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Nicols To The Fore In Croydon Club's PSL Debut
World Games gold medallists Peter Nicol and Nicol David will lead Premier Squash League debutantes Surrey Health & Racquets Club Croydon in their opening fixture in the new league tomorrow evening (Tuesday) at home against Gloucestershire's Oberthur Strings
England's Peter Nicol, the former world No1 who won the World Games title in Germany in July to claim the 50th major international squash title of his career, will face Australia's Cameron Pilley in the top string battle between the two clubs in the South Group. Like her namesake, Nicol David immediately followed her World Games success with another title on the professional tour - when she became the first local player to win the Malaysian Open in the event's 31-year history. The world No3 from
UniSport Guildford, the University of Surrey team which leads the South group points table after beating University Sport Birmingham in the opening round, visit Team Chichester in the other second round tie in the south – with the Surrey squad's Alison Waters undoubtedly anxious to make amends for her surprise defeat in the earlier fixture when she takes on Chichester's Suzie Pierrepont. The PSL boasts some mighty battles in the North group when Derbyshire's Benz-Bavarian Duffield host
At the helm for Duffield for the second successive week will be England's world No12 Nick Matthew, while Nottingham will herald the return of world No11 John White, the hard-hitting Scot who led the East Midlands team throughout last season. 's world No10 Tania Bailey, from Two Australians will go head-to-head in the other northern tie when
Another notable league return will be made by Edgbaston's Stewart Boswell, the Australian who has won eight PSA titles since April when he began his comeback after a two-year layoff with a back injury. Boswell, who has only lost once for Priory since making his league debut for the club in 1998, faces
2nd round fixtures, North Group: Wolverhampton v Churchill Edgbaston Priory South Group: Surrey H&RC Croydon v Oberthur Strings
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