Hampshire County Closed Tournament - Results and Report

The Hampshire squash close was hosted at Winchester squash club. The event consisted of Mens A-D grade and M55. Introduced to the event was a new software which helped to streamline the event for scheduling, inputting results, next round matches and uploading to squash levels. The software name is Sports manager and developed by David Ward.

Results: 

A Grade Final

Rob Downer v Alex Phillips          14-12, 11-7, 14-16, 11-3

B Grade Final

Jonathan Graham v Ross Shadick-Coe     11-8, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8

C Grade Final

Joshua Davis v David Noble         11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-8

D Grade (Round Robin Deciding Match)

Catherine Thompson v Wayne Proctor    9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8

O55 (Round Robin – last 2 matches which decided the winner)

Mark Potts v Steve Ralphs            6-11, 3-11, 8-11

Richard Freemantle v George Kousseff    4-11, 6-11, 5-11

The A grade final was a tight, entertaining battle with some unbelievable pickups from both players. A great final to end the event.

Special thanks to David Ward, Chris Liddle, Alan Rhynes for helping running the event and Stan Thornton, Stuart Ayton and Joel Baldwin as the tournament officials and to Dunlop for providing prizes.

Next year we hoping to increase the numbers in this event. Our main aim to increase the numbers in the D grade to 16 players which will be run in One day.

From the tournament director Arif Faizi

The A Grade Finalists: Rob Downer and Alex Phillips

Rob being presented with the trophy by Arif

All the event winners .....