Night of PSL Deciders by Steve Cubbins January 24, 2016 -
The Premier Squash League resumed after the new year break with the
first round of reverse fixtures, and a trio of dramatic matches which
all went to a deciding match between the number one strings !
In Division B St George’s Hill hosted halfway leaders Chichester, and
after the first four matches were shared it was rising force Paul Coll
who clinched the win for the visitors with an impressive 3-0 win over
St George’s number one Borja Golan.
Chichester maintain their top spot with Bexley, who beat Coolhurst 4-1
last Friday, still in second place ahead of reigning champions Surrey,
who have a game in hand.
Playing their first match on the Glass Court at the new University
sports centre, Nottingham went two-nil down as Emily Whitlock and Alan
Clyne gave visitors Leicester the lead. Nottingham fought back with
wins from Richie Fallows, a dramatic five-setter from Nicolas Mueller,
and Nick Matthew completed the comeback with a 3-0 win over Daryl Selby.
It was a similar story at Bristol, where visitors Birmingham went
two-nil up courtesy of narrow 3-2 wins from Sarah-Jane Perry and Jan
Van Den Herrewegen, only to see the home side level the match with wins
from Josh Masters and Tom Ford.
Bristol’s Lucas Serme came out on top against Joel Makin in the fourth
five-setter of the match to keep Bristol at the top of the table, but
all five teams are still very much in playoff contention with
now-bottom Pontefract just six points behind second-placed Birmingham.
Division A
MB Nottingham / Nottingham University 3-2 Everards Leicester (15-9)
Nick Matthew 3-0 Daryl
Selby
11-6, 11-5, 11-x
Nicolas Mueller 3-2 Nafiizwan Adnan 11-13, 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-x
Declan James 1-3 Alan
Clyne
10-12, 8-11, 12-10, 6-11
Richie Fallows 3-1 George
Parker
11-13, 11-5, 11-5 rtd
Millie Tomlinson 0-3 Emily
Whitlock
2-11, 9-11, 8-11
UWE / Elite Squash Bristol 3-2 University of Birmingham Lions (18-10)
Lucas Serme 3-2 Joel
Makin
11-7, 7-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-5 (55m)
Josh Masters 3-0 Peter
Creed
11-5, 121-8, 11-5 (29m)
Tom Ford 3-2 Jaymie
Haycocks
8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 2-11, 11-9 (58m)
Mike Harris 2-3 Jan Van Den Herrewegen 5-11, 3-11, 11-6, 14-12, 9-11 (58m)
Tesni Evans 2-3 Sarah-Jane Perry 11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 9-11, 11-13 (72m)
Division B
9 Telecom St George’s Hill 2-3 Team Chichester (7-14)
Borja Golan 0-3 Paul
Coll
9-11, 11-13, 5-11
Tom Richards 3-0 Olli
Pett
12-10, 11-7, 11-7
Joe Lee 3-0 Tim
Vail
11-8, 12-10, 11-0
Tom Walsh 1-3 Miles Jenkins 11-7, 7-11, 2-11, 7-11
Yathreb Adel 0-3 Nele
Gilis
9-11, 9-11, 5-11
FRI 20th: Bexley 4-1 London Coolhurst (17-5)
Iker Pajares 0-3 Adrian
Waller
5-11, 6-11, 6-11
Lance Beddoes 3-1 Joe Green 14-16, 11-9, 11-5, 12-10
Rui Soares 3-0 Ben
Grindrod
11-5, 12-10, 11-7
Bradley Masters 3-1 Nick Mulvey 10-12, 11-7, 11-5 11-7
Elise Lazarus 3-0 Alice
Green
11-4, 11-6, 11-3
