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
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.
