Masters Newsletter (2014-2015) - Special Edition

Special Edition EUROPEAN MASTERS CIRCUIT 2014-15
SQUASH MASTERS
Colin White
VAPIANO BUDAPES
Pavel Sladecek
OPENING IN
PRAGUE
RANKING IS
A CHALLENGE
2
EUROPEAN MASTERS
Keynote Speech
Dear Master Squash Players,
Welcome to this 1st edition of
the newsletter. We know you can
find many of these photos and
results online, but we wanted to
create something very visual, well
lets agree at our age it becomes
more difficult to read, so photos
are better!
We know that Masters Squash
is one of the fastest growing
sections in our sport, so we
wanted this newsletter to show
the many positive aspects from
the 1st ESF Masters Circuit in
2014, hopefully we have learned
from our mistakes, we know
there have been some, but we
plan an even bigger, but better
circuit in 2015.
Many times we are always
looking for “new” squash players,
but why not try to persuade
some of your “old” squash
friends to get back into the
sport? Motivate them to play
again with the idea to travel to
some great cities in Europe, to
enjoy some great squash, but
the chance to see old friends and
make new ones!
CONTENT
Introduction .................... 04
Masters News .................. 04
SQUASH Czech Masters Open ....... 05
MASTERS
MASTERS CIRCUIT NEWSLETTER
EDITORIAL STAFF
Colin White
Pavel Sladecek
Budapest Vapiano ........... 06
Polish Open Cracow ......... 07
EUROPEAN MASTERS
ESF MASTERS
SUB-COMMITTEE
Director
Jackie Robinson
Committee Members
Peter Koeck
Mark Woodliffe
Pavel Sladecek
Davide Babini
Colin White
Martin Wren
2015 EVENTS
27 Feb-01 Mar
Spanish Open Masters
Valencia, Spain
10-12 Apr
Czech Open Masters
Prague, Czech Republic
15-17 May
Hungarian Masters Open
Budapest, Hungary
26-28 Jun
German Open Masters
Krefeld, Germany
CONTENT
Italian Riccione Open .... 08
Krefeld International .... 09
Dutch Open .................... 10
Ranking Is a Challenge .... 11
World Masters 2016 ....... 11
27-30 Aug
European Masters Championship
Malmo , Sweden
11-13 Sep
Italian open Masters
Riccione, Italy
1-9 Oct
European Masters Games
Nice, France
23-25 Oct
Polish Open Masters
Poland
27-29 Nov
Dutch Open Masters
Netherlands
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Zena Woolridge
ESF President
I’d like to thank the ESF Masters’
Committee for their hard work in
launching the Masters’ Circuit, and the 6
venues for hosting tournaments.
2015 will be even busier, with
growing interest to host masters
events, alongside European Masters
Championships in Malmo in late Aug
and the European Masters Games in
Nice, France in October. Who suggested
masters players need rest!
The potential of developing a
European competition programme
for masters has been discussed for
a few years, and the success of this
year’s inaugural European Masters’
Circuit shows there’s a huge appetite
amongst masters for more high quality
competition, with a social buzz, in
attractive European cities.
Thank you to all those players who have
supported the European Masters events
this year, . . . . . and please encourage
your friends to enter some of next year’s
events.
Wouldn’t it be great if we could
eventually grow the Masters Circuit to
something like the European Junior
Circuit with its 28 tournaments in 27
different nations/cities ? Why not ?
Best wishes,
Zena
Good news
Peter Köck on the
road to recovery
ESF are pleased to be able
to report that Peter Köck,
long standing member of the
Championships Committee and
a member of the more recently
formed Masters Committee,
has made some good progress
after suffering two strokes
during the summer. These left
Peter in a critical condition but
the latest news is that he is out
of intensive care and now being
cared for by a health centre
where he continues to make
progress. We know the whole
squash community will wish
Peter all the best during this
recovery period.
Jackie Robinson, Masters Sub-Committee Director
The recently formed ESF Masters
committee met for the first time
in Prague during the EMIC. It was
agreed to set up a Masters circuit
in 2014 with six events. They also
acknowledged that a ESF Masters
Ranking system was urgently
needed. We were delighted that
events took place In
Prague (April), Budapest (May)
Riccione (Sept) Krefeld (Oct) Krackow
(Oct) and we look forward to the
Dutch event at the end of November.
All events were well supported, and
much enjoyed by all. Our sincere
thanks to all the event organizers
and sponcers. Sadly we have to
report that the hoped for Ranking
system has not yet fully been
established but we are assured by
the ESF main Board that this will
happen in 2015. Next year will be
a busy time for ESF Masters, with 6
or more Circuit events, the EMIC in
Malmo at the end of August and the
European Masters games in Nice in
early October.
EUROPEAN MASTERS
Czech Masters Open 2014
At the beginning of 2014 year started
There was opened 10 categories with
ESF Masters Tour and first tournament
the largest group of men 50+. As
was Czech Masters Open in Prague,
regards the results the podium in two
Czech Republic. This tournament was
youngest categories of men 35+ and
held first time as an international event
40+ was occupied exclusively by do-
in 2012 and was entered by hundred
mestic players. In other groups medals
of players from all over Europe. The
were shared among to players also
following year tournament was not
from other countries.
organised as there was European Masters Championships 2013 in Prague.
You can find more details about the
The first official event of new European
tournament on the website
Masters Tour with less than 80 players
http://www.cz-squash.net/Pages/
successfully launched a new project in
czmo2014/draw_en.aspx
April. Not mentioned domestic players
the largest group came from Germany
numbering 20 players.
There is full photogalery on
https://www.flickr.com/photos/squashacademy/collections/72157643424429725
Tournament Results
M35+
1. Vit Barnas [3/4]
2. Ales Knotek [2]
3. Vlastimil Kozak [1]
M40+
1. Petr Vesely [1]
2. Jan Dansa [2]
3. Lubos Walter [3/4]
W40+
1. Iris Stockbauer [1]
2. Denisa Linhartova [2]
3. Nina Janisch [3/4]
M45+
1. Lahourcade Guillaume [3/4]
2. Istvan Bottyan [3/4]
3. Peter Balint Nagy
W45+
1. Elanit Alayof [1]
2. Doris Lewalski [2]
3. Romana Adamková [3/4]
M50+
1. Jonas Ulvsback [1]
2. Jean-Marc Fraipont [3/4]
3. Marko Kruse [2]
M55+
1. René SCHYNS
2. Uwe Marrek [2]
3. Jaroslav Zajpt [3/4]
M65+
1. Bernd Götsch [1]
2. Enzo Zini [3/4]
3. Dieter Jörn [3/4]
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Tournament Results
Women’s +35
1. Brabcova Sona: Czech Rep
2. Barbara Bene: Hungary
3. Termel Katalin: Hungary
Mens’s +35
1. Török Albert András: Hungary
2. Terlecki Jarek Poland
3. Fézler Zsolt Hungary
Women’s +40
1. Linhartova Denisa: Czech Rep
2. Udvardni Nóra: Hungary
3. Füzy Lenka: Czech Rep
Mens’s +40
1. Oliveira Gilberto: Germany
2. Lőrinczi Attila: Hungary
3. Vaclav Uhlir: Czech Rep
Vapiano Budapest Masters
The 2nd stop on the new ESF
Masters Circuit, was the Vapiano
sponsored, Budapest Masters at
Griff Squash Club in Budapest. 85
players from 15 different nations
took part, with 7 nations taking
home titles, in the 3 day squash
Women’s +45
1. Lacoste Sylvie: France
2. Adamkova Romana: Czech Rep
3. Becker Störte: Germany
event, which also included:
Mens’s +45
1. Marcolini Alessandro: Italy
2. Štěpán Marko: Czech Rep
3. James Hyatt: England
Saturday: Welcome Drink, snacks
Women’s +50
1. Lewalski Doris: Germany
2. Alayof Elanit: Israel
3. Bryars Claire: France
Mens’s +50
1. Sorio Giorgio: Switzerland
2. Fraipont Jean-Marc: Belgium
3. Cabassi Luca: Italy
Mens’s +55
1. Orduna Sergio: Switzerland
2. Marrek Uwe: Germany
3. Schyns René: Belgium
Men’s +60
1. Ustariz Juan: Spain
2. Götsch Bernd: Germany
3. Eric Robinson: Wales
Thursday: Meet and Greet-Live
coverage of British Open
and Live Music at the flgship Va
piano restaurant on Fashion Street
in downtown Budapest.
Friday: Free Night Bus Tour around
Budapest, with a Welcome Drink
and Live Music at the Caledonia
Scottish Pub.
We were very proud to orgaise the
1st Vapiano Budapest Masters, and
we are already planning for a bigger, better event in May 15-17.
So please join us at the 2nd Vapiano HUNGARIAN Masters 2015.
EUROPEAN MASTERS
Tournament Results
MEN
M35+
1. Rybalchenko Kostiantyn
2. Spoljar Domagoj
3. Maciantowicz Maciej
M40+
1. Aroyo Isaac
2. White Colin
3. Krawczyk Jan
M45+
1. Lahourcade Guillaume
2. Blanco Miguel
3. Nagy Peter
M50+
1. Ulvsback Jonas
2. Canot Frederic
3. Paal Felix
Polish Masters Cracow
Polish Masters Squash Open which
We had social events each night,
took place October 23-25th in
with lots of players attending, es-
Cracow this was the next stop on
pecially at the last one, closing par-
the ESF Masters Circuit. It was the
ty in “Baroque Restauratnt&Coctail
first time for event of this kind to
Bar”.
be organized in
Poland.
Whole event concluded with closing ceremony, on which prizes and
We are very happy and proud
medals for the top players were
to announce that Polish Masters
awarded personally by the Masters
Squash Open was a successes and
Sub- Committee, President of
the players enjoyed it greatly. We
Polish Squash Federation, Tomasz
had 77 players from 15 countries
Banasiak and Tournament Director,
playing in 8 events with 6 men and
Maciej Maciantowicz. A special
2 woman categories. The Tourna-
thanks must go to Colin White who
ment was graced with special
helped so much over the tourna-
presence of European Squash
ment.
Federation Masters Sub- Committee- the director Jackie Robinson
and committee members-Martin
Wren and Colin White.
M55+
1. Frietsch Günter
2. Blöink Hans Jürgen
3. Owen Chris
M65+
1. Valentim Fernando
2. Robinson Eric
3. Adams David
WOMEN
W35+
1. Witkowska Dominika
2. Leiber Stefanie
3. Kulp Alicja
W45+
1. Kulp Alicja
2. el Ghanam Petra
3. Adamkova Romana
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Italian Open
The inaugural Italian Open Masters
event which was held in Riccione
12-14 September was a great
success. Overall there were 128
competitors from all over the world
including America, England, France
and Germany. The event attracted
many top Masters players the most
noteable of which was the ex World
Top 20 player Renan Lavigne (France)
who won the Over 35 competition.
The
Over
50
category
was
particularly popular with a full draw
of 32 players. The M50+ tournament
was won by the Swedishman Jonas
Ulfsback in a spectacular final against
the englishman Mark Hildred.
Riccione lends itself well to hosting
International events due to it’s
coastal location and booming tourist
Industry. Having events in Riccione
always creates a friendly / holiday
atmosphere for the competitors and
this years Italian Open Masters was
no exception with us recieving good
feedback from the players. We look
forward to the Italian Masters being
a regular event in the ESF masters
calendar. We hope you have enjoyed
the tournament here in Riccione, and
hope to see alla of you again next
year!
Tournament
Results
M35
1 - Renan Lavigne (Francia)
2 - Andrea Torricini (Italia)
3 - Paul David Johnson (Galles)
W35
1 - Melanie Kreisel (Germania)
2 - Stefanie Leiber (Germania)
3 - Cristina Di Sacco (Italia)
M40
1 - Lorenzo Conti (Italia)
2 - Dan Jansa (Rep. Ceca)
3 - Andrea Guatelli (Italia)
M45
1 - Alessandro Marcolini (Italia)
2 - Guillarme Lahourchade (Belgio)
3 - Pierluigi Morelli (Italia)
W45
1 - Felicitas Dohring (Germania)
2 - Storte Becker (Germania)
3 - Wolff Cornelia (Germania)
M50
1 - Jonas Ulfsback (Svezia)
2 - Mark Hildred (Inghilterra)
3 - Giorgio Sorio (Svizzera)
M55
1 - Sergio Orduna (Svizzera)
2 - Renè Schyns (Belgio)
3 - Klaus Wetzstein (Germania)
M60
1 - Sergio D’Arrigo (Spagna)
2 - Udo Dackwieler (Germania)
3 - Cosimo Iacopetta (Italia)
M65
1 - David Michael Adams (Inghilterra)
2 - Claudio Hassler (Svizzera)
3 - Alex Sinclair (Scozia)
EUROPEAN MASTERS
17. Int. German Masters
The 17th German Masters was held in
Krefeld with 166 participants from 14
nations , a new record for the event
and making it the biggest of the ESF
Masters Circuit so far!!!
A great Squash event was held, with
a lot of great matches held over the 3
days in every age group. The results
meant that the titles were divided
between 6 countries:
12 x Gold to Germany
3 x Gold to England
1 x Gold to Belgium,
1 x France,
1 x Scotland
1 x Sweden
Of course no event in Germany,
especially Krefeld is complete without
the.....”wait for it” “LEGENDARY” players
party which lasted until 05:00 in the
morning, you also wonder how the
club and players were able to be ready
for the play only a few hours later.
In summary, a very successful event
was held, but no event can have that
success without a lot of hard work and
planning by the organisers, who did a
great job and everybody left happy.
Hopefully even the ones that partied
until 05:00 :-)
Tournament Results
W35:
1. Alison Goy (ENG)
2. Sabrina Gerhards (D)
3. Michaela Schneider-Niefer (D)
M35:
1. Stefan Leifels (D)
2. Robert Stelzl (D)
3. Jaroslaw Terlecki (PL)
W40:
1. Melanie Kreisel (D)
2. Iris Stockbauer (D)
3. Denisa Linhartova (CZ)
M40:
1. Gilberto de Oliveira (D)
2. Ralf Ibele (D)
3. Götz Mönninghoff (D)
W45:
1. Anke Achtermann (D)
2. Claudia Kruse (D)
3. Monika Wesselkamp (D)
M45:
1. Guillaume Lahourcade (B)
2. Stepan Marko (CZ)
3. Daniel Oeschger (CH)
W50:
1. Silvie Lacoste (FRA)
2. Doris Lewalski (D)
3. Alicja Kulp (ENG)
M50:
1. Jonas Ulvsback (SWE)
2. Giorgio Sorio (CH)
3. Frederic Canot (FRA)
M55:
1. Simon Gogolin (SCO)
2. Leif-Persson Viberud (SWE)
3. Udo Kahl (D)
M60:
1. Stuart Hardy (ENG)
2. Gerard Sidoun (FRA)
3. Alan Hathway (ENG)
W65:
1. Ingrid Keuntje (D)
M65:
1. Terry Norman (ENG)
2. Phillip Guy (Wal)
3. Bernd Götsch (D)
M70:
1. Hans Peter Rihm (D)
2. Klaus Wegner (D)
3. Tony Schnell (D)
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Tournament Results
M70+
1. Desmond Sacco / South Africa
2. Tony Schnell / Germany
3. Harry Brinkmeier / Germany
M65+
1. Terence Norman / England
2. Claudio Hassler / Switzerland
3. Harvey Richard Kember / England
M60+
1. Stuart Hardy / England
2. Peter Karlsson / Sweden
3. Erik Kooijman / Netherlands
M55+
1. Sergio Orduna / Switzerland
2. René Schyns / Belgium
3. Chris Owen / Wales
W45+/50+
1. Sylvie Lacoste / France
2. Doris Lewalski / Germany
3. Alicja Kulp / England
M50+
1. Jonas Ulvsback / Sweden
2. Giorgio Sorio / Switzerland
3. Luca Cabassi / Italy
M45+
1. Fredrik Johnson / Sweden
2. Alessandro Marcolini / Italy
3. Daniel Werner Oeschger / Switzerland
W35+/40+
1. Karin Thiel / Netherlands
2. Bea de Dreu-Spitse / Netherlands
3. Stefanie Leiber / Germany
M40+
1. Gilberto De Oliveira / Germany
2. Alex Kramer / Netherlands
3. Isaac Aroyo / Italy
M35+
1. Dave De Beule / Belgium
2. Filippo Madella / Italy
3. Paul David Johnson / England
Dutch Masters Open
The first Dutch Open Masters
amount of the players went for a
edition organized by the squash
drink in the centre of Amsterdam.
federation was a great success.
With 86 players from around 20
The day after the final matches
different countries we created a
were played and so the tourna-
solid base to grow in the coming
ment ended with some exiting fi-
years. One of the highlights of this
nals. We are looking forward to the
edition was the nightly boat tour
next edition and hope to welcome
through the canals of Amsterdam.
you all next year!
At the end of this trip a large
EUROPEAN MASTERS
Ranking Is a Challenge
European Masters,
Malmo, Aug 27-30
It is with great regret that the
already do the WSF and ESF
Masters Rankings have not been
Junior Rankings.
27-30 August, Malmo, Sweden.
issued as promised. We have been
We are mindful that the success
The biennel EMIC returns to the Masters
in constant communication with
and enjoyment of the ESF Masters
calendar in 2015, with the fourth champion-
Visual Reality the computer firm
circuit is very dependant on these
ships being held in the squash capital of
dealing with these rankings for
rankings and we are hopeful that
Sweden, Malmo. The beautiful city follows in
over a year but we still await the
they will be delivered shortly.
the footsteps of Krefeld, Porto and Prague in
final details. You might ask why we
Last info after the deadline -
hosting the event. Considering how success-
continued with this company but it
RANKINGS NOW AVAILABLE !!
ful the 2013 event was in the Czech capital,
seems logical to use them as they
Malmo will have to work hard to create the
same buzz, but we are confident they will,
with all the knowledge and experience they
have of holding successful squash events.
Just to remind you, Prague had nearly 500
players across all age groups, plus a glass
court and live streaming on the Internet.
With the ESF Masters Circuit into its second
year, we are hoping that these numbers can
be the same or maybe even more! Why not
spend a long weekend in Malmo playing
some squash, enjoying Swedish hospitailty,
catching up with some old friends or making some new ones? For further details
contact Thomas Troedsson at
thomas.troedsson@europeansquash.com
European Masters
Games , Nice, Oct 1-9
As a sporting event of international dimension, the European Masters Games have
developed a concept that fulfills the ambition of Nice: a European sports capital and
World Masters 2016
The WSF Masters Championships
I have been appointed WSF Techni-
in 2016 have been awarded to
cal Delegate for this event and
South Africa (RSA) and is planned
will be carrying out an inspection
to take place in Johannesburg in
visit in mid February this year and
August of that year. South Africa
following this much more informa-
have a tremendous record in com-
tion will be available - watch this
peting in, and organizing, world
space….
masters events and we are sure
Martin Wren
that this event will be both popular
and very well organized.
an exemplary city when it comes to setting
up innovative strategies for seniors. Being
the player of your own physical condition
lifelong is an important message that I want
to share with all, and this is why I was keen
to position Nice as host city of this competition to turn it into a major event in France in
October 2015. A showcase of health through
sport. Nice picked 27 sports, which will be
practiced on 40 venues. Those sports match
the city’s potential, culture and the profile of
Masters Games’ participants over the years.
More details you can find on the website
www.emg-nice2015.fr
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2015 EVENTS
27 FEB-01 MAR
SPANISH OPEN MASTERS, VALENCIA, SPAIN
10-12 APR
CZECH OPEN MASTERS, PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
15-17 MAY
HUNGARIAN MASTERS OPEN, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
26-28 JUN
GERMAN OPEN MASTERS, KREFELD, GERMANY
27-30 AUG
EUROPEAN MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIP, MALMO, SWEDEN
11-13 SEP
ITALIAN OPEN MASTERS RICCIONE, ITALY
1-9 OCT
EUROPEAN MASTERS GAMES, NICE, FRANCE
23-25 OCT
POLISH OPEN MASTERS, POLAND
27-29 NOV
DUTCH OPEN MASTERS, NETHERLANDS
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