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Yorks trio wrap up national title glory
Yorkshire players captured a trio of titles in the National Squash Championships at SportCity, Manchester.
Jenny Duncalf, the 26-year-old from Harrogate, took the women's title while the men's event was won by Nick Matthew (Sheffield).
Simon Parke (Heaton) secured the Over 35 Championship, despite a hamstring injury halfway through the match.
Parke, 36, the coaching professional at Heaton, Bradford, said his injury had not caused him to hobble and he was able to recover from a two-game deficit.
Duncalf, the top seed, lost the opening game of her final against Alison Waters (Middlesex).
But she battled back splendidly, at times going into overdrive, with fine cross-court work combined with a gritty determination to succeed.
Matthew defeated Pontefract's James Willstrop, the favourite, in the semi-final 11-8 12-10 11-5.
And in the final he beat Adrian Grant (Kent) without dropping a game.
Match details
Men's semi-final: Nick Matthew (Sheffield) beat James Willstrop (Leeds)
11-8 12-10 11-5.
Final: Matthew beat Adrian Grant (Kent) 11-4 11-3 11-9.
Women's final: Jenny Duncalf (Harrogate) beat Alison Waters (Middlesex)
11-13 11-8 11-6 11-6.
Men's over 35 final: Simon Parke (Heaton) beat Nick Taylor (Lancs) 5-9 2-9
9-5 9-1 9-2.
Meanwhile, Chapel Allerton went into overdrive to narrow the gap between themselves and leaders Otley in the Kall-Kwik Squash League.
Chapel's 3-0 away win against fellow Leeds side Adel netted them 12 points, slicing Otley's 11-point lead down to five.
Otley were unable to maintain their winning run but remain top of Division One despite losing 2-1 at home to Collingham.
Otley skipper Matt Wood surprisingly lost to Collingham club coach Nick Williams while the experienced Nick Brown snatched victory in a five-game battle with Otley's rob Worley.
Key match details:
Chapel Allerton 3 Adel 0. (Chapel names first): Phil Scully beat Mark Ambler 9-1 9-2 8-10 2-9 9-2; Elliot Criek beat Sean Fleming 9-2 9-2 9-4; Adam Hannath beat Jon Hodgson 9-3 10-8 10-8.
Otley 1 Collingham 2. (Otley names first: Matt Wood lost to Nick Williams 9-3 3-9 6-9 0-9; Paul Roberts beat Adrian Sewell 9-5 3-9 10-8 10-8; Rob Worley lost to Nick Brown 7-9 4-9 9-3 9-7 7-9.
The top five in Division One are now: Otley played 15, won 13, lost 2, 146; Chapel Allerton played 15, won 11, lost 4, 141; Moortown played 14, won 9, lost 5, 120; Collingham played 14, won 10, lost 4, 119; Nomads played 15, won 7, lost 8 ,114.
Other Division One results:
Ilkley 2 (Kerrin Webster, Andy Hutchinson) Harrogate 1 (Steve Whiteley); Nomads 1 (Phil Young) Harlow 2 (Richard Leonard, Nigel Chambers); Collingham II 0 Moortown 3 (Francis Nelson, Ian Cawthorne, David Lines).
Division Two: Chapel Allerton II 3 (Simon Studholme, Mark Taylor, Paula Arrowsmith) Adel II 0; Harlow II 3 (Paul Crafts, Simon Evans, Dan Lupton) Harrogate III 0; Harrogate Squash II 1 (Duncan Hill) Boroughbridge 2 (Simon Robinson, Colin Lefley).
Division Three: Collingham III 2 (Paul Hill, Brian Manson) Otley II 1 (Marc Thomas); Moortown II 2 (Richard Hill, Nigel Lister) Collingham III 1 (Andy Shaw); Harrogate Weider 1 (Alex Nowakowski) Moortown III 2 (Andy Pears, John Kay); Ilkley II 1 (Andy MacGregor) Pateley Bridge 2 (Dave Mann, Neil Jackson); Collingham VI 1 (Nicola Widdison) Harlow III 2 (Sophie Jacob, Steve Ingram).
Division Four: Otley III 2 (Zoe Rickerby, Brian Portwood) Chapel allerton III 1 (Andy Hinton); Moortown lV 0 Collingham IX 3 (John Richardson, Oliver Preston, Phil Wade); Collingham VII 1 (Graham Watson) Boroughbridge III 2 (Phil Strong, John Brear).
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