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Sheffield for 2014
Preview
from Laura Gillett
 The
Tecnifibre British Junior Open, the
most prestigious junior squash event in the
world returns to Sheffield for the 19th
consecutive year.
Tecnifibre, Official Partner of England
Squash and Racketball are title sponsors for
the event which will see 424 players from
36 nations compete between the 2nd and
6th January.
Hallamshire Tennis & Squash Club and
Abbeydale Park Rackets & Fitness Club
remain as host venues and are joined once
again by Fulwood Sports Club,
enabling all eight categories to be played
out in full monrad.
Egyptians aiming for Eight
 Egypt
will return to Sheffield with some
exceptionally strong players, taking seven
out of the eight top seed positions. Current
Junior World Champion Karim El Hammamy
takes his place at the top of the Boys
under 19 draw, with fellow countryman and
two time British Junior Open Champion
Shehab Essam as the number two seed.
Hoping to spoil it for the Egyptians is 3/4
seed and last years Boys Under 17 champion
Diego Elias of Peru and England’s own
Richie Fallows of Essex who occupies
the other 3/4 seeded position.
 This
year's Girls under 19 competition looks to
be an all Egyptian affair, as they occupy
all of the top four seeded positions. Top
seed Mariam Metwaly who came runner
up at the World Juniors this year is
favourite for the title, however last year's
under 17 British Junior Open champion
Yathreb Adel, will be looking to make it
three in a row. Last year's runner up
Nouran Gohar, and Salma Hany
occupy the 3/4 positions.
The Boys under 17 competition will be a
battle between Egypt and Malaysia. Top seed
Youseff Soliman (Egy) who finished
runner up in 2012 in the under 15 category
will be closely chased by the number two
seed Eain Yow Ng (Mas) who won last
years boys under 15 competition. The battle
continues with Mohd Mukhtar (Mas) and
Karim Ibrahim (Egy) taking the 3/4
positions.
 In
the girls under 17 competition top seed
Habiba Mohamed (Egy) will be looking to
make this her fourth title in a row, but
will face tough competition from her fellow
Egyptians who take the rest of the top seed
positions.
The boys under 15 category looks to be
fiercely contested with Egypt’s Youseff
Ibrahim topping the seeds and team mate
Ziad Sakr coming in at number two.
Marwan Tarek (Egy) and Moustafa
Montaser (Egy) take the 3/4 spots.
 Malaysia’s
Siv Subramaniam was last year's Girls
under 15 runner up, but takes the top spot
this year, and is hoping to spoil the day
for Egypt as they take the next three seeded
positions with Rowan Reda at two, and
Amina Yousry and Hania El Hammamy
at 3/4. England’s hopes lie with Elise
Lazarus (Essex) who holds a 5/8
position.
Egypt look set to take both the Girls and
Boys under 13 titles with defending champion
Mohammed El Shamy at one and Asser
Hisham at two in the boy’s competition,
and Jana Shiha topping the girls draw
and Nouran Youseff at number two.
Play starts every day at 9am with all
finals scheduled to start from 9.30am on
Monday 6th. All spectators are welcomed free
of charge.
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