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KENT OPEN AND KENT SQUASH FESTIVAL: NO RESTING ON OUR LAURELS

KENT OPEN SUCCESS: NO RESTING ON OUR LAURELS

Work has already started on developing next year’s Kent Open and Kent Squash Festival following the success of this year’s first edition.

The professional tournament, held at The Mote Squash Club in Maidstone

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Added by Alan Thatcher on June 28, 2010 at 11:05am — No Comments

FLYING SCOT CLYNE CLAIMS KENT OPEN TITLE

Kent Open final: (1) Alan Clyne (Scotland) beat (Q) Jonathan Harford (England) 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 (35 minutes).

Top seed Alan Clyne powered home to the $10,000 Kent Open title with a straight-games victory over surprise finalist Jonny Harford.
Clyne won 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 in 35 minutes, finishing strongly in the first and third games and totally dominating the second to win the inaugural PSA One Star tournament held at The Mote Squash Club in Maidstone.
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Added by Alan Thatcher on June 6, 2010 at 7:20pm — No Comments

PRIORY WIN CHALLENGE WITH OUTER KENT LEAGUE AND ELLIOT WINS LIGHTNING ROUND

BUSY DAY OF FUN SQUASH BEFORE KENT OPEN CLASH
Despite the disappointment of John Rooney's withdrawal from the Kent open semi-finals due to food poisoning, there was still plenty of entertaining squash on display during the day.
The Kent Open doubles was followed by a Challenge Match between the
Outer Kent League and the SE London Priory League.
Star players Karim Samy, Wael Farag and Malaysian Asyraf Azan happily
joined in the fun. Farag beat Azan and Samy beat Tim Garner,… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on June 6, 2010 at 9:12am — No Comments

TOP SEED CLYNE MEETS QUALIFIER HARFORD IN KENT OPEN FINAL

ROONEY RULED OUT BY DODGY CHINESE MEAL

News from the Professional Squash Association World Tour
RESULTS: Kent Open, The Mote Squash Club, Maidstone, England
Semi-finals:
[1] Alan Clyne (SCO) bt [6] Piedro Schweertman (NED) 6-11, 11-13, 11-1, 11-8, 12-10 (69m)
[Q] Jonathan Harford (ENG) bt [3] John Rooney (IRL) w/o
Fightback Takes Clyne Into Kent Open Final
Top seed Alan Clyne fought back from two games down to beat Dutchman Piedro Schweertman in the semi-fi… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on June 6, 2010 at 8:59am — 1 Comment

KENT OPEN QUARTER FINALS

BEN FORD BOWS OUT IN KENT OPEN QUARTERS

Kent Open quarter-finals:
(1) Alan Clyne (Sco) beat (5) Ivan Yuen (Mas) 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 (35 mins)
(6) Piedro Schweertman (Ned) beat (4) Joe Lee (Eng) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5 (43 mins)
(3) John Rooney (Ire) beat (8) Ben Ford (Eng) 11-8, 11-8, 11-8 (41 mins)
(Q) Jonny Harford beat (Q) Chris Truswell 11-5, 11-6, 12-10 (41 mins).

Top seed Alan Clyne was too fast and too accurate for young Malaysian Ivan Yuen, completing a clea… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on June 4, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

KENT OPEN FIRST ROUND: FORD IS A MODEL ON THE T

SEEDS TUMBLE IN KENT OPEN AS HOUSEMATES CLEAN UP

Jonny Harford and his housemate Chris Truswell meet each other in the
quarter-finals of the Kent Open after knocking out two of the top seeds
in this new $10,000 PSA World Tour event.
Harford produced a storming performance to remove Malaysia's No.2 seed
Muhamed Asyraf Azan and Truswell finished strongly to oust No.7 seed
Harinderpal Sandhu from India in a thrilling five-game encounter.
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Added by Alan Thatcher on June 3, 2010 at 11:30pm — 1 Comment

KENT OPEN: DAY TWO

TOM'S PASH AND GRAB TIEBREAK WIN SETS UP CLASH WITH BEN FORD

Tom Pashley fought back from match ball down to win a dramatic
fifth-game tiebreak in the qualifying finals against fellow Englishman
Mark Fuller to clinch his place in the first round of the Kent Open, a
new $10,000 One Star event on the PSA World Tour taking place at The
Mote Squash Club in Maidstone.
Pashley, a 22-year-old left hander based in Halifax, clinched victory
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Added by Alan Thatcher on June 3, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments

KENT OPEN: DAY ONE

KENT JUNIOR JAMES SHINES IN PSA DEBUT

James Evans,

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Added by Alan Thatcher on June 1, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments

KENT OPEN: IT'S HERE

After months of planning, and a fantastic build-up with the Kent Squash Festival, the Kent Open is about to begin.
Players flew in today from various parts of the w orld, including Egypt, Malaysia, Turkey, Holland, Russia, India .... and Yorkshir… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on May 31, 2010 at 11:37pm — No Comments

KENT OPEN AND KENT SQUASH FESTIVAL:

The Kent Open and Kent Squash Festival are making headlines in the squash world. Please check out our two main squash websites: www.squashsite.co.uk/2009/kent2010.htm and www.squashplayer.co.uk SUPER SATURDAY: OUTER KENT LEAGUE v PRIORY LEAGUE CHALLENGE Our two intrepid captains, Joe Magor and Mark Steeden, are busy finalising the line-ups for this special Challenge match on Super Saturd… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on May 24, 2010 at 6:28pm — No Comments

KENT OPEN: TOUGH DRAW FOR STEVEN LONDON

KENT OPEN SQUASH: Scottish star Clyne is top seed

FLYING Scot Alan Clyne is the top seed for the forthcoming Kent Open at The Mote Squash Club.

Clyne is one of the fastest and fittest

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Added by Alan Thatcher on May 13, 2010 at 10:37am — No Comments

KENT OPEN COUNTDOWN

KENT OPEN COUNTDOWN

KENT OPEN UPGRADED TO WORLD TOUR STATUS

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Added by Alan Thatcher on April 26, 2010 at 4:26pm — No Comments

KENT OPEN AND KENT SQUASH FESTIVAL

KENT OPEN WORLD TOUR EVENT
The forthcoming Kent Open (to be held at The Mote Squash Club in Maidstone from June 1-6) is now a One Star world ranking event on the PSA World Tour. This provides the opportunity to see six days of top-class squash in the county and we expect the event to be supported by squash enthusiasts from all over Kent.

KENT FESTIVAL: BRINGING ON THE NEXT GENERATION
The Kent Squash Festival is already under way with coaching and development projects taking… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on April 11, 2010 at 11:52am — No Comments

HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR Let’s start the new decade by wishing a Happy New Year to all of our readers. Let’s hope 2010 brings a non-stop wave of enjoyment on court, harmony between players and referees, dynamic leadership from our governing bodies, and a clear-headed vision of where the sport wants to be as we continue to pursue the dream of squash becoming an Olympic sport. PJ BACK ON COURT It was great to see Paul Johnson back in action in Kent last week. The former world No.4 turned out for Bromley Cr… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on January 15, 2010 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

CHRISTMAS BLOG

This has been a dramatic year for all those involved in Kent squash and racketball. The tragic death of our long-serving secretary, Ian Wright, brought home to us all the enormity of the tasks he undertook for the benefit of the game. Finding a team of people to take over the tasks he carried out became our number one priority and we are grateful to Len Locke, Mike Sofianos and Joe Magor for stepping forward to share a massive workload. The search for new officers continues and we are delighte… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on January 2, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

KENT COUNTY CLOSED

The 2010 Kent County Closed Squash Championships will be held at The Mote Squash Club on January 29-31. We are delighted to report that Joe Magor will be organising this event, so please email Joe for an Entry Form. His email address is: joe@cmstringers.com This year we attracted a solid number of entries in the men's competition and we are keen to encourage a much bigger entry for the women's event in 2010. Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on December 21, 2009 at 6:53pm — No Comments

KENT GRAND PRIX SERIES REVISED DRAW

Kent Grand Prix Series, sponsored by Harrow. One-day Tournament at The Mote Squash Club, Maidstone, Saturday December 5th. 11am start. Here is the revised draw following some vital input from the seeding committee (thanks Joe) .... and trying to avoid players from the same club playing each other all the time! Alan REVISED FIRST ROUND DRAW:Starting at 11am. Please be there on time and ready to play!!! 1 Galen Le Cheminant v Simon Crowther 2 Neil Baker v Ryan Duke/ Eddie Arude 3 Joe Magor v… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on December 3, 2009 at 10:00pm — 3 Comments

KENT GRAND PRIX SERIES

Dear All KENT GRAND PRIX SERIES: Just a reminder that the first one-day tournament in this season's Kent Grand Prix Series, sponsored by Harrow, is at The Mote on Saturday December 5th. As was the case last season, we have around £2,000-worth of prizes in cash and Harrow rackets. HARROW RACKETS: For full details on the superb range of Harrow products, please contact Simon Scott at: simon@kentbridgesports.co.uk Office: 01767 650246 Mobile: 07896 252337 CHRISTMAS SALE: John Whitfield from JW S… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on November 20, 2009 at 8:52pm — No Comments

NEW SEASON, NEW EVERYTHING

The new season is about to begin at local level and the Kent SRA is busy with a whole range of programmes. Our new Coaching and Development Team will be into its stride very shortly with major efforts going in to promote the sport all over the county. We are in the process of ordering new kit for all of the county teams, from the youngest juniors to the oldest vets, and various discussions over fashions and colours have taken place during the summer. The subject of PAR11 scoring continues to… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on September 22, 2009 at 7:48pm — No Comments

KENT SQUASH AND RACKETBALL ASSOCIATION AGM

KENT SQUASH AND RACKETBALL ASSOCIATION Annual General Meeting, Monday August 17th 2009 At the David Lloyd Club, Dartford Chairman’s Report This has been a devastating year for Kent Squash and Racketball with the tragic passing of our long-serving County Secretary Ian Wright. Ian’s loyalty to the county spanned more than 40 years and his impact on the game was measured by the large number of friends from throughout the squash world who attended both his funeral and the reception a… Continue

Added by Alan Thatcher on August 23, 2009 at 10:40am — 1 Comment