Surrey start defence in style
Defending champions Surrey
Health & Racquets continued where they left off last season with
a confident win over Team Chichester in the opening round of the
new season of the Premier Squash League, the world's most
prestigious squash league.
Led by Italian number one Davide Bianchetti, and including
England's former world number one and world champion Peter
Nicol, the Croydon team – the only squad not including new team
members since last season - enjoyed a 4/1 home win over southern
rivals Chichester.
The win puts Surrey Health & Racquets at the top of the Group B
table – two points ahead of Exeter Diamonds, the Devon club for
whom club newcomer Laurens Jan Anjema, the Dutch number one,
clinched a valuable five-game victory over the home team's
Mohamed El Shorbagy, the world No12 from Egypt who is studying
at the University of the West of England. The triumph gave
Exeter a 3/2 win over UWE Bristol.
The other tie in the group also ended in a 3/2 away win when
Surrey star Tom Richards beat New Zealander Kashif Shuja as TWP
St George's Hill celebrated a valuable opening win over PSL
newcomers IGT Winchester.
But the most decisive result came in Group A where former
champions Benz-Bavarian Duffield crushed East Midlands rivals MB
Nottingham 5/0.
The win puts the Derbyshire club firmly at the top of the Group
A table – but three points behind are CLFS Esporta Oxford, who
defeated Yorkshire club Pontefract 4/1.
Group A:
CLFS Esporta Oxford 4-1 Pontefract
Borja Golan 3-2 Simon Parke
6/11, 11/6, 12/10, 6/11, 11/9
Chris Ryder 3-0 Lee Beachill
12/10, 11/4, 11/5
Scott Handley 3-0 Sam Wileman
11/6, 11/5, 11/2
Ben Coleman 3-0 George Wileman
11/6, 11/4, 11/3
Katherine Quarterman 0-3 Kirsty McPhee
5/11, 5/11, 2/11
Benz Bavarian Duffield 5-0 MB Nottingham
Steve Coppinger
3-0 Lewis
Walters
11/3, 12/10, 11/8
Andy Whipp 3-0 Mark Fuller
11/9, 11/2, 11/4
Matthew Karwalski 3-0 Declan James
11/9, 11/9, 12/10
Paul Hargrave 3-1 Oliver Holland
6/11, 11/4, 11/9, 11/5
Laura Hill 3-0 Emily Whitlock
19/17, 12/10, 13/11
Group B:
Surrey Health and Racquets 4-1 Team Chichester
Davide Bianchetti 3-1 Robbie Temple
11/6, 6/11, 11/8, 11/8
Peter Nicol 3-0 Max Lee
11/6, 119, 12/10
Adrian Waller 3-1 Tim Vail
11/7, 9/11, 11/6, 11/6
Ben Ford 2-3 Leo Au
11/7, 5/11, 4/11 11/8, 8/11
Camille Serme 3-0 Lauren Briggs
11/8, 11/5, 11/7
U.W.E Bristol 2-3 Exeter Diamonds
Mohamed El Shorbagy 2-3 Laurens Jan Anjema
9/11, 11/7, 7/11, 11/4, 4/11 (56m)
Mathieu Castagnet 3-1 Jonny Harford
10/12, 11/4, 11/5, 11/9 (58m)
David Evans 3-2 James Snell
6/11, 11/6, 11/8, 13/15, 11/5 (71m)
Jethro Binns 2-3 Peter Creed
11/8, 14/16, 8/11, 11/5, 8/11 (77m)
Sarah-Jane Perry 2-3 Emma Chorley
7/11, 11/9, 5/11, 11/6, 5/11 (51m)IGT Winchester
2-3 TWP ST Georges Hill
Kashif Shuja 1-3 Tom Richards
6/11, 11/4, 7/11, 5/11 (36m)
Marwan El Shorbagy 3-2 Nicolas Mueller 7/11, 11/7, 5/11, 11/7,
11/8 (54m)
Stacey Ross 0-3 Joe Lee
4/11, 4/11, 4/11 (23m)
Mark Cairns 3-0 Stephen Meads
11/4, 11/4, 11/6 (49m)
Lauren Selby 1-3 Rachel Willmott
14/12, 8/11, 7/11, 6/11 (55m)
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