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Sat 22
Jul,Final:
[1] Ramy Ashour
(Egy) bt
[3] Omar Mosaad (Egy) 9/1, 9/3, 9/1 (43m)
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History for Ramy in
Palmerston North
 Egypt's
Ramy Ashour became the first man in history to win the world junior
championship twice this evening, as a clinical demolition of Omar
Mosaad gave the youngster, already ranked twenty in the world, a
second taste of victory at the highest junior level.
The all-Egyptian final was a display of power squash by Ashour who
showed his class with some killer shots that simply shut Mosaad -
himself ranked 78 in the world - out of the match.
As with his victory in Pakistan in 2004, it was squash legend and
WSF president Jahangir Khan who presented Ramy with his reward in
front of a full house at the 1300-seat Arena Manawatu stadium.
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 "I'm
really, really happy to have made history by winning a second
time,"
"I'm a much better player than I was two years ago. I'm
fitter, and more mature too.
"Jahangir told me to keep it up, you're going to become the
senior world champion, you're improving every day."
Ramy Ashour
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PLATE
FINALS:
Classic: Omar Tarel Aly (Egy) bt Chris Tasker-Grindley (Eng)
6/9, 9/2, 9/2, 9/1
Consolation:
Chris O'Kane (Irl) bt Cameron Jamieson (Nzl) 9/4, 9/6, 9/7
Plate:
Zac Alexander (Aus) bt Mark Froot (Usa) 5/9, 9/5,
9/0, 10/9 |
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21-Jul-06,
Semi-Finals:
[1] Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt [5/8] Tarek Momen (Egy)
7/9, 9/3, 9/1, 9/4 (59m)
[3] Omar Mosaad (Egy) bt [2] Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak)
9/1, 9/5, 9/7 (45m) |
An All-Egyptian Final ...
 An
Egyptian world champion is assured after defending champion Ramy
Ashour and third seed Omar Mosaad won through to the
final here today.
First up was Mosaad against Pakistan's second seed Aamir Atlas Khan.
With the Pakistani playing too much at the front of the court,
Mosaad's strong and steady play saw him take the early advantage,
and although Khan grew stronger he couldn't shake the Egyptian's
control.
In the second semi-final Ashour started well, but dropped the first
game after being 7-2 up.
It was only to be a temporary blip as the world number 20 reeled off
the next three games to reach his second successive final, and
within one match of being the first player ever to win the (men's)
world junior title twice ...
 "The
first game was a wake-up call which sparked me into action.
"I could tell straight away that Tarek was at the peak of his
game and I had to call on all my skills to get back on top.
"There was no way I was going to let myself be beaten in the
semi."
Ramy Ashour |
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Photo Gallery
Revised Team Pools
Omar Mosaad
Plate semis:
Zac Alexander (Aus) bt
Alex Ingham (Eng)
9/3, 9/2, 9/2 (34m)
Mark Froot (Usa) bt
Jason Cole Niven (Rsa)
9/10, 0/9, 9/6, 9/4, 9/2
Classic Plate semis:
Chris Tasker-Grindley (Eng) bt Richard Colburn (Rsa)
10/8, 9/1, 9/4 (34m)
Omar Tarel Aly (Egy) bt
Max Lee (Hkg)
9/4, 9/2, 9/3
Consolation Plate semis:
Chris O'Kane (Irl) bt
Matthew Durda (Aus)
9/2, 9/5, 7/9, 9/4 (46m)
Cameron Jamieson (Nzl) bt Fung Ji Yang (Hkg)
9/3, 9/0, 9/1 (18m) |
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20-Jul-06:
Egypt dominates the
Quarters
Day five roundup from Gary Denvir
Egypt has dominated on
quarterfinals day at the World Junior Men's Squash Championships in
Palmerston North.
 Three
of the four semifinalists are Egyptian, including top seed Ramy
Ashour.
The world number 20 continued his relentless march through the draw
with another comprehensive victory in the last eight, downing
Pakistan's Farhan Mehboob 9/3 10/8 9/2. He'll meet compatriot Tarek
Momen in the last four. Momen is through after a 9/4 10/8 7/9 10/9
upset of fourth seeded German Simon Rosner.
Third seed Omar Mossad added to Egypt's winning run, beating
Pakistan's Yasir Butt 9/4 9/4 10/8. However, Pakistani Aamir Atlas
Khan bucked the trend, thrashing Egypt's Mohd Ali Anwar Reda 9/2 9/4
9/2. |
DRAWS
Good day for Egypt
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20-Jul, Quarter-Finals:
[1] Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt [5/8] Farhan Mehboob 9/3, 10/8,
9/2 (42m)
[5/8] Tarek Momen (Egy) bt [4] Simon Rosner (Ger) 9/4,
10/8, 7/9, 10/9 (83m)
[3] Omar Mossad (Egy) bt [5/8] Yasir Butt (Pak) 9/4,
9/4, 10/8 (47m)
[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak) bt [5/8] Mohd AA Reda (Egy) 9/2, 9/4,
9/2 (36m) |
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Reda & Khan |
Two teams dominant |
Ashour & Mehboob |
19-Jul, Round Four (last
16):
[1] Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt Choong Kam Hing (Mas)
9/2, 9/1, 9/0 (18m)
[5/8] Farhan Mehboob (Pak) bt Elvinn Keo (Mas)
9/0, 9/0, 9/1 (26m)
[4] Simon Rosner (Ger) bt Bilal Zaman (Pak)
9/4, 10/8, 3/9, 9/4 (78m)
[5/8] Tarek Momen (Egy) bt Tom Pashley (Egy)
9/5, 9/0, 9/10, 9/5 (61m)
[5/8] Yasir Butt (Pak) bt Nicholas Mueller (Sui)
9/4, 9/4, 9/7 (36m)
[3] Omar Mossad (Egy) bt James Snell (Eng)
9/0, 9/0, 9/5 (32m)
[5/8] Mohd AA Reda (Egy) bt Joe Lee (Eng)
9/6, 9/6, 1/9, 9/5 (65m)
[2] Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak) bt Tom Hoevenaars (Ned) 9/7, 9/0,
9/0 (29m) |
Seeds Still Blemish-free
Day Three roundup from Gary Denvir
 It's
been another blemish free day for the seeded players at the World
Junior Men's Squash Championships in Palmerston North.
All four top seeds are safely through to the quarterfinals, with
title favourite Ramy Ashour from Egypt leading the charge.
The world number 20 dropped just three points in his fourth round
match against Malaysia's Choong Kam Hing, strolling to a 9/2, 9/1,
9/0 victory.
Second seeded Aamir Atlas Khan from Pakistan also made short
work of his fourth round match, warming up from a slow start to
thump Dutchman Tom Hoevenaars 9/7, 9/0, 9/0.
 Egyptian
third seed Omar Mossad continued the trend of straight
forward wins, with a 9/0, 9/0, 9/5 demolition of England's James
Snell, but fourth seeded German Simon Rosner had to work
harder to beat Pakistan's Bilal Zaman 9/4 10/8 3/9 9/4.
The top four will meet the 5/8 seeds in the quarters, after
Farhan Mehboob, Tarek Momen, Yasir Butt and
Modh Ali Anwar Reda all safely navigated their last 16 matches.
Meanwhile, New Zealand's Matt Nation and Byron Peehi-Floyd are
safely through to the second round of the Classic Plate, having been
bundled out of the second round of the main draw yesterday. Fellow
kiwis Cameron Jamieson, Alex Grayson and Luke Gordon are also
through to the second round of consolation plate, after being beaten
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Top Seeds Ease Through
Day Two roundup from Gary Denvir
Top seed Ramy Ashour made light work of his opening two
matches at the Prince World Junior Men's Squash Championships in
Palmerston North.
 After
a bye first up, the Egyptian world number 20 dropped just five
points in his second round match against India's Vikram Malhotra,
winning 9/0 9/3 9/2. Ashour then cruised into the fourth round with
a 9/1 9/0 9/1 thrashing of Malaysian Kam Hing Choong.
Fourth seeded German Simon Rosner is also into the last 16
after some lop-sided matches. Rosner dropped five points in the
opening round against Dutchman Frank Hartkoren, four in the second
round against New Zealand's Christopher Lloyd and three in the round
of 32 against India's Parth Sharma.
In the bottom half of the draw, second seeded Pakistani Aamir
Atlas Khan also had the benefit of a first up bye, before
crushing American Todd Harrity 9/1 9/1 9/1. He then breezed into the
fourth round with a 9/0 9/0 9/2 demolition of England's Adrian
Waller.
Egyptian third seed Omar Mossad Abozeid completed an
impressive first two days for the top four, also winning his three
matches in straight games.
The New Zealand presence in the main draw ended after the second
round. Nine kiwis made it through to the round of 64, but none was
able to advance any further. Auckland's Josh Thom came the closest,
pushing South African Rudi Willemse to four. However, Thom was
eventually beaten 9/1 9/3 8/10 9/4.
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Ramy aims for World Double in New Zealand
 The
14th Men's World Junior Squash Championships goes down under to
Palmerston North in New Zealand in July, with Egypt's Ramy Ashour,
now ranked number 20 in the world, hot favourite to retain the title
which he surprised everyone to win in Pakistan two years ago.
Victory would make the affable Egyptian the first player to
accomplish a double triumph - although Nicol David and Omneya Abdel
Kawy have achieved the feat in the women's championship.
In the team championship which follows Egypt and Pakistan
start strong favourites, boasting between them seven of the top
eight individual seeds.
Legends of squash
to grace the Championships
The event will be graced by the presence of two of the game's greats
- Jahangir Khan and Dame Susan Devoy.
Full story |
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'Manawatu Stu'
the
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WORLD JUNIOR HISTORY
FULL EVENT HISTORY
Individual Champions:
80: Peter Nance (Aus)
82: Sohail Qaiser (Pak)
84: Chris Robertson (Aus)
86: Jansher Khan (Pak)
88: Del Harris (Eng)
90: Simon Parke (Eng)
92: Juha Raumolin (Fin)
94: Ahmed Barada (Egy)
96: Ahmed Faizy (Egy)
98: Ong Beng Hee (Mas)
00: Karim Darwish (Egy)
02: James Willstrop (Eng)
04: Ramy Ashour (Egy)
Team Champions:
Australia: 80, 84, 86, 88, 92
Egypt: 94
England: 90, 96, 98, 00
Pakistan: 82, 02, 04 |
THE SEEDS
1 Ramy Ashour (Egy), 2 Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak), 3 Omar Mossad (Egy),
4 Simon Rösner (Ger)
[5/8] Yasir Ali But (Pak), Farhan Mehboob (Pak), Tarek Momen (Egy),
Mohammad AA Reda (Egy)
[9/16] Nicolas Mueller (Sui), Bilal Zaman (Pak), Evan Williams (Nzl),
Muhammad Asyraf Azan (Mas), Sandeep Jangra (Ind), Max Lee (Hkg), Joe
Lee (Eng), Keith Pritchard (Can)
[17/32] Trevor McGuinness (Usa), Tom Hoevenaars (Ned), Sander Kock
(Ned), Kam Hing Choong (Mas), Ammar Al -Tamimi (Kuw), Rory Byrne (Irl),
Parthiban Ayappan (Ind), Harinder Pal Sandhu (Ind), Pyry Poikolainen
(Fin), Tom Pashley (Eng), James Snell (Eng), David Glass (Can),
Andrew McDougall (Can), David Letourneau (Can), Matt Reece (Aus),
Nathan Stevenson (Aus)
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Player Profiles |
Lee Leads England's Attack
 Surrey
16-year-old Joe Lee has been selected to lead England in the
next month's World Junior Team Championships in New Zealand.
Lee, the England U19 No1 from West Molesey, will be joined in the
squad by Chris Tasker-Grindley, 18, from Cheltenham in
Gloucestershire; Tom Pashley, 18, from near Haywards Heath in
Sussex; James Snell, 18, from Exeter in Devon; and Adrian
Waller, 16, from Enfield in Middlesex.
England have won the team title four times, the last time in 2000,
and have reached the final on five further occasions.
Joe Lee, the British National U17 champion, was the only English
finalist in the British Junior Open in January – reaching the U17
climax. Lee is coached at St George's Hill club in Weybridge by his
father Danny Lee, himself a former England junior international.
Tasker-Grindley, the 2004 British National U17 champion, reached the
European Junior Championship semi-finals in April, against his
seeding. This will be the second World Junior Championships'
appearance for Pashley, the 2003 British National U15 champion, who
also played in the 2004 event in Pakistan.
James Snell, the 2000 British National U13 champion, won the Welsh
Junior Open crown earlier this year.
Adrian Waller is also 16 and, like Lee, will be eligible to compete
in the 2008 World Junior Championships in Switzerland. The British
U13 National champion in 2002 and the U15 champion two years later,
Waller can also boast England appearances in the European U15
championships in 2004 and the European U17 championships in 2005 and
2006.
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 "We
will be under a lot of pressure at these championships, where
defending champions Pakistan will be strong, and Egypt, led by
the defending individual champion and world No20 Ramy Ashour,
are also likely to be seeded ahead of us.
"But we have a talented young squad who are extremely
well-prepared."
"As we have seen in previous championships - where our
preparation is strong and our team spirit is high, we will be
difficult to beat."
David Campion
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2004 Individual Event
Sun 22nd July, FINAL:
[5/8] Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt [5/8] Yasir Butt (Pak)
9-5, 10-8, 9-3
 Ashour takes the
title for Egypt
Egypt's Ramy Ashour claimed the world junior title for Egypt with a
straight games victory over home favourite Yasir Butt at the Mushaf Squash
Complex in Islamabad.
George Mieras reports from Islamabad...
A packed crowd applauded the teams round the court and the Captains onto
court, where they met the VIP's before the final. A very lively display of
folk dancing from the 4 Pakistan provinces followed. Then the Prime
Minister of Pakistan arrived, and it was down to business.
Right from the start it was clear that Ramy Ashour was back into
the top form of his quarter final against 'find of the tournament ' trophy
winner Aamir Atlas Khan. The first rally was finished with an exquisite
cross court backhand drop.
Yasir Butt, in contrast, looked ill at ease and unable to get the
long, hard rallies he wanted. He often looked out and over to his coach,
never a good sign. That meant errors and with Ramy starting so well it was
no surprise that the first game went to the Egyptian 9-5 in some 13
minutes.
The second saw Yasir come out all guns firing, and some errors from Ramy
saw Yasir race to a 5-0 lead. But yet again at this stage Ramy showed a
remarkable ability to re-focus and within minutes he lead 6-5. At this
time crowd excitement was such that there were some correct lets for
shouting disturbance. Yasir stuck in and levelled and at 8-8 played what
many thought was a winner in a rally he was controlling, a massive shout
resulted in another disturbance let and Yasir did not recover from that,
losing on a stroke for not clearing 8-10.
In the third Yasir tried to pout the pace up but was looking demoralised
and his error count increased sharply. As a result Ramy did not need to go
for any spectacular shots, simply keep up the pressure and a mixture of
forced and unforced errors saw him triumph 9-5.
So the young man from Egypt who has endured two major knee operations has
become World Junior Champion, and a most worthy one at that. A section of
the crowd were local Egyptians and they raised the roof as Ramy had the
gold medal put round his neck by the Prime Minister, then received the WSF
trophy from Jahangir Khan and the tournament special trophy from the
President of the PSF.
How did he feel? "Can't believe it, thanks to everyone for everything!"
So the sun sets (literally and quite beautifully as I look out) on the
individual event and we look forward to the team event, the outcome of
which is certainly much less predictable than some had initially thought.
Semis:
[5/8] Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak)
9-2, 9-5,
9-6
[5/8] Yasir Butt (Pak) bt [2] Khalid Atlas Khan (Pak)
9-1,
9-2, 9-3 Quarters:
Aamir Atlas Khan (Pak) bt [9/16] Basit Ashfaq (Pak)
9-7, 6-9,
9-7, 9-5
[5/8] Ramy Ashour (Egy) bt [3/4] Farhan Mehboob (Pak)
9-5, 7-9, 9-3, 9-1
[5/8] Yasir Butt (Pak) bt [3/4] Mahmoud Adel (Egy)
9-7, 7-9, 9-1,
9-4
[2] Khalid Atlas Khan (Pak) bt Shah Nawaz (Pak)
9-7, 9-7, 9-2
Fourth Round:
[9/16] Basit Ashfaq (PAK) bt [1] Saurav Ghosal (IND)
9-5, 0-9, 9-7,
9-6
Amir Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [17/32] Jens Schoor (GER)
9-5, 9-3, 4-9, 9-4
[5/8] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [9/16] James Wright (ENG)
9-1, 9-7, 9-2
[3/4] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [9/16] Chris Gordon (USA)
9-4, 9-4,
9-5
[3/4] Mahmoud Adel (EGY) bt [9/16] Campbell Grayson (NZL)
9-5, 10-8, 9-3
[5/8] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt [9/16] Simon Rosner (GER)
9-2, 9-3, 9-3
Shah Nawaz (PAK) bt [5/8] Chris Simpson (ENG)
7-9, 9-4, 9-0, 9-6
[2] Khalid Atlas Khan (PAK) bt [9/16] Robin Clarke (CAN)
9-1, 5-9, 9-2,
9-1
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2004 Team Event
Sat 28th July,
FINAL:
Pakistan 2-1 Egypt
Khalid Atlas Khan lost to
Ramy Ashour
6/9,6/9,9/2,7/9
Yasir Butt beat
Omar Mosaad
9/4,3/9,9/4,9/1
Farhan Mehboob beat
Mahmoud Adel 9/2, 9/4, 9/0
AND SO TO
THE FINAL
George Mieras
reports
So to the final. Ramy Ashour versus Khalid Atlas Khan to
start, at number one. Khalid, who has not really played too well this past
two weeks, put on a much better performance this time. But again the
Egyptian wizard showed his ability to come back - from 1-6 in the first to
9-6, then 2-6 in the second, though not so smoothly, to 9/6. It started
out hard hitting but gradually Ramy got the pace where he wanted and we
were treated to some amazing displays of taking the ball early from
both players. Khalid was particularly successful in dealing with Ramy's
lobs and this got him the third, but to no avail, the Champion triumphed
in four. Egypt one up.
Yasir Butt versus Omar Mosaad followed, and this was pretty
straightforward for Pakistan. Perhaps as a result of having been unwell
Omar clearly ran out of steam as the game progressed and though he earned
full marks for fighting the result was never really in doubt - one all.
So to the climax - Mohammed Adel versus Farhan Mehboob.
Pakistan's wee left hander was inspired and shot through the first game
making his opponent look so cumbersome. 6-0 quickly became 9-2. Game two
saw some great play from the Pakistani as he opened a 5-0 lead and though
Adel stuck in then it was converted, 9-4. A frantically cheering crowd of
both adults and kids were going berserk and their hero did not let them
down, sealing it quickly against a despondent Egyptian 9-0.
CELEBRATIONS ...
AND REWARDS
What celebrations! Then President Musharaff arrived to give away the
prizes in an impressive ceremony. He also increased the PSF President's 2
million rupees to the team to 5 million and offered any Pakistani world
champion a personal 1 million!!! He spoke very strongly in support of
sport and of course squash in particular as a social player himself.
So Pakistan retain the trophy, Egypt have to settle for second and England
got the bronze medals. Reece Williams of New Zealand won the fair play
award for the tournament.
Semi-Finals:
Egypt 3-0 England
Pakistan 3-0 Kuwait
Quarter-Finals:
Pakistan 3-0 Canada
Kuwait 3-0 Germany
England 2-1 India
Egypt 3-0 New Zealand
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The
two greatest players in the history of men’s and women’s squash,
Jahangir Khan and Dame Susan Devoy, will attend the World
Junior Championships in Palmerston North next month. 
