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Youngs Wimbledon Cup 2005
Men's Draw

11/4, 11/5, 11/8 (25m)
 

Ong Beng
Hee

11/5, 11/4, 8/11, 11/7 (51m)

Marcus Berrett
 

11/7, 11/4, 11/3 (30m)
 

Peter Genever

Qualifying (Thu 17th):


Oliver Clay v David Harris – HARRIS 8/11, 10/11(0-2), 11/9,11/8, 11/4
Matt Holland – W/O HOLLAND through
Jesse Engelbrecht v Neil Baker– W/O ENGELBRECHT
Rob Shepherd v Mike Klose – SHEPHERD 11/7, 11/3, 6/11, 11/2

Tom Pashley v Neil Desai – DESAI 11/6, 11/10(3-1), 7/11, 11/9
Colin Payne v Paul Rawden – RAWDEN W/O Payne delayed by traffic.
Laurence Delasaux v Toby Mortimer – DELASAUX 11/7, 11/7, 11/9

Clive Ewins v Joe Lee – EWINS 11/7, 11/6, 11/0
Harry Leitch v Jamie Matthews – LEITCH 11/4, 11/5, 11/8
Darren Lewis v Steve London – LEWIS 11/1, 11/7, 11/7
Phil Nightingale W/O NIGHTINGALE through

Chris Hall v Martin Ballands – HALL 11/2, 11/2, 11/4
Jason Barry v Sam Howell – BARRY 11/2, 11/1, 11/6
Iain Higgins v Neil Hitchen – HIGGINS 11/3, 11/6, 11/4
Mick Biggs v James Snell – BIGGS 11/7, 8/11, 11/10 (2-0), 11/7

Rory Pennell v Martin Knight – KNIGHT 11/3, 11/10(2-0), 11/7
Alistair Mcgill v Dominic Hamilton – HAMILTON 11/9, 11/10 (2-0), 11/6
Alex Ingham v Stuart Crawford – CRAWFORD 11/9, 11/2, 11/7
Nick Wall v Issa Kamara – WALL  11/4, 11/10 (2-0), 11/3

Shahid Khan v Phil Rushworth - KHAN 11/6, 5/11, 11/10(2-0), 11/6
Tim Naylor v Daryl Schonborn – NAYLOR 11/8, 3/11, 11/3 RTD
Kris Johnson v Joel Hinds – 11/10 (5-3), 11/10 (4-2), 7/11, 9/11, 11/5

Youngs Wimbledon Cup 2005
Women's Draw

 Stephanie Brind

0/9, 5/9, 10/8,
9/2, 9/6 (59m)

Laura Lengthorn

Claire's Trials...

Claire Baker, assistant manager at Wimbledon and Tournament Director, has had a few problems to solve in this year's event ...
    

Issue 6: Finals Sunday
 
Steph Brind bt Laura Lengthorn 0/9 5/9 10/8 9/2 9/6 (59m)

It looked at the beginning that Laura was going to win 3/0 before Steph got going. 9-0 first game, Steph only getting two handouts.

Then went 8-0 down in the second before Steph actually looked like she wanted to play. Long hard rallies throughout. The third very close almost point for point.

Marcus Berrett bt Ong Beng Hee 11/5 11/4 8/11 11/7 (51m)

What a great game, Marcus's drop shot were ungettable!

Counter drops were excellent from both players. Long chasing rallies.... retrieval from both players were brilliant. Marcus just seemed quicker & was reading the ball well. Berrett did go 7-2 up in the third but Beng Hee wasn't ready to finish just yet, and played good hard crosscourts from the front of the court.

2-1 and it still looked like game on. But Marcus just stepped up again, 6-2 up gaining in confidence, 9-4. Finished on a stroke... of bad luck for Ong Beng Hee.
 
Claire Baker 

Issue 5: Saturday Evening
 
Saturday evening capped off a very good day! No broken windows, no further delays, England won the rugby, Chelsea won 4-1 (yes I do!), Framboise came to watch the semis - Earl Grey tea & a sandwich at the ready - and I watched Steve Meads warm up for 20 mins!!!!

Claire Baker

Issue 4: Saturday Morning

It's a lovely day ... outside anyway. The ladies have finished, all turned up on time... However, Dan & Peter are just starting their second game.....!!! Mr Jenson was a little late!

He asked for directions at Earls Court and some one gave him direction to Cranbrook Road in West London! I didn't know there was another Cranbrook, must look it up sometime... Peter said he was keen to play the match so was prepared to wait.. good chap!

Looking like it's going with the seeds for the ladies and the men where Marcus is looking fit and ready... and of course Ong Beng Hee!

Claire Baker

Issue 3: Friday Night

Well it's been a long day, good, eventful excellent squash!
Mr Beng Hee is looking awesome! I won't give you my other predictions as you can never tell in this game! Iain Higgins is also making a good comeback, mean & lean!

Ok I know I shouldn't have played it but what else could I do. Lizzie Leitch couldn't play the match tomorrow, she had a flight to catch which had been altered previously as Kirsty McPhee retired hurt.

Instead of just giving Pam a walkover I agreed to play it tonight. Sorry please don't shoot me!

Claire Baker

Issue 2: Friday Afternoon

Forgot to tell you, some horrible little kids threw a large piece of
concrete through a pane of glass in the gym! Glass everywhere, by the time I got to the gym the kids had run off.... no I'm not that slow its just that by the time they told me it was already too late... The local police took two 1/2 hours to answer their phone!

Then I had to get Becks on the internet to get a glazier down. That why I don't work out in a gym!

Two matches to go and I'll be back ... Oh my monies on Mr Hee... bloddy (not allowed to swear) brilliant. He doesn't even have to move away from the tee! I could only dream of playing like that!

Claire Baker

Issue 1: Thurdsay Night

We queried why Shahid Khan and Phil Rushworth played each other twice, in qualifying and the main draw ...

Well it's like this..... Robbie Temple pulled out last minute, Oliver Davidson pulled... I Couldn't get a reserve... then Tim Naylor said he couldn't play the next round anyway so.... I got Naylor & Schonborn to play each other as they were here and used the first slot for Khan & Rushworth...

Instead of playing the game at 12.45 on Friday we played Thursday at 20.45 only because Shahid Khan didn't return my call!!! I think that was it!

How about this then..... I got a replacement ( Lisa May) as Jenny Wright pulled out because when I phoned Lizzie Leitch to tell her not to be here until later she was already on her way down from Glasgow! And she really wanted to play someone.

While Lizzie was on the phone she said would it be possible to get Kirsty to play a little say 4pm as she had a plane to catch at 8pm Stanstead. So I phoned Kirsty (a few times) then she replied yes. Then ....my replacement (who was originally going to be late anyway ) .. didn't ring me (I tried her 4/5 times) eventually got through and said she was in Loughborough!!!!

With 10 mins until her later time left... she was out... so I explained to Lizzie and as she held out before having lunch ... went ~~~~***** ! ( no she was calm really). So we got Kirsty to play at 3.30pm they both agreed. Then.... You'll like this... Kirsty McPhee pulled ut with a bad back!

Oh my god why oh why... so Lizzie on the internet trying to change flight...can't so we've now asked Pam Nimmo (should she win) whether she could play late to night!!! All this just to see her boyfriend!!!!

I'll let you know what happens!

Claire Baker

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