NICK MATTHEW WINS ISS CANARY WHARF CLASSIC

Nick Matthew continues his amazing season with a win at the pretegious Canary Wharf Classic.
Nick uses Powernick 18 Silver in his racket. Surely it can't be long before Nick becomes World Number 1.

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JOE AND JAMES, WELSH NATIONAL CHAMPIONS .... THEY CAN'T STOP WINNING!

Congratulations to Welsh National Champions, Men's Doubles - Joe Morgan and James Phillips

Joe and James beat the defending champions in the final 22-20, 15-21, 21-16
Joe Morgan was also Runner Up with Ashaway Kerry Ann Sheppard in the Mixed. This is a fantastic result for the Ashaway Duo.
Hot on the heels of their national victory Joe and James have just returned from winning the Croatian Open (international EBU event) and have been representing Wales in the Thomas Cup where they won all their matches and were selected represent Wales at 1st men's doubles vs. Ukraine, France and Portugal.
Joe and James are currently ranked 49 in the world rankings and rising. They are very likely to be representing Wales in this years commonwealth games.
Joe and James both use ZyMax 67 at 30lbs.

We are very proud of them, Well done Joe and James.

JAMIE NEIL SCOTTISH NATIONAL CHAMPION!

Jamie Neil is the newly crowned Men's doubles Scottish National Champion.
A packed crowd at Bell's Sports Centre witnessed a thrilling 12-21, 21-8, 21-18 final in which Jamie and his partner defeated the defending champions who were looking to claim their 3rd title in 3 years.

An interesting sub plot is that Jamie does not have funding from Badminton Scotland and has not been able to train with the Scottish national team for this reason. Jamie is a very aproachable and well liked chap, coaching and playing badminton are his passion and he is an excellent ambassador for Ashaway. We are literally thrilled for him at his achievement .... as if this wearn't enough the following weekend Jamie went on to beat fellow Ashaway players David Forbes and Stewart Kerr in the Glasgow Open Final - superb stuff. Congratulations Jamie!

UltraNick - Available February

Attention squash players, UltraNick will be the UK next month!

UltraNick still offers a fine, powerful, lightweight and durable string, just like PowerNick, but it also offers a soft feel.

This is possible due to recent advances that have produced finer Zyex filaments in the string core. According to Ashaway's Steve Crandall, the company has begun using these to produce new multifilament core packages with increased linear density and more cross-sectional strength. The results, he said, are thinner, stronger, lighter-weight UltraNick strings which provide softer feel, more power, and improved ball control, yet still offer the well-known Zyex playing characteristics and tension holding properties.

Click here to learn more about UltraNick

Ashaway Medal scoop at the BUCS individuals

Big congratulations to all the participants at the BUCS Individual Badminton Championships this year, there were over 600 individuals competing at this years event which makes the event the largest in the British Isles!
Particular mention to the Ashaway Medalists:

Joel Gayle - Mens Doubles (Silver), Mens Singles (Bronze)
Ronald Ridge - Mens Doubles (Silver)
Neil White - Mens Singles (Silver)
Rachel Howard - Ladies Singles (Bronze)

We would like to pay tribute to:

The tournament organisers who are all volunteers, this tournament is huge and runs over 3 days without a hitch.
BUCS themselves for there excellent work in bringing us all together
RacquetRestrings.com - Mike West was the official Ashaway ZyMax Stringer, Mike is a fully qualified UKRSA stringer and tirelessly strung throughout the event. If you need a stringer in the merseyside area, look no further.
Hit n Run Sports - Our official retail partner at the event. Proprietor Lee Turnbull was ever present and in excellent humour all weekend.

Pictured here are Joel Gayle with mens doubles partner Ronald Ridge and Neil White. For more photos from the event check out www.facebook.com/ashaway

BUCS Individual Badminton Championships (sponsored by Ashaway)

We are busy at Goode Sport Towers making preparations for the University Individual Championships in Nottingham this weekend. This event is like no other with huge draws (around 400 competitors), electric atmosphere, bongo drums, fancy dress team kits, mascots and a legendary Saturday night Party! ..... Also the standard of badminton is very good!

ZyMax Re-String for £10:
All entrants are entitled to get their racket restrung in ZyMax by our UKRSA qualified stringer for a mere £10, using a voucher which is available here: http://www.ashaway.co.uk/bucs

Our retailer at the event this year is Hit n Run Sports who will be offering special student discount rates, be sure to drop by and meet us upstairs in the room opposite the main registration desk.

ERSA Review - ZyMax "highest marks"

The European Racket stringers association have just published thier impartial review of ZyMax.
25 high level players in several countries performed the tests, the score and quotes speak for themselves:

"Ashaway has introduced a new badminton string which has given us the highest marks of any badminton string we have tested"


"I rate it somewhat better than my current string" Tournament player using BG65


"ZyMax should become one of the top strings in the market in a short time"


"More than 50% of the players said they would consider changing to this string even though they have contracts with other companies"