European
Club Squash Championships,
Budapest, Hungary
Men's
semi-finals:
[5]
Rozsadombi Egyesulet (Hungary)
bt [1] Colets (England) 3-1
Lucas Buit bt
Danny Meddings 9-2, 9-2, 8-9, 4-9, 9-4
Laurens Jan
Anjema lost to Nick Matthew 8-10, 4-9, 2-9
Nick Taylor bt
Mark Cairns 9-2, 9-2, 9-1
David Evans bt
Alex Gough 9-8, 3-9, 9-3
[3]
Paderborn (Germany) bt [2] Rouen Equipe (France) 3-1
James
Willstrop bt Daryl Selby 9-7, 9-6, 9-5
Simon Rosner
bt Jan Koukal 9-5 ret.
Tim Garner
lost to Marcus Berrett 3-9, 4-9, 8-9
Stefan Leifels
bt Laurence Delasaux 9-4, 10-8, 9-3
Final:
[3]
Paderborn (Germany) bt [5] Rozsadombi Egyesulet (Hungary) 3-1
Simon Rosner
bt David Evans 10-8, 9-2, 5-9, 9-3
James
Willstrop bt Laurens Jan Anjema 9-4, 9-0, 9-3
Tim Garner
lost to Nick Taylor 0-9, 2-9, 4-9
Stefan Leifels
bt Lucas Buit 10-9, 6-9, 9-2
3rd place play-off:
[1] Colets
(England)
bt [2] Rouen Equipe (France) 2-2
Nick Matthew
bt Daryl Selby 9-1, 9-3, 10-9
Alex Gough
lost to Jan Koukal 5-9, 9-10, 1-9
Danny Meddings
lost to Marcus Berrett 2-9, 3-9, 6-9
Clive Ewins bt
Arthur Poupel 9-2, 9-5, 9-0
Women's
semi-finals:
[1]
L'Hermine de
Rennes (France) bt [4] Fitzwilliam LTC (Ireland) 3-0
Annelize
Naude bt Aisling Blake 9-6, 9-7, 9-7
Isabelle
Stoehr bt
Laura Mylotte 9-4, 9-1, 9-7
Charlotte
Delsinne bt Roisin Brennan 9-4, 9-8
[2]
Pontefract (England)
bt [3] ISC Bordesholm (Germany) 2-1
Rebecca
Botwright lost to Vanessa Atkinson 6-9, 4-9, 3-9
Lauren Siddall
bt Daniela Schumann 9-0, 9-0, 9-0
Kirsty
McPhee bt Jessica Reese 9-6, 4-9, 9-4, 9-2
Final:
[1]
L'Hermine de
Rennes (France) bt [2] Pontefract (England) 2-1
Annelize
Naude bt Rebecca Botwright 9-0, 9-0, 9-7
Isabelle
Stoehr bt Lauren Siddall 10-8, 1-9, 9-5, 9-2
Laurence Bois
lost to Kirsty McPhee 4-9, 5-9, 0-9
3rd place play-off:
[3] ISC
Bordesholm (Germany)
bt [4] Fitzwilliam LTC (Ireland) 2-1
Vanessa
Atkinson bt Aisling Blake 9-0, 9-7, 9-6
Katharina Witt
lost to
Laura Mylotte 9-2, 0-9, 1-9
Daniela
Schumann bt Claire O'Brien 9-1, 9-0, 9-2
Hosts
Denied European Club Title In
Hungary
Fifth-seeded
Hungarian club Rózsadombi Sport Egyesület fought through to the men's
final of the European Club Squash Championships in the Hungary capital
city Budapest - but were denied a home victory when beaten 3/1 by
Paderborn, the three times champions from Germany.
French club
L'Hermine de Rennes made up for the disappointment of a runners-up finish
last year by beating England's former champions Pontefract 2/1 in the
women's final.
Rózsadombi
made their breakthrough in the semi-finals of the 20th staging of the
region's premier inter-club championship when they beat favourites Colets,
the
England champions, in a five-hour encounter!
Second seeds
Paderborn, who upset French club Rouen Equipe, the second
seeds, in the other semi-final, were too strong for the host club in the final.
German Simon Rosner and Englishman
James Willstrop
put the club into the lead with
victories over Welshman David Evans and Dutchman Laurens Jan Anjema,
respectively, before Germany's Stefan Leifels clinched victory with a
10-9, 6-9, 9-2 win over Dutchman Lucas Buit.
The hosts
gained a consolation point when
England's Nick Taylor beat compatriot
Tim Garner
in straight games.
Dutch player
Annelize Naude led women's favourites L'Hermine to expected success over
second seeds Pontefract by beating club stalwart Rebecca Botwright 9-0,
9-0, 9-7. Lauren Siddall, second string in the all-English Pontefract
squad, stretched the French club's French star Isabelle Stoehr to four
games - but Stoehr prevailed 10-8, 1-9, 9-5, 9-2 to clinch victory
In the
best-of-three dead rubber that followed, Kirsty McPhee gained a
consolation point for Pontefract with a 2/1 win over
Laurence Bois.