Squash is falling behind wrestling in the poll of which sports should be included in the Olympics 2020 in Inside The Games, which is widely read by IOC members. So your help in emailing/tweeting all databases at your disposal asking them to vote for squash at the following website would be greatly appreciated as very helpful to our bid.
On behalf of the Executive and the selectors I have great pleasure in announcing the team which will represent South Africa at the Men’s World Team Championships in Mulhouse, France from 9th – 15th June 2013.
The Team:
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulation all who have been chosen to fly the flag for South Africa, and wish the team all the support from everyone involved in squash.
Steven Doeg
President Squash South Africa
7 May 2013
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 5 Keith Grainger Memorial UCT Open, Cape Town, South Africa
1st round:
[1] Shaun le Roux (RSA) bt Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) 11-4, 12-10, 12-10 (50m)
Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) bt Alex Ingham (ENG) 10-12, 13-11, 11-3, 11-6 (52m)
[Q] Thoboki Mohohlo (RSA) bt Robert Downer (ENG) 5-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-7 (55m)
[3] Nathan Lake (ENG) bt Continue reading
Instant Update – Issue Number 44 – is now available; please click on the logo below:
Inside The Games, a key website that is read by IOC members, is running a new poll on which sport should win the bid for a place in the Olympic Games 2020. So, we would be very grateful if you could alert all your contacts to please vote for squash.
Other candidate sports most certainly will, so we don’t want to be left behind!
Last nights matches saw some outstanding squash especially from the South African players that notched up some upsets, notably from SA no 6, Zambian Kelvin Ndhlovu coming from 0-2 down to register a 3-2 win over Frenchman and no 4 seed Joan Lezaud in 71 minutes of scintillating squash, then Thoboki Mohohlo SA no 9 Continue reading
Mohamed Abouelghar beat local player Clinton Leeuw 3-0 in a very high quality final. The game scores were 11/8, 14/12, 11/7 with Clinton just not having enough in the tank after 2 five setters in the quarters and semi’s and Mohamed displaying some truly incredible shot making that took Clinton to every corner of the court! Continue reading
Here are the final results for the WP open:
Here are the latest results. The semi-finals are tonight.
26 April 2013
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 15 Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open, Dublin, Ireland
Quarter-finals:
[1] Chris Simpson (ENG) bt [Q] Jens Schoor (GER) 11-9, 11-4, 4-11, 11-2 (52m)
[3] Omar Abdel Meguid (EGY) bt [Q] Lucas Serme (FRA) 11-13, 11-9, 11-4, 11-5 (73m)
Christopher Gordon (USA) bt [WC] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 11-3 (71m)
[2] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt Shaun le Roux (RSA) 12-10, 11-6, 11-6 (40m)
A quarter-finalist in his first appearance in the event 12 months ago, US champion Christopher Gordon went one better in this year’s Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open in Dublin when he beat local star Arthur Gaskin to reach the semi-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event at Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club. Continue reading