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LieGames2011 – Day 4

Silver for the men, bronze for the women

On day 4 of the team event, Luxembourg played against Iceland, and had to win both encounters to keep the chances for a medal alive.

The women played excellent squash, and won their 3 matches, which meant we got the bronze medal!

The men also managed to beat Iceland, on a 4-1 score, with only Daniel Kaiser losing to Halldor Magnusson. Everything now depended on the outcome of Malta versus Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein had to win 4-1 to get the gold medal. They actually shocked by winning against the favorites Malta, but it was "only" a 3-2 win, which meant that Malta got gold, Luxembourg silver, and Liechtenstein bronze.

This is an excellent result for the Luxembourg squad, and we all are really happy about it!

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LieGames2011 – Day 3

Tough day for Luxembourg

Both Luxembourg teams lost their first match of the day against Malta.

The ladies lost 3-0, with only Sandra Denis winning a game off former world-top 30 player Diane Desira.

The men lost 4-1 against a strong Maltese team, who are now the big favorites for the gold medal. Marcel Kramer lost 1-3, Stéphane Ayache and Keith Darlington both lost 2-3, and Sanjay Raval lost 3-0 against the professional player Bradley Hindle. Daniel Kaiser player very solid squash, and secured the only win for Luxembourg against Joseph Desira.

The second game of the day was against Liechtenstein. The ladies unfortunately lost again, with only Sandra Denis winning her match.
 This means that the ladies have to win 3-0 tomorrow against Iceland to keep a very small chance of winning a bronze medal. At the same time Malta has to beat Liechtenstein 12-0!

The men had a good 3-2 victory over Liechtenstein and still are in race for a silver medal! In this match, our youngster Mark Radley had an excellent debut for the Luxembourg team by winning his match convincingly 3-0! It won’t be the last victory for Mark! Second on court was Marcel Kramer, who lost (again) his fourth set by the score of 10-12! Stéphane Ayache completely outplayed his opponent by winning 3-0. Daniel Kaiser did not have his best match, and unfortunately lost 0-3. This meant that Sanjay Raval had to win against Marcel Rothmund. This was not too difficult for Sanjay, as he managed to put out his best squash: he won 3-0.

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If we manage to win our last match against Iceland tomorrow, we should get the silver medal!

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LieGames2011 – Day 2

Men win, Ladies lose…

The ladies played against Cyprus today, and were very unlucky, by losing 1-2. Claudia Mich lost in 5 in a very tough encounter, and Françoise Donven lost 1-3. Only Sandra Denis managed to get a close 3-2 win.

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After both Keith Darlington, and Marcel Kramer lost their matches 1-3, the pressure was on the shoulders of our first 3 players, who had to win to secure victory for our team. Stéphane Ayache, Daniel Kaiser and Sanjay Raval hold their nerves together, played brilliant squash and won their matches. This means that Luxembourg won 3-2 against Andorra!

Tomorrow will be the toughest day, with 2 strong opponents on the same day: Malta and Liechtenstein!

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LieGames2011 – Day 1

Good start for Luxembourg

Luxembourg had an excellent start into the competition. Both teams won against Monaco: the ladies won 3-0, whereas the men won 4-1.

In the evening, the opening ceremony took place. This was a great show with 6500 spectators. The picture below shows the mascot of the games, called Alfi or Elfi

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Françoise Donven, Alfi and Sandra Denis

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Junior Squash Luxembourg

Le premier Open de Luxembourg Junior de Squash (LJO)

Pour la toute première fois dans l’histoire du squash au Luxembourg, le pays est fier d’accueillir le “Junior Squash Open”. Ce tournoi international prestigieux qui se tiendra à Top Squash à Sandweiler les 27, 28 & 29 mai 2011, fera dorénavant partie intégrale chaque année des compétitions juniors, sous l’auspice de la Fédération Européenne de Squash.

L’équipe nationale de juniors (U19) participera à cet évenement aux côtés des joueurs les plus talentueux du monde.

“Junior Squash Luxembourg”

Le squash pour les juniors est en croissance au Luxembourg et ce tournoi permettra de faire connaître ce sport et offrira en même temps une plateforme pour démontrer les compétences d’élites de nos joueurs.

L’équipe nationale représente le pays régulièrement dans de nombreux tournois en Europe et obtient des résultats impressionants.

Faites partie de l’équipe !

Junior Squash Luxembourg est à la recherche de personnes pour soutenir cet évènement international prestigieux. En faisant don de 50 euros ou plus, ces donateurs feront partie du “Comité d’honneur”. Tous les membres du “Comité d’honneur” seront invités au cocktail d’inauguration, bénéficieront d’une place réservée lors de la finale et seront cités dans le programme officiel du tournoi.

Devenez membre du “Comité sportif” en faisant don d’un minimum de 20 euros et vous serez cités dans le programme officiel du tournoi.

Une autre alternative est de devenir membre de “l’équipe des supporters” en sponsorisant Junior Squash Luxembourg d’un montant de votre choix.

Pout tout renseignement, vous pouvez contacter Heather Halahan (621 319 122).

Les dons sont à payer en cash à Heather Halahan ou par virement sur le compte “Junior Squash Luxembourg” auprès de la BCEE IBAN LU98 0019 3455 8003 9000, en mentionnant “LJO 2011 et votre nom”.

 

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ENCC 2010 – Warsaw

The European Nation Challenge Cup took place in the marvellous "Kahuna" Club in Warsaw, Poland, from September 30th to October 2nd. The Luxembourg team, composed of Danny Hutchines, Daniel Kaiser, Stéphane Ayache and reserve player Marcel Kramer, coach Paul Tuffin and team manager Mark Gillies competed against 15 other "small" squash nations.

We ended up at a good 7th position out of sixteen. The event was eventually won by Serbia, the runner up was Ukraine. The 7th position is quite good, considering that we left the other nations participating in the "Mini-Olympics" next year in Liechtenstein behind us: Monaco (8th), Malta (9th) and Liechtenstein (11th) . 

The day by day reports, with the detailed results can be found here

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