England On Course For European Junior Double May 17,
2011 England are on course to
successfully defend their European U15 & U17 Team Squash
Championships titles in the European Squash Federation event in
Germering, Germany.
Bidding to secure the
U17 trophy for
the fifth year in a row, England despatched fourth seeds Wales 3/0 in
the semi-finals and will now face Czech Republic in the final.
The second seeds will
celebrate
their first ever appearance in the final after prevailing 2/1 over
Switzerland, the No3 seeds, in the other semi-final.
England's U15 squad is
also looking
for a fifth title in a row. It was also a 3/0 semi-final victory over
Wales which took the top seeds into the final for the 10th year in a
row.
And England will face
France in the
U15 final. With a team comprising three players from the Reunion
Islands, including twins Adrien Grondin and Mathias Grondin, France
defeated surprise opponents Denmark, the 12th seeds, 3/0.
RESULTS: European Junior U15 & U17 Team Championships,
Germering, Germany
U15 quarter-finals: [1] ENGLAND bt [10] BELGIUM 3/0 Lily Taylor bt Toke
Verwilt 11-4, 11-3, 11-1 Adam Turner bt John
Atyeo 11-3, 11-7, 11-2 James Peach bt Yvi
Roggen 11-2, 11-3, 11-2
[3] WALES bt [4]
FINLAND 2/1 Elin Harlow bt Riina
Koskinen 13-11, 11-4, 11-0 Callum Davidson lost to
Miko Aijanen 10-12, 11-5, 11-3, 3-11, 3-11 Emyr Evans bt Matias
Hanninen 3-11, 11-6, 11-2, 11-5
[12] DENMARK bt [11]
SPAIN 2/1 Matilde Lauridsen bt
Christina Gomez 11-8, 7-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9 Jens Christian Wegeberg
lost to Edmon Lopez 11-8, 4-11, 3-11, 4-11 Casper Kloster bt
Miguel Gonzalez 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8
[2] FRANCE bt [8]
IRELAND 2/1 Marion Andriamifidy bt
Fiona Power 11-2, 11-6, 11-5 Adrien Grondin lost to
David Ryan 3-11, 2-11, 3-11 Mathias Grondin bt
Philip McSweeney 11-9, 11-5, 11-5
Semi-finals: [1] ENGLAND bt [3] WALES 3/0 Lucy Beecroft bt Elin
Harlow 11-4, 11-9 Adam Turner bt Callum
Davidson 11-8, 11-4, 11-0 James Peach bt Emyr
Evans 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-3
[2] FRANCE bt [12]
DENMARK 3/0 Marion Andriamifidy bt
Matilde Lauridsen 11-8, 11-6 Adrien Grondin bt Jens
Christian Wegeberg 11-7, 11-5, 12-10 Mathias Grondin bt
Casper Kloster 11-8, 11-5, 11-3
5th - 8th place
play-offs: [4] FINLAND bt [10] BELGIUM 2/1 Riina Koskinen lost to
Tinne Gilis 7-11, 2-11, 4-11 Miko Aijanen bt Menaud
Swartenbroeckx 11-1, 11-5, 11-6 Matias Hanninen bt John
Atyeo 11-4, 12-10, 11-7
[8] IRELAND bt [11]
SPAIN 2/1 Griffin Gillanders lost
to Ines Gomez 1-11, 4-11, 15-13, 4-11 David Ryan bt Edmon
Lopez 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-2 Philip McSweeney bt
Alberto Rodriguez 11-8, 8-11, 15-13, 11-9
U17 quarter-finals: [1] ENGLAND bt [7] GERMANY 3/0 Chloe Pearson bt Maike
Paschke 11-3, 11-4 Matthew Sidaway bt
Andre Ergenz 11-7, 11-3, 11-3 Richie Fallows bt Felix
Auer 11-7, 11-5, 11-9
[4] WALES bt [11]
PORTUGAL 2/1 Fiona Murphy bt Sara
Neves 11-6, 11-6, 11-5 Jordan Davies bt
Claudio Pinto 11-2, 9-11, 11-6, 11-5 Owain Taylor lost to
Pedro Pinto 8-11, 11-9, 7-11, 10-12
[3] SWITZERLAND bt [5]
ISRAEL 2/1 Kate Gadola bt Eden
Yona 11-9, 11-6, 9-11, 11-4 Robin Gadola lost to
Daniel Poleshchuk 8-11, 8-11, 6-11 Manuel Wanner bt Roee
Avraham 11-9, 11-4, 12-10
[2] CZECH REPUBLIC bt
[8] HUNGARY 3/0 Kristina Alexova bt
Gabriella Csokasi 11-5, 11-8 Martin Svec bt Lenard
Puski 11-3, 11-7, 11-1 Jan Ryba bt Daniel Kiss
11-9, 11-4, 11-1 Semi-finals: [1] ENGLAND bt [4] WALES 3/0 Victoria Temple-Murray
bt Fiona Murphy 11-7, 11-5 Oliver Holland bt
Jordan Davies 11-4, 11-4, 11-5 Matthew Sidaway bt Joel
Makin 5-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-6
[2] CZECH REPUBLIC bt
[3] SWITZERLAND 2/1 Kristina Alexova bt
Kate Gadola 11-6, 11-3, 11-5 Martin Svec bt Manuel
Wanner 11-6, 11-7, 17-15 Jan Ryba lost to Remo
Handl 8-11, 11-8, 6-11, 4-11
5th - 8th place
play-offs: [11] PORTUGAL bt [7] GERMANY 2/1 Sara Neves lost to
Maike Paschke 3-11, 7-11 Claudio Pinto bt Andre
Ergenz 6-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 Pedro Pinto bt Felix
Auer 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-9
[5] ISRAEL bt [8]
HUNGARY 2/1 Eden Yona lost to
Csenge Kiss-Mate 4-11, 8-11 Daniel Poleshchuk bt
Lenard Puski 11-7, 11-6, 11-8 Roee Avraham bt Nandor
Papp 8-11, 12-10, 12-10, 10-12, 11-9