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November 20th, 2011, the Communities Cup was held at TopSquash.
With more than 30 juniors from all over Luxembourg competing in the tournament the “Cup” was deemed a huge success by everyone. From new-comers to more established players, titanic battles between players ensued across the board and resulted in a brilliant competition.
Eventual winners:
Boys Open: Arnaud Masset;
Girls Open: Samira Caruana
Chaque joueur doit être en ordre de médico pour être autorisé à jouer dans le championnat FSL ou la coupe.
Il est obligatoire dès l’âge de 12 ans et jusqu’à 50 ans, âge de la dernière visite auprès de l’INS ou d’un médecin agréé.
A partir de 51 ans, chaque joueur doit se rendre une fois par an chez son médecin de famille qui devra établir après examen un certificat mentionnant l’aptitude du joueur à la pratique du squash en compétition. Ce document doit être transmis au responsable des licences/médicos (E.Pécheur) soit en main propre, soit par courrier ou soit par email (contact@fsl.lu).
Un joueur est autorisé à jouer le jour même de sa visite médicale si les examinateurs lui ont confirmé son aptitude. Cependant un contrôle est effectué dès réception du médico par la CT. Si un joueur a effectué un match avant la date de l’examen médical, la rencontre de son équipe et les rencontres des équipes inférieures seront automatiquement transformées en forfait.
La commission technique
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!
(from left to right) Stéphane Ayache, Sanjay Raval, Daniel Kaiser, Keith Darlington, Mark Radley, Marcel Kramer and Jean-Claude Schmidt
Isabel Juan, Françoise Donven, Claudia Mich, Sandra Denis
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!
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.
If we manage to win our last match against Iceland tomorrow, we should get the silver medal!
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.
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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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…
Françoise Donven, Alfi and Sandra Denis
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For the 3rd time after 1999 and 2003, squash is part of the "Jeux des petits états européens", the so-called "mini-olympics".
The women's team competes against Malta, Liechtenstein, Cyprus, Monaco and Iceland, whereas the men will play against Monaco, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Malta and Iceland.
source: pressphoto.rtl.lu
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