Squash: Joy for Benson brothers
Published Date:
07 October 2008
BUCKINGHAM Squash & Racketball Club held the first ever junior tournament in its 31-year history.
There were three events – the championship knockout, a handicapped tournament and a racketball competition.
Top seed Gwydion Benson became the club's first junior champion, beating second seed Owen Mason in the final 9-1, 9-1, 9-4. The champion started his campaign by knocking out his younger brother Yannek in the first round. This put Yannek into the plate competition, which he won, so it was a good day for the Benson brothers. Next up was the handicap competition, which used the 'point a rally' scoring system to 11 points over the best of three games. The higher ranked players started from a minus score.
There were several notable games. Robert Reid almost held off the newly crowned champion Gwydion Benson in a match that saw many incredibly long rallies, but Benson prevailed in the end. Natalie Mills put up a spirited quarter-final performance against Owen Mason, but couldn't quite keep up with his pace and Mason progressed to meet Piers Durnford in the semi-finals.
This was yet another fantastic match, but Mason saw off the challenger to meet Benson in the final. This time Mason was determined to win through and after a close match, he managed to beat Benson to take the handicap crown.
The afternoon finished off with the racketball event in which Hannah Thompson joined the group. The purpose was to introduce the game to the junior squash players and to round the day off with a fun session. Racketball, which has become the fastest growing racket sport in the country, is easy to learn and suits all ages.
For more sports news and results, see this week's Advertiser & Review
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07 October 2008 4:57 PM
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