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Championship Schedule
Individual Event 16-22 July 2006
Teams Event 23-28 July 2006

RESULTS

1st Round


Results from the Official Website


Results
1st Day
2nd Day
3rd Day
1/4 Finals
Semi Finals
Final
Reports
Day 2
Day 3
1/4 Finals

Semi Finals
Final
Aaron Smale Reports
Aaron Smale Quarters
Aaron Smale Semis
Final
 

Ashour makes it two in a row
Egyptian Ramy Ashour has created squash history tonight when he became the first player ever to win two consecutive World Junior titles, defeating fellow country-man Omar Mossad in straight sets 9-1 9-3 9-1.

The all Egypt final was a display of power-squash by Ashour who showed his class with some killer shots that simply shut Mossad out of the match.

Three other finals were also played today with Australian Zac Alexander defeating American Mart Froot – 5-9 9-5 9-0 10-9 in the Plate final, Chris Tasker Grindly of England went down
9-6 2-9 2-9 1-9 to Omar Tarek Maham Aly of Egypt in the Classic Plate; and New Zealand’s Cameron Jamieson lost in straight sets 9-4 9-6 9-7 to Chris O’Kane of Ireland.

The final, held in Palmerston North New Zealand, was witnessed by a full house at the 1300 seat Arena Manawatu stadium and played on a full glass championship court.


FINAL
Ramy Ashour [1] (EGY) beat Omar Mossad [3] (EGY)    9-1 9-3 9-1 [43mins]
 

Semi Final
Egyptian Omar Mossad will meet fellow countryman,  Ramy Ashour in the final

World Junior Championship To Climax In All-Egyptian Final

The final of the Prince Men's World Junior Squash Championship will be an all-Egyptian affair, with top seed Ramy Ashour facing surprise opponent Omar Mosaad, the third seed, in Saturday's climax in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

 

Ashour, the title-holder, dropped his first game of the tournament against fellow countryman Tarek Momen, giving the large crowd just a hint of an upset after trailing one-love after the first.  However, the 18-year-old from Cairo reclaimed the advantage in the second game and went on to win convincingly 7-9 9-3 9-1 9-4 in 58 minutes.

 

Ashour admitted afterwards that the first game was a wake-up call which sparked him into action:  “I could tell straight away that Tarek was at the peak of his game and I had to call on all my skills to get back on top.  There was no way I was going to let myself be beaten in the semi!”

 

In the other semi-final, Mosaad secured his unexpected victory over lone Pakistani Aamir Atlas Khan, the No2 seed, in a 9-1 9-5 9-7 scoreline – becoming the sole player left in the tournament to win all his matches in straight games.  While Kahn was arguably the more skilful of the two players, Mosaad proved too powerful and played to Khan’s weaknesses around court.

 

The final promises to be a mouth-watering contest with Ramy Ashour looking to cement his name in squash history by becoming the first man to win two world junior championships.

Semi Final Results
Ramy Ashour [1] (EGY) beat Tarek Momen [5-8] (EGY)    7-9 9-3 9-1 9-4 [58mins]
Omar Mossad [3] (EGY) beat Aamir Atlas Khan [2] (PAK)    9-1 9-5 9-7 [46mins]
 

Picture from 1/4 Finals

 

Aamir Khan has straight games win to go through to Semis

 

Egypt Leads The Way Into World Junior Semi-Finals In NZ

 

Egypt has dominated on quarter-finals day at the Prince Men's World Junior Squash Championship – claiming all but one of the places in the last four in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

 

Title-holder Ramy Ashour continued his relentless march through the draw with another comprehensive victory in the last eight, downing Pakistan's Farhan Mehboob 9-3 10-8 9-2 in 42 minutes.  The world No20 will meet compatriot Tarek Momen in the last four.

 

Momen, a 5/8 seed, upset fourth-seeded German Simon Rosner, the European Junior Champion, 9-4 10-8 7-9 10-9 in a hard-fought 83-minute battle.

 

Third seed Omar Mosaad added to Egypt's winning run, beating Pakistan's Yasir Butt 9-4 9-4 10-8.  However, Pakistani Aamir Atlas Khan put paid to an all-Egyptian semi-final line-up.  The No2 seed despatched Egypt's Mohd Ali Anwar Reda 9-2 9-4 9-2 in 36 minutes, the quickest win of the day.

 

Semi-final line-up:

[1] Ramy Ashour (EGY) v [5/8] Tarek Momen (EGY)

[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) v [3] Omar Mosaad (EGY)

Championship Quarter Finals
Ramy Ashour [1] (EGY) beat Farhan Mehboob [5/8] (PAK)    9/3 10/8 9/2 [42mins]
Tarek Momen [5/8] (EGY) beat Simon Rösner [4] (GER)    9/4 10/8 7/9 10/9 [83mins]
Omar Mossad [3] (EGY) beat Yasir Butt [5/8] (PAK)    9/4 9/4 10/8 [47mins]
Aamir Atlas Khan [2] (PAK) beat Mohd Ali Anwar Reda [5/8] (EGY)    9/2 9/4 9/2 [36mins]

 

Pictures from Day 3

Rosner Battles Through To World Junior Quarter-Finals

All the top seeds survived today's (Wednesday) fourth round action in the Prince Men's World Junior Squash Championship – but Germany's fourth seed Simon Rosner had to battle hard to earn his place as the only non-Egyptian or non-Pakistani through to the last eight of the biennial event in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

 

Rosner, the European Junior Champion, needed 78 minutes to overcome Pakistan's 9/16 seed Bilal Zaman 9-4, 10-8, 3-9, 9-4 and will now meet Egypt's 5/8 seed Tarek Momen for a place in the semi-finals.  Momen dashed England's hopes of a player in the quarter-finals when he beat Tom Pashley 9-5, 9-0, 9-10, 9-5 in just over an hour.

 

Egypt's title favourite Ramy Ashour dropped just three points in his 9-2 9-1 9-0 victory over Malaysia's Choong Kam Hing.  The world No20 now takes on Pakistan's 5/8 seed Farhan Mehboob in a repeat of their quarter-final meeting in the event two years ago in Pakistan.

 

Second seeded Aamir Atlas Khan from Pakistan has also made short work of his fourth round match, warming up from a slow start to defeat Dutchman Tom Hoevenaars 9-7 9-0 9-0.

 

Third seed Omar Mosaad continued the trend of straight forward wins, with a 9-0 9-0 9-5 demolition of England's James Snell.  The Egyptian's reward is a meeting with Pakistan's 5/8 seed Yasir Butt.


4th round:

[1] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [17/32] Choong Kam Hing (MAS)               9-2, 9-1, 9-0 (18m)

[5/8] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Elvinn Keo (MAS)                             9-0, 9-0, 9-1 (26m)

[4] Simon Rosner (GER) bt [9/16] Bilal Zaman (PAK)                          9-4, 10-8, 3-9, 9-4 (78m)

[5/8] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt [17/32] Tom Pashley (ENG)                  9-5, 9-0, 9-10, 9-5 (61m)

[5/8] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt [9/16] Nicolas Mueller (SUI)                    9-4, 9-4, 9-7 (36m)

[3] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt [17/32] James Snell (ENG)                      9-0, 9-0, 9-5 (32m)

[5/8] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt [9/16] Joe Lee (ENG)              9-6, 9-6, 1-9, 9-5 (65m)

[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [17/32] Tom Hoevenaars (NED)          9-7, 9-0, 9-0 (29m)

 

 

New Zealand Day 2

 
 

2nd Round
Ramy Ashour(EGY) beat Vikram Malhotra(IND)   
9-0 9-3 9-2

Day 2
Egypt & Pakistan Dominate On Second Day In New Zealand

Players from Egypt and Pakistan dominated today's (Tuesday) second day's play in the Prince Men's World Junior Squash Championship in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

 

Egyptian favourite Ramy Ashour, the title-holder, cruised to a 9-1, 9-0, 9-1 victory over Ireland's Rory Byrne, and was joined by compatriots Tarek Momen, Omar Mosaad and Mohd Ali Anwar Reda in the last sixteen.

 

Four players from Pakistan also made it through to the fourth round, led by second seed Aamir Atlas Khan who beat England's unseeded Adrian Waller 9-0, 9-0, 9-2.  Khan's fellow countrymen Farhan Mehboob, Bilal Zaman and Yasir Butt will also be lining up for places in the quarter-finals.

 

Germany's fourth seed Simon Rosner led the European charge into Wednesday's play.  The European Junior Champion beat India's Parth Sharma 9-0, 9-2, 9-1.

 

 

2nd round:

[1] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt Vikram Malhotra (IND)                                    9-0, 9-3, 9-2

[17/32] Rory Byrne (IRL) bt Edward Dromgool (NZL)                               9-0, 9-6, 9-1

[9/16] Keith Pritchard (CAN) bt Craig Farrell (NZL)                               9-1, 9-1, 9-1

[17/32] Choong Kam Hing (MAS) bt Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG)               10-8, 3-9, 5-9, 9-4, 10-8

[5/8] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt David Canner (USA)                                 9-0, 9-0, 9-0

Norman Junge (GER) bt Reiko Peter (SUI)                                              9-5, 9-2, 9-6

Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt Matthew Nation (NZL)                                           9-0, 10-9, 9-5

Colin West (CAN) bt [17/32] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND)                          9-5, 2-9, 2-9, 9-3, 9-1

[4] Simon Rosner (GER) bt Christopher Lloyd (NZL)                                 9-1, 9-0, 9-3

Parth Sharma (IND) bt Benjamin Fischer (SUI)                                       0-9, 10-8, 9-4, 6-9, 9-1

[9/16] Bilal Zaman (PAK) bt Richard Colburn (RSA)                                   9-0, 9-1, 5-9, 9-6

[17/32] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt Josh Larkin (AUS)                            9-7, 9-3, 9-7

[5/8] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Lance Beddoes (NZL)                                  9-1, 9-0, 9-0

[17/32] Pyry Poikolainen (FIN) bt Byron Peehi-Floyd (NZL)                       9-3, 9-1, 9-6

[9/16] Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt Bastiaan Meulenbelt (NED)                     9-6, 9-8, 9-0

[17/32] Tom Pashley (ENG) bt Randy Lim (MAS)                                       9-6, 9-4, 9-2

Rudi Willemse (RSA) bt Josh Thom (NZL)                                               9-1, 9-3, 8-10, 9-4

[9/16] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Omar Tarek Mahm Aly (EGY)                   9-5, 6-9, 9-1, 9-6

[17/32] Sander Kock (NED) bt Mikael Siren (FIN)                                   9-0, 9-3, 9-3

[5/8] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt Florian Silbernagl (GER)                                  9-2, 9-0, 9-0

[17/32] James Snell (ENG) bt Rex Hedrick (AUS)                                    9-1, 9-2, 5-9, 5-9, 10-8

Leo Au (HKG) bt [9/16] Mohd Asyraf Azan (MAS)                                     9-10, 10-9, 3-9, 9-3, 10-8

[17/32] David Letourneau (CAN) bt Naresh Kumar (IND)                          9-1, 8-10, 8-10, 9-3, 9-7

[3] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt Aaron Fyfe (AUS)                                          9-2, 9-1, 9-2

Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt [17/32] Trevor McGuinness (USA)                             9-4, 9-0, 9-2

[9/16] Joe Lee (ENG) bt Ramit Tandon (IND)                                         9-3, 9-2, 9-1

[17/32] Dave Glass (CAN) bt Yuuta Fukui (JPN)                                      8-10, 5-9, 9-7, 9-6, 9-3

[5/8] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt Conor O'Hare (IRL)                         9-1, 9-0, 9-3

[17/32] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) bt Keegan Burkhart (NZL)                       9-3, 9-0, 9-0

Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [9/16] Max Lee (HKG)                              9-5, 9-5, 3-9, 9-4

Adrian Waller (ENG) bt [17/32] Matt Reece (AUS)                                  9-1, 7-9, 9-5, 10-9

[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Todd Harrity (USA)                                  9-1, 9-1, 9-1

    3rd round:

[1] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [17/32] Rory Byrne (IRL)                                 9-1, 9-0, 9-1

[17/32] Choong Kam Hing (MAS) bt [9/16] Keith Pritchard (CAN)               9-4, 6-9, 8-10, 9-2, 9-6

[5/8] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Norman Junge (GER)                                9-0, 9-1, 9-4

Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt Colin West (CAN)                                                   10-8, 9-0, 9-5

[4] Simon Rosner (GER) bt Parth Sharma (IND)                                       9-0, 9-2, 9-1

[9/16] Bilal Zaman (PAK) bt [17/32] Nathan Stevenson (AUS)                   9-0, 9-3, 9-1

[5/8] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt [17/32] Pyry Poikolainen (FIN)                     9-5, 9-0, 9-4

[17/32] Tom Pashley (ENG) bt [9/16] Sandeep Jangra (IND)                     9-5, 9-5, 9-1

[9/16] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Rudi Willemse (RSA)                              9-1, 9-6, 9-7

[5/8] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt [17/32] Sander Kock (NED)                             9-1, 10-9, 9-6

[17/32] James Snell (ENG) bt Leo Au (HKG)                                           3-9, 7-9, 9-3, 9-3, 9-3

[3] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt [17/32] David Letourneau (CAN)                      9-3, 9-1, 9-6

[9/16] Joe Lee (ENG) bt Ivan Yuen (MAS)                                              9-7, 9-4, 9-0

[5/8] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt [17/32] Dave Glass (CAN)                 9-0, 9-4, 9-1

[17/32] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) bt Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)                 9-2, 9-3, 1-9, 6-9, 9-4

[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt Adrian Waller (ENG)                                 9-0, 9-0, 9-2

 

 

New Zealand  Day 1

 
Reed Endresan (USA) lost to Omar Tare Mahmoud Evan Williams (NZ) was defeated by Elvinn Keo Jinn Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) defeated Simon O'Shaughnessy (NZL)

1st round:

[1] Ramy Ashour (EGY)                                                                         bye

Vikram Malhotra (IND) bt Ahmed Hassan (ZIM)                                      9-3, 9-2, 9-4

[17/32] Rory Byrne (IRL) bt Joel Boman (AUS)                                       9-0, 9-2, 9-0

Edward Dromgool (NZL) bt Petteri Siren (FIN)                                      9-2, 9-7, 9-2

[9/16] Keith Pritchard (CAN) bt Christopher Callis (USA)                         9-5, 9-7, 9-3

Craig Farrell (NZL) bt Brad Kemp (AUS)                                                6-9, 9-6, 8-10, 9-2, 9-1

[17/32] Choong Kam Hing (MAS) bt Manek Mathur (IND)                          9-7, 9-0, 10-8

Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) bt James Skifffington (NZL)                       9-0, 9-0, 9-0

[5/8] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Karri Salonen (FIN)                                 9-0, 9-0, 9-0

David Canner (USA) bt Tatsuya Shinkubo (JPN)                                       9-1, 9-1, 9-0

Reiko Peter (SUI) bt [17/32] Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW)                             w/o

Norman Junge (GER) bt Richard Dodd (RSA)                                            9-2, 9-5, 9-7

Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt [9/16] Evan Williams (NZL)                                     9-5, 4-9, 9-6, 8-10, 9-3

Matthew Nation (NZL) bt Karim Dabaah (ENG)                                       w/o

[17/32] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Fung Ji Yang (HKG)                        9-3, 9-4, 9-2

Colin West (CAN) bt Zac Alexander (AUS)                                             9-4, 10-9, 10-8

Christopher Lloyd (NZL) bt Christopher Plimpton (USA)                           9-5, 9-0, 9-1

Benjamin Fischer (SUI) bt [17/32] Andrew McDougall (CAN)                     9-6, 9-2, 8-10, 9-5

Parth Sharma (IND) bt Nathan Kam (AUS)                                              9-7, 9-0, 9-1

[9/16] Bilal Zaman (PAK) bt Alex Ingham (ENG)                                      10-8, 9-10, 9-2, 9-0

Richard Colburn (RSA) bt Cameron Jamieson (NZL)                                   9-4, 6-9, 9-7, 1-9, 9-1

[17/32] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt Bumpei Kawano (JPN)                        9-1, 9-6, 9-3

Josh Larkin (AUS) bt Jordan Wagstaff (NZL)                                        9-2, 9-3, 9-4

[5/8] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Shamlan Mohammed (KUW)                            w/o

Lance Beddoes (NZL) bt Alexander Jury (AUS)                                       9-2, 9-6, 9-4

[17/32] Pyry Poikolainen (FIN) bt Tim Cowell (AUS)                                 9-2, 2-9, 7-9, 9-4, 9-1

Byron Peehi-Floyd (NZL) bt Ainsley Gannaway (ZIM)                                5-9, 9-3, 3-9, 9-3, 10-8

[9/16] Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt Alan Tsang (HKG)                                  9-4, 9-0, 9-3

Bastiaan Meulenbelt (NED) bt Cameron Morris (AUS)                              9-5, 9-5, 9-6

[17/32] Tom Pashley (ENG) bt Alex Grayson (NZL)                                  9-0, 9-1, 9-2

Randy Lim (MAS) bt Todd Ruth (USA)                                                     9-6, 9-6, 9-3

Josh Thom (NZL) bt Hisham Saleh (KUW)                                               w/o

Rudi Willemse (RSA) bt [17/32] Parthiban Ayappan (IND)                         w/o

Reed Endresen (USA) bt Omar Tarek Mahm Aly (EGY)                               9-0, 9-3, 4-9, 9-3

[9/16] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Chris O'Kane (IRL)                                9-0, 9-0, 9-4

Mikael Siren (FIN) bt Aaron Cusick (AUS)                                              9-0, 9-3, 9-0

[17/32] Sander Kock (NED) bt Conor Matson (NZL)                                 9-2, 9-3, 9-3

Florian Silbernagl (GER) bt Luke Gordon (NZL)                                       9-3, 9-1, 9-0

[5/8] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt Mark Froot (USA)                                          9-4, 9-5, 9-0

Rex Hedrick (AUS) bt James Meyer (NZL)                                              9-0, 9-0, 9-1

[17/32] James Snell (ENG) bt Wian Louwrens (RSA)                                9-3, 9-1, 9-5

Leo Au (HKG) bt Matiu Tekani-McQueen (NZL)                                       9-4, 9-1, 9-6

[9/16] Mohd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt Luke Sims (AUS)                                9-0, 9-1, 9-7

Naresh Kumar (IND) bt Bryce Redman (NZL)                                          9-5, 9-0, 9-4

[17/32] David Letourneau (CAN) bt Curtis Harrison (NZL)                       w/o

Aaron Fyfe (AUS) bt Zardeen Wazir (ZIM)                                            9-3, 9-5, 9-2

[3] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN)                                9-3, 9-1, 9-0

Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt Charles Veerkamp (NED)                                          9-1, 9-0, 9-0

[17/32] Trevor McGuinness (USA) bt Aatos Mannroos (FIN)                     9-3, 9-0, 9-1

Ramit Tandon (IND) bt Omar Al Jamaan (KUW)                                       w/o

[9/16] Joe Lee (ENG) bt Peter Taylor (AUS)                                          9-1, 9-4, 9-0

Yuuta Fukui (JPN) bt Jason Cole Niven (RSA)                                         9-3, 9-7, 9-5

[17/32] Dave Glass (CAN) bt Wesley Cusick (AUS)                                  9-0, 9-1, 9-1

Conor O'Hare (IRL) bt Lui Syder (NZL)                                                 9-7, 2-9, 9-5, 9-1

[5/8] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt Livio Catenazzi (SUI)                       w/o

Keegan Burkhart (NZL) bt Deepesh Patel (ZIM)                                      9-6, 7-9, 9-7, 9-3

[17/32] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) bt Carsten Schoor (GER)                          9-3, 9-1, 9-0

Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Simon O'Shaughnessy (NZL)                     9-4, 9-0, 9-1

[9/16] Max Lee (HKG) bt Ravi Dixit (IND)                                             9-3, 9-2, 9-1

Adrian Waller (ENG) bt Matthew Durda (AUS)                                        9-0, 9-2, 9-0

[17/32] Matt Reece (AUS) bt Mithran Selvaratnam (MAS)                        9-5, 9-0, 9-2

Todd Harrity (USA) bt Naishadh Lalwani (IND)                                      9-4, 9-2, 9-4

[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK)                                                                   bye

 

Nations welcomed by stunning performance


Part of the Opening Ceremony
The Parade of nations featuring
flag bearers from
local primary schools


Nearly 400 international visitors received a stellar welcome at the opening ceremony for the 2006 World Junior Men’s Championships in Palmerston North.

Unique performances including Fire-Poi and a traditional Maori welcome were just some of the highlights which captured the spirit of the tournament and included a parade of nations performed by children each representing a local school.
 


Lee Leads England's Attack In World Junior Team Championships In New Zealand

Surrey 16-year-old Joe Lee has been selected to lead England in the Prince Men's World Junior (U19) Team Squash Championships next month in New Zealand.

Lee, the England U19 No1 from West Molesey, will be joined in the squad by Chris Tasker-Grindley, 18, from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire; Tom Pashley, 18, from near Haywards Heath in Sussex; James Snell, 18, from Exeter in Devon; and Adrian Waller, 16, from Enfield in Middlesex.

The 14th Men's World Junior Team Championships take place in Palmerston North in New Zealand from 23-28 July, immediately following the World Individual Junior Championship which gets underway on Sunday 16 July. England have won the team title four times, the last time in 2000, and have reached the final on five further occasions.

"We will be under a lot of pressure at these championships, where defending champions Pakistan will be strong, and Egypt, led by the defending individual champion and world No20 Ramy Ashour, are also likely to be seeded ahead of us. But we have a talented young squad who are extremely well-prepared," said England Squash High Performance Coach David Campion.

"As we have seen in previous championships - where our preparation is strong and our team spirit is high, we will be difficult to beat," added Campion.

Joe Lee, the British National U17 champion, was the only English finalist in the British Junior Open Championships in January – reaching the U17 climax. Lee is coached at St George's Hill club in Weybridge by his father Danny Lee, himself a former England junior international.

Tasker-Grindley, the 2004 British National U17 champion, reached the European Junior Championship semi-finals in April, against his seeding. This will be the second World Junior Championships' appearance for Pashley, the 2003 British National U15 champion, who also played in the 2004 event in Pakistan.

James Snell, the 2000 British National U13 champion, won the Welsh Junior Open crown earlier this year.

Adrian Waller is also 16 and, like Lee, will be eligible to compete in the 2008 World Junior Championships in Switzerland. The British U13 National champion in 2002 and the U15 champion two years later, Waller can also boast England appearances in the European U15 championships in 2004 and the European U17 championships in 2005 and 2006


Ashour On Verge Of Historic World Title Win

Egypt's Ramy Ashour is seeded to become the first man in history to win the Men's World Junior Squash Championship title twice according to the draw for the 2006 Prince-sponsored event in Palmerston North, New Zealand, which is announced today (Tuesday) by the World Squash Federation (WSF).

The 2006 individual championship, which has attracted 126 players from 19 countries, takes place from 16-22 July, and is followed by the World Junior Team Championship from 23-28 July.

Ashour shocked the squash world two years ago when – aged 16, and seeded only to reach the last eight – he romped through the event in Islamabad, Pakistan, to become the fourth Egyptian to win the crown since the inaugural event in 1980.

The 18-year-old from Cairo, who has now burst into the top 20 PSA world rankings, is expected to face No2 seed Aamir Atlas Khan in the final in a repeat of his 2004 semi-final against the unseeded Pakistani.

Ashour leads a group of four Egyptians who are seeded to reach the last eight – including third seed Omar Mosaad, a double British Junior U17 Open champion from Cairo; and 5/8 seeds Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (the reigning British U17 Open champion) and Tarek Momen, a former British U13 and U15 Open champion.

Germany's European Junior champion Simon Rosner is the fourth seed, while local interest will be led by Evan Williams, a 16-year-old from Wellington who is a 9/16 seed.

Complete 1st round draw:

[1] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bye

Vikram Malhotra (IND) v Ahmed Hassan (ZIM)

[17/32] Rory Byrne (IRL) v Joel Boman (AUS)

Edward Dromgool (NZL) v Petteri Siren (FIN)

[9/16] Keith Pritchard (CAN) v Christopher Callis (USA)

Craig Farrell (NZL) v Brad Kemp (AUS)

[17/32] Choong Kam Hing (MAS) v Manek Mathur (IND)

Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) v James Skifffington (NZL)

[5/8] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) v Karri Salonen (FIN)

David Canner (USA) v Tatsuya Shinkubo (JPN)

[17/32] Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW) v Reiko Peter (SUI)

Norman Junge (GER) v Richard Dodd (RSA)

[9/16] Evan Williams (NZL) v Elvinn Keo (MAS)

Matthew Nation (NZL) v Karim Dabaah (ENG)

[17/32] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) v Fung Ji Yang (HKG)

Zac Alexander (AUS) v Colin West (CAN)

[4] Simon Rosner (GER) v Frank Hartkoren (NED)

Christopher Lloyd (NZL) v Christopher Plimpton (USA)

[17/32] Andrew McDougall (CAN) v Benjamin Fischer (SUI)

Parth Sharma (IND) v Nathan Kam (AUS)

[9/16] Bilal Zaman (PAK) v Alex Ingham (ENG)

Richard Colburn (RSA) v Cameron Jamieson (NZL)

[17/32] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) v Bumpei Kawano (JPN)

Josh Larkin (AUS) v Jordan Wagstaff (NZL)

[5/8] Tarek Momen (EGY) v Shamlan Mohammed (KUW)

Alexander Jury (AUS) v Lance Beddoes (NZL)

[17/32] Pyry Poikolainen (FIN) v Tim Cowell (AUS)

Ainsley Gannaway (ZIM) v Byron Peehi-Floyd (NZL)

[9/16] Sandeep Jangra (IND) v Alan Tsang (HKG)

Bastiaan Meulenbelt (NED) v Cameron Morris (AUS)

[17/32] Tom Pashley (ENG) v Alex Grayson (NZL)

Randy Lim (MAS) v Todd Ruth (USA)

Josh Thom (NZL) v Hisham Saleh (KUW)

[17/32] Parthiban Ayappan (IND) v Rudi Willemse (RSA)

Omar Tarek Mahm Aly (EGY) v Reed Endresen (USA)

[9/16] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) v Chris O'Kane (IRL)

Mikael Siren (FIN) v Aaron Cusick (AUS)

[17/32] Sander Kock (NED) v Conor Matson (NZL)

Luke Gordon (NZL) v Florian Silbernagl (GER)

[5/8] Yasir Butt (PAK) v Mark Froot (USA)

James Meyer (NZL) v Rex Hedrick (AUS)

[17/32] James Snell (ENG) v Wian Louwrens (RSA)

Leo Au (HKG) v Matiu Tekani-McQueen (NZL)

[9/16] Mohd Asyraf Azan (MAS) v Luke Sims (AUS)

Naresh Kumar (IND) v Bryce Redman (NZL)

[17/32] David Letourneau (CAN) v Curtis Harrison (NZL)

Zardeen Wazir (ZIM) v Aaron Fyfe (AUS)

[3] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN)

Ivan Yuen (MAS) v Charles Veerkamp (NED)

[17/32] Trevor McGuinness (USA) v Aatos Mannroos (FIN)

Omar Al Jamaan (KUW) v Ramit Tandon (IND)

[9/16] Joe Lee (ENG) v Peter Taylor (AUS)

Yuuta Fukui (JPN) v Jason Cole Niven (RSA)

[17/32] Dave Glass (CAN) v Wesley Cusick (AUS)

Conor O'Hare (IRL) v Lui Syder (NZL)

[5/8] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) v Livio Catenazzi (SUI)

Keegan Burkhart (NZL) v Deepesh Patel (ZIM)

[17/32] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) v Carsten Schoor (GER)

Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) v Simon O'Shaughnessy (NZL)

[9/16] Max Lee (HKG) v Ravi Dixit (IND)

Adrian Waller (ENG) v Matthew Durda (AUS)

[17/32] Matt Reece (AUS) v Mithran Selvaratnam (MAS)

Todd Harrity (USA) v Naishadh Lalwani (IND)

[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) bye

1st round: Results

[1] Ramy Ashour (EGY)                                                                         bye

Vikram Malhotra (IND) bt Ahmed Hassan (ZIM)                                      9-3, 9-2, 9-4

[17/32] Rory Byrne (IRL) bt Joel Boman (AUS)                                       9-0, 9-2, 9-0

Edward Dromgool (NZL) bt Petteri Siren (FIN)                                      9-2, 9-7, 9-2

[9/16] Keith Pritchard (CAN) bt Christopher Callis (USA)                         9-5, 9-7, 9-3

Craig Farrell (NZL) bt Brad Kemp (AUS)                                                6-9, 9-6, 8-10, 9-2, 9-1

[17/32] Choong Kam Hing (MAS) bt Manek Mathur (IND)                          9-7, 9-0, 10-8

Chris Tasker-Grindley (ENG) bt James Skifffington (NZL)                       9-0, 9-0, 9-0

[5/8] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Karri Salonen (FIN)                                 9-0, 9-0, 9-0

David Canner (USA) bt Tatsuya Shinkubo (JPN)                                       9-1, 9-1, 9-0

Reiko Peter (SUI) bt [17/32] Ammar Al-Tamimi (KUW)                             w/o

Norman Junge (GER) bt Richard Dodd (RSA)                                            9-2, 9-5, 9-7

Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt [9/16] Evan Williams (NZL)                                     9-5, 4-9, 9-6, 8-10, 9-3

Matthew Nation (NZL) bt Karim Dabaah (ENG)                                       w/o

[17/32] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Fung Ji Yang (HKG)                        9-3, 9-4, 9-2

Colin West (CAN) bt Zac Alexander (AUS)                                             9-4, 10-9, 10-8

Christopher Lloyd (NZL) bt Christopher Plimpton (USA)                           9-5, 9-0, 9-1

Benjamin Fischer (SUI) bt [17/32] Andrew McDougall (CAN)                     9-6, 9-2, 8-10, 9-5

Parth Sharma (IND) bt Nathan Kam (AUS)                                              9-7, 9-0, 9-1

[9/16] Bilal Zaman (PAK) bt Alex Ingham (ENG)                                      10-8, 9-10, 9-2, 9-0

Richard Colburn (RSA) bt Cameron Jamieson (NZL)                                   9-4, 6-9, 9-7, 1-9, 9-1

[17/32] Nathan Stevenson (AUS) bt Bumpei Kawano (JPN)                        9-1, 9-6, 9-3

Josh Larkin (AUS) bt Jordan Wagstaff (NZL)                                        9-2, 9-3, 9-4

[5/8] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Shamlan Mohammed (KUW)                            w/o

Lance Beddoes (NZL) bt Alexander Jury (AUS)                                       9-2, 9-6, 9-4

[17/32] Pyry Poikolainen (FIN) bt Tim Cowell (AUS)                                 9-2, 2-9, 7-9, 9-4, 9-1

Byron Peehi-Floyd (NZL) bt Ainsley Gannaway (ZIM)                                5-9, 9-3, 3-9, 9-3, 10-8

[9/16] Sandeep Jangra (IND) bt Alan Tsang (HKG)                                  9-4, 9-0, 9-3

Bastiaan Meulenbelt (NED) bt Cameron Morris (AUS)                              9-5, 9-5, 9-6

[17/32] Tom Pashley (ENG) bt Alex Grayson (NZL)                                  9-0, 9-1, 9-2

Randy Lim (MAS) bt Todd Ruth (USA)                                                     9-6, 9-6, 9-3

Josh Thom (NZL) bt Hisham Saleh (KUW)                                               w/o

Rudi Willemse (RSA) bt [17/32] Parthiban Ayappan (IND)                         w/o

Reed Endresen (USA) bt Omar Tarek Mahm Aly (EGY)                               9-0, 9-3, 4-9, 9-3

[9/16] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) bt Chris O'Kane (IRL)                                9-0, 9-0, 9-4

Mikael Siren (FIN) bt Aaron Cusick (AUS)                                              9-0, 9-3, 9-0

[17/32] Sander Kock (NED) bt Conor Matson (NZL)                                 9-2, 9-3, 9-3

Florian Silbernagl (GER) bt Luke Gordon (NZL)                                       9-3, 9-1, 9-0

[5/8] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt Mark Froot (USA)                                          9-4, 9-5, 9-0

Rex Hedrick (AUS) bt James Meyer (NZL)                                              9-0, 9-0, 9-1

[17/32] James Snell (ENG) bt Wian Louwrens (RSA)                                9-3, 9-1, 9-5

Leo Au (HKG) bt Matiu Tekani-McQueen (NZL)                                       9-4, 9-1, 9-6

[9/16] Mohd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt Luke Sims (AUS)                                9-0, 9-1, 9-7

Naresh Kumar (IND) bt Bryce Redman (NZL)                                          9-5, 9-0, 9-4

[17/32] David Letourneau (CAN) bt Curtis Harrison (NZL)                       w/o

Aaron Fyfe (AUS) bt Zardeen Wazir (ZIM)                                            9-3, 9-5, 9-2

[3] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt Shinnosuke Tsukue (JPN)                                9-3, 9-1, 9-0

Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt Charles Veerkamp (NED)                                          9-1, 9-0, 9-0

[17/32] Trevor McGuinness (USA) bt Aatos Mannroos (FIN)                     9-3, 9-0, 9-1

Ramit Tandon (IND) bt Omar Al Jamaan (KUW)                                       w/o

[9/16] Joe Lee (ENG) bt Peter Taylor (AUS)                                          9-1, 9-4, 9-0

Yuuta Fukui (JPN) bt Jason Cole Niven (RSA)                                         9-3, 9-7, 9-5

[17/32] Dave Glass (CAN) bt Wesley Cusick (AUS)                                  9-0, 9-1, 9-1

Conor O'Hare (IRL) bt Lui Syder (NZL)                                                 9-7, 2-9, 9-5, 9-1

[5/8] Mohd Ali Anwar Reda (EGY) bt Livio Catenazzi (SUI)                       w/o

Keegan Burkhart (NZL) bt Deepesh Patel (ZIM)                                      9-6, 7-9, 9-7, 9-3

[17/32] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) bt Carsten Schoor (GER)                          9-3, 9-1, 9-0

Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) bt Simon O'Shaughnessy (NZL)                     9-4, 9-0, 9-1

[9/16] Max Lee (HKG) bt Ravi Dixit (IND)                                             9-3, 9-2, 9-1

Adrian Waller (ENG) bt Matthew Durda (AUS)                                        9-0, 9-2, 9-0

[17/32] Matt Reece (AUS) bt Mithran Selvaratnam (MAS)                        9-5, 9-0, 9-2

Todd Harrity (USA) bt Naishadh Lalwani (IND)                                      9-4, 9-2, 9-4

[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK)
 

By Aaron Smale on the Semi Finals

Two Egyptians will square off in the final of the World Junior Men’s Championships after Omar Mossad tipped out second seed Aamir Khan of Pakistan and Ramy Ashour eventually won his semi-final match.

Ashour was on the back foot early on, losing his first set of the tournament to his countryman Tarek Momen.  Momen showed his win over Simon Rosner in the quarterfinals wasn’t a fluke with some deft touches that stretched even Ashour’s considerable reach.

Ashour eventually found his stride and wore Momen down with sheer power, pushing him into the back corners with shots that were impossible to attack. The pair also battled it out at the front of the court with some lengthy drop-shot rallies.  Ashour won 7-9, 9-3, 9-1, 9-4.

Aamir Khan, who had been untroubled in his run through to the semi-final, didn’t have any answers to Omar Mossad’s speed and power.  Mossad completely dominated the diminutive Pakistani, who valiantly worked his way back into the match with considerable skill but he succumbed in three sets.  Mossad won 9-1, 9-5, 9-7.

The final will be a fascinating one – the two Egyptians could be mistaken for brothers, not only for their height and looks but in the aggressive style of play that has carried them to the title match.

There were some happy faces in the Egyptian camp after the semifinals – it’s now a certainty that one of their countrymen will take out the title on Saturday night.  The only question is which one.

 

By Aaron Smale on the Quarter Finals

The quarter-finals of the World Junior Mens Champs had a predictable look about it, with the Egyptian squad reserving three of the four semi-final spots and Aamir Khan from Pakistan securing the fourth as expected.

Ramy Ashour continued his campaign to defend his title but he didn’t have it all his own way in his match against Farhan Mehboob from Pakistan. 

Ashour took out the first game easily and it looked like he was going to waltz through as he has for the whole tournament.

But Mehboob had other ideas in the second game.  He took a slender lead and tenaciously held on to it until he got to game point.  Ashour seemed a little rattled, questioning let calls several times. Of course it could have just been gamesmanship.  He showed his nerve and some aggressive play, snatching back the game 10-8. 

Mehboob’s fight was broken and Ashour went on to win the match 9-3, 10-8, 9-2.

Khan’s was the easiest victory of the round as he breezed past Mohd Ali Anwar Reda, moving the Egyptian around the court at will. Khan won 9-2, 9-4, 9-2.

The other two games were more closely contested.  Simon Rosner from Germany didn’t settle into his game and became flustered with let calls and his own mistakes.  Again he showed grit and stamina but went down to Egyptian Tarek Momen, who showed more composure at critical points in the match. Momen won the match 9-4, 10-8, 7-9, 10-9, which ran for 83 minutes.

Omar Mossad from Egypt proved too strong for Pakistani Yasir Butt winning 9-4, 9-4,  10-8.

By Aaron Smale

Simon Rosner from Germany ground out a tough win against Pakistan opponent Bilal Zaman in the fourth round of the World Junior Champs.  The German won 3-1.

The 78-minute match became a psychological arm wrestle as much as a physical one with dubious lets being called for and given.  Each then chanced their arm with the umpires with the two imposing players colliding several times.

Zaman worked his way back into the match once he deciphered Rosner’s patterns,  pushing him close in the second game and then taking the third.  But Rosner kept his composure and the fourth game saw some long, punishing rallies.

Rosner eventually  pulled clear and won the match 9-4, 10-8, 3-9, 9-4

 
Following the opening ceremony players headed of to get a good nights rest with competition beginning first thing Monday morning.

Egypt are top seeds for the championships which run through to July 28 with individual finals on the 22nd and teams finals on the 28th.



The England junior men’s squash team defeated a near full strength Central team 7 – 0  in a friendly designed to help the England team acclimatise to local conditions ahead of the Prince World Junior Men’s Squash championships beginning this Monday.

The 7 zip score line suggests England have prepared well for the championships and fully deserve their 3rd seeding in the teams competition. The Netherlands will take on New Zealand on Friday night at 6.30pm at the Linton Street SquashGym.


Adrian Waller (England) vs Matt Nation
(Palmerston North who's also playing
in champs for New Zealand)




The Venue


England beat Central 7-0
Joe Lee (Eng) bt Kent Darlington (Cent) 9/5 9/2 9/2
Mike Harris (Eng Manager) bt Anthony McLeod (Cent) 9/5 9/5 9/6
Chris Tasker-Grindley (Eng) bt Paul Tuffin (Cent) 9/2 9/2 9/2
Alex Ingham (Eng) bt Tim Preston (Cent) 9/4 9/4 9/3
James Snell (Eng) bt Mike McSherry (Cent) 3/9 2/9 9/7 9/0 9/5
Adrian Waller (Eng) bt Matt Nation (Cent) 9/3 9/3 9/4
Tom Pashley (Eng) bt Glen Carson (Cent) 9/1 9/0 7/9 9/2