Friday, March 29, 2024

Canary Wharf Classic

Canary Wharf: Willstrop tips Ghosal and Pallikal to lead Indian surge

  James Willstrop, the world No. 2 squash player, believes that Indian squash is "buzzing" after two good performances in recent weeks. Top seed Saurav Ghosal...

CANARY WHARF: Egyptian quartet to challenge English stars

YOUNG EGYPTIANS CHALLENGE TOP ENGLISH STARS By ALAN THATCHER THE Canary Wharf Classic is heading for another sell-out as squash fans clamour for tickets to...

Canary Wharf: Willstrop is back on top of the world

WILLSTROP ON TOP OF THE WORLD By ALAN THATCHER James Willstrop, the first winner of the Canary Wharf Classic in 2004, returns this year as world...

BLOG: Fighting for media coverage

                                                                    The Guardian newspaper has a fantastic website. That's probably why so few people buy the actual printed version. This week the website launched the Guardian...

ARCHIVE: Alan on Nick Matthew

Interesting time to look back on an interview last year when Nick Matthew finally made it to number one in the world rankings Alan Thatcher...

ALAN’S ARCHIVES: Alan on Egypt’s success

VERBATIM - Alan Thatcher on EgyptPublished by: SquashZAG on 21st May 2010 Everybody wants to know the Egyptians’ secret. The answer is simple: numbers, with...

Nick’s a killer!

Nick Matthew has plenty of kill shots in his armoury, but here he tells the story of the night he thought he'd killed an...

Referees need help with long-distance vision

Here's my response to Steve Cubbins' article on referees in his new Blog On The Tyne, headlined How Many Referees Is Enough? Source: www.cubbins.info Steve Some...

REFS AND RULES: Newsletter gems

It's always a pleasure to receive Barry Faguy's online newsletter, The Squash Official, produced for squash referees in Canada but thoroughly deserving of a...

Canary Wharf on Sky TV

UK viewers can catch all the highlights from the ISS Canary Wharf Classic on April 10. Tune in to Sky Sports 4 at the following times...

Peter Nicol’s drop shots

From www.squashskills.com Peter Nicol tells Jethro Binns all about drop shots - and shows how to play them httpv://www.youtube.com/embed/TINLjcIE5Eg

Canary Wharf: Catch up with the action

Click here to watch the replays from the ISS Canary Wharf Classic. Why not sign up to watch all the action from the PSA World...

Willstrop is new PSA president

James Willstrop Elected PSA President England's world No4 James Willstrop has been elected President of the Professional Squash Association. The election took place following Egyptian Amr Shabana's decision to...

Canary Wharf trick shots

  Jethro on the Swiss ball Check out these amazing clips on YouTube of Jethro Binns entertaining the crowd before the...

MATTHEW THE MASTER

Nick Matthew showed to a packed house at the East Wintergarden exactly why he is world champion and world number one as he came...

Canary Wharf: Mighty Matthew makes it two in a row

 ISS CANARY WHARF SQUASH CLASSIC East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, London Final (1) Nick Matthew (England) beat (4) Peter Barker (England) 5-11, 11-4, 11-1, 11-3 (58 mins) MATTHEW MASTERS BARKER TO...

Canary Wharf: Barker’s joy followed by Gaultier’s misery

ISS CANARY WHARF SQUASH CLASSIC East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, London Semi-finals: (4) Peter Barker (England) beat (2) James Willstrop (England)  14-16, 11-1, 11-7, 11-8 (77 mins) (1) Nick...

Canary Wharf: Gnat’s the way to do it, Nick!

ISS CANARY WHARF SQUASH CLASSIC East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, London Quarter-finals: 5.30pm: (4) Peter Barker (England) beat Stewart Boswell (Australia) 8-11, 11-4, 11-7, 17-15 (88 mins) 6.30pm: (2) James Willstrop (England) beat...

Nick Matthew: The pain game and mind games

By ALAN THATCHER Daryl Selby dived full-length into the back right corner, chasing down a shot from Nick Matthew as the world champion advanced towards...

Canary Wharf: Selby survives Richards revival

ISS CANARY WHARF SQUASH CLASSIC East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, London First Round: Simon Rosner (Germany) beat Chris Ryder (England) 11-8, 7-11, 11-3, 11-4 (53 mins) (3) Gregory Gaultier...

PSA launch TV review system

PSA introduces TV Referee at Canary Wharf A major squash initiative is launched by the PSA this evening at the ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic...

Canary Wharf: Sharpes shines on his debut

 ISS CANARY WHARF SQUASH CLASSIC East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, London First round: Stewart Boswell (Aus) beat (Q) Henrik Mustonen (Fin) 11-3, 11-2, 11-3 (22 mins) (4) Peter Barker (Eng) beat (Q) Robbie Temple (Eng)...

Canary Wharf: Sharpes lands dream draw against Willstrop

By ALAN THATCHER ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic, Qualifying Finals, Wimbledon Rackets and Fitness Club Robbie Temple (England) beat Karim Abdel Gawad (Egypt) 11-8, 3-11, 11-8, 8-11,...

Canary Wharf: Charles looks sharp

ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic, qualifying competition first round at Wimbledon Rackets and Fitness Club. Results: Karim Abdel Gawad (Egypt) beat Eddie Charlton (England) 9-11, 12-10,...

Canary Wharf: Qualifying draw

ISS CANARY WHARF SQUASH CLASSIC First Qualifying Round At Wimbledon Rackets and Fitness Club 3pm: Karim Abdel Gawad (EGY) v Eddie Charlton (ENG) Court 1 3pm: Rory Pennell (ENG)...

PSA: Matthew back to defend Canary Wharf title

By ALAN THATCHER The ISS Canary Wharf Classic is heading for another sell-out next week as London squash fans flock to see world champion Nick Matthew bid...

Canary Wharf: Ernst, Young and Marshall

 Financial firm Ernst & Young fielded ex-World No.2, Peter Marshall, to overcome banking giant Barclays Capital, and reach the Semi-Final of the ISS Canary...

Canary Wharf: Your chance to play a pro

YOUR CHANCE TO PLAY A PRO AT SQUASH … ON THE PLASMA SCREEN Here’s your chance to play squash against a leading pro. But instead of...

WSF: Rami shopping for success

From THE HINDU The final knockout stages of the WSF World Cup 2011 will be held in the atrium of the Express Avenue Mall Portable glass-back...

ISS Canary Wharf Classic: Matthew seeks revenge

ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic: Matthew lands revenge clash with Selby By ALAN THATCHER World champion Nick Matthew has an early opportunity to gain revenge over Daryl...

Matthew and David win Player of The Year awards

Nick Matthew & Nicol David Win Player of Year ...

Canary Wharf: Past Champions

ISS CANARY WHARF CLASSIC: PAST FINALS 2004: James Willstrop (England) beat Thierry Lincou (France) 9-7, 9-5, 5-9, 9-4, 9-10, 9-2 (87m) This was the first best-of-seven...

Canary Wharf in the news

Thanks to Simon Hayes at The Wharf for the whole of last week's back page.

Canary Wharf: Tribute to John White

This is one of the most amazing rallies you will ever see !! John White had battled his way through three five-setters in a row...

World’s leading stars return to Canary Wharf

MATTHEW DEFENDS TITLE AS WORLD'S LEADING SQUASH STARS RETURN TO ISS CANARY WHARF CLASSIC IN 2011 Tickets are now on sale for the 2011 ISS...