Wales Host Five Nations Squash Event In Cardiff

Brothers Ryan and Dan Lewis from Powys in action for Wales on courts next to each other. Ryan was playing against England at under-15 level, while Dan was in action against Scotland at under-13 level.

Wales Host Five Nations Squash Event In Cardiff

Wales hosted the Five Nations under-13 and under-15 Squash Championships with great success at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff.

Talented young players from England, Scotland, Ireland and France joined the Welsh teams at the three-day event.

England emerged winners at both age levels.

Their under-15 line-up was led by two-time US Open champion Sam Todd (Yorkshire) and the team included British Junior Open finalist Sam Osborne-Wylde (Worcestershire), Katie Malliff (Buckinghamshire), Adam Goad (Cumbria) and Lydia Robinson (Yorkshire).

British Junior Open semi-finalist Jonah Bryant, Torrie Malik, both of Sussex, Finnlay Withington (Lancashire) and Emma Bartley (Suffolk) joined former World number one Lee Beachill’s son Ben in the under-13 team.

Under-13 coach Greg Tippings has a seven-strong team of boys and girls and they were Dan Lewis, Josh Davies, Lewys Audsley, Nero Harms, Alyx Kelleher, Olivia Stephens and Emma Jameson.

Emma Jameson fought hard in a touch match against France before being edged out 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 14-16. Wales were edged out 3-2 in that match with Dan Lewis and Josh Davies their winners.

Lewis also won at first string against England’s Jonah Bryant, but Wales went down 4-1.

Wales under-15 coach Nic Birt’s squad is Ryan Lewis, Tate Harms, Rhys Evans, Joshua Audsley, Bronte Wright, Lucy Jones and Georgia Lincoln.

Bronte Wright earned a creditable success for Wales against France at under-15 level, winning a five-set clash 7-11, 14-12, 15-13, 4-11, 11-8.

Tate Harms, Rhys Evans and Wright were the winners against Ireland in a 3-2 Welsh win. At number one Ryan Lewis was edged out 10-12 in the fifth.

Under-13 results for Wales: beat Scotland 5-0, lost v France 2-3, lost 1-4 v England, lost 2-3 v Ireland.

Final positions: 1 England 71 pts; 2 Ireland 42; 3 France 39; 4 Wales 36; 5 Scotland 12.

Under-15 results for Wales: beat Scotland 3-2; lost v England 0-5; beat Ireland 3-2; lost v France 1-4.

Final positions: 1 England 76; 2 France 56; 3 Wales 32; 4 Scotland 29; 5 Ireland 17.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.