Welsh Wizards’ Win In Sussex And Rhiwbina’s Peter Creed Crowned Squash King Of Luxembourg

Welsh Wizards have moved top of their Premier Squash League division after beating Chichester 3-2 in Sussex.

Peter Creed, Emyr Evans and Tesni Evans were the Welsh players who won at Chichester and lifted Wizards one point clear of Tradition@RAC.

Creed returned from winning the Top Squash Open in Luxembourg, beating Australia Cameron Pilley in the final, to play second string for Wizards.

They went two-nil up away to Chichester, but the home team struck back to level the match. Wizards’ Creed, who plays out of Rhiwbina SRC, came from a game down to beat Tim Vail in the decider.

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There are two Southern matches to be played on Friday when Coolshurst entertain RAC and St George’s travel to face Bexley.

Wizards have two group matches left in their bid to finish in the top two and qualify for the play-off semi-finals.

Egyptian Marwan ElShorbagy, ranked number 10 in the World, is keen to play in those matches against St George’s away and Bexley at home.

Chichester 2 (6), Welsh Wizards 3 (10)

Results (Chichester first)

Mathieu Castagnet beat Edmon Lopez  2-1 (11-7, 10-12, 11-5)

Tim Vail lost to Peter Creed 1-2 (7-11, 11-6, 6-11)

Miles Jenkins lost to Emyr Evans 1-2 (11-8, 8-11, 10-12)

Kyle Finch beat Elliott Morris Devred  2-0 (12-10, 11-8)

Alison Thomson lost to Tesni Evans 0-2 (8-11, 7-11)

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Southern fixtures on Friday:

Coolshurst v RAC

Teams:

Simon Rosner v Daryl Selby

Greg Lobban v George Parker

Adrian Waller v Ben Coleman

Nathan Lake v Peter Marshall

tbc v Alison Waters

Bexley v St George’s

Teams: 

Mazen Hesham v Mohamed ElShorbagy

Josh Masters v Tom Richards

Rui Soares v Borja Golan

Diego Gobbi v Carlos Cornes

Kace Bartley v Jasmine Hutton

Northern Division leaders WarKens took the opening three matches away at the University of Nottingham, running out 4-1 winners to establish a 24-point lead that puts them  just a few points away from a first appearance in the semi-finals. 

Either Pontefract or Birmingham Lions will join them in the playoffs.

Nottingham 1 (4), WarKens 4 (11)

Results (Nottingham first):

Nick Matthew lost to Iker Pajares 0-2 (6-11, 4-11)

Richie Fallows beat Mahesh Mangaonkar  2-0 (11-6, 11-9)

Adam Auckland lost to Daniel Mekbib 0-2 (9-11, 6-11)

Lewis Walters lost to Nick Wall 1-2 (11-9, 3-11, 14-16)

Coline Aumard lost to Sarah-Jane Perry 1-2 (8-11, 11-4, 4-11)

For Wizards match tickets click on the link: welshwizards.com/book-tickets

Welsh number one Joel Makin plays in the Premier Squash League Birmingham.

Premier Squash League fixtures:

Round eight:

March

Friday 8: Birmingham v Bristol, Coolshurst v Tradition@RAC, Newcastle v Pontefract, Bexley v St George’s.

Teams selected, Northern Division:

Birmingham v Bristol

Joel Makin v Tom Ford

Ryan Cuskelly v David Baillargeon

Jan Van Den Herrewegen v Sean Conroy

Stuart Macgregor v Roshan Bharos

Millie Tomlinson v Lily Taylor

Newcastle v Pontefract

South

Coolhurst v RAC

Simon Rosner v Daryl Selby

Greg Lobban v George Parker

Adrian Waller v Ben Coleman

Nathan Lake v Peter Marshall

tbc v Alison Waters

Bexley v St George’s

Mazen Hesham v Mohamed ElShorbagy

Josh Masters v Tom Richards

Rui Soares v Borja Golan

Diego Gobbi v Carlos Cornes

Kace Bartley v Jasmine Hutton

Round nine:

March

Tuesday 19: Pontefract v WarKens, St George’s v Welsh Wizards, Nottingham v Birmingham, Chichester v Coolshurst..

Friday 22: Newcastle v Bristol, Bexley v Tradition@RAC.

Round 10:

April

Tuesday 2: WarKens v Newcastle, Tradition@RAC v Chichester, Bristol v Nottingham, Birmingham v Pontefract, Welsh Wizards v Bexley.

Friday 5: Coolshurst v St George’s.

Play-Off semi-finals to be played week commencing May 6, while the final will be at St George’s on Saturday, June 1.