HEXHAM Squash Club is proving to be a hotbed of top junior talent, with Matteo Radley, Tom Watts and Annabelle Satow selected to play for Northumberland County squash teams in 2022/23 season.

Annabelle Satow and Mateo Radley have broken through into the higher echelons of the national rankings with impressive performances this season at the British Junior Championships (amongst others) with Annabelle finishing 12th overall in GU19 category and Mateo, having just moved up to BU13, finishing 32nd overall. Both were superb performances.

Meanwhile at the mid-season stage Hexham’s three squash teams (this season sponsored by MKM builder’s merchants) find themselves riding high in Northumbria’s Squash Leagues.

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Hexham’s 3rd team are breakaway leaders of Division 5, having won all seven of their fixtures so far, with impressive performances throughout the team from Guy Jepson, Duncan Hunter, Justin Barlow (captain), Jon Steward, Ross Keady, Mike Cherryman and club’s juniors Luke Radley and Tom Watts.

The 2nd team currently lie third in Division 3 and could well compete for promotion if they can maintain their form in the second half of the season. With a strong squad of Guy Burnell, Andrew Wilkinson, Paul Satow, Kristen McCluskie (captain), Ed Edwardson and Annabelle Satow they turned around an initial string of defeats, and are now unbeaten since early October with wins over Boldon 3, Tynemouth 4, Chester-le-Street 2 and Northumberland 4.

Newly promoted this season to the dizzy heights of Northumbria Division 1, the 1st team as expected a tough season. The team has found themselves on the wrong side of a series of closely fought 2-3 match defeats against Newbiggin 1, Westoe 2, Tynemouth 2 and Primrose 2. Their breakthrough came with a 3-2 victory over Sunderland 2 following wins for Tom Ewen, Damon Watts and Andrew Watkinson, with Adrian Alderton and Jeremy Phillipson (captain) just losing out 2-3 in each of their matches.

Hexham Squash is based at Hexham Golf Club and is welcoming new members of all abilities. For informal enquiries about playing squash, joining the club, or trying a free taster session, contact Damon Watts at damon_watts@sky.com