There has been little movement in the mens top 10 after the inclusion of the Hampshire results.  Jeremy Krzystyniak has jumped up to 27th and hopefully he will recover speedily from his injury on the squash court at Hampshire.  He could well challenge the top 10 over the coming months.

Three of the top 10 men were busy competing in Sweden last weekend with Ray Jordan and Jason Granville playing each other in the 2nd round.

Domestically Neal Smith, Duncan Stahl and Chris Mckee all move up after Hampshire.  Chris has entered class A at the next tournament and it will be interesting to see how he performs.  He has looked very strong in class B!

On the ladies front Fiona Sime has closed the gap on Jane Cook after her win in Hampshire.

Finally a mention for Mark Johnson who becomes the 2nd player on the tour to have played in 10 events other the last 12 months. Others close to this landmark include Denny Jose, Dinesh Passi, Fiona Sime and Dominique Ford.

Below is a list of the top 10 men's elite for the last 3 years.  In 2009 the average number of domestic events entered by the top 10 was 6 with a number of players having a similar number of qualifying World events.

There has been a change on the World front with the maximum number of qualifying events over the 2 year period being reduced from 10 to 8.  This will impact Jermaine, Ray & to a “lesser” extent Keith (sorry but couldn’t resist the “pun”). The World Championships acted as an inspiration to all that attended. The UK game is really open now internationally following the retirement of Doug Struthers & John O'Donnell.