Leamington Royals have gone top of the Optasia Squash Super League after beating Bristol Buccaneers on an action-packed night.
The Royals won three of their four matches on the night to usurp Chichester Centurions at the top of the standings, with just one point separating both teams.
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Bristol Buccaneers 1-3 Leamington Royals
The Royals were prevented from making it a clean sweep of victories by Buccaneers captain Mohamed ElShorbagy, who overcame fellow Englishman Declan James in the final match of the evening.
By that time, however, The Royals had already sealed the win, with victories for Satomi Watanabe over Rachel Arnold, Sam Osborne Wylde over Jared Carter and Ben Smith over Darren Pragasm resulting in a fine evening for The Royals.
Results
Mohamed ElShorbagy bt Declan James 2-1: 11-7, 9-11, 11-6 (37m)
Rachel Arnold lost to Satomi Watanabe 1-2: 11-8, 6-11, 6-11 (25m)
Jared Carter lost to Sam Osborne Wylde 1-2: 5-11, 11-5, 5-11 (46m)
Darren Pragasm lost to Ben Smith 0-2: 7-11, 7-11 (22m)
Chichester Centurions 1-3 St George’s Hill Knights
The Centurions lost their spot at the summit of the table after falling to a defeat against a formidable St George’s Hill Knights
The evening got off to the perfect start as Oliver Pett overcame Knights captain Miles Jenkins early on, but wins for Will Salter, Jasmine Hutton and Joel Makin saw Knights fight back to secure a victory which sees them stay third in the table but close the gap to three points on The Centurions.
Results
Gregoire Marche lost to Joel Makin 0-2: 9-11, 6-11 (36m)
Torrie Malik lost to Jasmine Hutton 1-2: 3-11, 11-8, 3-11 (25m)
Noah Meredith lost to Will Salter 1-2: 11-8, 10-11, 3-11
Oliver Pett bt Miles Jenkins 2-1: 11-10, 10-11, 11-5
Bexley Ballers *2-2 Coolhurst Cavaliers
The closest fixture of the night saw last placed Bexley Ballers draw with Coolhurst Cavaliers, but they did pick up the bonus point from the tie by virtue of winning more games throughout tonight’s four matches.
It was all to play for after The Cavaliers came back from a match down to lead 2-1, with Simon Herbert and Sarah-Jane Perry striking for the team after Joe Green had lost to Dylan Roberts in the evening’s first match.
However, Frenchman Baptiste Masotti produced an assured performance to upset Marwan ElShorbagy, securing the bonus point for the Ballers, who won five games to The Cavaliers four tonight.
Results
Baptiste Masotti bt Marwan ElShorbagy 2-0: 11-8, 11-9
Sivasangari Subramaniam lost to Sarah-Jane Perry 0-2: 6-11, 9-11
Jack Mitterer lost to Simon Herbert 1-2: 11-9, 5-11, 8-11
Dylan Roberts bt Joe Green 2-0: 11-4, 11-8
The next round of fixtures will take place on Friday April 4th at 19:00 as Bristol Buccaneers take on Chichester Centurions. Watch the action live on SQUASHTV.
