British Nationals Day One Report by Steve Cubbins February 10, 2014
- The 2014 edition of the British National Squash Championships got
under way today at the National Squash Centre in Manchester’s Sportcity.
Before play started
the men’s and women’s main draws were deprived of Peter Barker and
Tesni Evans through injury, so after a few last minute shuffles
qualifying for the men’s competition got under way at noon.
After a handful of
round one matches there were 64 players left, all aiming for one of the
eight available spots in the main draw - today’s winners will need to
win twice again tomorrow to reach that goal.
While most of the
matches were fairly straightforward, Scotland’s Jamie Henderson, in his
second match of the day, edged out Manchester coach Chris Lengthorn in
a five game thriller, while Lancashire’s Jersey-based Matt Sidaway also
needed the full five games to see off the challenge of Miles Jenkins in
the longest match of the day.
The Sportcity crowd also witnessed wins by local players Peter Billson, Julian Tomlinson, Danny Massaro and Adam Murrills.
As well as the
conclusion of men’s qualifying, Tuesday seed the first round of women’s
qualifying, with two more rounds on Wednesday.
Men's Qualifying Round Two:
Dougie Kempsell 3-0 Isaac Rawcliffe 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 (26m) Joel Makin 3-0 Chris Longman 11-5, 11-3, 11-6 (23m) David Haley 3-0 Joshua Taylor 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 (46m) Nick Mulvey 3-0 Sam Watts 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (22m)
Richie Fallows 3-1 Scott Young 11-9, 11-4, 6-11, 11-7 (44m) Nick Wall 3-0 Robert Dadds 11-8, 11-2, 11-6 (32m) Mark Fuller 3-0 Neal Brooker 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 (37m) Danny Massaro 3-0 Jon Geekie 11-6, 11-3, 11-5 (27m)
Peter Billson 3-0 Liam Gutcher 11-9, 11-5, 12-10 (30m) Matt Sidaway 3-2 Miles Jenkins 11-9, 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-6 (65m) Stuart Crawford 3-1 Connor Sheen 11-6, 8-11, 11-0, 11-4 (37m) George Parker 3-0 Jack Alcock 11-7, 11-2, 11-8 (29m)
James Earles 3-0 Joseph Green 11-6, 11-6, 11-6 (31m) Phil Nightingale 3-0 Henry Beach 11-2, 11-3, 11-2 (24m) Ashley Davies 3-0 Daniel Bergin 11-6, 11-3, 11-4 (21m) Jamie Henderson 3-2 Chris Lengthorn 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 6-11, 11-6 (60m)
Patrick Rooney 3-1 Daniel McGinn 8-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-9 (51m) Lyell Fuller 3-0 Adam Pritchard 11-4, 11-1, 11-4 (25m) Will John 3-0 James Asher 11-5, 11-5, 11-5 (23m) Adam Murrills 3-0 Edward Shannon 11-3, 11-5, 11-8 (16m)
Taminder Gata-Aura 3-0 Alex Hodgetts 11-8, 11-6, 13-11 (27m) Amit Manouchahri w/o Dominic Hamilton 3-0 Ryan Atherton 11-9, 11-7, 11-7 (25m) Anthony Graham 3-0 Michael Craig 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (31m)
Julian Tomlinson 3-2 Luke Bishop 9-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-2, 11-1 (39m) Steve London 3-1 Issa Kamara 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3 (49m) Keith Timms 3-0 Matt Hardy 11-7, 11-5, 11-1 (26m) Dave Barnett 3-0 Adam Turner 11-5, 11-7, 12-10 (29m)
Paul Rawden 3-0 Sam Ellis 11-9, 11-9, 13-11 (42m) Kyle Finch w/o Daniel Soar 3-1 Luke Parker 12-10, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6 (46m) Ollie Holland 3-0 George Willis 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 (29m)
