Sno-Ball Slo-Ball Match Scores

(Dec. 2000) In a battle of local high school coaches, England's Mark Allen, the new coach at The Potomac School, defeated South African Jan Botha of Episcopal High School, 3-0, to win the Sno-Ball A level championship. In the B draw, Masa Miyao, visiting Washington from Japan, swept through the competition without dropping a game. In the finals, he beat Dan Nichols of Potomac Squash Club (PSC), 3-0. The C draw was won by Robert Reichelt of The Fitness Company-Lafayette Center, 3-1, over Dexter Walker of the University Club. Worldgate's Shawn Dolley won a 3-player round robin for the D title.

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the weekend came in the open age-group draw for players over 50. On paper, it shaped up as a showdown between Andrew Strasfogel, ranked #4 in the country in the 50+ age group and the lead player for the PSC B team, and Anjum Qazi, who plays for the Worldgate A team. However, that matchup never took place. Instead, the title went to Strasfogel's teammate and captain, Bruce Simons-Morton, who beat Qazi in the semi-finals, 3-0, and then did the same to Strasfogel in the finals.

In the B consolation final, Bob Montgomery of The Potomac School beat Andrew Bogle of Washington Sports Club, 3-0; and Tenley's Jim Beachler won the C consolation over Frank Broner of Potomac Squash Club, 3-0.

Most of the junior matches were played at Worldgate, where Andrea Wood, of Washington, picked up two titles. In the draw for girls under 15 (GU-15), she swept through a four-player round robin without dropping a game. The runner-up was Kelly Turner. Wood also moved up to compete in a 20-player draw for girls under 19, and she soundly defeated Krissy Walker in a three-game final.

The boys under 19 draw went to top seed Justin Crimi, who beat Matt Nims, 3-0, in the final. The BU-13 final, played at the University Club, featured Washington, D.C., twins Peter and Phillip Sopher. Peter won it in three games.

Here are all the results in the main draws for adults.

A Draw: Quarter-finals, Mark Allen def. Tim Sheridan, 3-0, Steve Hufford def. Scott Dight, 3-2, Terry Hindermann def. Scott Hackman, 3-0, Jan Botha def. Greg Welsh, 3-0; semi-finals, Allen def. Hufford, 3-0, Botha def. Hindermann, 3-2; finals, Allen def. Botha, 3-0.

B Draw: 1st round, Joseph Kelly bye, Dan Nichols def. Steve King, 3-0, Michael Medhin def. Jay Hawkins, 3-0, Andrew Crosby def. Andrew Bogle, 3-0, Mat Roland def. Ilana Eisenstein, 3-0, Masa Miyao def. Scott Glabman, 3-0, Andrew Wong def. Bob Montgomery, 3-0, Chuck Miller; quarter-finals, Nichols def. Kelly, 3-0, Medhin def. Crosby, 3-2, Miyao def. Roland, 3-0, Wong def. Miller, 3-0; semi-finals, Nichols def. Medhin, 3-2, Miyao def. Wong, 3-0; finals, Miyao def. Nichols, 3-1.

C Draw: 1st round, Robert Reichelt def. Frank Broner, 3-1, Tim Williams def. John Day, 3-0, Marcus DeFlorimonte def. John Hakim, 3-0, Malcolm DeSouza def. Jim Beachler, 3-2, Dexter Walker def. Chris Paul, 3-0, Tom Haroldson def. Bob Steck, 3-0, Roger Wilkinson def. Chip Wright, 3-2, Chris Jackson def. Stuart Davis, 3-1; quarter-finals, Reichelt def. Williams, 3-0, DeFlorimonte def. DeSouza, 3-0, Walker def. Haroldson, 3-1, Jackson def. Wilkinson, 3-1; semi-finals, Reichelt def. DeFlorimonte, 3-0, Walker def. Jackson, 3-0; finals, 3-1.

D Draw: Round robin, David Powell def. Patrick Byrne, 3-0, Shawn Dolley def. Powell, 3-0, Dolley def. Byrne, 3-0.

50+ Draw: Quarter-finals, Andrew Strasfogel bye, Maj Madan def. Bob Steck, 3-2, Bruce Simons-Morton def. Larry Potter, 3-2, Anjum Qazi bye; semi-finals, Strasfogel def. Madan, 3-0, Simons-Morton def. Qazi, 3-0; finals, Simons-Morton def. Strasfogel, 3-0.

Millennium Mosquito Open Match Scores

(July 2000) Australia's Damien Mudge, currently working as a club pro at New York City's University Club, took home $1,200 in prize money and the Mosquito Open championship. He defeated Toronto's Viktor Berg, 3-0, in the pro draw finals. Berg got $900 in prize money. Other winners were Chip Lindquist of the Washington University Club in the A draw, Vikram Chandra of Potomac in the B draw, Robert Reichelt of The Fitness Company in the C draw, Bob Steck of New York Sports Club in the D draw, Andy Strasfogel of Potomac for the 50+ age group and Wes Furste of Columbus, Ohio, for 80+.

Pro draw:
1st round
- Karim Yehia (EGY) defeated Brian Mathias (USA), 3-0
- David Sly (USA) def. Hunt Richardson (USA), 3-0 (15-5, 15-12, 15-7)
Quarter finals
- Viktor Berg (CAN) def. Karim Yehia, 3-2 (10-15, 17-15, 10-15, 15-14, 15-6)
- Josh MacDonald (CAN) def. Friday Odeh (NIG), 3-2 (12-15, 15-13, 9-15, 15-11, 15-14)
- Rob Lingashi (ZAM) def. Mark Heather (ENG), 3-1 (13-15, 15-7, 15-11, 15-4)
- Damien Mudge (AUS) def. David Sly, 3-0 (15-5, 15-10, 15-7)
Semi-finals
- Viktor Berg def. Josh MacDonald, 3-0 (15-8, 15-8, 15-5)
- Damien Mudge def. Rob Lingashi, 3-0 (15-11, 15-7, 15-10)
Finals
- Damien Mudge def. Viktor Berg, 3-0 (15-12, 15-6, 15-5)

A draw finals:
- Chip Lindquist def. Dan Camp, 3-1
B draw finals:
- Vikram Chandra def. Brian O'Connell, 3-1
C draw finals:
- Robert Reichelt def. Alejandro Ganoza, 3-1
D draw finals:
- Bob Steck def. Bob Ho, 3-0
80+ draw finals:
- Wes Furste def. Harry Steinman (Baltimore), 3-0
50+ draw finals:
- Andrew Strasfogel def. Anjum Qazi, 3-1

Howe Cup - Washington players on 4th-place team

(Nov. 2000) In the opening rounds of this year's Howe Cup, the [East Coast] Transylvanians beat Baltimore, 4-1, lost a 2-3 heartbreaker to Philadelphia #1 and swept aside the #2 team from New York, 5-0. Thelma van Eck and Washington's Tracy Barnes led the way, winning all their matches without losing a game.

Van Eck, who proved to be the strongest player in the tournament – the only player in a #1 slot to finish without a loss, gave up only 17 points in her first nine games. Barnes, playing in the #3 slot, had three tough games in the first round, beating Wendy O'Donnell of Baltimore, 9-6, 9-7, 9-7, but in the next two rounds, against Philadelphia's Amy Milanek and New York's Benay Betts, she never allowed more than four points in a game.

The other Washingtonian on the team, Carole Grunberg, playing #4, went 2-1 in the opening rounds and came close to giving the Transylvanians a surprise win over Philadelphia, when she handed Ashley Mears her only game loss in the first three rounds. After three rounds, the team standings were:

In the semi-finals, the Transylvanians lost to Boston, 2-3. Van Eck handed Boston's #1, Sharon Bradey, her only loss of the tournament, 9-7, 9-5, 9-3, and Liz Stratford got a win in the #5 slot. At #2, Brenda Grossnickle lost to Bettina Aten, 3-9, 9-7, 5-9, 0-9, Barnes lost the #3 match to Hope Prockop, 5-9, 0-9, 1-9, and Grunberg lost at #4, 2-9, 5-9, 4-9. In the other semi-final, Philadelphia #1 beat Philadelphia #2, 3-2.

The story was pretty much the same in the consolation match, with the Transylvanians losing to Philadelphia #2, 2-3, van Eck and Stratford getting the wins, and Grossnickle, Barnes and Grunberg suffering 0-3 losses.

Boston eventually took the championship, 3-2, when Bradey beat Philadelphia's Emma Major in a 5-game battle at #1, 9-2, 9-4, 3-9, 0-9, 9-3. The other four matches were all over in three games. Philadelphia's Demer Holleran completed a weekend of complete domination in the #2 slot (in which she won all 15 of her games, giving up a total of only 36 points), by beating Boston's Aten, 9-3, 9-5, 9-1. The #3 and #4 matches went to Boston, with Prockop beating Milanek, 9-5, 9-2, 9-2, and Chris Brownell beating Mears, 9-4, 9-4, 9-6. Philadelphia's Sue Greene won at #5, over Hope Crosier, 9-3, 9-0, 9-3.