Round ONE: 18 Oct
Bexley and Bristol make winning starts
The new England Squash Premier League season kicked off with four matches across the UK as the ten competing clubs set off on their quest to win the title in the world’s most prestigious squash league.
There were ‘debut’ wins for Bexley – in their first season in the league – and Bristol, who are playing in Division A for the first time.
Bexley opened their PSL account with a 3-2 win at Coolhurst as Coline Aumard gave the visitors the lead and Rui Suares and Adam Auckland both won five-setters to put Bexley beyond reach of the hosts, who salvaged some points by taking the last two ties.
In the other Division B match Chichester made another great start as they beat last season’s finalists St George’s in a tense match – Chichester went two-nil up, St George’s levelled, leaving it to Chichester’s new number one Paul Coll to seal the win with a straight-games win over Tom Richards.
Bristol made the trip to Birmingham University to take on the ‘Lions’ and came away with a 4-1 win – the biggest of the night – helped by James Peach’s comeback from two-nil down in the fourth string match.
Elsewhere in Division A Leicester won the East Midland derby against Nottingham, although again the hosts finished strongly to limit the damage to a 3-2 loss.
Round Two is on Tue 8th November when Pontefract and reigning champions Surrey will join the fray.
2016/17 Round ONE – Tue 18th Oct
Division A
Everards Leicester 3-2 MB Nottingham/University of Nottingham (16-6)
Daryl Selby 3-0 Nicolas Mueller 11-9, 11-8, 11-8
Nafiizwan Adnan 1-3 Declan James 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 3-11
Alan Clyne 3-0 Adam Murrills 11-9, 11-7,11-1
Mark Fuller 3-0 Chris Longman 11-5, 11-6, 11-2
Rachael Chadwick 0-3 Hana Ramadan 8-11, 8-11, 12-14
University of Birmingham Lions 1-4 UWE/Elite Squash Bristol (6-18)
Joel Makin 0-3 Marwan Elshorbagy 9-11, 10-12, 11-13
Jaymie Haycocks 3-1 Tom Ford 11-7, 13-11, 8-11, 11-8
Chris Ryder 1-3 Josh Masters 13-11, 4-11, 7-11, 11-13
Kyle Finch 2-3 James Peach 11-9, 11-7, 10-12, 9-11, 12-14
Katrina Burrows 0-3 Lily Taylor 2-11, 6-11, 7-11
Division B
Team Chichester 3-2 9 Tel St George’s Hill (16-7)
Paul Coll 3-0 Tom Richards 11-6, 11-7, 12-10
Nathan Lake 0-3 Joe Lee 10-12, 11-13, 7-11
Tim Vail 3-0 Robbie Temple 12-10, 11-9, 11-9
Miles Jenkins 2-3 Carlos Cornes 11-8, 11-5, 6-11, 5-11, 9-11
Nele Gilis 3-1 Julianne Courtice 11-6, 11-8, 6-11, 11-9
London Coolhurst 2-3 Bexley (10-14)
Adrian Waller 3-0 Lance Beddoes 11-4, 11-7, 11-5
Angus Gillams 2-3 Rui Soares 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 9-11
Joe Green 3-0 Rob Downer 11-4, 11-4, 11-6
Nick Mulvey 2-3 Adam Auckland 11-8, 7-11, 11-6, 6-11, 6-11.
Alice Green 0-3 Coline Aumard 12-14, 4-11, 8-11.
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