Category: ETC 2010

The ETC 2010 finished on Saturday with another 2 wins for both the Men and Women! After beating Poland convincingly, the men’s team managed to beat Greece on a 2-2 score, which means the 19th seed finished on the 21st place out of 28 teams competing.After beating Greece, the women managed to secure another victory on the final day against the higher seeded team of Poland, to finish 17th out of 21 teams!source: www.squashsite.co.uk

DAY 5 RESULTS:

Men:Luxembourg – Greece 2-2 (Luxembourg wins 8-5 on games countback)Nathan Sneyd – Fabian Kalaitzis 3-0 (11-9, 12-10, 11-6) (29m)Niall Woodger – Declan Christie 2-3 (11-7, 7-11, 4-11, 11-8, 10-12) (40m)Daniel Kaiser – Konstantinos Kargiotis 3-0 (11-8, 11-4, 11-9) (23m)Sanjay Raval – Petros Tzamaloukas 0-2 (8-11, 8-11) (19m)Women:Luxembourg – Poland 2-1Sandra Denis – Dominika Witkowska 3-0 (11-4, 11-3, 15-13) (26m)Claudia Mich – Anna Jurkun 0-3 (9-11, 8-11, 7-11) (22m)Francoise Donven – Vanessa Geroska 3-2 (11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-7) (41m)

DAY 4 RESULTS:

Men:Luxembourg – Poland 4-0

Nathan Sneyd - Wojciech Nowisz 3-0  (11-4, 11-3, 11-4) (25m)
Sanjay Raval - Marcin Kozik 3-1 (11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-3) (39m)
Stephane Ayache - Maciek Maciantowicz 3-1 (8-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-8) (38m)
Daniel Kaiser - Kamil Dominiak 2-0 (11-9, 11-8) (29m)

Women:Luxembourg – Greece 3-0Sandra Denis – Eliza Kargioti 3-0 (11-7, 11-7, 11-5) (25m)Francoise Donven – Zeta Tzamalouka 3-0 (11-8, 11-8, 11-5) (19m)Claudia Mich – Nikoleta Pozidi 2-1 (11-9, 10-12, 11-6) (34m)

Day 3 was a crucial day for the Luxembourg Men’s Team (the women had a bye): indeed a win against Gibraltar was very important, to avoid the 25. to 27. playoff!
The boys played steady squash, and managed to win 4-0 against Gibraltar.
Here are the results, for a detailed report, click the "Read more" button below!

Luxembourg – Gibraltar 4-0

Nathan Sneyd – Anthony Brindle 3:0  (11-3 11-4 11-7) (33min)
Sanjay Raval – Christian Navas 3:0 (11-6 17-15 12-10) (41 min)
Niall Woodger – Stephen Shacaluga 3:2   (6-11, 11-5, 11-13, 11-9, 11-0) {44m}
Daniel Hutchines – Mark Tewkesbury 3:2  (11-5, 11-3, 6-11, 8-11, 11-3) {41m}
 

On Day 2 of the ETC, both of our teams had difficult encounters, with clear results:

Men:

Sweden – Luxembourg  4-0

Rasmus Hult – Nathan Sneyd 9-11, 11-2, 12-10, 11-4 (36m)
Carl-Johan Lofvenborg – Daniel Kaiser 11-6, 11-4, 11-4 (26m)
Christian Drakenberg – Niall Woodger 11-5, 11-1, 11-5 (18m)
Joakim Larsson – Stephane Ayache 11-5, 11-7, 11-2 (22m)

Hungary – Luxembourg 4-0

Marc Krajcsak – Sanjay Raval 11-4, 11-4, 11-4 (20m)
Daniel Cseffalvay – Daniel Kaiser 18-16, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8  (42m)
Sandor Fulop – Daniel Hutchines 11-7, 11-1, 11-6 (26m)
Marton Szaboky – Stephane Ayache 11-8, 11-2, 12-10 (31m)

Women:

Finland – Luxembourg 3-0

Saara Valtola – Sandra Denis 13-11, 11-8, 11-4 (23m)
Michaela Bjornstrom – Francoise Donven 11-9, 11-4, 11-7 (25m)
Elina Kononen – Claudia Mich 11-2, 11-2, 11-0 (12m)

TThe Luxembourg Squash Team participates this year with both a women’s an a men’s team at the European Team Squash Championship, which is being held at Aix en Provence.

The first round took place today, an the Men played against Slovakia, while the Women played against Spain. Unfortunately, both teams lost badly, without winning a single set!

Here are the detailed results:

Women:
Spain – Luxembourg   3-0

Xisela Aranda – Sandra Denis 3-0         (11-4, 11-4, 11-4) {24m}
Margaux Moros – Claudia Mich 3-0        (11-1, 11-0, 11-3) {12m}
Chantal Moros – Francoise Donven 3-0 (11-4, 11-7, 11-4) {20m}    

Men:
Slovakia – Luxembourg 4-0

Tomas Toth – Nathan Sneyd            (11-6, 11-7, 11-4)    {22m}
Marek Manik – Sanjay Raval           (12-10, 11-5, 11-7)  {25m}
Peter Kviecinsky – Niall Woodger    (11-3, 11-9, 11-3)    {25m}
Marek Zvoncek – Daniel Hutchines (15-13, 11-4, 11-3)  {25m}