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GERRARD BRITISH U23 SUPER 8 SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIPS BOASTS WORLD-CLASS FIELD

Organisers of the inaugural Gerrard British U23 Super 8 Squash Championships, to be held at Pontefract Squash Club in Yorkshire, England, from the 20th to 23rd November, have announced that the innovative new event on the domestic professional calendar has attracted a world-class field.

England's World No20 Nick Matthew, from Sheffield, will lead the high quality British U23 Championship field, which will also include World Junior Champion James Willstrop, World No22 Adrian Grant, World Junior Championship runner-up Peter Barker, Scotland's U23 No1 Stuart Crawford, Welshman Rob Sutherland, Christopher Gordon from Yorkshire & former England Junior International Philip Barker.

The U23 Championship will feature two pools of four players who will play each other, leading to finals which will produce a 1-8 finish. The event will also be supported by British Super 8 junior events at U13, U15, U17 and U19 - featuring the eight highest-ranked men and women in each age-group and endorsed by England Squash.

Title Sponsor Gerrard, one of the UK's leading wealth management companies, will be joined by Associate Sponsors Yorkshire Independent Mortgage Company, Baker Tilly accountants, Carlsberg, The Daily Telegraph, and www.squashdiscount.com alongside leading racket and footwear brands Dunlop and Hi-Tec.

Stephen Richardson, Head of Gerrard's York & Teesside offices, said: "We are delighted to be involved with the U23 Super 8 event and we hope that our support will help to strengthen its success.  Britain has produced some of the highest standard international squash players and we are proud to have our name associated with them."

Hi-Tec's Category Manager for Court Sports Jason Larke added: "We are very pleased to be part of this exciting new U23 Championship, it is a perfect complement to Hi-Tec's support of the British National Championships and many of the World's leading players.  Furthermore the announcement that the event will be contested by the strongest possible field represents a tremendous shot-in-the-arm for British squash and sets the benchmark for future tournaments."

Tickets, from £5.00 to £10.00, are available from Pontefract Squash Club or by calling the Gerrard British Super 8 Championships hotline (01977) 793333.

The Gerrard Super 8 Squash Championship will be covered by official media partner www.squashmedia.org, alongside the event's dedicated website www.iSQUASHevents.com.