Greg Lobban on Form

The Junior National Championships concluded this weekend with some squash of excellent quality on display from all participants. Congratulations to all of our new National Champions!
The Boys U17 final probably saw the match of the championships where the first game between Douglas Kempsell (WAV), and David Jones (PER) lasted 23 minutes, with both players playing extremely quick, controlled squash, with some amazing retrieving. David took the first game 18/16, before Douglas came back to take the next 3 games 11/4, 11/5, 12/10. Highland Institute of Sport (HIS) Athlete, Jamie Henderson, finished in 5th place.
There was another minor upset in the Boys U19 where the in-form No 2 seed Greg Lobban (INV) managed to come from behind to defeat No 1 seed Sam Allan (ASRC) in 4 games, 9/11, 11/2, 11/5, 11/1. The other HIS athletes came 3rd, Ewen Urquhart and 5th, Ally McCorquodale.
The Girls U15 saw No 1 seed Kirsty Lobban (INV), and No 2 seed Elspeth Young (KIN) make it through the playoffs after the initial round robin stage; although both were taken to four games by their semi-final opponents. Kirsty won the final 11/8, 11/7, 11/7, and Claire Gadsby finished in 3rd place.