No. 84 June 2014 www.surreysra.co.uk

INTER-COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS (2013/2014)

Surrey U-17: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: Aidan O’Brien, Surrey U-19: NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: Jonathan Camfield, Ben Windle, Matthew Broadberry, Charlie Lee Katie Wilson, Alison Thomson, Jodie Koep

ESR U-11 Festival Our youngsters WON (out of 12 teams) !!! Women’s Senior Team: Runners-up: Isabelle Women’s Over 50: Runners-up: Claire Baker, Julia Tweedle, Alison Thomson, Nada El Kalaawy, Ledger, Tammy Bennett, Kim Ricks and Kim Harriet Ingham and Emma Mathews Lascelles

Women’s Over 40: Third Place: Sandra Dunn, Claire Baker, Cate Surrey Over 65: Runners-up: Graham Whitehead, Geoff Howes, Mullins, Maggie North, Mandy Begg, Julia Ledger, Julia Whitehead, Bob Gray and Patrick Fleming Isabelle Tweedle, Sue Gotham, Tammy Bennett

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give Frankland the match and Surrey the tie. Mark Baker beat Stuart Summers 3-0 in the dead rubber 2nd string match. Neil Frankland bt Matt Holland 11/7 7/11 10/12 11/8 11/9 Mark Baker bt Stuart Summers 12/10 11/6 11/1 Jason Fletcher bt Ben Thornton 11/1 11/6 11/6 James Greenhead bt Adam Dominey retired in knock up Michael Hennings bt Jason Vigiers 12/10 11/7 10/12 2/11 12/10 HAMPSHIRE 2 WOMEN’S O-50, Runners-up, Kent v Surrey MEN’S O-60, Third Place, Surrey v Yorkshire It is said that the best is left to last and so it proved in Surrey’s chances of winning the over 60’s a most dramatic and exciting final, between these were dealt a severe blow when Steve Jackson suf- county neighbours. Sue Giles (Kent) and Kim Ricks fered some cracked ribs in a bizarre accident at a club (Surrey) got things underway at 3rd string and Giles training session just a few days before the finals week- stormed into an 8/0 lead against a tense Ricks. With end. Allan Davison was in America on business, so the game seemingly lost Ricks relaxed saved match David Lyscom stepped up to play at 3 in the team. ball at 8/0 and drew back to 4/8 before losing 9/7. In the first semi final Surrey took on the defending Giles went 6/2 up, but Ricks clawed back to 6 all champions, Yorkshire. David Lyscom playing 3 was despite Giles having game ball, she was the one who first on court for Surrey and quickly won the first game tensed up and this time it was the Kent player who 9-1, but his opponent gradually took control and eased tensed up and Ricks squared things up taking it 10-8. However it was clear in the next game that effort to a 3-1 win. Paul Garbutt, playing 1 was next on expended so far had taken its toll on Giles, and she court and he lost a close first game 9-6. He battled struggled in the 3rd losing it 9/3, to take Ricks one hard in the second game to take the lead only to lose game away from victory. Nip and tuck until the midway it 10-8. A long 3rd game again went to 8-8, but this point of the 4th Ricks pulled away at 6/5 and took it time Paul came out on top. The 4th was again closely 9/6. So Mandy Akin had to win at first string against fought, but it was the Yorkshireman, who looked very Tammy Bennett to prevent Surrey becoming fit, who eventually took the match 3-1 and put Champions, and she did just that, completely out Yorkshire through to the final. Alasdair Niven raced to classing Bennett 9/3 9/1 9/3 in just 15 minutes. The a 3-0 win in the dead rubber. For the 3rd / 4th play off outcome would now be decided by the number 2’s, Lancashire had only 2 players, so with Alasdair Niven Karen Hume and Julie Ledger. Leger’s fine form in winning his match Surrey took 3rd place with a 2-1 vic- these championships continued as she comfortably tory. Thanks to Surrey’s reserve, Graham Whitehead, took the 1st in just 8 minutes. Hume is a fierce com- for playing a friendly match against a borrowed player petitor and came flying back in the 2nd going 6/3 up, in a dead rubber at 3. but Ledger hung in to get to 6 all. Hume pulled away Cumbria were worthy winners of the over 60’s without once more and levelled things up at 1 all winning 9/6. losing a rubber all weekend. The 3rd was very similar to the 1st, but this time the way of Hume as she dropped just 2 points winning it Surrey lost 2-1 to Yorkshire in the semi final as follows: 9/2. If the 3rd followed the pattern of the 1st, then the Paul Garbutt v Mark Thompson 6-9, 8-10, 10-8, 5-9 4th mirrored the 2nd, close throughout, and the ten- Alasdair Niven v Steve Williams 9-0, 9-0, 9-6 sion grew along with the lets! Ledger went 6/3 then 8/5 David Lyscom v Roy Robinson 9-1, 5-9, 2-9, 2-9 up. Hume saved 2 game balls before succumbing 9/6. Bob Gray The outcome of the final game games was anyone’s MEN OVER 35, Third Place, Surrey v Hampshire guess. Hume went 3/1 up, back came Ledger 5/3 up, This was a relatively one sided playoff tie. The 5th and Hume responded Ð 5/5. It was still 5 a piece after 5 the 1st string matches being the picks of the tie. The exchanges of serve. The tension on and off court was 5th string match between Michael Hennings (Surrey) palpable. And it was Ledger who tightened up making and Jason Vigiers (Hampshire) was close all the way some errors and Hume held her nerve to win 9/5 to the through. Hennings won the first 12/10 and then the jubilation of her watching team mates and supporters. 2nd 11/7. He could have closed it out 3-0 but Vigiers Mandy Akin bt Tammy Bennett 9/3 9/1 9/3 won a hard fought 3rd game 12/10, he then won the Karen Hume bt Julia Ledger 2/9 9/6 9/2 6/9 9/5 4th 11/2 and it seemed that he would complete the Sue Giles lost to Kim Ricks 9/7 8/10 3/9 6/9 comeback in the 5th, but Hennings stubbornly resisted and took it 12/10 to put Surrey 1 up.Jason Fletcher also won comfortably at 3rd string for Surrey. The 4th 1 KENT string match was a walkover to Hampshire as James 2 SURREY Greenhead could not continue after damaging his 3 SOUTH EAST WALES hand in the knock up. Neil Frankland had to survive a 4 AVON tough 5 game battle with Matt Holland who went 2-1 5 LANCASHIRE up before running out of steam in the final 2 games to 6 HERTFORDSHIRE C.R.Y. Cardiac Risk in the Young www.neildesai.org

MEN, Third Place, Kent v Surrey Neil Frankland ensured that he went through the Surrey Junior County teams weekend unbeaten securing a comfortable win over Final placings - 2013/14 Bradley Masters to put Surrey ahead. Bradleys broth- er Josh also made it 3 out of 3 with a fine 3-1 win against the experienced Phil Rushworth. A tight 3rd Boys’ U-19 - Second place in Stage 1 by two points. Did not qualify for Stage 2 Regional Group. between Chris Tomlinson and James Simpson, went the way of Surrey’s Simpson 3-2. A tight opening first Boys’ U-17 - NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. Defeated game between the 2nd strings and Hampshire 3-2 in the final and Sussex 5-0 in Steve , went the way of London, and despite the semi’s after defeating Essex 5-0, and Hertfordshire and Suffolk, 4-1 each, in the losing the second, he came through to win 3-1 for Regional Group Kent. Ben Ford couldn’t live with his younger oppo- nent who won 3-0 to give Surrey 3rd place. Boys’ U-15 - Third place. Lost 1-4 to Sussex in the semi’s, and defeated Essex 4-1 in the quarters, after Kent Surrey defeating Suffolk and Hertfordshire, 5-0 each, Ben Ford Joe Lee 10/12 3/11 4/11 and Essex 4-1 in the Regional Group. Steve London Charles Sharpes 14/12 7/11 11/3 11/4 Chris Tomlinson James Simpson 12/10 10/12 11/7 6/11 4/11 Boys’ U-13 - Third Place in Stage 2 Regional Group. Josh Masters Phil Rushworth 12/10 8/11 11/1 14/12 Defeated Buckinghamshire 5-0 and lost to Brad Masters Neil Frankland 5/11 8/11 9/11 Middlesex 2-3 and to Essex 0-5 Surrey 3-2 Girls’ U-19 - NATIONAL CHAMPIONS. Defeated Gloucestershire 2-1 in the final and Kent 2-1 WOMEN, Runners-up, Cheshire v Surrey in the semi’s, after defeating Cumbria and Cheshire captain Kirsty West had started the weekend Northumberland, 3-0 each, and a loss to not as confident of Cheshire retaining their title due to North Wales in the Regional Group the unavailability of 2 key players, and she might have Girls’ U-17 - Lost to Gloucestershire and SE Wales, been more concerned as Surrey took the vital opening 0-5 each, in the Regional Group rubber 3-0 when Isabelle Tweedle beat Annie Openshaw-Blower 3-0 as well as the 3rd string game Girls’ U-15 - Fourth Place. Lost to -4 in the quarters, after defeating Gloucestershire between Olivia Howell and Alison Thomson Ð the lat- 3-2 and Warwickshire 4-1, and a loss to ter showing no ill effects from her 18th birthday party -4, in the Regional Group the evening before battling to a tight 3-1 victory to put Surrey in touching distance of the title. West then Girls’ U-13 - Sixth place. Lost to SE Wales and Northumbria, 0-3 each, and to Cumbria 1-2, after defeating stopped the rot with an emphatic 3-0 win against Sussex, 3-0, Middlesex, 2-1, and a loss to Emma Mathews at 4th string to raise Cheshire’s Kent,1-2, in the Regional Group hopes, and they were raised even higher when Emily Whitlock efficiently despatched Nada El Kalaawy in the first string match. The tension on the gallery grew Isabelle Tweedle, Surrey 1st team captain, writes that as the 2nd string players stepped on court, each hop- the team last year were thrilled to achieve our best ing to be the heroine of the day. Harriet Ingham just result for well over 25 years finishing runners- took a close first game 11/7, but all credit to Rachel up...... but this year the goal post had changed, and Chadwick who battled hard to level things 13/11 in the with a young and fast improving team, we were aiming 2nd, but the effort in doing so gave Harriet a golden for at least the final, and were generally “in it to win it”, opportunity in the 3rd which she duly took winning rather than our usual aim of just trying to stay in the 11/3. Ingham knew she had a tough task to win the Premier division which comprises the top 8 counties. next 2 games, but she worked extremely hard in the It is an incredibly young side, with the ages of the top 4th and with her opponent tightening up looked as if 3 players totalling 58 years only!! Nada is just about to she might take it, but Chadwick came through 11/8 to move out of the juniors having been crowned give Cheshire a richly deserved win to keep hold of the junior U19 champion this year. Alison still has another title for another season. year in the juniors and is already ranked in the top 6. A few years ago Harriet (in her fractionally younger Cheshire Surrey years!) was also in the top couple of England ranked Emily Whitlock Nada El-Kalaawy 11/7 11/5 11/2 Rachel Chadwick Harriet Ingham 11/7 11/13 11/3 11/8 juniors. Olivia Howell Alison Thomson 11/9 9/11 10/12 10/12 Thanks are given to Rawan El Kalaawy for being on Kirsty West Emma Mathews 11/8 11/9 12/10 standby. Claire Haslett, Jane Allman, Katie Wilson, Annie Openshaw-Blower Isabelle Tweedle 4/11 5/11 8/11 and Shayne Baillie were also considered for a team Cheshire 3- 2 place (depending on results) but were unavailable for various reasons. C.R.Y. Cardiac Risk in the Young www.neildesai.org SURREY CLOSED SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014 Spectators at the Surrey Closed squash tournament were treated Left: to an exciting final on 26th January at New Malden TS & B James Simpson between James Simpson, from St. Georges Hill, and Phil and Nightingale from Reigate. James easily won the first two Phil Nightingale games,11-5, 11-7, but Phil lifted his game for the rest of the match, and levelled the match 11-7, 11-6. The fifth and final game Below: was a tussle from the word go - point for point - until it reached Sandra Dunn 10-10. Four match points were saved before James won 12-10 in and the fifth to successfully defend his County crown for the second Shayne Baillie year running. Equally exciting was the women’s final between Alison Thomson, from Colets, and Emma Mathews, from Ebbisham, which went the full distance. Emma took the first two games, 11-4, 11-6, but Alison fought back to take the next three games, 11-5, 11-3, 11-2 Photos: to win the County title. Geoff Howes Other Results:

Grade B David Boothroyd (Wimbledon Raquets) bt. Paul Broadberry (St. Georges Hill) Grade C Nick Williams (Kings Club) bt. Arjuna Kleiner (New Malden) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 Over-35 Michael Hennings (Surbiton) bt. David Poulton (Purley) 11-4, 6-11, 8-11,11-3, 11-8 Over-45 Marc Aldridge (Purley) bt. Nigel Stiles (Sandown Park) 12-10, 11-7, 11-8 Over-55 Paul Ekins (Purley) bt. David Clarke (Colets) 9-2, 9-6, 9-4 Emma Mathews Over-60 Steve Jackson (Bourne) bt. Paul Garbutt and (Woking) 9-5, 9-5, 7-9, 0-9, 10-9 Alison Thomson Over-65 Patrick Fleming (Oxshott) bt. Geoff Howes (Colets) 9-4, 9-6, 9-2 Women Shayne Baillie (Cheam) bt. Sandra Dunn Over-40 (New Malden) 9-0, 9-1, 9-4

Patrick Fleming, Claire Baker and David Clarke and Paul Ekins Bob Gray Paul Garbutt and Steve Jackson

James Simpson & Alison Thomson - Nigel Stiles & Marc Aldridge Patrick Fleming & Geoff Howes County Champions Men SURREY CLOSED ROLL OF HONOUR 1987 G. Hoare 1988 J. Hickox (As at June 2014) 1989-93 Not held 1994 Greg Pearman Women 1995 Neil Frankland 1987 Jackie Candlin 1996 Danny Lee 1988 Samantha Langley 1997 Neil Frankland 1989 Senga MacFie 1998 Eric McAlpine 1990 Senga MacFie 1999 Ben Garner 1991 Samantha Langley 2000 Ben Garner 1992 Jane Britton 2001 Ben Garner 1993 Isabelle Tweedle 2002 Stacey Ross 1994 Diane Thompson 2003 Neil Frankland 1995 Claire Baker 2004 Ben Garner 1996 Natalie Le Serve 2005 Tom Richards 1997 Claire Baker 2006 Ben Garner 1998 Not held 2007 Stacey Ross 1999 Isabelle Tweedle 2008 Stacey Ross 2000 Shayne Morton 2009 Tom Richards 2001 Natalie Le Serve 2010 Jamie Mathews 2002 Jane Gardner 2011 Phil Rushworth 2003 Jane Gardner 2012 Neil Frankland 2004 Jane Gardner 2013 James Simpson 2005 Jane Gardner 2014 James Simpson 2006 Jane Gardner 2007 Jane Kennedy Men Over - 35 2008 Isabelle Tweedle 1987 Stuart Courtney 2009 Samantha Willis 1988 Bob Johnson 2010 Harriet Ingham 1989-94 Not held 2011 Harriet Ingham 1995 Dave Clarke 2012 Jane Allman 1996 Grant Miller 2013 Alison Thomson 1997 Ben Offei 2014 Alison Thomson 1998 Grant Miller 1999 Grant Miller 2000 Dave Clarke Men Over - 55 2001 Marc Aldridge 1995 John O’Brien 2002 Marc Aldridge 1996 John O’Brien 2003 Marc Aldridge 1997 John O’Brien 2004 Greg Pearman 1998 John O’Brien 2005 Greg Pearman 1999 John O’Brien 2006 Jason Fletcher 2000 Peter Ward 2007 Marc Aldridge 2001 Phil Brickwood 2008 Peter Crossman 2002 Phil Brickwood 2009 Cliff Martindale 2003 Ian Stopps 2010 Peter Crossman 2004 Ian Stopps 2011 Andy Normile 2005 Ian Stopps 2012 Steve Nicholson 2006 Andrew Larkin 2013 Matthew Davis 2007 George Porter 2014 Michael Hennings 2008 Paul Garbutt 2009 Steve Jackson Men Over - 45 2010 Allan Davison 1995 Phil Brickwood 2011 Steve Jackson 1996 Phil Brickwood 2012 David Clarke 1997 Stuart Murray 2013 Alasdair Niven 1998 Stephen Jackson 2014 Paul Ekins 1999 Stephen Jackson 2000 Stephen Jackson 2001 Stuart Murray Men Over - 60 2002 Paul Garbutt 2008 John O’Brien 2003 Paul Garbutt 2009 Patrick Fleming 2004 Paul Garbutt 2010 Patrick Fleming 2005 Richard Harrison 2011 Andrew Larkin 2006 Dermot Hurford 2012 Patrick Fleming 2007 Dermot Hurford 2013 Steve Jackson 2008 Dermot Hurford 2014 Steve Jackson 2009 Richard Harrison 2010 David Clarke 2011 Marc Aldridge Men Over - 65 2012 Marc Aldridge 2013 Geoff Howes 2013 Marc Aldridge 2014 Patrick Fleming 2014 Marc Aldridge

C.R.Y. Cardiac Risk in the Young www.neildesai.org 2013/14 RESULTS The results of this season’s Winter Surrey Cup, following the play offs at Colets on 29 March, are as follows: Division Winner Runner-up Result

1 (League) Colets 1 St. Georges Hill 1 1 (Trophy) St. Georges Hill 1 Colets 1 4-1 2 RAC 1 WRFC 2 4-1 3 Surrey Sports Park 3 St. Georges Hill 4 4-1 4 Ebbisham 2 VA Surrey Health 3-2 5 Surbiton 4 Surbiton 3 4-1 6 DL Farnham 1 Woking 3 3-2 7 Sandown 2 n/a

INVALUABLE SERVICES Surrey Junior Squad in 1975 and remained a coach to John Palmer the squad up until 1987. This commitment to Surrey Former Surrey Cup players and members will be sad- was a ‘mere’ 12 years compared to 14 spent on the dened to hear of the death of John Palmer recently. Surrey Cup. Twenty years service on the County Management Tribute was paid by the then President of the County Committee is no mean feat.Yet John Palmer served Association, Willie Lane, at the AGM on the 10th June, the County for that length of time. 1987 when he stated that John had made an ines- He joined the committee in 1967 and was immediate- timable contribution to County affairs. He pointed out ly selected onto the sub-committee handling the that many players had come through the Junior Squad Surrey Cup. The following year he took over the run- to reach international level. And he added that it was a ning of the County competition, and continued to do so fitting culmination of John’s achievements that the jun- for 14 years. He was in constant contact with an ior team had regained the U-19 inter-county champi- increasing number of clubs who wanted to enter teams onship title that season. He hoped that the admiration into the league and under his stewardship grew from held by the Association for him would be conveyed to six divisions to eighteen. And in the last year of run- him at an appropriate occasion. John was subse- ning the competition, 1982/3 season, he overseered quently presented with an inscribed decanter at a din- the then structure from a vertical format to a premier ner in his honour. section of four divisions with two parrallel and equal John clearly ‘put himself about’ on behalf of Surrey sections from division 5 and below. In that last season and made innumerable friends and acquaintances in eleven new teams entered and John had seen the the squash scene generally. competition grow to 162 teams from 70 clubs which, In his letter to clubs, John asked for a ‘let’ after a long even then, made it one of the biggest inter-league club period in office. The writer, who knew him for some competitions in the country. cosiderable time, awarded him point, game and match Whilst all this was going on John still had, or rather, 9-0, 9-0, 9-0. made time to help Seumas Buchanan set up the Keith Richards

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Contact & Editor: Keith Richards, Surrey SSRA, 499 Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen, London, SW14 7DE Tel: 020 8876 5414 E-mail: [email protected] Published by the Surrey Squash & Racketball Association C.R.Y. Cardiac Risk in the Young www.neildesai.org REGIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014 A number of Surrey Junior players contributed to the success of the London & South-East Regional Team championships in Birmingham on 15-16 February. London & SE finished top in the overall positions for the eight Regions, with top places in three of the individual age categories for boys U15, boys U17 and girls U17. Surrey boys and girls involved were Kace Bartley, Siobhan Wilkins, Tim Lloyd, Islay Thornicroft, Jordan Warne, Charlie Lee, Ben Windle, Harry North and reserve, Matt Broadberry. Led by London & SE coach, Phil Rushworth, the weekend was a real highlight to mark the hard work and commitment all juniors and coaches have put in at Regional Squads. All matches were played in good spirit. Well done to all juniors who took part and a special thanks to the Regional Coaches and parents.

LDN & SE, mxd U11: 4th place. Sy players - Tim Lloyd & Islay Thornicroft.

LDN & SE, U13: 2nd place. Sy player - Siobhan Wilkins LDN & SE, U17: 1st place. Sy player - Kace Bartley

LDN & SE, U17: 1st place. Sy players - Charlie Lee and Ben Windle and Phil Rushworth, lead coach for London & South-East.

LDN & SE, U15: 1st place. Sy player - Jordan Warne - and Jeremy Colton, centre, Surrey coach C.R.Y. Cardiac Risk in the Young www.neildesai.org

SURREY HEALTH & RACQUETS Ð PREMIER LEAGUE WINNERS

executed my game-plan. "But Nick is a phenomenal player - it's only the third time I've ever beaten him. He's amazing and what he's achieved in the game is incredible. He's the one!" During Barker's win, team-mate Adrian Waller had also secured a further point for Surrey Health, after beating Duffield's home-grown Joel Hinds, a former World University champion, 11-3, 11-8, 11-6. And the fifth and final match - initially widely predicted to be a 'dead rubber' - was also well underway before the conclu- sion of the epic Barker/Matthew encounter. Attention rapidly turned to the second of the two adjacent courts as Surrey Health's Adrian Grant, the world No 24 from London, battled against Stephen Coppinger, Duffield's six- time South African champion ranked four places higher. Surrey Stun Duffield To Win Sixth PSL Title 7 May 2014 The crowd reaction of utter disbelief was entirely evident as In a shock conclusion to a dramatic Premier Squash League Grant came away with a 13-11, 11-6, 11-9 triumph which (PSL) final at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, defending kept the PSL trophy in Surrey Health's hands - against the champions Integrity Surrey Health & Racquets recovered odds - for a fifth year in a row. from 2/0 down to beat favourites Benz-Bavarian Duffield 3/2 "Pete was 1/0 up when I went on - and this was good for me - and win the world's most prestigious squash league, sup- as I didn't feel any pressure, not like I would have done if it ported by Dunlop, for the fifth successive year and the sixth had been two-all and I knew I was playing a decider! time in all. "Playing Steve is like playing seven people! He just doesn't The Croydon club's hero was top string Peter Barker, the let go. That first game could have gone either way. world No 8 from London who celebrated his first ever straight "In the second, I was much more focussed - I kept my inten- games win over world champion when he beat sity up. I could hear the crowd cheering a winner on the his England team-mate, ranked two in the world, 12-10, 18- other court - but I didn't know who it was! 16, 11-5. "He was ahead in the third - I think I got a bit too confident - With two world champions in their line-up, Duffield were firm but I was feeding off the support of the crowd, which really favourites to clinch a fourth title - but their first since 2007. gee'd me up," continued the former world No 9, a It took little more than an hour for the Derbyshire club to Commonwealth Games Doubles gold medallist (with establish a 2/0 lead - retired former world No 64 Andy Whipp Matthew). showing that he still has what it takes as he despatched "There's a great spirit in our team - all of us have played for Surrey Health's Italian number one Davide Bianchetti, for- the club for a long time and we're good friends on and off the merly ranked 24 in the world, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8, and England's court, and socialise a lot. recently-crowned women's world champion Laura Massaro "Our manager Pete Smith has done an unbelievable job, seeing off her England team-mate Alison Waters, the reign- organising us and getting us funding, etc. I'm glad we've ing British National champion, in five games. been able to pay him back." It was the 28th match between Massaro and Waters since Smith was almost lost for words: "Of the six, it's probably the the pair contested the British Junior U14 Championship final best win we've had," said the jubilant Surrey Health team in 1997. But world No 2 Massaro edged ahead 16-12 in the manager. "We were underdogs, for certain. head-to-head tally, twice coming from behind to conquer the "I haven't seen Pete play like that before. He played the right world No 6 8-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8 in 64 minutes. game throughout the match. "I really wanted to win for the team - I knew my match could "The second game was pivotal. If Nick had won, it could make a difference," said the 30-year-old from Preston, have changed the whole evening." believing at the time that her team was heading for a After receiving the trophy, Smith paid tribute to team spon- straightforward victory. "The crowd was great, and when I sors Burn & Warne, PCL Whitehall, and G.E.N.T. realised that Whippy had won, that gave me a real boost." Some hours after receiving the runners-up trophy, Duffield The animated crowd settled back to watch the 'decider' - with team manager Felix Frixou admitted: "It still hasn't sunk in Sheffield's world champion Matthew expected to clinch the yet. We were so close!" title for Duffield, beating Barker for the 29th time in 31 meet- A dejected Nick Matthew told his Twitter followers later: ings since 2006. "Gutted for Felix, our great crowd & the @BenzBavarian "I don't know where that came from - some days it just all team that we couldn't do it tonight. Snatched defeat from the comes together, and today was one of those days," was how jaws of victory! #psl" left-hander Barker summed up his stunning demolition of the RESULTS: Premier Squash League (PSL), Guildford, seemingly invincible Yorkshireman - a result which brought England to an end Matthew's PSL record 40-match unbeaten run! Integrity Surrey Health & Racquets 3 The second game had the crowd on the edges of their seats Benz-Bavarian Duffield 2 - with Barker having the first game-ball at 10-9, and both Peter Barker bt Nick Matthew 12-10, 18-16, 11-5 (61m) players having four each as they traded points before the Adrian Grant bt Stephen Coppinger 13-11, 11-6, 11-9 (55m) underdog finally took it 18-16 to the sheer delight of the Adrian Waller bt Joel Hinds 11-3, 11-8, 11-6 (41m) Surrey Health supporters. Davide Bianchetti lost to Andy Whipp 8-11, 8-11, 8-11 (55m) "I felt quite relaxed - and when you've got nothing to lose, it Alison Waters lost to Laura Massaro 11-8, 4-11, 11-8, 5-11, becomes easier," continued the Londoner. "I played well and 8-11 (64m) C.R.Y. Cardiac Risk in the Young www.neildesai.org

RECORD RESULT FOR COLETS’ SQUASH CLUB AT NATIONAL FINALS Men’s and Women’s 1st teams now heading to European Championship The Colets’ Men’s and Women’s 1st Squash teams from Thames Ditton, Surrey, fought off stiff competition at the finals of the National Club Squash Championships on Sunday 1 June and secured a place in the European Championships being held in Nottingham from 2nd Ð 7th September 2014. Both teams will compete in this prestigious competi- tion, which last year saw the Men’s 1st team come in at a very respectable fourth position. The Men’s 1st team this year com- prised of Adrian Grant Jon Kemp Scott Handley Alex Gough Mark Cairns and rising squash star, Ritchie Fallows. The Women’s 1st team comprised of Judith Allgrove, Ali Thomson, Tammy Bennett, Kim “I would like to give my thanks to the team manager, Ricks, Charlie Roche and Dominique David Peck for coordinating our participation in this pres- Lloyd-Walters. tigious competition and the team for playing their best, Other successes at the weekend both on and off the court. The National Club Squash included the Ladies over 35’s, Men’s Championships is a much anticipated event for all of our over 45’s and men’s over 55’s Ðall of competing squash teams and this has been a record which were Runners-up at the year for them in terms of achievements and final results. National Championships. We look forward to giving our best at the up and coming Jordan Orsini, General Manager at European Championships, being held on home turf this the not-for-profit club Colets says: year in Nottingham.