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Photos from the weekend & media links…

Posted by Pat Foster on 15-Nov-2010
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What a fantastic weekend of squash!!

Check out all the photos by clicking on the image below….

Check out the links to some of the stories about this weekend below;

Bernews.com

Bermuda Sun

Islandstats.com

Brett Erasmus’s Squash Blog

Tracy Gates Squash Blog

James Greens Squash & Sailing Blog

Final Day – Bermuda A are Champions!

Posted by Pat Foster on 15-Nov-2010
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Roger Sherratt Reports…

The Bermuda, New York, New England Challenge Squash Tournament went down to the wire at the BSRA squash courts in Devonshire on the final day of competition, with Bermuda “A” Team just edging out New York by a single point to win the overall competition, while Bermuda “B” placed third and New England took 4th place.

Although this was intended as a social tournament rather than being highly competitive, tension continued to mount on the final day with Bermuda “A” playing against a spirited New York team. Bermuda “A” started the day with a 3 point advantage from their previous matches (each player who wins a match scores a point for his or her team). With the lowest seeded players going on court first, a very strong New York ladies group, of Camilla Lancaster, Tracy Gates and Kathy Mintz reeled of 3 successive wins for New York followed by an epic 5 game match between Sergei Parmanov (NY) and Shane McDonnell (Bda A). McDonell struggled valiantly but eventually went down 3-2 to Malinowitz, giving the New York team a one point lead for the first time in the tournament. Their lead increased when Sergei Parmenov defeated Christian Ince 3-1.

Greg Fitzgerald, Daniel Sullivan and Peter Barrett then rattled of 3 wins for Bermuda “A”, but Tony Prentice (Bda A) lost to Harrison Sebring (NY), which meant that the two teams were then tied overall with just one match left to play.

It was more than appropriate that the deciding match would be between Micah Franklin for Bermuda “A” and David Uprichard for New York. Uprichard had recently completed the New York marathon and is super fit, but he had lost to Tommy Sherratt (Bda B) on the first day and Franklin beat Sherratt on the 2nd day. Despite Uprichard doing his utmost to chase down every ball, he had no answer to Franklin’s shot making skills. Franklin has reached a point in his career where he seems to effortlessly stroll around the court even when he’s under pressure as he was at times in this match. But in the end he was just too strong for Uprichard and won in 3 straight games for a valuable deciding point to seal the tournament for his team.

In the second section Bermuda “B” were up against New England, and after the 2nd day Bermuda “B” held a one point advantage over New Egland. This match-up turned into an exciting duel to decide 3rd and 4th places overall.

Michele Hodder, Murray Brewer, Mary Brewer and Anthony Fellowes all won their matches for Bermuda “B” but Lauri Sklar, Navid Mehta, Joe Lardner, Chris Ceasar and Thomas Hedemann all rattled off victories for New England to set the scene for a deciding match between Tommy Sherratt for Bermuda “B” and Thomas Kiedel for New England. Both players had great shots and moved well around the court, but Sherratt was able dominate the centre of the court and occasionally send his opponent in the wrong direction with deceptive winners. He cruised to a 3-0 win to give his team 3rd place in the overall standings.

When interviewed after the prize presentation, Brett Erasmus, organizer of the two American teams paid tribute to the BSRA and Patrick Foster for organizing a first class tournament. He described how, for many years he had regaled David Uprichard about the joys of living in Bermuda (Erasmus was a former Bermuda resident of the Island) and Uprichard had challenged him to arrange a visit to the Island for members of their squash club in New York. And that is exactly what Erasmus did after liaising with the BSRA. A team of 8 players , all men, came to Bermuda 3 years ago and were so enthusiastic about their visit that word spread about the idea of playing squash in Bermuda in November and also taking in a few of World Rugby Classic matches.

Erasmus expressed confidence that there is great potential to expand the tournament even more by attracting teams from Philadelphia, Toronto and other North American cities, pointing out that squash is a growing sport in the U.S. and is very popular in the north-east.

Patrick Foster, Director of Squash at the BSRA agreed that the Challenge tournament can attract not only more teams in the future, but also families and friends of the players because of its purpose of being a social tournament where players of all standards can compete. Foster said he was delighted with the success of the event.

RESULTS – SATURDAY 13th NOVEMBER

BERMUDA ‘A’ v NEW YORK

Micah Franklin (Bda A) defeated David Uprichard (NY) 11-6,11-8,11-9.
Tony Prentice (Bda A) lost to Harrison Sebring (NY) 6-11, 14-12, 7-11, 4-11.
Peter Barrett (Bda A) defeated Topher Patterson (NY) 11-3,11-6,11-5.
Daniel Sullivan (Bda A) defeated Liz Martin (NY) 13-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8.
Greg Fitzgerald (Bda A) defeated Steve Carter (NY) 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, 6-11.
Christian Ince (Bda A) lost to Sergei Parmenov (NY) 11-8, 8-11, 5-11,
Shane McDonnell (Bda A) lost to Michael Malinowitz (NY) 11-8, 8-11, 4-11, 13-11, 6-11
Jane Chapman (Bda A) lost to Camilla Lancaster (NY) 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 9-11.
Goretti Clementino (Bda A) lost to Tracy Gates (NY) 1-11, 10-12, 6-11.
Jennifer Ince (Bda A) lost to Kathy Mintz (NY) 7-11, 5-11, 9-11.

NEW ENGLAND v BERMUDA ‘B’

Thomas Kiedel (NE) lost to Tommy Sherratt (Bda B) 3-11, 7-11, 4-11.
Richard Von Hirschberg (NE) lost to Anthony Fellowes (Bda B) 9-11, 13-15, 5-11.
Thomas Hedemann (NE) defeated Joe Budzynski (Bda B) 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-4.
Chris Ceasar (NE) defeated Padraic Browne (Bda B) 11-7, 11-8, 11-5.
Joe Lardner (NE) defeated Donnavon Furbert (Bda B) 11-3,11-9, 11-5.
Navin Mehta (NE) defeated Tony Sampson (Bda B) 11-4, 11-2, 11-2.

Day 2 Bermuda v NE & NY

Posted by Pat Foster on 15-Nov-2010
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Roger Sherratt Reports…

Day 2 of the Bermuda, New York, New England Challenge Squash Tournament being held at the BSRA courts in Devonshire, saw Bermuda “A” Team, led by Micah Franklin, win by the narrowest of margins 6-5 in their encounter with Bermuda “B” Team, while New York versus New England finished all square at 5 matches each.

Micah Franklin led the way for Bermuda “A” with a win against Tommy Sherratt. Franklin is rapidly improving and was able to show that his recent first ever tournament win against Sherratt was no fluke. This time the match was a much closer encounter, with Sherratt making fewer errors, and both players displaying tremendous shot making skills and fitness, but Franklin’s hard training is paying off as he can maintain a fast pace as he demonstrated in the 3rd game when Sherratt took a 3 point lead only to have Franklin win a couple of crucial points after long rallies. He won the match 11-8, 11-6, 11-9.

Colin Alexander (Bda B) came from 2 games down to win a thrilling 5 game match against Tony Prentice (Bda A) while Greg Fitzgerald (Bda B) managed a narrow win against Liz Martin (Bda A). Fitzgerald won the first 2 games, but Martin fought back hard to level the match at 2-2. The deciding game was a real battle with Fitzgerald finally prevailing 11-9. This was a night of close encounters as Peter Barrett and Joe Budzynski also went to 5 games before Barrett squeezed ahead to win the decider 11-9. Credit should go to organizer Patrick Foster who tried to select two Bermuda teams of equal abilities.

Other winners for Bermuda “A” were Daniel Sullivan, Greg Fitzgerald, Christian Ince, and Goretti Clementino, while Anthony Fellowes, Jane Chapman and Michelle Hodder won their matches for Bermuda “B”.

The matches between New York and New England went right down to the wire. Match of the night for the two U.S. teams was between Richard Von Hirschberg (NE) and Peter Cooper (NY). Cooper won the first two games only to have Von Hirschberg claw his way back into the match by leveling at 2-2 before squeezing past Cooper 11-9 in the deciding 5th game.

Winners for New England were Thomas Kiedel, Chris Ceasar, Joe Lardner and Vain Mehta, and for New York the ladies proved strong as Camilla Lancaster, Tracy Gates, and Kathy Mintz all won their matches convincingly. Harrison Sebring also scored a 3-1 victory for New York after losing the first game.

Saturdays final matches commence at 12 noon with the points total so far standing at Bermuda “A” 13 points, Bermuda “B” and New York 10 points, and New England 9 points.

RESULTS – FRIDAY 12 NOVEMBER

BERMUDA ‘A’ v BERMUDA ‘B’

Micah Franklin (Bda A) defeated Thomas Sherratt (Bda B) 11-8, 11-6, 11-9.
Richard Brewer (Bda A) lost to Anthony Fellowes (Bda B) 10-12, 4-11, 9-11.
Tony Prentice (Bda A) lost to Colin Alexander (Bda B) 11-5, 15-13, 9-11, 6-11, 8-11.
Peter Barrett (Bda A) defeated Joe Budzynski (Bda B) 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-9.
Daniel Sullivan (Bda A) defeated Padraic Browne (Bda B) 13-11, 9-11, 167-14, 11-8.
Greg Fitzgerald (Bda A) defeated Donnavon Furbert (Bda B) 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9.
Christian Ince (Bda A) defeated Tony Sampson (Bda B) 3-11, 15-13, 11-4, 11-6.
Shane McDonnell (Bda A) lost to Jane Chapman (Bda B) 9-11, 9-11, 6-11.
Liz Martin (Bda A) lost to Greg Fitzgerald (Bda B) 8-11, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 9-11.
Goretti Clementino (Bda A) defeated Michele Turner (Bda B) 11-7, 13-11, 11-7.
Jennifer Ince (Bda A) lost to Michelle Hodder (Bda B) 11-13, 8-11, 7-11.

NEW ENGLAND v NEW YORK

Thomas Kiedel (NE) defeated David Uprichard (NY) 11-6,11-7,11-7.
Richard Von Hirschberg (NE) defeated Peter Cooper (NY) 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9.
Thomas Hedemann (NE) lost to Harrison Sebring (NY) 11-9, 2-11, 9-11, 3-11.
Chris Ceasar (NE) defeated Topher Patterson (NY) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7.
Joe Lardner (NE) defeated Steve Carter (NY) 11-2, 11-0, 11-3.
Navin Mehta (NE) defeated Sergei Parmenov (NY) 11-3, 11-7, 11-5.
Elliott Gersten (NE) lost to Michael Malinowitz (NY) 12-10, 9-11, 1-11, 8-11.
Amy Habbas (NE) lost to Camilla Lancaster (NY) 7-11, 6-11, 7-11.
Lauri Sklar (NE) lost to Tracy Gates (NY) 2-11, 1-11, 4-11.
Suzie Boulos (NE) lost to Kathy Mintz (NY) 0-11, 2-11, 3-11.

Schedule for Saturday

12 noon Saturday 13 November New York v Bermuda A
Bermuda B v New England

Day 1 Bermuda v NY & NE

Posted by Pat Foster on 15-Nov-2010
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Roger Sherratt Reports…

Enthusiasm was the order of the day at the BSRA Squash Club on the first day of the Challenge Tournament between teams from New York, New England, and two teams from Bermuda.

On the first day Bermuda ‘A’ led by Micah Franklin played New England with the local team winning by 7 matches to 4. Three matches in this section were nailbiters, the first between Tony Prentice (Bda) and Richard Von Hirschberg (NE) saw both players battling almost to exhaustion. At 8-8 in the 5th and deciding game it was impossible to predict the outcome, but Prentice then took the last 3 points to take the match. Another close encounter was between Shane McDonnell (Bda) and Elliott Gersten (NE) and they also had spectators on their feet as they went to 5 games with McDonnell taking the decider 11-9, while Richard Brewer (Bda) came from two games down to snatch victory against Peter Cooper (NE).

Micah Franklin was last on court, against New England #1 seed, Thomas Kiedel. Kiedal showed a lot of class, but Franklin had an impressive 3-0 victory to cap the win for Bermuda “A”.

Meanwhile, Bermuda “B”, led by Tommy Sherratt, had a tough encounter against New York. Bearing in mind that this is a “social” tournament, the organizers did a great job in matching players of similar standards against each other, and none more so than the matches between Donnavon Furbert (Bda) and Sergei Parmenov (NY), and Anthony Fellowes (Bda) and Harrison Sebring (NY). Both of these matches went to 5 games, with Furbert winning the decider 11-9 for the home team, while Sebring defeated Fellowes by the same winning margin (11-9) to record a win for New York. Michael Malinowitz (NY) also won his match against Tony Sampson 3-2.

Tommy Sherratt scored a convincing win against New York #1 seed, David Uprichard who ran the New York marathon last week but showed that he is superfit as he chased every ball around the court even though he was outclassed by Sherratt.

At the end of the evening Bermuda “B” held a slender one point lead against New York with one match to be played on Friday due to the late arrival of one of the New York players.

Summing up the visitors’ feelings at the end of the first day, Brett Erasmus, a former Bermuda resident and leading organizer of the U.S. Teams said, “This is a truly wonderful tournament. Everyone enjoys the Bermudian hospitality and I know our players are having the time of their lives, whether we win or lose.”

RESULTS – THURSDAY 11th NOVEMBER

BERMUDA ‘A’ v NEW ENGLAND

Micah Franklin (Bda) defeated Thomas Kiedel (NE) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6.
Richard Brewer (Bda) defeated Peter Cooper (NE) 4-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-4.
Tony Prentice (Bda) defeated Richard Von Hirschberg (NE) 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8.
Peter Barrett (Bda) lost to Thomas Hedemann (NE) 5-11, 11-8, 8-11, 3-11.
Daniel Sullivan (Bda) lost to Chris Ceasar (NE) 9-11, 10-12, 6-11.
Greg Fitzgerald (Bda) lost to Joe Lardner (NE) 6-11, 5-11, 4-11.
Christian Ince (Bda) lost to Navin Mehta (NE) 11-5, 7-11, 7-11, 9-11.
Shane McDonnell (Bda) defeated Elliott Gersten (NE) 14-12, 10-12, 11-13, 11-6, 11-9.
Jane Chapman (Bda) defeated Amy Habbas (NE) 11-9, 11-9, 11-5.
Goretti Clementino (Bda) defeated Lauri Sklar (NE) 12-10, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4.
Jennifer Ince (Bda) defeated Suzi Boulos (NE) 11-1, 11-1, 11-3.

BERMUDA ‘B’ v NEW YORK

Thomas Sherratt (Bda) defeated David Uprichard (NY) 11-0, 11-4, 11-3.
Anthony Fellowes (Bda) lost to Harrison Sebring (NY) 11-7, 5-11, 11-13, 11-9, 9-11.
Colin Alexander (Bda) defeated Topher Patterson (NY) 11-4, 11-8, 11-9.
Joe Budzynski (Bda) defeated Liz Martin (NY) 11-8, 12-10, 7-11, 11-5.
Padraic Browne (Bda) defeated Steve Carter (NY) 11-13, 11-2, 11-7, 12-10.
Donnavon Furbert (Bda) defeated Sergei Parmenov (NY) 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 4-11, 11-9.
Tony Sampson (Bda) lost to Michael Malinowitz (NY) 9-11, 14-12, 8-11, 11-6, 2-11.
Michele Turner (Bda) lost to Tracy Gates (NY) 2-11, 3-11, 3-11.
Michelle Hodder (Bda) lost to Kathy Mintz (NY) 6-11, 9-11, 10-12.
Kim Morbey (Bda) v Camilla Lancaster (NY) to be played on Friday 12 November

Schedule for Friday and Saturday

5.00pm Friday 12 November New England v New York
Bermuda A v Bermuda B

12 noon Saturday 13 November New York v Bermuda A
Bermuda B v New England