The December England Squash competition superbly run again at Newton Aycliffe saw a white-wash of success for Durham and Cleveland in the boys under-pinned hugely by Redcar. Our county proudly took all the age group titles and Redcar were responsible for all but one of these. Joe Dale continued his strong season at Under 13, coming to the new pressures of top seedings. It seems unlikely that Luke Mabbott, long since accustomed to number one seedings, still qualifies for Under 15 but indeed he does and he secured the title too. The only title not taken by Redcar was won by Danny Hockborn so at least another fellow county member.

James Wass played strongly and will move up the senior team nominations after a powerful first half of the season. Greg Wass entered the Under 11 category and featured prominently. This group does not carry ranking points but is an excellent challenging prequel to them. Sandwiched between the two Wass’s was Sam Hill in the Under 13 who had a tidy first round victory before doing himself no disservice in his next round defeat.