Sporting Digest: Squash

SRA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Welwyn Garden City): Men's singles, first round: P Marshall (Leics) bt J Rennie (Ches) 9-4 9-1 9-2; D Webb (Essex) bt C Clare (Avon) 9-7 9-6 9-2; S Meads (Berks) bt B Beeson (Northum) 9-7 9-6 9-5; P Johnson (Kent) bt A Davies (Wal) 9-5 9-6 9-5; S Parke (Yorks) bt D Harris (Essex) 8-10 9-2 9-6 9-6; T Garner (Sussex) bt P Carter (Herts) 10-8 9-5 9-6; T Hands (Essex) bt D Ryan (Irl) 9-5 9-4 9-3; J Ransome (Essex) bt J Wellings (Sussex) 9-5 9-4 9-2; D Meddings (Surrey) bt A Kirkland (Sussex) 9-2 4-9 9-6 9-1; P Whitlock (Devon) bt M Harris (Sussex) 9-2 9-2 9-2; R Graham (Essex) bt P Gregory (Surrey) 6-9 9-6 9-5 9-3; P Nicol (Sco) bt N Taylor (Lancs) 9-6 9-0 9-1; P Lord (Cheshire) bt M Puertas (Devon) 10-8 9-2 9-1; J Nicolle (Hampshire) bt M Allen (Essex) 9-7 9-5 9-7; M Cairns (Oxfordshire) bt P Hargrave (Derbyshire) 9-0 0-3 ret; C Walker (Essex) bt Y Abbas (Durham and Cleveland) 9-5 9-1 9-2.

Women's singles, first round: S Horner (Yorks) bt E Parke (Yorks) 9-0 9-2 9-0; S Macfie (Sco) bt A Murphy (Essex) 9-1 9-5 9-3; S Felton (Northants) bt T Shenton (Staffs) 9-7 9-5 9-7; S Spacey (Hants) bt R Burgin (Leics) 9-1 9-2 10-8; L Charman (Sussex) bt N Boddington (Kent) 9-4 9- 3 9-5; C Jackman (Norfolk) bt D Leeves (Sussex) 9-0 9-0 9-4; J Martin (Northumbria) bt S Brind (Kent) 9-4 9-3 9-4; P Nicholl (Durham and Cleve) bt B Thomson (Worcs) 9-6 9-3 9-2; R Poole (Staffs) bt P Hoppe (Beds) 9-3 9-2 9-6; R O'Callaghan (Ire) bt G Kerrison (Sussex) 9-4 9-3 9-2; H Macfie (Sco) bt J Gurnett (Essex) 9-3 9-0 9-7; L Opie (Notts) bt T Malik (Wal) 9-3 9-4 9-0; R Macree (Essex) bt S Langley (Northants) 9-6 9-3 7-9 9-6; F Geaves (Gloucestershire) bt S Kerr (Sussex) 9-0 9-0 9-0; D Vardy (Notts) bt S Stone (Avon) 9-1 9-3 9-0; S Wright (Kent) bt K Buckley (Essex) 9-0 9-2 9-7.