Groton Gold Event, Groton Massacheusetts John Ho, number 1 Boys U-13 makes a clean sweep to win the event while unseeded players, Adam Lichtmacher and Gareth Kithata in Boys U-15 make it to the semi-finals and beyond in a very successful weekend for West Coast squash. In the U-13 event, John had a bye in the first round due to his no. 1 seeding. His first match against a seeded player was Ashton Monteiro who had overcome the 8th seed in a tight 5 games. John dispatched his opponent easily in 3 games to set up a quarter final encounter with Rana Thakkar of Texas. Again, John’s solid hitting and superb court coverage was no match for the Texan as John eased into the finals with another 3-0 win. Here he faced Patrick Keller, who despite being seeded no. 2 in this tournament, had won both of their previous matches. This time however, it was John’s turn as he showed himself to be the more dominant player in control of the T. After an edgy start from both players, John stepped up the pace in the second game combining penetrating length on the backhand with a top class front game he was able to take the win in three games. A first Junior U-13 Gold event trophy for John but certainly not the last. Meanwhile in the Boys U-15 both Adam and Garrett went into the event unseeded and caused many upsets on their way to their respective final and semi-final. Thankfully both were on opposite sides of the draw thus preventing them meeting each other until the last day (coming from the West Coast to play against your fellow Californian is never easy). Garrett who went into the event ranked no .62 surprised many a seasoned player as he went from strength to strength using his volley extremely well to force his opponent to stretch to each ball. Winning both his round of 16 and his quarter final against much higher ranked players, Garrett set up a semi-final meet with Asser Ibrahim, the Egyptian junior who has recently relocated to Florida. Proving a little too strong, the Egyptian won in 3 games which gave our local a 3rd place play-off in which was the most exciting game of the weekend for Garrett. In a very close 5 game battle Garrett narrowly missed out on a 3rd place finish losing 11-8 in the 5th game. Again, Garrett’s concise volleying allowed him to constantly put pressure on his opponents leaving them less and less time to reach the ball. Adam, with a ranking of no. 54 in boys U-15 caused upset after upset as he made his way to the semi-final, beating no. 22 Joey Raskin in three games with his measured movement and very clever ball placement. The semi was a more closely contested affair with Harry Charlton of New York but Adam prevailed in 4 games edging Harry out 12-10 in the 4th game. The final was always going to be a challenge with the aforementioned Ibrahim of Egypt. The second game in this match was Adam’s finest as he stuck to a solid game plan before losing out to the Eygptian in 3 games. All in all, a very successful weekend of squash from our 3 West Coast ambassadors. All three played with heart and professionalism and were rewarded with their fantastic results. went from strength to strength throughout the event winning the title without dropping a game,
Category: Tournaments
2015 SF Open All Draws click for Match Results
2015 San Francisco Doubles Squash Championships
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Great weekend at the 2015 San Francisco Doubles Open. Special thanks to Sweet and Baker and Blaxter Blackman LLP for their generous tournament sponsorship. And many thanks to our Patron Charlie Maddison.
Tournament draw sheets attached.
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Upcoming events are the Club’s in-house Team Doubles Tournament over the December 11-13 weekend and the 44th playing of Pacific Coast Doubles Squash Championships over the Jan 29-31st weekend.
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2015 San Francisco Doubles Squash Championships Players
We are looking forward to hosting you this weekend at the San Francisco Doubles Squash Championships. Special thanks to Sweet and Baker and Blaxter Blackman LLP for their generous tournament sponsorship. Many thanks to our one and only Patron, Charlie Maddison.
The Tourney…… Formerly known as the Eastside Doubles Squash Championship, and before that known as the “Rittenhouse,” the San Francisco Open has been a doubles tournament with a grand tradition and has been annually hosted at the University Club of San Francisco since 1985. Tournament draw sheets attached.
Parking: Parking is available at the Fairmont Hotel (Powell Street between California and Sacramento Streets) while self-parking can be found at the Sutter Stockton Garage (entrances on Bush, Stockton & Sutter streets), and the Stanford Court Hotel, the Brockel Bank Garage (Sacramento between Powell & Mason). Parking in Miles Alley is reserved for members only.
Food & Drink: Refreshments will be provided throughout the tournament.A continental breakfast and lunch will be served on Saturday and Sunday. Breakfast and Lunch are for players only. There will be a buffet reception for all players and their guests in the main Clubhouse on Friday evening beginning at 6:30pm.
Referees & Eye-Guards: Match winners are expected to referee the following match. Eye Guards are require on the courts at all times.
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Bay Club Pro Open
Come and watch Charlie Johnson this weekend in his defense of the Bay Club Pro Open. The draw is attached – First round is tomorrow evening from 5pm. Beer donated by Stein and Spaten. Thanks to Luke, Americhoice and NorCal Squash for Sponsoring the event.
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SquashDrive Slam 2015
The 3rd Annual SquashDrive Slam will be happening May 30th, 2015! This is a wonderful event for donors and supporters to gather, play squash, and meet our students. You can read more about them and our organization at our website: http://squashdrive.org/
Last year, we raised $25,000 and we are setting our goal even higher this year! We are seeking to raise $50,000 from people like you and match that with another $25,000 from corporate sponsorship. Please support us by registering or sponsoring a participant! – See more at: http://squashdriveslam2015.kintera.org/faf/home/default.asp?ievent=1134631#sthash.BAPTYDz7.dpuf