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17-July, Finals:

[2] Dylan Bennett (Ned) bt [8] Simon Rosner (Ger)
       11/6, 6/11, 11/5, 1/11, 11/7 (45m)  

[2] Rebecca Chiu (Hkg) bt [1] Shelley Kitchen (Nzl)
       3/9, 9/0, 9/7, 9/0 (37m)

Chiu and Bennett meet
the Crocodile Challenge

It was the second seeds in both events who claimed the honours in the Crocodile Challenge Cup finals in Hong Kong.

The Netherlands' Dylan Bennett collected his first PSA title with a see-saw five game victory over German Simon Rosner, while home favourite Rebecca Chiu, the ten-time Hong Kong champion, upset the seedings to beat Shelley Kitchen in four games to collect her first WISPA title of the year, the sixth of her career.
  

3/9, 9/0, 9/7, 9/0 (37m)
 

Rebecca Chiu

     Qualifying:
     
      Finals (13-Jul):
      Elise Ng 吳嘉韻 (HKG) bt  Kozue Onizawa 鬼尺高渝 (JPN)            2/9, 9/1, 9/2, 9/4 (30m)
      Lee Hai-Kyung 李曦觀 (KOR) bt  Amanda Hopps 夏絲 (AUS)       10/9, 1/9, 4/9, 9/5, 9/0 (57m)
      Chinatsu Matsui 千松松井 (JPN) bt Eun Ahn Chan 安思讚 (KOR)   9/2, 9/6, 9/3 (33m)
      Lisa Camilleri 金美娜 (AUS) bt Annie Au 歐詠芝 (HKG)               9/4, 1/9, 10/8, 9/6 (39m)

      First Round:
      Elise Ng 吳嘉韻 (HKG) (1) bt Leung Shin Nga 梁善雅 (HKG)    9/1, 9/7, 9/6 (31m)
      Kozue Onizawa 鬼尺高渝 (JPN) (5) bt Karla Chong 莊敏翹 (HKG)   9/1, 9/0, 9/3 (17m)
      Lee Hai-Kyung 李曦觀 (KOR) (3) bt Chiu Ka Kei 趙家琦 (HKG)  9/1, 9/4, 9/6 (30m)
      Amanda Hopps 夏絲 (AUS) (7) bt Liu Tsz Ling 廖芷苓 (HKG)  9/0, 9/3, 9/2 (21m)
      Eun Ahn Chan 安思讚 (KOR) (8) bt Joey Chan 陳浩鈴 (HKG)  9/6, 2/9, 5/9, 9/6, 9/1 (50m)
      Chinatsu Matsui 千松松井 (JPN) (4) bt Dorothy Ko 高倩婷 (HKG)  9/0, 9/1, 9/6 (15m)
      Annie Au 歐詠芝 (HKG) (6) bt Sachiko Shinta (JPN)   9/2, 9/1, 9/1 (20m)
      Lisa Camilleri 金美娜 (AUS) (2) bt Carmen Lee 李嘉雯 (HKG)   9/1, 9/1, 9/0 (20m)


  

11/6, 6/11, 11/5, 1/11, 11/7 (45m)

Dylan Bennett

10/11(0-2), 11/9, 11/9, 7/11, 11/8 (50m)

Dylan Bennett
 

    
    Qualifying: 

    Finals, 13-Jul:
    Dick Lau 劉少維 (Hkg) bt Rik Smet 史米治 (Bel)   11/7, 9/11, 11/3, 7/11, 11/2 (43m)
    Darren Lewis 李雲斯 (Eng) bt Kim Sung Young 金性瑩 (Kor)  11/6, 8/11, 11/9, 12/10, 11/8 (65m)
    Kim Dong Woo 金東佑 (Kor) bt Raymond Chiu 趙崇禧 (Hkg)  11/6, 3/11, 11/5, 11/4 (33m)
    Friedrich Scheel 史希爾 (Ger) bt Chiu Ho Fai 趙皓輝 (Hkg)     13/11, 114/, 14/12 (33m)

    First Round:
    Dick Lau 劉少維  (Hkg) bye
    Rik Smet 史米治  (Bel) bt Lam Hiu Chun (Hkg)    11/5, 11/5, 11/6 (17m)
    Darren Lewis 李雲斯 (Eng) bt Lau Siu Nam 劉少南 (Hkg)  11/6, 11/3, 11/3 (20m)
    Kim Sung Young 金性瑩 (Kor) bt Patrick Choi (Hkg)  14/12, 11/7, 10/12, 14/12) 36m)
    Raymond Chiu 趙崇禧 (Hkg) bt Adnan Gul (Pak)  11/5, 11/3, 11/3 (21m)
    Kim Dong Woo 金東佑 (Kor) bt Jun Woo Chin (Kor)
    Chiu Ho Fai 趙皓輝 (Hkg) bt Hyuck Lim (Kor)  11/4, 11/7, 11/4 (18m)
    Friedrich Scheel 史希爾 (Ger) bt Angelo Wong 黃國棟 (Hkg)  11/8, 11/6, 11/4 (21m)

  

17-July, Semi-Finals:

Chiu left to carry home hopes

The sensational run of Hong Kong's young qualifier Dick Lau came to an end in the semi-finals as he fell in straight games to Germany's eighth seed Simon Rosner. In the final Rosner will meet second seed Dylan Bennett after the Dutchman survived a five-game tussle with New Zealand's Campbell Grayson.

The women's final will be between the top seeds Shelley Kitchen and Rebecca Chiu.

Kitchen, the world number 13, won a hard-fought match against fellow-Kiwi Tamsyn Leevey, gaining revenge for her shock defeat in the New Zealand National Championships. 18th-ranked Chiu kept alive hopes of a home victory with a straight-games win over Scotland's Pamela Nimmo, ranked just one place below the ten-time Hong Kong national champion.

15-July, Quarter-Finals:
Lau takes out top seed

In an all-Hong Kong quarter-final qualifier Dick Lau sensationally ousted Hong Kong number one and top seed Wai Hang Wong, in five games and 47 minutes. In the semi-final Lau meets Germany's Simon Rosner, the eighth seed who also created an upset as he beat third seed Timothy Arnold in straight games.

The bottom half of the draw went as expected, with Dylan Bennett meeting Campbell Grayson for a place in the Sunday's final.

In the women's event the top four seeds all progressed to the semi-finals, where Shelley Kitchen and Tamsyn Leevey will meet, guaranteeing a New Zealand finalist, and local favourite Rebecca Chiu takes on Scotland's Pamela Nimmo.

14-July, round one:
Top Seeds Tested in Hong Kong

The top two seeds in the men's event both needed five games to progress to the quarter-finals. The host's top seed Wai Hang Wong finally overcame qualifier Friedrich Scheel, while Dutch second seed Dylan Bennett found himself two games down to Darren Lewis, also a qualifier, before clinching a nail-biting fifth.

A home semi-finalist is assured, as Wong meets local qualifier Dick Lau in the quarters, after Lau beat fifth seed Shahril Shahidan in straight games.

No such trouble for the women's top seeds, as Shelley Kitchen and Rebecca Chiu both won in just 20 minutes. Korean qualifier Lee Hai-Kyung created the single upset in the women's draw, beating seventh-seed Louise Crome in four games.

13-July, Qualifying finals:
End of the road for HK Juniors

The Hong Kong Junior women's team, gaining match prictice for the upcoming world championships in Belgium, bowed out at the qualifying stage in Hong Kong as the team number one Annie Au, a 5/8 seed for Herentals, lost out in four games to Australia's Lisa Camilleri.

Elise Ng and Dick Lau were successful in their qualifying campaigns, however, boosting home representation to three in both men's and women's draws. 

Hong Kong Players well-prepared for Crocodile Challenge

29-Jun:
HK players well prepared for the Championship

Organized by Hong Kong Squash, subvented by Leisure and Cultural Services Department, sanctioned by the Women’s International Squash Players Association (WISPA) and the Professional Squash Association (PSA) the 1^st “Crocodile Squash Challenge Cup 2005” is set to welcome and bring world-class men and women players from around the world to Hong Kong for the 16-draw competition with the total prize money of HKD140,000, to be held at the Hong Kong Squash Centre on July 12 – 17.

This is the first time that “Crocodile Garments Ltd.” will sponsor a world top satellite event in HK. The event is the ideal competition for HK’s Junior Team members, Annie Au Wing-chi, Joey Chan Ho-ling, Chiu Ka-kei and Leung Shin-nga as a warm-up tournament before they go to the World Junior Women’s Championships which will be held between 21 to 31 July in Belgium. It also gives our junior boys Chiu Ho-fai, Raymond Chiu, Lau Siu-nam and Angelo Wong the opportunity to greatly benefit by experiencing exposure to overseas players from 16 countries including Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, India, Germany, Malaysia, Korea etc. They will be playing the qualifying draw on 12^th July that will take place at the HK Squash Centre at 5.30pm.

The competition will also help the HK senior players to gain valuable world ranking points in both WISPA and PSA event.  HK’s top players Wong Wai Hang and Rebecca Chiu Wing-yin will be the top seeds and second seeds in the Men’s and Women’s main draw respectively. Chiu will meet Japanese number one, Mami Nishio in the first round on 14^th July. while Wong will meet one of the qualifiers. Other local players including Roger Ngan Lun-cheung who will face Simon Rosner from Germany in the men’s first round and Christina Mak Pui-hin will meet fourth seed New Zealand’s Tamsyn Leevey in the women’s main draw.

“Special thanks go to our title sponsor Crocodile Garments Ltd. who are joining us in what we hope will be a long and successful partnership in our ongoing mission to develop and promote the wonderful game of squash. Thanks also go to Leisure & Cultural Services Department for their ongoing subvention and other supporting sponsors: The Wharney Guang Dong Hotel HK and Perrier, without whose contribution, this tournament would not be such an all round success.” said Mr. David Mui, Chairman of Hong Kong Squash.

“Crocodile Garments Ltd. is delighted and proud to support this highly popular tournament. I am sure that those looking forward to a week of exhilarating action will be well-rewarded,” Mr. Lam Kin Ming, Chairman of Crocodile Garments Ltd.