Fédération de Squash Luxembourgeoise

European Team Championships – Day 3

Une belle victoire de notre équipe nationale aujourd’hui contre Monaco !

Malgré un départ plus lent qu’hier, Danny a réussi progressivement à monter son niveau de jeu. Un troisième jeu à oublier pour revenir de plus belle dans le quatrième. Niall, toujours nerveux, n’a pas été en mesure de montrer son meilleur squash mais s’incline cependant de justesse dans la dernière manche. Belle victoire très serrée de Daniel qui a su montrer ce qu’il est capable de faire sur un court de squash. Encore une fois Mark a rempli son contrat.   Pour la dernière journée demain, Luxembourg affronte une nouvelle fois la Russie pour la 5ème place de la 3ème division et n’aura rien à perdre !

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European Team Championships – Days 1 & 2

Notre équipe nationale a commencé le championnat à Amsterdam par une courte défaite 3-1 contre la Russie. Danny et Niall perdent leur rencontre 3-0, Mark gagne 3-2 et Daniel perd malheureusement 3-2 (12-10) dans le 5ème jeu.

Pour la deuxième journée, nos joueurs ont battu l’Estonie 3-1. Danny gagne 3-1 de belle manière, Mark 3-0 et Niall a bien réagi dans le 5ème en gagnant 3-2 après avoir mené 2 jeux à rien.

Pour la 3ème rencontre et la deuxième de la journée, le coach national Daniel Verhoeven a décidé de faire souffler Niall en permettant à Guillaume de jouer son premier match pour Luxembourg. Les norvégiens étaient beaucoup trop forts pour espérer un autre résultat (défaite 3-0).

Demain matin, nos joueurs vont affronter Monaco pour les places 5 à 8.

(de gauche à droite: Guillaume Plancke, Mark Radley, Daniel Verhoeven, Niall Woodger, Daniel Kaiser, Danny Hutchines)

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ETC 2012 – Day 4

Luxembourg finishes 4th

After losing for the 2nd time of the tournament against Norway, Luxembourg finishes at a good 4th place! Ukraine wins with a 4-0 victory against Poland, and here are the other final positions: 3rd Norway, 4th Luxembourg, 5th Croatia, 6th Gibraltar, 7th Malta, 8th Cyprus, 9th Turkey, 10th Lithuania.

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Luxembourg – Norway 0-4

Sanjay RAVALKim Are KILLINGBERG  6-11 6-11 3-11
Niall WOODGERKristian SOLHAUG  10-12 8-11 6-11
Daniel KAISER – Ronny AASBø 6-11 7-11 4-11
Daniel HUTCHINESEdvard HEGBOM 11-9 9-11 11-9 10-12 6-11

 

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ETC 2012 – Day 3

Luxembourg plays for bronze!

After losing to Norway 3-1 this morning, Luxembourg finished 2nd of their pool, and played against top-seed Ukraine in the semis.

Ukraine was too strong for us, beating us 4-0. This means that Luxembourg will play for 3rd or 4th place tomorrow, while Ukraine plays the finals against Poland!

Norway – Luxembourg 3-1

Kim Are KILLINGBERG – Sanjay RAVAL 11-8 11-6 11-6         Kristian SOLHAUG – Niall WOODGER 5-11 3-11 11-8 1-11         Ronny AASBø – Daniel KAISER 11-7 11-6 11-7 Edvard HEGBOM – Daniel HUTCHINES 11-4 9-11 11-9 6-11 11-8

Semi-Final: Ukraine 4-0 Luxembourg

Ruslan Sorochynskyi 3-1 Sanjay Raval  11/7, 11/6, 4/11, 11/3
Konstantyn Ryblchenko 3-0 Niall Woodger  11/9, 11/8 rtd
Denys Podvoryni 3-0 Daniel Kaiser 11/2, 11/3, 11/5
Valerii Fedoruk 3-0 Daniel Hutchines 15/13, 11/4, 11/5

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ETC 2012 – Day 2

Good result for Luxembourg!

Day 2 for Luxembourg started off very positively with a 4-0 win against turkey. Mark Radley (age 15) making his ETC debut getting a 3-1 win at number 4 and Sanjay, Niall and Danny following with 3-0 wins.

Next came a big test for Luxembourg playing number 2 seed Gibraltar. Danny kicked things off with a strong performance winning 3-0 leaving little room for his opponent to get past him. Daniel started off his match very positively going 2-0 up with solid squash. Gibraltar came back fighting and won the next two sets, working very hard for every point and retrieving everything! Fifth set was going to be tight, in the end Gibraltar came through – a very good fight from their side!
Sanjay had a very tough game at number one. Sanjay started off with lots of energy and going 1-0 up. Brindle from Gibraltar came back with very disciplined squash making few errors And moving Sanjay all over the court, winning the next two sets. Sanjay dug deep to fight in the fourth and managed to take it too five sets, but Brindle was too strong in the end with more energy left.
Niall was last on court and produced a very convincing performance, playing tight squash and making his opponent work every rally. Niall went 2-0 up and a very tight third set which could have gone either way, eventually went Nialls way with a tie break win.
So a final score of 2-2 with Gibraltar sets up a big match with Norway tomorrow to decide who will top the group!!

Turkey – Luxembourg 0-4

Huseyin GUMUS –  Sanjay RAVAL 4-11 11-13 2-11    (0:25)
Uzay AYSEVNiall WOODGER 3-11 4-11 3-11 (0:12)
Ergul YILMAZERDaniel HUTCHINES 9-11 5-11 4-11 (0:18)
Atilla MUSTAFAOGLUMark RADLEY 9-11 8-11 11-9 5-11   

 

Gibraltar – Luxembourg 2-2 (6-10)

Anthony BRINDLE  – Sanjay RAVAL   5-11 11-3 13-11 6-11 11-4
Christian NAVAS   –  Niall WOODGER   3-11 8-11 14-16
Steven SCHACALUGA – Daniel KAISER   2-11 7-11 11-9 11-5 11-8    
Colin DAVIS – Daniel HUTCHINES    5-11 3-11 3-11    0-1

 

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ETC 2012 – Day 1

Luxembourg finished their first day at the European team championships with an important win against Croatia. Number 1 and 2 strings were first on court – Sanjay Raval and Niall Woodger. Niall played steady squash giving his opponent little room for manoeuver and wrapped up the game in straight sets 3-0. Sanjay was trying his best to follow up on Niall’s win, but couldn’t find the shots to work his opponent enough and in the end lost 3-0. Danny Hutchines and Daniel Kaiser were both on court next. Danny playing solid squash with few errors and won quickly 3-0. Daniel had a more testing game at number 3. He took a quick 2-0 lead playing solid squash but then the Croatian fought back and a very long third game finished 17-15 to the croat. Fortunately, Daniel came back strong in the fourth and wrapped up the last game to seal a hard-fought 3-1 win for the minnows from Luxembourg.

Croatia – Luxembourg 1-3

1. Manuel FISTONIC – Sanjay RAVAL          11-3 11-5 11-8    (0:22)
2. Vedran SVONJANiall WOODGER        4-11 6-11 3-11    (0:19)
3. Robert PETROVICDaniel KAISER        8-11 6-11 17-15 8-11 (0:43)
4. SroAn MAKSIMOVICDaniel HUTCHINES    5-11 1-11 7-11    (0:28)

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European National Team Championships 2012 – Division 3

National coach Daniel Verhoeven recently nominated the team that will represent Luxembourg at the European National Team Championships 2012 – Division 3, which will be held in Malta, between April 18 and 21.

The nominated team is: Sanjay Raval, Niall Woodger, Danny Hutchines, Daniel Kaiser & Mark Radley.

20 teams and 90 players will compete in this event. In the men's competition, the following teams have entered: Malta, Ukraine, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Croatia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Isle of Men, Gibraltar, Poland, Lithuania and Turkey.

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Liegames2011 – RoundUp

3 times silver, 1 bronze

The "LieGames2011" is now history! It was a very successful event for the Luxemburgish squash-team. In fact, we are proud to come home with 4 medals (out of 4 possible!): silver for the men's team, bronze for the women's team, and twice silver for Sanjay Raval and Sandra Denis in the individual event!

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 (from left to right) Stéphane Ayache, Sanjay Raval, Daniel Kaiser, Keith Darlington, Mark Radley, Marcel Kramer and Jean-Claude Schmidt

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Isabel Juan, Françoise Donven, Claudia Mich, Sandra Denis

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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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