GRAND PRIX

by SquashPlayer

 

 
 
 
North of Scotland

Final

8th March
Peter Billson
(11/4 11/4 9/11 12/10) 53mins
Stuart Crawford
 

Semi Finals
7th March, Semis

[1] Peter Billson bt [5/8] Jamie Macaulay 11/6, 11/8, 7/11, 5/1 rtd

[2] Stuart Crawford bt [3/4] Rudi Willemse 11/9, 8/11, 12/10, 12/10
 

Results and Reports courtesy of Alistair Gorrie

7th March  Quarter Finals
Peter Billson 3/0 Graham Melvin (11/7 11/4 11/7) 33mins

Straight forward victory for the top seed. Graham showed signs of the squash he is capable of in spells, however under pressure (most of the match) there wasn't quite the same accuracy on his shots. Peter will take some beating based on what has been on display thus far.
 
Jamie Macaulay 3/0 Lyall Paterson (11/9 12/10 12/10) 46mins
The two training partners fought out a match you would expect. With both knowing each others games so well neither player was giving much away. A tough call for Paterson at 10/9 in the first game clearly upset him. It certainly didn't decide the match, but it sure gave Macaulay a head start.
 
Rudi Willemse 3/0 Alistair Gorrie (11/7 4/1 ret.) 9mins
Having torn a hamstring only two weeks ago, Alistair was forced to concede the match early in the second game. Rudi will be fresh heading into his semi final tonight where he will be looking to take out his third Scot of the tournament.
 
Stuart Crawford 3/0 Rory Pennel (11/7 11/6 11/7) 38mins 
A hugely impressive performance here from Crawford. Midway throught the first it was clear who the winner was going to be. Working his opponent into all corners on a regular basis, Crawford put on a display of squash I personally have not seen from him for a long time. Rory will be disappointed not to have taken more from this match however will understand he was beaten by a better player. Simple.
 
 
Semi Final line-up
 
Peter Billson v Jamie Macaulay 5.30pm 
Billson will go in as red hot favourite but with a Scottish crowd behind him Macaulay may be in with a shout. My money is on Billson in 4
 
Stuart Crawford v Rudi Willemse 4.30pm 
Likely to be the closer of the two semi-finals. 4 games again with Crawford the victor.

 

6th March

2nd Round

Peter Billson 3/0 Jamie Jacobsen (11/6 11/8 11/5)
Graham Melvin 3/1 Kevin Moran (11/4 9/11 11/6 11/7)
Jamie Macauley 3/1 Jamie Matthews (11/8 9/11 11/6 11/8)
Lyal Paterson 3/0 Mick Biggs (11/3 13/11 11/9)
Rudi Willemse 3/0 Sam Allan (11/9 11/2 11/7)
Alistair Gorrie 3/0 Gavin Sutherland (w/o)
Rory Pennell 3/1 Richard Wade (8/11 11/7 11/1 11/9
Stuart Crawford 3/1 Max Millar (11/6 11/4 9/11 11/5)

1st Round
Jamie Jacobsen 3/0 Iain Young (11/8 11/5 11/7)
Graham Melvin 3/0 Steve Cartwright (11/4 11/5 11/7)
Kevin Moran 3/1 Chris Gray (8/11 11/9 13/11 11/9)
Jamie Matthews 3/0 Garry McKay (11/7 11/6 11/7)
Lyall Paterson 3/2 (11/6 8/11 11/5 9/11 11/4)
Richard Wade 3/0 Andrew Spiers (w/o)
Max Millar 3/0 Chris Shinnie (11/4 11/8 11/4)

 

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