RESULTS: British National Squash Championships, National Squash Centre,
Sportcity, Manchester
Men's 2nd qualifying round:
Andrew Whipp (Cheshire) bt Stephen Siviter (Merseyside) w/o
Peter Billson (Lancs) bt Andrew Learoyd (Yorks) 15-5, 15-7, 15-5 (28m)
Phillip Barker (Essex) bt Adam Stevenson (Yorks) 15-10, 9-15, 10-15, 15-6,
15-6 (68m)
Alister Walker (Glos) bt Ashley Flathers (Yorks) 15-6, 15-4, 15-9 (27m)
Paul Hargrave (Derbyshire) bt Nick Birt (Wales) w/o
Mike Hopkins (Dorset) bt David Barnett (Northumbria) 15-5, 15-12, 11-15,
13-15, 15-6 (68m)
Paul Lord (Cheshire) bt Roshan Mawar (Middx) 15-6, 15-6, 15-4 (22m)
Peter Barker (Essex) bt Thomas Javanaud (Cheshire) w/o
Joey Barrington (Somerset) bt Peter Astbury (Cheshire) 15-8, 15-9, 15-6 (25m)
Ben Howell (Suffolk) bt Michael Elford (Hants) 15-7, 15-10, 13-15, 15-8
Scott Fitzgerald (Wales) bt David Harris (Kent) 15-4, 15-4, 15-8 (23m)
Joel Hinds (Derbyshire) bt Stacey Ross (Surrey) w/o
Patrick Foster (Ireland) bye
Tim Vail (Sussex) bt Tom Richards (Surrey) 15-6, 15-9, 15-9 (25m)
Nick Wall (Yorks) bt Alex Stait (Glos) w/o
Greg Tippings (Wales) bt John Power (Lancs) 15-8, 15-11, 13-15, 15-4 (39m)
Men's qualifying finals:
Andrew Whipp (Cheshire) bt Peter Billson (Lancs) 15-11, 15-11, 15-8 (35m)
Alister Walker (Glos) bt Phillip Barker (Essex) 14-15, 15-10, 15-9, 15-7 (53m)
Paul Hargrave (Derbyshire) bt Mike Hopkins (Dorset) 17-14, 15-6, 15-6 (58m)
Peter Barker (Essex) bt Paul Lord (Cheshire) 15-11, 15-8, 15-12 (51m)
Joey Barrington (Somerset) bt Ben Howell (Suffolk) 15-5, 15-6 ret.
Scott Fitzgerald (Wales) bt Joel Hinds (Derbyshire) 15-5, 15-7, 15-7 (30m)
Tim Vail (Sussex) bt Patrick Foster (Ireland) 15-11, 15-12, 15-13 (38m)
Greg Tippings (Wales) bt Nick Wall (Yorks) 15-5, 15-12, 15-8 (37m)
Women's 1st qualifying round:
Georgina Stoker (Merseyside) bt Emma Beddoes (Warwicks) w/o
Alison Waters (Middx) bt Eleanor Bowles (Northumbria) w/o
Lauren Siddall (Yorks) bt Danielle Dawson (Lancs) 9-0, 9-5, 9-1 (29m)
Sarah Bowles (Northumbria) bt Lauren Briggs (Essex) w/o
Laura Hill (Derbyshire) bt Anna Vaughan (Wales) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (20m)
Laura Dedic (Yorks) bt Helen Easton (Lancs) w/o
Suzie Pierrepont (Sussex) bt Amanda Warren (Lancs) 9-1, 9-7, 9-0
Sarah Kippax (Cheshire) bt Kirsty McPhee (Yorks) 9-7, 9-5, 9-6 (30m)
Rebecca Botwright (Lancs) bt Amie Cronin (Cumbria) 9-5, 9-1, 9-0 (19m)
Tina Rix (Hants) bt Jenny Wright (Lancs) 5-9, 9-7, 9-1, 3-9, 10-8 (52m)
Barrington Bursts Through To Meet Beachill
Somerset's Joey Barrington upset Suffolk's higher-ranked Ben Howell in
today's (Monday) qualifying finals of the British National Squash
Championships at the National Squash Centre in Manchester to earn a first
round clash with defending champion Lee Beachill.
In his second match of the day, Joey, son of the legendary six-times British
Open champion Jonah Barrington - winner of the National title in 1980 - took
the first two games against Howell 15-5 15-6 before his opponent retired
injured. Barrington will face Beachill in the Yorkshireman's first match at
the National Squash Centre since winning England's sole squash gold medal in
last year's Commonwealth Games Men's Doubles, partnered by Nationals top seed
Peter Nicol.
Nicol will also meet a qualifier in his first round match - Cheshire's Andrew
Whipp who survived a local derby clash with Lancashire's Peter Billson 15-11
15-11 15-8.
Scott Fitzgerald and Greg Tippings doubled the Welsh content of the main draw
after straight games victories in the final qualifying round. Fitzgerald
took just 30 minutes to overcome Derbyshire's 15-year-old Joel Hinds - the
youngest player on the final day of qualifying - 15-5 15-7 15-7, while
Tippings tore through Yorkshire's Nick Wall 15-5 15-12 15-8 to join
compatriots Alex Gough, the sixth seed, and David Evans, the ninth seed, in
the main draw.
Essex's Peter Barker, runner-up in December's World Junior Championships in
India, upset Cheshire's Paul Lord, ranked ten places higher in England, 15-11
15-8 15-12 to earn a first round encounter with David Evans. His older
brother Phillip Barker, however, was unable to join him - beaten on an
adjacent court 14-15 15-10 15-9 15-7 by Gloucester's Alister Walker.
Official website: www.nationalsquashchamps.co.uk
Finalised men's draw:
[1] Peter Nicol (Yorks) v [Q] Andrew Whipp (Cheshire)
[14] Peter Genever (Sussex) v [Q] Paul Hargrave (Derbyshire)
[7] Simon Parke (Yorks) v [Q] Tim Vail (Sussex)
[10] Nick Matthew (Yorks) v Ben Garner (Surrey)
[4] Martin Heath (Scotland) v Lee Drew (Essex)
[15] James Willstrop (Yorks) v Derek Ryan (Ireland)
[8] Nick Taylor (Lancs) v [Q] Greg Tippings (Wales)
[12] Stephen Meads (Berks) v Hadrian Stiff (Devon)
[13] Adrian Grant (Kent) v Marcus Berrett (Yorks)
[9] David Evans (Wales) v [Q] Peter Barker (Essex)
[16] Bradley Ball (Suffolk) v Scott Handley (Oxon)
[3] Lee Beachill (Yorks) v [Q] Joey Barrington (Somerset)
Liam Kenny (Ireland) v Mark Cairns (Oxon)
[6] Alex Gough (Wales) v [Q] Alister Walker (Glos)
Tim Garner (Sussex) v Jonathan Kemp (Shropshire)
[2] John White (Scotland) v [Q] Scott Fitzgerald (Wales)