World Masters 2016

The 2016 edition of the WSF World Masters Squash Championships is upon us – almost 1,000 players aiming to become World Champion in their category.

Scotland have 8 entrants fighting for Gold!
Rowanna Rowe Women’s over 45’s.
Pauline Douglas [1] and Eunice Bond [3/4] Women’s over 60’s.
Faith Sinclair [3/4] Women’s over 65’s.
Frank Ellis [5/8] Men’s Over 50’s.
Jim Dougal [3/4], John Rae [5/8] & Douglas Moffat [9/12] Men’s Over 65’s.

Congratulations to the competitors of the WSF World Masters Squash Championships.

Scotland won the new award of the small nations trophy – an award for competing nations with nine and under players.

Competitors performed extremely well – Faith Sinclair got to the Women’s over 65 final losing 3-0. Earning a fantastic silver medal finish.

Dougie Moffat lost in the semi final of the classic plate (injured) 3-2 in a vert tight match.

Frank Ellis lost in the semi final of the Men’s over 50 event after having a match point at 10-9 in the fifth. Returning home with the Bronze medal after a walkover in the Bronze medal play-off.

Pauline Douglas and Eunice Bond Women’s over 60 reached their semi finals losing 3-0 and 3-1 respectively. The pair then met in the Bronze medal play-off with Pauline closing out a tough match.

Jim Dougal got to the quarter finals of the Men’s over 65 and John Rae won the over 65 plate.

Rowanna Rowe reached the semi final of the classic plate event losing out 3-0 to the eventual winner.

Rowanna Rowe – WO45

Round				Score
1	Rowanna Rowe	–	Heidi Marais	11-3 11-1 11-3
2	Rowanna Rowe	–	Beatrice Walser [5/8]	11-8 7-11 11-5 5-11 4-11
SP Quarters	Tracie Turnock	–	Rowanna Rowe	11-6 6-11 14-16 11-6 11-9
SP Semi	Yoriko Michishita [5/8]	–	Rowanna Rowe	11-0 11-6 11-1

Pauline Douglas – WO60

Round				Score
2	Pauline Douglas [1]	–	Chyrel Tait	11-6 12-10 11-5
Quarters	Pauline Douglas [1]	–	Reinette Mentz	11-2 11-3 14-12
Semi	Julie Field [3/4]	–	Pauline Douglas [1]	11-7 11-9 12-10
3/4 P-off	Pauline Douglas [1]		Eunice Bond [3/4]	11-4 11-7 11-5

Eunice Bond – WO60

Round				Score
2	Eunice Bond [3/4]	–	Jane Segall	11-7 11-5 11-3
Quarters	Eunice Bond [3/4]	–	Jan Ellis	11-6 11-9 11-6
Semi	Anne Richards [2]	–	Eunice Bond [3/4]	11-7 11-7 10-12 11-6
3/4 P-off	Pauline Douglas [1]	–	Eunice Bond [3/4]	11-4 11-7 11-5

Faith Sinclair – WO65

Round				Score
1	Seiko Tochinai	–	Faith Sinclair [3/4]	2-11 3-11 6-11
Quarters	Alison Madden	–	Faith Sinclair [3/4]	11-13 3-11 6-11
Semi	Claire Bryars [1]	–	Faith Sinclair [3/4]	5-11 3-11 9-11
Final	Marilyn Kennedy [2]	–	Faith Sinclair [3/4]	11-4 11-9 11-3

Frank Ellis – MO50

Round				Score
2	Andrew Copeland	–	Frank Ellis [5/8]	4-11 7-11 3-11
3	Magalan Pather	–	Frank Ellis [5/8]	3-11 3-11 6-11
4	Philip Rainbow	–	Frank Ellis [5/8]	4-11 5-11 5-11
5	Sean Ryan [13/16]	–	Frank Ellis [5/8]	3-11 6-11 2-11
Quarters	Frank Ellis [5/8]	–	Anders Wahlstedt [3/4]	11-5 11-3 11-1
Semi	Yawar Abbas [2]	–	Frank Ellis [5/8]	11-5 9-11 11-3 7-11 12-10
3/4 P-off	Stephen Mcloughlin [3/4]	–	Frank Ellis [5/8]	Walkover

Jim Dougal – MO65

Round				Score
2	Jim Dougal [3/4]	–	Robert leonard Thompson	11-6 11-5 11-8
3	Jim Dougal [3/4]	–	Eddie Assad	11-9 10-12 11-7 11-5
Quarters	Jim Dougal [3/4]	–	Esa Matti Tuominen [5/8]	13-11 4-11 8-11 6-11

John Rae – MO65

Round				Score
2	John Rae [5/8]	–	Peter Gillies	9-11 4-11 11-8 11-6 11-13
Plate 1	John Rae [5/8]	–	John Michaelson	11-2 11-1 11-1
2	John Rae [5/8]	–	Ron Jones	11-9 11-7 11-2
QF	John Rae [5/8]	–	Peter Kilian	11-3 11-4 11-1
SF	John Rae [5/8]	–	John Hayward	11-7 11-1 11-8
Final	John Rae [5/8]	–	Tienie Botha	11-5 11-6 11-8

Douglas Moffat – MO65

Round				Score
1	David Grant	–	Douglas Moffat [9/12]	3-11 3-11 2-11
2	Dennis Bass	–	Douglas Moffat [9/12]	11-4 11-6 6-11 11-5
SP 2	Manuel Rodrigues	–	Douglas Moffat [9/12]	Walkover
SP Quarters	Douglas Moffat [9/12]	–	Jack Wittles	12-10 6-11 11-8 11-7
Sp Semi	Garth Jenkin	–	Douglas Moffat [9/12]	12-10 9-11 2-11 11-4 11-4

Event Website: www.wsfworldmasters.com