Posted by wmsiew in WISPA, World Squash News on 03 28th, 2009 | No Comments

Bailey Beats Perry to Win NSC No 5

Men’s final: [1] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [2] Omar Mosaad (EGY) 11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 6-11, 11-6 (73m) Women’s final: [5] Tania Bailey (ENG) bt [1] Madeline Perry (IRL) 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 (42m) Iskandar & Bailey Win NSC Titles In KL Local hero Mohd Azlan Iskandar and England’s Tania...
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Posted by wmsiew in :Featured Articles, Awards and Honours, Everything on Nicol, News on Nicol, Off the T on 03 27th, 2009 | No Comments

Nicol Becomes First Recipient Of Ministry’s Special Incentive

Nicol Becomes First Recipient Of Ministry’s Special Incentive
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (Bernama) — World number one women’s squash player Datuk Nicol David today became the first recipient of the Youth and Sports Ministry’s Special Incentive scheme. Nicol received RM50,000 from Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob at the National...
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Posted by wmsiew in WISPA, World Squash News on 03 27th, 2009 | No Comments

2009 Texas Open Boasts Biggest Ever Prize Fund

Image via WikipediaThe Women’s International Squash Players Association is celebrating the fact that the 2009 Texas Open – the eighth edition of the event since 2002 – will be the biggest ever. Bucking the world financial climate, the WISPA World Tour championship – which alternates between...
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Posted by wmsiew in Awards and Honours, Everything on Nicol, News on Nicol, Off the T on 03 24th, 2009 | No Comments

2008 National Sports Awards: Chong Wei, Nicol the stars

Image via Wikipedia IT was inevitable that Lee Chong Wei and Nicol David rose to receive just rewards as Malaysia’s best athletes of 2008 last night. That was the benchmark in Malaysian sport for 2008, despite some impressive achievements by other sports. It was Chong Wei’s second Sportsman...
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Posted by wmsiew in WISPA, World Squash News on 03 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Serme Survives Fernandes Swiss Comeback

Guardian Wealth Management Swiss Open Squash Championships, Geneva, Switzerland Quarter-finals: [Q] Carla Khan (PAK) bt [1] Manuela Manetta (ITA) 5-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-9, 11-9 [3] Camille Serme (FRA) bt [7] Maud Duplomb (FRA) 12-10, 11-3, 11-4 [Q] Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) bt [4] Celia Allamargot (FRA)...
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Posted by wmsiew in Awards and Honours, Everything on Nicol, News on Nicol, Off the T on 03 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Lee and Nicol favourites to lift National Sports awards

It will probably be the easiest task for the selectors to name the winners of the 2008 National Sportsman and Sportswoman awards. From achievements last year, shuttler Lee Chong Wei and squash player Nicol David are the overwhelming favourites to lift the awards in a presentation ceremony to be held...
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Posted by wmsiew in Everything on Nicol on 03 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Kitchen Completes KL Hat-Trick

NSC Series No4 Squash Championships, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Women’s final: [2] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) bt [1] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) 8-11, 2-11, 13-11, 14-12, 13-11 (63m) Image by flydime via Flickr It took five games for both Waqar Mehboob and Shelley Kitchen to lift the titles in the NSC Series...
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Posted by wmsiew in Everything on Nicol, News on Nicol, Tournaments, Tourney 2009 on 03 18th, 2009 | No Comments

Dominant David comes to terms with rare defeat

BANGKOK (Reuters) - After almost three years on top of the world rankings and 17 months unbeaten, defeat tastes all the more bitter for Nicol David. They do not come often for the three-times World Open champion, who looks set to establish a run as world number one to rival those of golf sensation Tiger...
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Posted by wmsiew in Squash 2016, World Squash News on 03 17th, 2009 | No Comments

Squash is economical choice for 2016 inclusion

LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - Squash should be accepted into the 2016 Olympic programme because the sport is economical to host, the president of squash’s world governing body said. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will decide in October whether to introduce up to two new sports for the...
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Posted by wmsiew in WISPA, World Squash News on 03 16th, 2009 | No Comments

Naude Nets Netherlands Success

Dutch squash star Annelize Naude claimed the fifth Tour title of her career when she beat England’s Victoria Lust in the final of the Women’s Forexx Eindhoven Open, the $4,000 WISPA World Tour event at Squashtime in the Netherlands city of Eindhoven.Image by michaelstrevens via Flickr The...
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