Tynemouth Squash Club
Billy Mill Lane,
North Shields.
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WOMEN'S DRAW
& RESULTS

Steve Cubbins
0191 291 2948
steve@cubbins.com

Full Men's Draw     Full Women's Draw

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Berrett & Lengthorn
take Tynemouth titles
Yorkshire's Marcus Berrett claimed his second BSPA title in the Proctor Memorial at Tynemouth, beating second seed Peter Genever in the final, having beaten top seed Nick Taylor in the semis.

"I'm concentrating more on coaching these days," said Berrett, the seven-time Yorkshire champion, "but I'm playing well at the moment and had a good run this weekend."

Genever started badly in all three games, and paid the price for his errors. "Too many in the tin," he said.

The women's final was an all-Lancashire affair, with Laura Lengthorn beating Becky Botwright to claim her first BSPA title. Second seed Lengthorn got off to a slow start, dropping the first game as she had in the previous two rounds, but pulled her game together to lead 2-1. Lengthorn opened up what looked to be a winning lead in the fourth, but Botwright clawed her way back to 7-all before a tense finish.

Finals:
[3/4] Marcus Berrett (Yorks) bt [2] Peter Genever (Sussex)
        15/9, 15/6, 15/6 (52m)
[2] Laura Lengthorn (Lancs) bt [3/4] Rebecca Botwright (Lancs) 
         3/9, 9/1, 9/5, 9/7 (66m)

Semi-Finals:
Men's:
[3/4] Marcus Berrett (Yorks) bt [1] Nick Taylor (Lancs)  15/7, 15/11, 15/6
[2] Peter Genever (Sussex) bt [5/8] Tim Vail (Sussex)  15/9, 15/11, 15/7

Women's:
[3/4] Rebecca Botwright (Lancs ) bt [1] Lauren Briggs (Essex)  9/4, 9/4, 3/9, 9/1
[2] Laura Lengthorn (Lancs) bt Sarah Kippax (Lancs)  3/9, 9/5, 9/2, 6/9, 9/0

Quarter-Finals (Sat 11th):

Men's:
Nick Taylor bt Peter Billson  15/12, 10/15, 15/9, 15/10
Marcus Berrett bt Ritwik Bhattacharya  15/13, 15/6, 15/5
Tim Vail bt Stephen Meads  15/9, 15/11, 15/14
Peter Genever bt Ashley Flathers  17/14, 15/9, 15/11

Women's:
Lauren Briggs bt Lauren Siddall  9/2, 9/1, 9/6
Rececca Botwright bt Nicolette Fernandez  9/2, 7/9, 9/1, 9/1
Sarah Kippax bt Laura Hill  9/4, 9/4, 7/9, 9/4
Laura Lengthorn bt Suzie Pierrepont  3/9, 9/7, 9/0, 9/0

Ladies finalists with the local draw winners

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Hectic Friday at Tynemouth
First day's action featured full 32-draw men's and 16-draw women's BSPA events, plus local B/C/D events, leading to a hectic day at Tynemouth Squash Club.

South Africa's Jason Barry created thee only upset in the men's event, beating 5/8 seed Paul Lord, who is based in the North-East, in five games. Later in the day Barry, who qualified on Thursday evening with a win over Tynemouth manager Paul Millington, finally ran out of steam against Yorkshire's Ashley Flathers.

Men's Second Round Fri 10th:
[1] Nick Taylor bt Shahid Khan 15/7, 15/3, 15/11
[5/8] Peter Billson bt Daryl Selby 7/15, 15/8, 15/8, 15/8
[5/8] Ritwik Bhattacharya bt Simon Pickering 15/4, 15/12, 15/4
[3/4] Marcus Berrett bt Steve Ayling 15/9, 15/5, 15/1
[3/4] Stephen Meads bt Masambo Selisho 15/6, 15/12, 15/10
[5/8] Tim Vail bt Stewart Crawford 15/7, 15/8, 15/11
Ashley Flathers bt Jason Barry 10/15, 15/6, 15/13, 15/13
[2] Peter Genever bt Laurence Delasaux 15/4, 15/9, 14/17, 15/11

Women's First Round Fri 10th:
[1] Lauren Briggs (Essex) bt Rachael Willmott () 1/9, 9/4, 9/0, 9/0
Lauren Siddall (Yorks) bt Laura Dedic (Yorks) 9/1, 9/2, 9/0
Nicolette Fernandes (Guyana) bt Sarah Bowles (N'mbria) 9/1, 9/1, 9/0
[3/4] Becky Botwright (Lancs) bt Elise Ng (Hong Kong) 9/0, 9/3, 9/1
[3/4] Laura Hill (Derbys) bt Kirsty McPhee (Yorks) 9/4, 9/3, 9/1
Sarah Kippax (Lancs) bt Emma Beddoes 9/1, 9/3, 9/1
Suzie Pierrepont (Sussex) bt Lucy Clark (N'mbria) 9/1, 9/2, 9/1
[2] Laura Lengthorn (Lancs) bt Georgina Stoker (Lancs) 9/3, 9/6, 9/0

Men's First Round, Fri 10th:
[1] Nick Taylor (Lancs) bt Andrew Learoyd (Lancs) 15/13, 15/8, 15/5
Shahid Khan (Middx) bt John Freeman () 15/5, 15/14, 15/12
Daryl Selby (Essex) bt Thomas Phipps (Surrey) 15/5, 15/14, 15/12
[5/8] Peter Billson (Lancs) bt Darren Lewis () 15/8, 12/15, 15/11, 15/12
[5/8] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) bt George Bannister (Yorks) 15/11, 15/12, 15/8
Simon Pickering (Ches) bt Chris Gordon (USA) 15/13, 15/9, 15/6
Steve Ayling (Sussex) bt Ryan Thompson (RSA) 15/6, 15/7, 15/9
[3/4] Marcus Berrett (Yorks) bt Jonathan Tate (N'bria) 15/4, 15/2, 15/7
[3/4] Stephen Meads (Berks) bt Chris Simpson (Hamps) 17/15, 15/4, 15/11
Masambo Selisho (Lancs) bt Beau River (USA) 15/8, 15/7, 15/8
Stewart Crawford (SCO) bt Bryan Beeson (N'bria) 8/15, 15/9, 15/4, 15/13
[5/8] Tim Vail (Sussex) bt Mick Elford (Hamps) 15/8, 15/11, 15/11
Jason Barry (RSA) bt [5/8] Paul Lord (Ches) 11/15, 15/12, 11/15, 15/10, 15/10
Ashley Flathers (Yorks) bt David Barnett (N'bria) 15/9, 7/15 15/14, 12/15, 15/12
Laurence Delasaux (Yorks) bt Paul Johnson (Berks) 15/11, 15/11, 15/9
[2] Peter Genever (Sussex) bt Mike Pearson (Lancs) 15/6, 15/2, 15/9

Men's Qualifying, Thu 9th Oct:
John Freeman bt Alastair Gorrie 15/8, 11/15, 10/15, 15/10, 15/12
Darren Lewis bt Nick Southern 15/8, 15/10, 15/4
Ryan Thompson bt Chris Hall 15/11, 15/7, 14/15, 9/15, 15/3
Jonathan Tate bt Andy Taylor 11/15, 15/12, 15/3, 15/8
Jason Barry bt Paul Millington 15/11, 15/13, 15/2
David Barnett bt James Wright 15/13, 15/8, 15/6

Taylor tops Tynemouth Draw
Manchester's Nick Taylor tops a bumper draw for the first BSPA Grand Prix event of the season at Tynemouth. Taylor, the 2000 champion, is joined by Peter Genever, Stephen Meads and Marcus Berrett in the top four seedings. With a total of 41 entries qualifying is required on the Thursday evening, with all the 'locals' involved.

Top seeds in the women's events are Essex's Lauren Briggs and Yorkshire's Laura Lengthorn.

The Proctor Memorial is one of the oldest events in the UK, running since 1957 in honour of a club member, James Napier Proctor, who died when his car went over the cliffs at Tynemouth.

Over the years there have been many famous winners, with former England Captain Bryan Beeson winning a clutch of titles, and in more recent years David Campion, Mark Chaloner, Nick Taylor, Derek Ryan, Lee Beachill, Tim Garner and Ong Beng Hee have laid claim to the men's title.

A women's event was added in 1997, with local former England player Jane Martin winning three titles, and Cassie Jackman, Jenny Tranfield and Madeline Perry also on the honours board.

The Proctor was added to the BSPA circuit two seasons ago, and the club offers a warm North-East welcome to all players, plus easy access to the famous weekend delights of Whitley Bay and Newcastle if required ...

Previous Proctor Memorial events