Grange 4 @ Abercorn 2 on Wednesday Oct 1

The first game of the season saw us make the trip to play Abercorn 2 at the Abercorn sports club located on the east side of Edinburgh.

First up against a much changed Abercorn line up were myself and Dave Grieve playing 5 & 4 respectively. I was playing Adam Robinson and I was always in control of this match and won the rubber 3-0, 9-1, 9-0, 9-1. Meanwhile on the other court Dave was taking time to warm up against Murdo Walker and lost the first set 9-3, the second set was a much tighter affair with Dave managing to take 9-7. With Dave fully warmed up by this time the next 2 sets were over quickly with Dave winning 3-1, 3-9, 9-7, 9-1, 9-0.

Next up was Tom McEwan and Catherine John playing at numbers 3 & 1. Tom had a comfortable win over Peter O’Connor with a 3-0 score line of 9-0, 9-0, 9-1. On the other court Catherine was playing Marek Rak and an entertaining match was won by Catherine 3-0, who displayed better consistency throughout the match with a score of 9-6, 9-2, 9-1.

Anthony was last up playing Neelu Sarkar @ #2. This match was quickly wrapped up by Anthony who won 3-0 with a score of 9-1, 9-1, 9-3.

Match results including ref points was 20-1 to Grange 4. We then were treated to an assortment of pizza, birdies & mini sausage rolls followed by strawberries and chocolate biscuits and a drink of our choice before heading off home.

Pos	Player	Rubbers	Games	Points			Player	Rubbers	Games	Points
1	Catherine John	1	3	27			Marek Rak	0	0	9
2	Anthony Fitzgerald	1	3	27			Neelu Sarkar	0	0	5
3	Tom McEwan	1	3	27			Peter O'Connor	0	0	1
4	David Grieve	1	3	30			Murdo Walker	0	1	17
5	Neil Love	1	3	27			Adam Robinson	0	0	2
Total		5	15	138				0	1	34
Competition Points		18						1

Men's 3rd Round Results : Commonwealth Games

Men's 3rd round:
[1] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt Christopher Binnie (JAM) 11-4, 11-8, 11-4 (27m)
[9] Alan Clyne (SCO) bt Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) 12-14, 11-9, 13-15, 11-1, 11-9 (116m)
[7] Chris Simpson (GGY) bt Colin Ramasra (TRI) 11-2, 11-4, 11-1 (22m)
[11] Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) bt Shawn Delierre (CAN) 11-2, 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8 (84m)
[3] Peter Barker (ENG) bt Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) 11-4, 11-6, 11-2 (40m)
[10] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt Peter Creed (WAL) 11-9, 11-7, 13-11 (52m)
[5] Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt Sunil Seth (GUY) 11-6, 11-3, 11-9 (25m)
[16] Greg Lobban (SCO) bt Nick Taylor (JEY) 12-10, 11-9, 11-8 (41m)
[12] Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt Micah Franklin (BER) 11-1, 11-1, 11-4 (21m)
Kelvin Ndhlovu (ZAM) bt Joe Chapman (IVB) 11-6, 10-12, 11-0, 12-10 (51m)
[14] Steven Finitsis (AUS) bt Joel Makin (WAL) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 (44m)
[4] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt Paul Coll (NZL) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7 (43m)
[15] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt Bradley Hindle (MLT) 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 (57m)
[6] Alister Walker (BOT) bt Cameron Stafford (CAY) 11-3, 11-4, 11-5 (25m)
[13] Martin Knight (NZL) bt Kevin Moran (SCO) 11-4, 11-3, 9-11, 11-6 (55m)
[2] James Willstrop (ENG) bt Anthony Brindle (GIB) 11-6, 11-5, 11-4 (15m)

Racketlon 2014

Our second Grange Racketlon will take place on Friday 19th(Evening) and
Saturday 20th(Day) in September - so make a note in your diaries.

Last year 30 Grange members took part in our version of Racketlon - a
competition comprising Squash, Tennis and Table Tennis - played in mini-
league format followed by Finals for the top scoring Ladies and Men.

We will also arrange a meal out for those with any energy left on the
Saturday evening.

This year the organisers will be David Grieve, Dave Jones
and Alex Stewart

More details about exact timings and how to enter to follow soon.

David, Dave and Alex

Opening Qualifiers in the Commonwealth Games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/commonwealth-games/28219040
then click on live coverage

then click on the catchup image:

Qualifiers

Duration: 5:04 hours

Have a look at:

Clyne (Sco) vs. Sandhu (Ind)

The first point was an incredible 147 strokes lasting 3mins 46secs !

Inverness event is another step forward for squash in Scotland

Article in the Herald Scotland website:

www.heraldscotland.com

The Inverness Be Personnel Loch Ness Challenge PSA event is at Inverness Lawn Tennis and Squash Club on the 17th to the 22nd of June.

Please see www.scottishsquash.org for all details

What legacy will squash leave after the Games?

Article in Herald Scotland website:


www.heraldscotland.com

Meadowbank Sports Centre

Meadowbank will be welcoming the Queen's Baton this Sat the 14th June

Edinburgh are running a sports event at Meadowbank for children and Scottish Squash have been asked to support 4 courts from 10:30 to 16:00

This is a great opportunity to showcase the sport to kids of which 2,500 are expected and hopefully get some nice press coverage along the way.

If you're in the area, why not pop in and take a look?

Note: Meadowbank car park will be closed all day Sat 14 June.