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09-Jul-2010:
Power & Nicol line-up in
9Telecom Legends at St. George’s Hill
 Eventis
Sports Marketing has announced that the Legends of Squash
Tour will officially launch with the 9 Telecom Legends of
Squash at St. Georges Hill in Weybridge, Surrey.
The Gold Tour event will take place from 3rd-6th September
and will coincide with the club’s grand opening of its
brand new all-glass McWIL squash court in St. George’s
fantastic new auditorium.
 Headlining
the event will be arch rivals Jonathon Power & Peter Nicol,
who will go up against each other in a competitive event for the
first time in nearly five years. Power & Nicol dominated the
World rankings and major championships for over a decade in the
late 90s, but will be severely tested in the form of ex-World
no.1 & world’s hardest hitter John White and ex-World
no.3 Simon Parke. The exciting line-up of Legends will be
completed by ex-World no.2 Peter Marshall and the former
British Open Champion David Evans.
Peter Nicol, director of Eventis, promoted the Legends of Squash
Tour with exhibition matches against Power in
Grand Central Station in January and
then Parke at Canary Wharf's East
Wintergarden in March.
However, there will be a much more competitive edge to
proceedings this time around as Nicol points out -
"Everyone who is competing on the tour has kept themselves in
reasonable shape and this will simply motivate them to get ready
for a very competitive opening event. Most of the guys are still
playing in the Premier Squash League and Jonathon even
represented Canada at last year’s World Team Championships, so I
will have to be ready!"
 He also highlighted why St. George’s was chosen as the
first port of call on the new tour - "St. George’s Hill was the
ideal venue for the first full tour event given their forward
thinking approach to the sport and we are delighted that the
event can form a pivotal part in the opening of the stunning
all-glass court. The support of the Nine Telecom Group has
enabled us to kick things off with a truly world class field."
Miles Hill, Club Manager, welcomed the chance to host
such an exciting event explaining, "it made perfect sense when
Head Squash Professional Danny Lee highlighted the
opportunity to host a Legends event here and to build it into
the court opening. The club has always prided itself on being
one of the best at what it does and the 9 Telecom Legends event
along with the fact that we now have a state of the art court,
will continue to build on this reputation.
"The all-glass court also boasts the ability to be expanded into
the larger version that is used in international doubles
competitions, and we are hoping that it will be utilised by the
players who will be competing in the Commonwealth Games in
Delhi."
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9Tel Legends
of Squash, 03-06 Sep,
St. Georges Hill, Surrey
Group A
1. Jonathon Power
2. Simon Parke
3. David Evans
4. Tim Garner (w/card)
Group B
1. Peter Nicol
2. John White
3. Peter Marshall
4. Stacey Ross (w/card)
Friday 3rd September
5.00pm: Parke v Garner
5.45pm: White v Ross
7.00pm Ribbon cutting to mark opening of new court.
7.15pm: Power v Evans
8.00pm: Nicol v Marshall
8.45pm Opening Dinner
Auction in aid of Chase Children's Hospice
Saturday 4th September
4.00pm: Parke v Evans
4.45pm: Power v Garner
6.00pm: Nicol v Ross
6.45pm: White v Marshall
Sunday 5th September
4.00pm: Evans v Garner
4.45pm: Marshall v Ross
6.00pm: Power v Parke
6.45pm: Nicol v White
Monday 6th September
7.00pm Doubles
7.30pm 3/4th
8.15pm Grand Final
9.15pm Presentation
Pool matches and 3rd/4th best of 3, Grand Final Best of 5
St George’s Hill LT & SC
Weybridge, Surrey
KT13 0LL
www.sghltc.co.uk
More Info:
Legends@Eventis-Sports.com
Tickets: 01932 843541 |
