Swansea’s Justin Nemeth was the big winner at the for Ross Scaccia Squash Open played at Llanishen Leisure Centre and St Mellons Country Club.

Nemeth won the B event, beating Llanishen’s Jon Rifflart 9-11, 11-6, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6, and also lifted the main Scaccia trophy.

There were again four sections in the Scaccia tournament and the player with the biggest winning margin in their final was declared overall winner.

Nemeth won the B title for a second successive season and organiser Stuart Divry said: “Anybody in the tournament could have won overall and this time it was Justin. It went to the player who won their final with the biggest points differential.

“The reason for deciding the main winner in that way was because Ross was a strong believer in promoting up and coming squash players and not just looking after the elite.”

Matthew Clements, from Cardiff’s David Lloyd Club, was the A event winner after reigning champion Simon Dews and number one seed Matthew Williams (Llantrisant SRC) had to withdraw.

Clements was injured, while Dews was called up by South Wales for inter-counties duty.

Stuart Williams, from the Hirwaun club, won the C event, beating last year’s champion Chi Yau (Llanishen) in the final.

The D event saw Barry’s Craig Withycombe come out on top, winning 16-14, 10-12, 11-5, 13-11 against Kevin Hau (Llanishen) in the final.

That meant Llanishen had players in all four main finals and they failed to win any of them.

The Scaccia Open is the only Welsh ranking tournament where all profit goes to charity and the tournament raised £2,400, around £700 more than 2018 with big support from sponsors Barclay’s.

The Scaccia family again chose the British Heart Foundation as the tournament charity.

The Open is hosted by the two clubs Ross played at – Llanishen and St Mellons – and is again being organised for 2020.

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

Ross Scaccia Open results:

A event:

First round: Owen Heyes beat Andy Stancaitis 11-4, 11-2, 12-10; Owain Bass beat Bronte Wright 7-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-4; Scott Couzens beat David Robertson 11-4, 12-10, 4-11, 5-11, 11-8; Alex Rowlands beat Scott Wright 12-10, 11-8, 11-8; James Powell beat Bevan Duff 11-5, 6-11, 11-6, 11-4.

Quarter-finals: Owen Heyes beat Connor Hall 11-5, 11-9, 11-7; Owain Bass beat Simon Dews, walkover; Matthew Clements beat Scott Couzens 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9; James Powell beat Alex Rowlands 11-6, 11-4, 11-0.

Semi-finals: Owain Bass beat Owen Heyes 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 2-11, 11-9; Matthew Clements beat James Powell 12-10, 11-6, 11-6.

Final: Matthew Clements (David Lloyd, Cardiff) beat Owain Bass (Llanishen) 11-5, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9.

A plate final: Scott Wright beat Connor Hall 7-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5.

B event:

First round: Justin Nemeth beat Lawrence Barry 11-4, 11-4, 11-5; Alex Greenshields beat Kyle Thompson 8-11, 12-10, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8; Oliver Cann beat Phillip Maybury 11-8, 11-4, 12-14, 11-7; Mark Hall beat Alan Thomas 6-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-3; Matt Perry beat Olivia Stephens 11-5, 11-5, 11-2; Paul Sullivan beat Chris Price 6-11, 11-3, 13-11, 11-8; Lee Papworth beat James Jackson 11-3, 11-5, 11-3; Jon Rifflart beat Mark Jukle 11-7, 11-3, 11-5.

Quarter-finals: Justin Nemeth beat Alex Greenshields 14-12, 11-7, 11-9; Mark Hall beat Oliver Cann 7-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-9; Matt Perry beat Paul Sullivan 6-11, 8-11, 11-3, 12-10, 15-13.

Semi-finals: Justin Nemeth beat Mark Hall 11-5, 11-3, 11-7; Jon Rifflart beat Matt Perry 10-12, 11-9, 11-4, 11-2.

Final: Justin Nemeth (Swansea) beat Jon Rifflart (Llanishen) 9-11, 11-6, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6.

B plate final: Kyle Thompson beat Mark Jukle 11-8, 4-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-7.

C event:

First round: Stuart Williams beat Matt Price 11-9, 11-6, 11-6; Ashley Maybury beat Gareth Rees 8-11, 9-11, 17-15, 11-6, 14-12; Louis Stephens beat Darren Morris 11-5, 11-8, 11-8; Dan Walters beat Nick Price 11-5, 11-5, 11-7; Neil Merry beat Karl Werrett 11-9, 11-9, 5-11, 11-6; Phil Retter beat Dan Smith 5-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-8; Gareth Heyes beat Richard Morgan, walkover; Chi Yau beat Paul Hinchley 11-2, 13-11, 11-2.

Quarter-finals: Stuart Williams beat Ashley Maybury 11-3, 9-11, 15-13, 11-4; Louis Stephens beat Dan Walters 11-9, 12-10, 10-12, 11-9; Neil Merrey beat Phil Retter 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9; Chi Yau beat Gareth Heyes 7-11, 12-10, 12-10, 16-14.

Semi-finals: Stuart Williams beat Louis Stephens 11-4, 11-6, 11-7; Chi Yau beat Neil Merry 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9.

Final: Stuart Williams (Hirwaun) beat Chi Yau (Llanishen) 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 12-10.

C plate final: Matt Price beat Dan Smith 11-4, 11-8, 14-12.

D event

First round: Craig Withycomb beat Lucy Maybury 11-7, 11-3, 11-9; Ieuan Roberts beat Mark Williams, walkover; Kyle Donnelly beat Stefano Gallo 11-6, 11-9, 11-3; Kevin Hau beat Anthony Scaccia 11-2, 11-6, 11-2.

Semi-finals: Craig Withycombe beat Ieuan Roberts 9-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-8; Kevin Hau beat Kyle Donnelly 10-12, 12-10, 12-10, 9-11, 11-3.

Final: Craig Withycombe (Barry) beat Kevin Hau (Llanishen) 16-14, 10-12, 11-5, 13-11.

D plate final: Lucy Maybury beat Stefano Gallo 11-4, 11-6, 11-3.

Ladies event final: Linda Delamie beat Sun Chung.

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. 

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

There are 11 countries 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 new 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 

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

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.