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European
Club Championships,
Pontefract, England
Paderborn
Secure Record Sixth European Club Championship Success
The finals of
the European Club Championships, staged for the first time at
Pontefract Squash Club in the English county of Yorkshire, produced
historic outcomes in both events - with German club Paderborn becoming
the first to win the men's European Squash Federation title for a sixth
time, and Birmingham club Edgbaston Priory beating the host club in the
women's event in the first final between two clubs from the same country.
After a
semi-final victory over English champions Colets, of Thames Ditton in
Surrey - a repeat of the 2003 final - Paderborn defeated French champions Set
Squash Marseille 3/1 in the final.
Englishman
Peter Barker led the German club to their historic triumph by beating
France's newly-crowned World Masters Over-35 champion Renan Lavigne
11-2, 11-7, 11-4.
But Barker's
compatriot Tim Garner also enjoyed a successful win, beating Marseille's
Benjamin Lagier 11-8, 11-6, 11-5 to become the only player to have
participated in all Paderborn's six victories!
The
40-year-old third string from Sussex also competed in Paderborn's previous
successful finals in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008.
The host
club's hopes of winning a third successive women's title were dashed by
Edgbaston Priory, the new English champions.
Pontefract,
who qualified for the event as host club, levelled the tie after Deon Saffery
beat the Birmingham club's Emma Chorley in straight games, following
number one Lauren Siddall's four-game defeat by Edgbaston's Victoria
Lust in the opening match
It took five
tense games to decide the title - with Julianne Courtice twice stemming
fightbacks from Pontefract stalwart Rebecca Botwright to win 11-4, 11-13,
11-7, 12-14, 12-10 to give the crown to Edgbaston Priory for the first time.
Final:
Paderborn bt Set Squash Marseille 3/1
Peter Barker bt Renan Lavigne 11-2, 11-7, 11-4
Simon Rosner lost to Mathieu Castagnet 5-11, 5-11
Tim Garner bt Benjamin Lagier 11-8, 11-6, 11-5
Lennart Osthoff bt Maxence de Peretti 11-9, 11-8, 11-5
Men's
Semi-Finals:
Set Squash Marseille (France) bt Fitzwilliam LTC (Ireland) 3/1
Renan Lavigne bt Derek Ryan 11-2, 3-11, 11-7, 11-5
Mathieu Castagnet bt Niall Rooney 11-4, 11-4, 11-7
Benjamin Lagier bt Rory Byrne 11-5, 11-4, 11-6
Maxence de Peretti lost to Nigel Peyton 2-11, 4-11, 4-11
Paderborn
(Germany) bt Colets (England) 3/1
Peter Barker bt Scott Handley 11-6, 11-5, 11-7
Simon Rosner bt Jesse Engelbrecht 11-7, 11-6, 11-5
Tim Garner lost to Lee Drew 8-11, 6-11, 12-14
Lennart Osthoff bt Mark Cairns 5-11, 11-6, 11-9
3rd place
play-off:
Colets bt Fitzwilliam LTC 3/1
Scott Handley lost to Niall Rooney 3-11, 11-4, 5-11, 6-11
Jesse Engelbrecht bt Rory Byrne 11-4, 11-4, 11-6
Lee Drew bt Nigel Peyton 14-12, 11-2, 11-1
Mark Cairns bt Dara O'Flynn 11-2, 11-3, 11-6
Women's
Final:
Edgbaston Priory (England) bt Pontefract (England) 2/1
Victoria Lust bt Lauren Siddall 11-4, 11-9, 9-11, 11-3
Emma Chorley lost to Deon Saffery 4-11, 4-11, 10-12
Julianne Courtice bt Rebecca Botwright 11-4, 11-13, 11-7, 12-14,
12-10
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