin (RSA)
bt [1] Adrian
Wright (ENG)
13-11, 11-0, 11-0
[2] Chris
Ansell (ENG)
bt [3] Ken
Johnson (ENG)
11-4, 11-6, 11-7
Men's Over-70
quarter-finals:
[1] Barry
Gardiner (NZL)
bt [5/8] John
Preston (ENG)
11-7, 11-4, 11-4
[5/8] Michael
Gough (USA)
bt [2] Thomas
Brian Heath (RSA)
11-6, 11-4, 11-5
[3] Brian
Phillips (WAL)
bt Alex
Richardson (IRL)
10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6
[5/8] Vincent
Taylor (CAN)
bt John Joseph
O'Brien (IRL)
6-11, 6-11, 13-11, 14-12, 11-9
Semi-finals:
[1] Barry
Gardiner (NZL)
bt [5/8] Michael
Gough (USA)
6-11, 5-11, 11-7, 16-14, 11-4
[3] Brian
Phillips (WAL)
bt [5/8] Vincent
Taylor (CAN)
11-7, 11-7, 13-15, 11-6
Men's Over-75 semi-finals:
[1] Malcolm
Gilham (ENG)
bt [3] Peter
Fahrenheim (RSA)
11-3, 11-5, 11-5
Raymond Rook (ENG)
bt [4] Trevor
James Coulter (NZL)
15-13, 8-11, 11-9, 11-4
Women's Over-35
quarter-finals:
[1] Sabine
Schoene (GER)
bt [5/8] Hanna
Maaria Rusila (FIN)
11-3, 11-4, 11-5
[4] Sam
Herbert (RSA)
bt Sandra
Denis (LUX)
11-8, 11-5, 11-2
[5/8] Karen
Meakins (BAR)
bt Iris
Stockbauer (GER)
11-4, 11-9, 11-9
[2] Yoriko
Michishita (JPN)
bt Yuka
Furukawa (JPN)
11-4, 11-5, 11-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Sabine
Schoene (GER)
bt [4] Sam
Herbert (RSA)
11-7, 11-4, 11-8
[5/8] Karen
Meakins (BAR)
bt [2] Yoriko
Michishita (JPN)
11-3, 7-11, 11-8, 11-3
Women's Over-40
quarter-finals:
[1] Sarah
Nelson (AUS)
bt [5/8] Vicki
Beker (NZL)
11-6, 10-12, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9
[4] Simone
Korell (GER)
bt Claudia
Schubert (GER)
11-4, 11-4, 11-8
[3] Judith
Casbolt (NZL)
bt [5/8] Isabelle
Tweedle (ENG)
10-12, 11-8, 11-1, 11-4
[2] Lisa
Cowlard (ENG)
bt [5/8] Sonja
Schrijvers (BEL)
11-5, 11-2, 13-11
Semi-finals:
[4] Simone
Korell (GER)
bt [1] Sarah
Nelson (AUS)
10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 11-6
[3] Judith
Casbolt (NZL)
bt [2] Lisa
Cowlard (ENG)
6-11, 5-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-6
Women's Over-45
quarter-finals:
[5/8] Bea de
Dreu-Spitse (NED)
bt [1] Mandy
Akin (ENG)
11-7, 11-5, 4-11, 9-11, 11-6
[5/8] Claire
Baker (ENG)
bt [4] Sil
Schrijvers (BEL)
12-10, 11-6, 4-11, 5-11, 11-9
Leora Greenwood (RSA)
bt [3] Fran
Wallis (ENG)
11-6, 11-5, 11-8
[2] Kathryn
Austin (NZL)
bt [5/8] Sharon
le Roux (RSA)
8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8
Semi-finals:
[5/8] Bea de
Dreu-Spitse (NED)
bt [5/8] Claire
Baker (ENG)
11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8
Leora Greenwood (RSA)
bt [2] Kathryn
Austin (NZL)
11-5, 11-6, 11-5
Women's Over-50
quarter-finals:
[1] Julie
Field (ENG)
bt [5/8] Lynne
Davies (WAL)
11-3, 11-5, 11-6
[5/8] Jan
Miller (AUS)
bt [5/8] Eunice
Bond (ENG)
11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4
[3] Karen Hume (ENG)
bt [5/8] Jane
Berkley Segall (USA)
11-6, 11-9, 11-3
[2] Lisa
O'Grady (RSA)
bt [4] Karen
Walton (NZL)
11-7, 10-12, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8
Semi-finals:
[1] Julie
Field (ENG)
bt [5/8] Jan
Miller (AUS)
10-12, 11-9, 11-8, 12-10
[2] Lisa
O'Grady (RSA)
bt [3] Karen
Hume (ENG)
11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7
Women's Over-55
quarter-finals:
[1] Vicki
Cardwell (AUS)
bt [5/8] Denise
Kyme (BER)
11-1, 11-7, 11-2
[4] Jan Ellis (ENG)
bt [5/8] Sue
Vine (ENG)
11-4, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6
[3] Carolyn
Roylance (ENG)
bt [5/8] Freda
Walker (NZL)
11-9, 11-8, 11-7
[2] Pauline
Douglas (SCO)
bt Heather
Unway (GER)
11-5, 11-6, 11-4
Semi-finals:
[1] Vicki
Cardwell (AUS)
bt [4] Jan
Ellis (ENG)
11-5, 11-5, 11-5
[2] Pauline
Douglas (SCO)
bt [3] Carolyn
Roylance (ENG)
11-7, 11-5, 11-5
Women's Over-60
quarter-finals:
[1] Averil
Murphy (ENG)
bt [3] Bett
Dryhurst (ENG)
9-11, 11-8, 16-14, 11-3
Kathy Paterson (AUS)
bt [4] Margaret
Hunt-Kemp (RSA)
11-5, 11-5, 11-4
Claire Bryars (FRA)
bt Christine
Avis McIntyre (AUS)
11-5, 11-6, 12-10
[2] Marilyn
Kennedy (AUS)
bt Yvonne Cook (AUS)
11-3, 11-3, 11-5
Semi-finals:
[1] Averil
Murphy (ENG)
bt Kathy
Paterson (AUS)
11-8, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9
[2] Marilyn
Kennedy (AUS)
bt Claire
Bryars (FRA)
11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9
Women's Over-65
semi-finals:
[5/8] Norma
Fulling (ENG)
bt [1] Glenda
Erasmus (RSA)
11-1, 11-7, 11-8
[2] Sheena
Worwood (RSA)
bt [4] Eliza
Jane MacDonald (NZL)
11-1, 11-4, 11-6
Schoene Set To
Star In Maiden World Masters Appearance In Germany
Germany's former world No6 Sabine Schoene is set to
star in this week's World Masters Squash Championships in
Cologne where she is the only local player seeded to win one
of the 17 titles on offer in the World Squash Federation
event being staged in Germany for the first time in its
34-year history.
The 36-year-old from Munich, making her first appearance on
the international stage for more than six years, is top seed
in the Women's Over-35 championship. Schoene, the German
national champion an incredible 17 times, enjoyed a
distinguished career on the international circuit, reaching
the World Open semi-finals in 1993 and winning the silver
medal in the World Games in 1997.
England are expected to win six titles in the championships,
with Australia and South Africa each predicted to gain four.
England's Averil Murphy, defending champion and top
seed in the Women's Over-60 event, is one of six players
hoping to win a record-equalling fourth World Masters
trophy.
South Africans Craig van der Wath and Trevor
Wilkinson are both aiming for a fourth - van der Wath
hoping to win back his Men's Over-40 title and Wilkinson
bidding to defend his Men's Over-45 crown.
Australians Geoffrey Davenport and Brian Cook
are both scheduled to retain the trophies they won two years
ago in New Zealand - Davenport the Men's Over-50 and Cook
the Men's Over-60.
Kiwi Barry Gardiner is hoping to repeat 2008 home
soil success in the Men's Over-70 championship.
After winning her last World Masters title in 2001,
Australia's distinguished former World Open champion
Vicki Cardwell is expected to pick up the Women's
Over-55 title in Cologne.
Just nine months after celebrating his 35th birthday,
Frenchman Renan Lavigne - a former world No17 - is
making his Masters debut as top seed in the Men's Over-35
event.
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