Jurong Country Club (JCC) Squash Invitational 2010 - Final Results

Written by Michael C.S. TAN

Wednesday, 10 November 2010 15:09

It was a weekend of exciting squash fest which saw the JCC Squash Invitational 2010 take place from Fri 5th Nov through to Sunday 7th Nov.

There were some eye-openers in many of the matches and upsets galore. It bodes well for the future of Singapore squash.

The 3rd/4th placing between Darren Subramaniam and Pang Ka Hoe started just moments before the Final between Samuel Kang and Marcus Phua overlapped. Some spectators probably expanded as much energy as the players when they traversed constantly between the two exciting matches.

In the 3rd/4th placing event, Darren strolled to an easy 11-2 win and it looked like Ka Hoe was about to be steam-rolled. But typical of the talented younger youngster, he came up with some scintillating shots to give Darren some pause for a cause when Ka Hoe snuck home the 2nd set by 11-9. It was close in the 3rd and 4th sets with Darren asserting his superiority to edge home by 11-9, 11-7 to win 3-1 overall and emerge 3rd overall in the event.

In the Final, it was a mouth-watering match-up between two immensely talented Singapore national players. Exciting shot-making from Marcus, stoic discipline before pin-point tuck-aways from Samuel and exciting athletic retrievals from both players, gave the packed audience "value for money" (even though entry was FREE). The first match didn't prepare the crowd for what was to come when Marcus eased into a 11-5 first set win. Samuel then dug in and came away a 11-9 winner in the second. Then both players kept spectators on the edge of their seats (for those sitting especially) with superb atheleticism and outrageous winners after energy-sapping rallies. Marcus sealed victory with a superb cross-court smash volley nick which a fully stretched Samuel just failed to reach. With this victory, Marcus has won the title for the 3rd consecutive time since the inaugural event in 2008.

Kudos to JCC resident-coach & chief UCSC coach Simon Yang, JCC convenor, Robin Soh, and JCC/UCSC member, Bobby Pang, for putting together such a hugely successful event. Congratulations!

JCC and UCSC, Live & Breathe Squash!