JOSH GREEN SIGNS FOR ASHAWAY

Josh Green

Josh Green, 20, the former under 19 national singles champion has put pen to paper with Ashaway as he begins to play full time badminton. Already ranked at number 8 in the country Josh is now training full time at the National Badminton centre in Milton Keynes.

"We are delighted to have Josh on board, he is obviously a dedicated and talented badminton player - but also a very genuine and likeable person - he will make a superb ambassador for Ashaway in the years to come and we look forward to watching him grow as a professional athlete" said Paul Smith, Partner at Goode Sport, distributor for Ashaway in the UK, Ireland and France.

Josh commented "It's a big day for me! Ashaway is definitely a brand on the up, and we will grow together - I can't wait to get on court with the new kit and rackets, they look great!"

Josh will receive his tournament plan for next season in the coming weeks from Badminton England and is targeting to climb the rankings quickly next season.

Josh has selected the Ashaway Viper XT900 racket with ZyMax 65 string, which he has at 26lbs.

Images from Josh's official photoshoot have been posted to the official Ashaway facebook website: www.facebook.com/ashaway

Ashaway appointed as the Official String to Allam British Open Championships

London, Friday, 23rd March 2012: England Squash & Racketball (ESR) announced today that it has appointed Ashaway (www.ashaway.co.uk) as the Official Stringing Partner to the Allam British Open Championships in the London Piazza, O2 Arena, 14-20 May 2012.

Ashaway will have a retail presence at the O2, providing stringing services from their renowned range of UltraNick, PowerNick and SuperNick strings.

Ashaway strings feature a range of monofilament or multifilament Zyex cores, encapsulated within a high tenacity nylon monofilament surface and is the string of choice for many world class players, including David Palmer (4 time British Open Champion), Nick Matthew (defending champion), Peter Barker (world number 7) Daryl Selby (world number 11), Adrian Grant (world number 16), Ong Beng Hee (world number 23), Madeline Perry (world number 3) & Alison Waters (former world number 7)

Paul Smith, Partner at Goode Sports enthused; “We are delighted that Ashaway has been appointed the Official String to the Allam British Open. The return of the British Open is great news for the sport and we look forward to being a part of it. ”

Ashaway will be offering a discount to all players who have their racquets strung during the British Open. Visit the Ashaway stand for more details.

Tickets for the British Open and the Gala Champions Dinner can be bought online on the British Open Championships website at www.britishopensquash.net.

JAMES PHILLIPS - DOUBLE NATIONAL CHAMPION!

Our Welsh international badminton star James Phillips cleared up at the recent Welsh nationals winning both the mens and mixed doubles events!

James reported that the doubles was straight forward until the semi finals. He knew he had a tough match against Daniel Font and Oliver Gwilt, one of the top British junior pairs. But James and his partner came through 25-23 21-17.

In the final James' opponents included fellow Ashaway player and Welsh International player Joe Morgan.
"Come the final again confident we could win, however anything can happen in the nationals, so remained 100% focused. We managed to come through the match winning 21-14, 21-14. I am so use to playing with Joe it was strange playing against him. in fairness to Joe he has just come off the back of a serious injury keeping him off the court for almost a year"

In the mixed doubles James team up with with Jordan Hart, an U15 quad singles gold medalist and very talented junior player. Jordan now U17 trains at the South West Wales High Performance Centre where James and Joe lead up the coaching.
"We had a potential tough match in the group defeating the 2nd seeds and doubles partner Nic Strange and Vikki jones 21-11, 21-11. Come the Semi final had finals we had comfortable wins against Daniel font and Kate Ridler 21-15, 21-14 and Oliver gwilt and Bethan higginson 21-16, 21-17"

James has recently signed a new contract with Goode Sport, just in time to recieve a win bonus for the nationals and now looks to go and represent Wales in the Thomas Cup ... hopefully with Joe Morgan.

James uses the Viper XT900 racket strung with ZyMax 67 at 28lbs.

JOEL HINDS WINS PSA TOUR TITLE

Joel Hinds chalked up his first PSA World Tour title of 2011 in Warsaw beating New Zealander Kashif Shuja to win the Grupa o2 Cup.

Former world No36 Shuja and Hinds fort a close contest with Hinds coming out on top 6-11, 11-5, 11-1, 11-8 in 58 minutes.
"I am very pleased to win this title and have enjoyed my
time here very much," said Hinds "It was another tough game.
"I'd like to say a couple of thank yous: To Rob Owen and other coaches who have helped me and to my sponsors Black Knight & Ashaway.

For a full report on the event visit: http://www.squashsite.co.uk/2009/grupacup2011.htm

Last week Joel added: "I was pleased to finish the year on a high as I didn't feel the first half of
the season went as well as I had planned. I also had another good win the week
after in the Canterbury open, beating Oliver Pett (WR66) in the final."

Joel is looking positively towards the 2nd half of the season and will will play two tournaments in January as warm up for my 1st PSA tournament in Feb, which will take place in Belgium (the Move Open 16th-19th Feb).

Joel Hinds uses the Black Knight Ion Storm Squash Racket and Ashaway UltraNick 18 Squash String.

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BUCS Badminton 2011 - Friday

The Championships have started!

Maurice Robinson Sports are the official retailer at the event and offering ZyMax re-strings at £12 each. Pictured here with Paul Smith of Goode Sport are (l to r) Andy Hartley, Cat Grant & Wendy Robinson.

The badminton of a good standard, with around 500 people competitng it is the largest individual entry event in the UK ... and the beer started flowing at 11.00am!

The place is jumping, the boys from Swansea Uni are pictured here.... Make up your own mind who's looking after who (top effort).

BUCS Badminton weekend

Ashaway are the official supplier to BUCS badminton.

We will be at the individual championships in Nottingham, this weekend- our stand is in the room opposite the main desk - please come and visit us!

Maurice Robinson Sports are our official retailer at the event. Get your racket strung up in Ashaway Zymax string by a professional stringer for a student special discount of £12

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(nearest entry wins, UK entries only)
(no entries from BUCS officials/ volunteers)

Keep your eye here and on our facebook page for the latest information and photos!

Ashaway will be well represented by various players and university teams - good luck to you all!