Garforth suffered an early setback in their bid to retain the Kall-Kwik first division championship when they were beaten 2-1 by Harrogate side Harlow.
It was the start of Garforth's second season in the Harrogate-based league after a runaway success in their debut season.
Garforth finished last season with 216 points while nearest rivals Collingham posted 198. Chapel Allerton were third on 175.
This season Garforth went into their first match with a problem for team skipper Alex Tate.
Harlow Vocalink 2 Garforth 1 (Harlow names first): Richard Leondard beat Anton Green 9-3 9-1 4-9 9-6; Seth King beat Neil Thackery 9-1 3-9 9-3 5-9 9-0; Nigel Chambers lost to Alex Tate 2-9 8-10 5-9.
****Former England international squash player Simon Parke enjoyed a return to his roots when he took up a guest-of-honour appearance at a leading North Yorkshire school.
Parke, whose squash talents were first spotted while playing at Pontefract by the world famous Jonah Barrington, said it was an honour to take up the invitation at Harrogate's St Aidan's lower school sports presentation evening.
Assistant head John Wood said it was time to highlight a minority sport and felt the ideal person was Parke, who played at Harrogate Squash Club as he climbed the ladder to national and international fame.
Brothers
Parke, now 36, is the full-time coaching professional at Heaton Squash Club in Bradford.
Among the audience at St Aidan's were two Harrogate brothers, Ross and Jordan MacDonald, who will soon be representing the school in their newly-formed squash team.
Ross, 14, and 12-year-old Jordan will be members of the side competing in the Schools' Squash Championship.
ResultsKall-Kwik Squash LeagueDivision One: Harrogate Squash 0 Otley 3 (Matt Wood, Ian Muerie, Rick Saunders); Chapel Allerton 2 (Paul Stroud Ben Thornton) Nomads 1 (Phil Young); Moortown 3 (Ian Cawthorne, Frances Nelson, Adam Barrowcliff) Ilkley 0; Trinity and All Saints 1 (Richard Jefferies); Collingham II (Anthony Kettlewell, Stephen Kettlewell); Collingham 3 (Andrew Widdision Nick Brown, Anthony Sewell) Adel 0.
Division Two: Otley II 0 Harrogate Squash II 3 (Andy Keeling, Ross MacDonald, Steve Gibson); Harrogate Squash II 1 (James Sargeant) Chapel Allerton II 2 (Simon Studholme, Mark Taylor); Skipton 3 (Daryl Ley, Dave Spencer, Andrew Gubbin) Harlow Vocalink II 0; Adel II 2 (Raj Achuthan, Kevin Jackson) Collingham III 1 (Brian Manson); Collingham IV 1 (Ken Buckley) Trinity and All Saints II 2 (Nick Smith, Craig Jennings); Boroughbridge 1 (Colin Lefley) Moortown II 2 (Joe Bybaniak, Jaz Panesar).
Division Three: Pateley Bridge 1 (Tony Rennison) Weider Harrogate 2 (Alex Nowakowski, Neil Molyneaux); Collingham V 3 (John Richardson, Nicola Widdison, Carl Tomlinson) Boroughbridge II 0; Moortown III 2 (Martyn Wilkinson, John Kay) Collingham VI 1 (David Wightman). Harrogate Squash IV 3 (Peter Cronin, Steve Smith, Tim Welch) Pateley Bridge II 0.
Division Four: Boroughbridge III 2 (Phil Strong, John Brear) Otley III 1 (Colin Hill); Harlow Vocalink 3 (Jon McGuinness, Martin Hall Paul Heap) Moortown IV 0; Collingham X1 2 (Oliver Preston, Jon Spooner) Harrogate VI (Steve Stott).
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