Llantrisant’s Matthew Favourite For Ross Scaccia Open

Matthew Williams, Llantrisant SRC’s number one, is top seed for the Ross Scaccia Open being played at Llanishen Leisure Centre and St Mellons Country Club this weekend.

Williams plays Connor Hall in his opening match and the winner will take on Andy Stancaitis or Owen Heyes.

James Powell, from host club Llanishen is second seed for the A event and he has been drawn against Bevan Duff with Scott Wright or Alex Rowlands awaiting the winner. 

Rhiwbina Squash Club’s Simon Dews is the defending champion and he has been drawn against tournament organiser Stuart Divry (Llanishen).

The player who comes through that first round clash will face Owain Bass or 16-year-old Bronte Wright.

The Ross Scaccia tournament trophy.

Winners in the first Ross Scaccia Open last year were Dews, Justin Nemeth (B event), Chi Yau (C event) and Les Stamp (D event) – and Dews lifted the main trophy by winning his final against Gary Fry in straight games for the loss of 20 points.

The Scaccia Open is the only Welsh ranking tournament where all profit goes to charity. The Scaccia family have again chosen the British Heart Foundation as the tournament charity.

The tournament is played at the two clubs Ross played at – Llanishen and St Mellons – on Friday, April 26, Saturday, April 27 and Sunday, April 28.

Ross passed away, aged 66, in December, 2017 and a tournament was first organised in his memory last year.

The finals, followed by presentations and buffet, will be at St Mellons on Sunday. Tournament director Stuart D’Ivry can be contacted on 07980896918.

Trophy winners at the 2018 Scaccia Open. Left to right: Chi Yau, Simon Dews, Les Stamp, James Jackson and Justin Nemeth.

Ross Scaccia Tournament, first round draw: 

A event: Matthew Williams v Connor Hall, Andy Stancaitis v Owen Heyes, Owain Bass v Bronte Wright, Stuart Divry v Simon Dews, Matthew Clement, Mark Ackerman, Scott Couzens v David Robertson, Scott Wright v Alex Rowlands, Bevan Duff v James Powell.

B event: Justin Nemeth v Lawrence Barry, Alex Greenshields v Kyle Thompson, Oliver Cann v Phil Maybury, Alan Thomas v Mark Hall, Olivia Stephens v Matt Perry, Paul Sullivan v Chris Price, Lee Papworth v James Jackson, Mark Jukle v Jon Rifflart.

C event: Stuart Williams v Matthew Price, Gareth Rees v Ashley Maybury, Darren Morris v Louis Stephens, Nick Price v Dan Walters, Karl Werrell v Neil Merry, Dan Smith v Phil Retter, Richard Morgan v Gareth Heyes, Paul Hinchley v Chi Yau.

D event: Craig Withycomb v Lucy Maybury, Ieuan Roberts v Mark Williams, Kyle Donnelly v Staffano Gallo, Anthony Scaccia v Kevin Hau. 

The fifth annual Llantrisant Open Squash Championships are to be held in June.

Llantrisant are organising their tournament for Friday, June 21 to Sunday, June 23.

Londoner Richie Fallows is number one seed for PSA Welsh Open at Rhiwbina SRC..

England’s Richie Fallows and Barcelona-born Edmon Lopez, who plays for Premier League team Welsh Wizards, are top seeds for the third annual PSA Welsh Open at Rhiwbina SRC. 

The championships start on Tuesday, May 7 and finish on Saturday, May 11.

There are four Welsh players in the Welsh Open draw – Peter Creed, Emyr Evans, Morris Devred and University of Nottingham student Owain Taylor.

Eleven countries are represented through the first round draw and they are England, Spain, France, Finland, Croatia, Spain, Italy, India, Pakistan and Germany and Wales.

The top four seeds are all ranked inside the World’s top 100 players.

Rhiwbina Welsh Open $11,000 men’s tournament seedings: 

1 Richie Fallows (England, World ranking 56)

2 Edmon Lopez (Spain, 62)

3 Peter Creed (Wales, 63)

4 Benjamin Aubert (France, 97)

5 Miko Aijanen (Finland, 107)

6 Emyr Evans (Wales, 115)

Purchase Welsh Open tickets here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/rhiwbina-squash-club-open 

First round draw: 

(1) Richie Fallows (England), bye

(9/16) Martin Kegel (Croatia) v (9/16) Hugo Varela (Spain)

(9/16) Yuri Farneti (Italy) v Joe Green (England)

(8) Matias Tuomi (Finland), bye

(7) Abbay Singh (India), bye

Miles Jenkins (England) v (9/16) Valentin Rapp (Germany)

(9/16) Syed Ali Mujtaba Shah Bokhari (Pakistan) v (Wild card) Elliott Morris Devred (Wales)

(3) Peter Creed (Wales), bye

(4) Benjamin Aubert (France), bye

(Wild card) James Peach (England) v (9/16) Robert Downer (England)

(9/16) Nick Wall (England) v (Wild card) Owain Taylor (Wales)

(5) Miko Aijanen (Finland), bye

(6) Emyr Evans (Wales), bye

Harry Falconer (England) v (9/16) Mark Fuller (England)

(9/16) Stuart Macgregor (England) v Jakub Solnicky (Czech Republic)

(2) Edmon Lopez (Spain).

The professional PSA Ladies Bangor Open at Bangor University is being held between Wednesday, May 29 and Wednesday, June 5.