26/01/2006
PRINCE O3 SQUASH CHALLENGE
Local squash club rivalries have been put to the test
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Prince
O3
Squash Challenge
1st
round:
Northumberland
LT&SC bt Carlisle
SC
3/0
Bannatynes
H&SC, Durham bt Tynemouth
SC 3/0
Chapel
Allerton SC, Leeds bt Pontefract
SC 2/1
Hallamshire
SC, Sheffield bt Northern SC,
Manchester 3/0
Nottingham SC
bt Grantham
SC
3/0
Duffield SC bt
Chase Hotel & Leisure, Leicester
3/0
Coventry & N
Warwicks SC bt Leamington Spa
SC 3/0
Edgbaston
Priory SC bt Wolverhampton
SC 2/1
Martlesham
Heath SC bt Ipswich Sports
Club 3/0
Cambridge SC
bt R3 Leisure
Stevenage
3/0
Connaught
LT&SC, Chingford bt Lambs Fitness Exchange, London 3/0
Amida
Twickenham bt Wimbledon
S&B
3/0
Lee-on-Solent
SC bt Winchester
LT&SC
2/1
Chichester
LT&SC bt David Lloyd
Portsmouth 3/0
Riverside SC,
Gloucester bt Strings S&F,
Tewkesbury 2/1
Bristol LT&SC
bt Weston Super Mare
SC
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Prince O3
Squash Challenge Underway
Local squash
club rivalries have been put to the test around the country in the first
round clashes in the new
Prince O3
Squash Challenge. The inter-club event is for teams of three
players: one male, one female and one over-35 male. Players who have
represented
their country or county, at any age group, are not eligible.
Team members
have been invited to use the revolutionary new Prince O3
racket, which has already won World Games and English Open
titles for England's double Commonwealth Games gold medallist
Peter Nicol, and British Open and World Open trophies for
Malaysia's world No1 Nicol David.
Newcastle's
Northumberland LT&SC will go forward to face Bannatynes H&SC
of Durham for a place in the North Area final after comprehensive 3/0
wins over Carlisle and Tynemouth SC, respectively. The other
semi-final will feature Yorkshire clubs Chapel Allerton, from Leeds,
and Sheffield's Hallamshire SC, following their victories over
Pontefract and Manchester Northern.
East
Midlands rivals Nottingham and Duffield will face off for a
place in the Midlands Area final after wins over Grantham and
Leicester's Chase Hotel & Leisure, respectively. West midlands
rivalries will be tested when Coventry & North Warwicks take on
Edgbaston Priory. The Coventry club despatched Leamington Spa
3/0, while the Birmingham club narrowly beat Wolverhampton 2/1.
In the East
Area, Martlesham Heath defeated Ipswich Sports Club 3/0 to
line up a semi-final battle with Cambridge, who took out R3
Leisure Stevenage by a 3/0 margin. Elsewhere, Chingford's Connaught
club beat Lambs Fitness Exchange of London 3/0 and will now meet
Amida Twickenham after their 3/0 win against Wimbledon S&B.
In the South
Area, Lee-on-Solent will face Chichester after the Hampshire
club beat Winchester 2/1 and the Sussex club defeated David Lloyd
Portsmouth 3/0. Gloucester's Riverside beat county rivals
Strings, from Tewkesbury 2/1, while Bristol overcame Weston
Super Mare 2/1.
Prince
International Player Promotions Manager Andy Bunting commented: "I'm
delighted with the way the first round has gone. It is a grassroots event
and it would seem that, win or lose, a good time is being had by all. I
have also received some very positive comments about the new Prince
O3
Silver racket
which all the players are using. This new exciting technology is giving
them both power and control. One team player said to me 'I'm hitting my
better shots more often'."
Prince Sports,
Inc. , based in New Jersey, USA, is a recognised leader in game-improvement
technologies and engineering-based high-performance sports equipment.
Since 1970, Prince and Ektelon have revolutionised tennis, squash and
racquetball with innovations including “Oversize,” “Longbody” and “Extender”
racquet technologies; Natural Foot Shape footwear technology; Synthetic Gut
String; and Electronic Ball Machines. In 2005, Prince introduced O3,
another breakthrough that features an expanded sweet spot (up to 54 percent)
and increased racquet speed, a combination only possible with O3
technology. Prince Sports has operations on three continents and
distribution in over 100 countries. For more information, please visit
www.princesports.com
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