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Linear Logistics
Bankers Hall Club Pro Am
2017 |
29-Jan, Final:
Schnell provided home winner in
Calgary
Bob Ballinger reportsThe
2017 Linear Logistics Bankers Hall Club Pro Am Squash tournament
is in the books!
Congrats to Canada's #1 and Calgary's own Andrew Schnell
for his epic five game win in todays final over Piedro
Schweertman in the PSA $10,000 event.
 Andrew
was seeded #1 and now joins quite the group of past champions
alongside Borja Golán, Cameron Pilley, Matthew Giuffre, Tommy
Berden, Daryl Selby, Shahier Razik, Arturo Salazar Martinez
(twice), Chris Simpson (twice), Leo Au (three times), and
Raphael Kandra.
Big thanks to our title sponsor Linear Logistics; each of our
many other sponsors and seat holders; to the volunteers, and the
Squash Alberta referees for making this yet another classic
tournament at Bankers Hall Club.
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Bankers Hall Club
Tournament Site
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Bankers Hall Club Pro Am
2017
26-29 Jan, Calgary, Canada, $10k |
Round One
26 Jan |
Quarters
27 Jan |
Semis
28 Jan |
Final
29 Jan |
[1] Andrew Schnell (Can)
11/5, 11/5, 11/2 (30m)
Cameron Seth (Can) |
[1] Andrew Schnell
11/3, 11/2, 11/9
[6] Lance Beddoes |
[1] Andrew Schnell 11/6, 4/11, 11/9
(62m)
[5] Nick Sachvie |
4th PSA title for Andrew
[1] Andrew Schnell
11/9, 3/11, 11/6, 10/12, 11/4 (79m)
[3] Piedro Schweertman
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[6] Lance Beddoes (Nzl)
11/3, 11/4, 11/5 (17m)
Kale Wilson (Tri) |
[5] Nick Sachvie (Can)
11/2, 11/1, 11/2 (19m)
Ben Coates (Eng) |
[5] Nick Sachvie
12/10, 11/7, 11/5
[4] Shawn Delierre |
[4] Shawn Delierre (Can)
11/0, 11/1, 11/5 (18
Graham Miao (Hkg) |
Micah Franklin (Ber)
11/9, 11/8, 11/8 (31m)
[3] Piedro Schweertman (Ned) |
[3] Piedro Schweertman
11/7, 11/6, 9/11, 11/5
[7] Ashley Davies |
[3] Piedro Schweertman 11/8, 4/11, 11/6,
11/5 (49m)
[2] Angus Gillams |
Thomas King (Can)
11/6, 11/4, 11/9 (30m)
[7] Ashley Davies (Eng) |
Juan Vargas (Col)
11/4, 8/11, 11/3, 11/4 (33m)
[8] Ben Grindrod (Nzl) |
Juan Vargas
11/5, 11/5, 11/8
[2] Angus Gillams |
Alex Noakes (Eng)
11/9, 11/6, 11/8 (39m)
[2] Angus Gillams (Eng) |
28-Jan, Semis:
Down to the final in
Calgary
Bob Ballinger reportsIts
down to the finals of the 2017 Linear Logistics Bankers Hall
Club Pro Am here in downtown Calgary. And for the first time
ever in the long history of the tournament we have a finalist
from right here in Calgary as top seed and #1 Canadian Andrew
Schnell has made his way through to Sundays main event
finale!
The first semi saw number 3 seed Dutch player Piedro
Schweertman take out the second seeded Englishman Angus
Gillams in four games. After splitting the first two games
Gillams succumbed to the steady play of Schweertman in the final
two games in fairly routine fashion.
Then the eagerly awaited second semi brought the top seed
Schnell and #5 seed Nick Sachvie of Canada together. These two
have known each other and been friends back to their early
junior days.
Schnell, like he has done in each of his previous matches here,
played the first two games virtually flawlessly as he was able
to take advantage of his superior length to produce loose balls
from Nick allowing Andrew take the ball short almost at will.
Third game saw Nick step up his pace of game and produced
multiple errors from Andrew and this continued into the fourth
game which Nick led 6-2. Showing some veteran mental strength,
Schnell was able to steady himself and get back to the game the
gave him the first two games in this match as he then went to an
8-6 lead.
Both players then produced some great rallies to end the fourth
game with Sachvie not able to tie things up thus sending Schnell
into his first ever final here at Bankers Hall Club.
Should be a classic final.....lefty vs righty, contrast in
styles, two very clean players on court.....will be great
stuff!!
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Bankers Hall Club
Tournament Site
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27-Jan, Quarters:
Canadian finalist guaranteed in Calgary
Bob Ballinger reportsThe
first two quarter final matches show cased the number two and
three seeds during the lunch time session of the 2017 Linear
Logistics Bankers Hall Club Pro-Am in downtown Calgary.
 Both
were great matches played in front of the packed gallery here
and saw #2 Angus Gillams from England take out the talented Juan
Camilo Vargas of Columbia in three entertaining games. It was a
measure of revenge for Gillams as Vargas had beat him in the
first round in Minneapolis back in November in straight games.
Following that #3 seed Piedro Schweertman of Netherlands go four
games in victory over the impressive Ashley Davies of England.
Not a lot of space on the court for the two big lefties and the
steadier play from the Iceman allowed him the victory.
A lot of buzz already for the evening matches here that feature
three Canadians in action with Canadian #1 and top seed Andrew
Schnell up against Lance Beddoes of New Zealand to be followed
by Canadians Shawn DeLierre and Nick Sachvie battling it out.
Friday night at the 2017 Linear Logistics Bankers Hall Club
Pro-Am had its usual electric atmosphere with its packed house
and even more so this due to the match ups for the night.
Canada’s top ranked player and Calgary’s fave player Andrew
Schnell was first up against the hard hitting and creative Kiwi
Lance Beddoes. It was all Andrew in this one as he was pretty
much flawless in his 3-0 win over the #6 seed from New Zealand.
The second match saw the second upset of the tournament as #5
seed Nick Sachvie of Canada took out his fellow Canuck #4 seed
Shawn DeLierre also in straight games.
So a Canadian finalist is guaranteed as Schnell and Sachvie will
play in one semi while #2 seed Angus Gillams goes up against #3
seed Piedro Schweertman of Netherlands. Both look to be great
matchups for us here in downtown Calgary!!
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Bankers Hall Club
Tournament Site
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26-Jan, Round One:
Above seasonal weathering has greeted the players this week once
again for the 2017 Linear Logistics Bankers Hall Club Pro Am in
downtown Calgary.
Thursday’s round of 16 daytime session saw one upset with the
other seeded players getting through fairly easily with each
match being entertaining for the lunch time crowd here. That one
upset saw Columbia’s Juan Camilo Vargas take out 8th seed Ben
Grindrod of New Zealand in 3-1.
Four matches tonight finish off the round of 16 with the feature
match no doubt being local fave and top seed Andrew Schnell in
action against fellow Canuck Cameron Seth plus the two other
seeded Candians Shawn DeLierre and Nick Sachvie.
More big crowds are expected as things continue to roll in
Calgary!
The evening session of the 2017 Linear Logistics Bankers Hall
Club Pro Am saw all four seeds progress through each of whom
must have been on a mission to produce the shortest match as
none of the matches went past 30 mins in length no one able to
produce for than five points in a game from these seeds!
First up was rising Canadian star on the PSA circuit Nick
Sachvie and he took out Englands Ben Coates in very convincing
fashion. Not to be out done was Canada's Shawn DeLierre who was
also in devastating form as he took out Hong Kong's Graham Miao.
Top seed and local star Andrew Schnell was next on court and in
front of a full house here he took out fellow Canuck Cameron
Seth. Final match of the night saw Kiwi Lance Beddoes produce
his own convincing win over Kale Wilson.
Quarter Final day here today looks to have some wonderful
matchups with the most anticipated one perhaps being the all
Canada match between Sachvie and DeLierre!
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Bankers Hall Club
Tournament Site
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Preview from Bob Ballinger
The 2017 version of the Linear Logistics Bankers Hall Club
Pro-Am squash tournament is set to begin here in downtown
Calgary and there is a distinct Canadian flavor in the Mens PSA
event this year.
There are five Canadians playing including local star Andrew
Schnell who finds himself the top seed here in his hometown.
It’s the first time he has been seeded #1 in a tournament of
this level and the current Canadian #1 will no doubt have the
local crowds behind him. Seeded to give him a run to the final
is long time PSA player and current Canadian #2 Shawn DeLierre
who is seeded fourth. DeLierre could meet the fifth seed and
improving Canadian Nick Sachvie (seeded #5) in the quarter
finals. Rounding out the Canadian contingent are Cameron Seth
and Thomas King.
Second seed in this year’s tournament is Angus Gillams of
England who is currently sitting at #64 in the world while third
seed is Piedro Schweertman of Netherlands who is currently #78
in the world ranks.
This is the 16th time for PSA level squash to be played here at
Bankers Hall Club. A great list of past champions exists here as
well as a great list of past participants who moved on to become
some of the top players in the world. Schnell will not only be
wanting to add his name to the list of champions here but also
hope that a win here may boost him back above his best ever
world ranking of #60 achieved a few months ago.
Should be another great week of squash here in the Stampede city |
Bankers Hall Club
Tournament Site
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