Tag: Squash
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Lust outlasts Beddoes for Toronto title in the Women’s Mayfair Open
Toronto, Apr 21, 2014: It was seventh time lucky for England’s Victoria Lust in the final of the Women’s Mayfair Open in Canada where the No2 seed outlasted top seed Emma Beddoes in five games to record the sixth Women’s Squash Association World Tour title of her career – and the first ever win over…
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SF Ambassadors Pilley & Wee Wern Head For Papua New Guinea
London, Apr 04, 2014: Oceania will host the 2014 WSF Ambassador Programme when the region’s top squash player Cameron Pilley leads the World Squash Federation initiative in Papua New Guinea later this year. Pilley, the world No 17 from Australia (pictured below), be joined by Malaysian Low Wee Wern, the women’s world No 7 (featured…
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Women’s World Team Championship Gains Government Backing
London, Apr 02, 2014: Canadian Minister of State (Sport) Bal Gosal has announced that the Government of Canada will provide up to $150,000 to Squash Canada, through Sport Canada’s Hosting Program, for the 2014 WSF Women’s World Team Squash Championship. The biennial World Squash Federation event is being held at the Club at White Oaks…
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Squash Canada announced
London, Mar 25, 2014: The World Squash Federation Championship will take place from December 01-06, 2014 at White Oaks Conference Resort & Spa in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON. The Championship will feature the top female players on the planet representing their nations. Teams from every continent will participate and the Championship will serve as the Official Test…
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Nicol David Survives Record-Breaking Penang
Penang, Mar 21, 2014: Home favourite Nicol David survived a mighty scare against France’s Camille Serme in today’s quarter-finals of the Penang CIMB Women’s World Squash Championship – but the world number one did just enough to scrape through to the last four of the premier Women’s Squash Association (WSA) event at the SPICE Arena…
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Nicol David onto opening world success
Penang, Mar 18, 2014: After a sparkling opening ceremony for the Penang CIMB Women’s World Squash Championship which attracted a huge crowd of over 3,000 spectators, Penang’s world number one Nicol David provided the perfect response with a straight games win in her opening match in the premier Women’s Squash Association (WSA) event at the…
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Nicol David heralds her ‘most memorable tournament’ in Penang
Penang, Mar 16, 2014: Despite a glittering career in which she has won more than 70 World Tour titles and countless Asian trophies over the past 16 years, Malaysia’s world number one Nicol David will compete in her “most memorable tournament ever” when she defends her title in the Penang CIMB Women’s World Squash Championship…
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Squash takes to the Beach in Asian Beach Games 2014
London, Mar 13, 2014: The 4th Asian Beach Games, which will take place on Phuket Island in Thailand in November this year, will boast an exciting new spectacle: An all-glass squash showcourt. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has added Squash to the programme for the first time, with individual singles events taking place from…
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High Hopes for low in home World Championship
London, Mar 12, 2014: Hopes, While the world’s attention may well be focused on Penang superstar Nicol David in next week’s Women’s World Squash Championship in the Malaysian state, local hope Low Wee Wern is seeded to achieve a fourth successive quarter-final berth in the $120,000 Women’s Squash Association (WSA) event which gets underway at…
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Sobhy Soars to biggest WSA title in Toronto
Toronto, Mar 8, 2014: Just days after winning the US Colleges title, and 24 hours before beginning her US National Championship title bid, US number one Amanda Sobhy secured the 11th and biggest WSA World Tour title of her career when she upset top seed Omneya Abdel Kawy in the final of the Women’s Granite…