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© QSM - Issue 16 Part A - SEPTEMBER 2017 ASP WORLD CHAMPIONS Play Squash for fun and fitness! ASP squashmedia .com.au This month we are introducing some exciting changes to the Australian Squash Player (ASP) publication. You may have noticed this is Part A of 215 the September newsletter. DAYS TO GO Instead of stockpiling all the news into one large monthly edition we will bring you a number of mini issues as soon as As at they become available. 1 September 2017 With social media these days one needs to be delivering news regularly and people tend to read shorter bursts of information as opposed to the traditional style of newsletter. So here we go! Part A focusses on the World Doubles Championships. A massive congratulations to Ryan Cuskelly and Cameron Pilley for winning the Men’s World Doubles Title! Simply awesome! Kim Schramm 0407 126 911 [email protected] DAY 1 DAY 2 ASP squashmedia .com.au MEN'S Semi-finals: [1] Alan Clyne & Greg Lobban (SCO) bt [4] Paul Coll & Campbell Grayson (NZL) 11-8, 8-11, 11-8 (82m) [2] Ryan Cuskelly & Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [5] Declan James & James Willstrop (ENG) 11-3, 11-7 (37m) MEN'S Final: GOLD [2] Ryan Cuskelly & Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt SILVER [1] Alan Clyne & Greg Lobban (SCO) 11-6, 11-3 (34m) BRONZE [4] Paul Coll & Campbell Grayson (NZL) [5] Declan James & James Willstrop (ENG) WOMEN'S Semi-finals: [1] Joelle King & Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL) bt [3] Rachael Grinham & Donna Urquhart (AUS) w/o [5] Jenny Duncalf & Alison Waters (ENG) bt [2] Joshna Chinappa & Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND) 6-11, 11-6, 11-8 (50m) WOMEN'S Final: GOLD [1] Joelle King & Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL) bt SILVER [5] Jenny Duncalf & Alison Waters (ENG) 9-11, 11-1, 11-10 (46m) BRONZE [2] Joshna Chinappa & Dipika Pallikal Karthik (IND) [3] Rachael Grinham & Donna Urquhart (AUS) MIXED Semi-finals: [5] Alison Waters & Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [7] Tesni Evans & Peter Creed (WAL) 11-10, 10-11, 11-8 (68m) [1] Joelle King & Paul Coll (NZL) bt [4] Rachael Grinham & David Palmer (AUS) 11-8, 11-8 (29m) MIXED Final: GOLD [1] Joelle King & Paul Coll (NZL) bt SILVER [5] Alison Waters & Daryl Selby (ENG) 11-8, 9-11, 11-6 (47m) BRONZE [4] Rachael Grinham & David Palmer (AUS) [7] Tesni Evans & Peter Creed (WAL) DAY 3 ASP squashmedia .com.au Howard Harding Reports Australians Ryan Cuskelly & Cameron Pilley took gold in the Men's event despatching Scotland's reigning champions and top seeds Alan Clyne & Greg Lobban 11-6, 11-3 in 34 minutes. “We've had a lot of tough matches with them," said Australian number one Pilley, renowned as the one of the hardest hitters of the ball. “They beat us last year so it was good to turn the tables this time. There were some brutal rallies in the first, but we stuck to our game plan and it worked out, then in the second we continued to execute and they made a few errors which helped our cause.” MEN'S DOUBLES: [2] Ryan Cuskelly & Cameron Pilley (AUS) Pool B bt [10] Lance Beddoes & Evan Williams (NZL) 11-7, 11-10 (32m) Pool B bt [7] Peter Creed & Joel Makin (WAL) 11-7, 11-6 (32m) Pool B bt Jean-Pierre Brits & Christo Potgieter (RSA) 11-3, 11-10 (23m) QF bt Dylan Bennett & Piedro Schweertman (NED) 11-7, 11-1 (20m) SF bt [5] Declan James & James Willstrop (ENG) 11-3, 11-7 (37m) FINAL bt [1] Alan Clyne & Greg Lobban (SCO) 11-6, 11-3 (34m) [3] Zac Alexander & David Palmer (AUS) Pool C bt [11] Andrés Herrera & Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) 11-8, 11-4 (27m) Pool C bt [6] Tom Richards & Daryl Selby (ENG) 11-9, 11-8 (42m) Pool C bt Mohd Syafiq Kamal & Eain Yow Ng (MAS) 11-10, 11-8 (32m) QF lost to [5] Declan James & James Willstrop (ENG) 10-11, 11-6, 9-11 (77m) PO 5-8 bt Dylan Bennett & Piedro Schweertman (NED) 11-7, 11-8 (22m) PO 5-6 bt [7] Peter Creed & Joel Makin (WAL) 11-5, 11-5 (24m) DAY 4 ASP squashmedia .com.au Rachael Grinham & Donna Urquhart claimed Bronze in the Women’s Doubles whilst Grinham & David Palmer secured Bronze in the Mixed Doubles. Sarah Cardwell & Christine Nunn recorded a great win against Rachel Arnold & Nicol David but it wasn’t enough to reach the Quarter Finals. WOMEN'S DOUBLES: [3] Rachael Grinham & Donna Urquhart (AUS) Pool C bt [11] Sarah Cardwell & Christine Nunn (AUS) 11-7, 11-5 (18m) Pool C lost to [6] Rachel Arnold & Nicol David (MAS) 10-11, 11-9, 8-11 (38m) QF bt [4] Laura Massaro & Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) 10-11, 11-9, 11-8 (54m) SF lost to [1] Joelle King & Amanda Landers-Murphy (NZL) w/o [11] Sarah Cardwell & Christine Nunn (AUS) Pool C lost to [3] Rachael Grinham & Donna Urquhart (AUS) 7-11, 5-11 (18m) Pool C bt [6] Rachel Arnold & Nicol David (MAS) 11-9, 6-11, 11-10 (40m) PO 9-10 lost to [12] Lisa Aitken & Carrie Hallam (SCO) 5-11, 8-11 (27m) MIXED DOUBLES: [3] Donna Urquhart & Cameron Pilley (AUS) Pool C bt [13/16] Catalina Pelaez & Andrés Herrera (COL) 11-5, 11-4 (16m) Pool C bt Carrie Hallam & Chris Leiper (SCO) 11-2, 11-4 (18m) Pool C bt [11] Amanda Landers-Murphy & Zac Millar (NZL) 11-6, 11-3 (17m) Pool C lost to [6] Joshna Chinappa & Vikram Malhotra (IND) 11-7, 7-11, 7-11 (42m) QF lost to [5] Alison Waters & Daryl Selby (ENG) 5-11 ret. (9m) PO 5-8 lost to [13/16] Lisa Aitken & Douglas Kempsell (SCO) w/o PO 7-8 lost to [6] Joshna Chinappa & Vikram Malhotra (IND) w/o [4] Rachael Grinham & David Palmer (AUS) Pool D bt [13/16] Nikki Todd & David Baillargeon (CAN) 11-5, 8-11, 11-4 (32m) Pool D bt Laura Tovar & Juan Camilo Vargas (COL) 11-7, 11-3 (21m) Pool D bt [12] Natalie Grinham & Piedro Schweertman (NED) 11-6, 11-4 (22m) Pool D lost to [5] Alison Waters & Daryl Selby (ENG) 4-11, 11-9, 5-11 (47m) QF bt [6] Joshna Chinappa & Vikram Malhotra (IND) 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 (50m) SF lost to [1] Joelle King & Paul Coll (NZL) 8-11, 8-11 (29m) DAY 5 .