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Hereford
Whitecross Club recorded a major victory in
beating visiting top side Edgbaston Priory at
the Sollers Close based Squash Club.
Fielding a very strong side, Hereford matched
Edgbaston in a thrilling match supported by
a full home crowd watching the best quality
squash played in the county for many years.
Andrew Watts, the resident club coach, three
times club champion and ranked 25 in Wales playing
Chris Truswell, Staffordshire's number 2, lost
3-0 followed by a 3-0 Hereford win for 17 year
old Lewis Hurst, Wales u19 No.2 and senior No.15
playing Vikky Lankester, World Ladies No.34.
Jethro Binns, Welsh Junior Champion and ranked
No.9 at senior level, went down 3-0 to South
African No.2 Steve Coppinger but Matt Crowley,
Wales No7 and national squad player pulled the
match back to level with a fine 3-1 win over
Shropshire Champion and Birmingham University
No.2 Jamie Haycocks; setting the match up for
an exciting first string decider.
Full time squash professional Sam Miller playing
in the top 30 in England and teetering on the
edge of the top 100 in the world, went to 2-2
before finally overcoming Birmingham University
No.1 and Gloucestershire No.3 John Harford.
The Hereford side, playing in the National Club
Championship Knockout now awaits the draw to
determine whether their next round match against
Nottingham will be played at home or away.
The
picture shows the victorious Hereford Whitecross
side.
Back row l - r Lewis Hurst, Jethro Binns &
Sam Miller; front row l - r Matt Crowley &
Andrew Watts.
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