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21-Aug-08:
New pro circuit launched in the Netherlands ... |
 "We
have launched the Forexx Pro Tour Squash 2008-2009 to provide our
top national players an opportunity to earn valuable points to climb
up the World Rankings, with the added bonus of competing for
wildcards for the Worlds (women) or the Dutch Open (men).
"On top of that it ensures a long lead-up to the Forexx Women’s
World Open 2009, which gives us multiple chances to promote this
major event."
Circuit Promoter,
Next Events |
 Dutch
tournament promoters Next Events have launched a new
professional squash circuit as a lead-up to the Forexx Women’s
World Open 2009, which will take place next year in Amsterdam
from 20-27 September.
The Forexx Pro Tour Squash 2008-2009 will consist of 10
professional tournaments, all counting towards the World Rankings.
 The theme of the new circuit will be ‘The Road to the Forexx
Women’s World Open’.
The Forexx Pro Tour gives the Dutch men the chance to earn wildcards
for next year’s Dutch Open, while the women will be competing to
earn main draw and qualifying places for the official individual
World Championships for women in 2009, set to be staged in Amsterdam
from 20-27 September 2009.
The Forexx Pro Tour Ranking will determine the best Dutch players in
the Forexx Pro Tour Squash 2008-2009. The points earned in this
internal ranking will be based upon the World Ranking calculations
that PSA and WISPA use.
Players have to compete in at least half of the tournaments in the
Forexx Pro Tour to be eligible for the available wildcards and hold
Dutch nationality.
The
first tournament of the new pro circuit will be the
Forexx Dutch
Open 2008, which begins on September 2nd in the renowned Frans
Otten Stadion in Amsterdam.
This WISPA Gold championship and PSA 3 star event will be followed a
few weeks later by the women's Pepsi
Enschede Open 2008 (26-28 September) and the men's
Turnstone Tilburg Trophy 2008 (03-05 October). |
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Forexx Pro Tour Squash 2008-2009 |
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Forexx Dutch Open |
02-07 Sep 2008 |
Frans Otten
Stadion, Amsterdam |
PSA & WISPA |
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Pepsi Enschede Open |
26-28 Sep 2008 |
Twentehallen,
Enschede |
WISPA |
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Turnstone
Tilburg Trophy |
03-05 Oct 2008 |
Pelikaan
Tilburg, Tilburg |
PSA |
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Q-sourcing
Rotterdam Open |
07-09 Nov 2008 |
Victoria
Squash, Rotterdam |
PSA |
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KEAN Delft Open |
28-30 Nov 2008 |
Squash Delft,
Delft |
PSA
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Flower Bulb
Open |
12-14 Dec 2008 |
Squash Hillegom,
Hillegom |
WISPA |
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Squash-Heroes
Meersquash Open |
16-18 Jan 2009 |
Meersquash,
Hoofddorp |
PSA & WISPA
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| SquashTime
Eindhoven Open |
13-15 Mar 2009 |
SquashTime,
Eindhoven |
WISPA
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| Eurosafe
Solutions Zwolle Open |
08-10 May 2009 |
Squash Zwolle,
Zwolle |
WISPA
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| Hemubo Squash
Trophy |
29-31 May 2009 |
Squash Almere,
Almere |
PSA
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22-Jul-08:
Forexx to sponsor
WWO 2009 in Amsterdam
The 2009 Women's World Open Squash Championships will be staged in
Amsterdam and sponsored by Forexx.
The Forexx Women's World Open will take place in the Dutch
city from 20-27 September 2009. An all-glass court will be a
feature of the championship, at an exciting venue which will be
announced later.
It will be the 25th staging of the world's most prestigious women's
individual championship - and the first time it has been hosted by
the Netherlands since 1989, when it was held in Warmond.
Already supporters of the
Dutch Open in
September, technology recruitment company Forexx is expanding its
sponsorship portfolio by backing the 2009 World Open.
As well as past hosts of the event, Netherlands also boast a former
world champion in Dutch star Vanessa Atkinson, who triumphed
in 2004.
Indeed, last year's runner-up Natalie Grinham, the world No2,
has now taken Dutch representation having lived for a number of
years in nearby Almere.
"With Atkinson and Grinham joined by Dutch champion Annelize Naude,
home interest in the Amsterdam event will be strong," commented
World Open promoter Tommy Berden.
"But Amsterdam has become such a hotbed of squash that a number of
other players also base themselves in the city - including the world
number one Nicol David from Malaysia, no less!" added Berden.
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