More than 150 top juniors from the length and breadth of the country will converge on Manchester this weekend for the Tecnifibre British Under 17/13 Squash Championships, which will take at the National Squash Centre in Sportcity from 26-28 October.
Tecnifibre became the headline sponsors of the British Junior National Squash Championships following the conclusion of a three-year agreement between England Squash and Smash Sports Limited, distributors of Tecnifibre in the UK & Ireland.
Top seeds in this year's Boys' Under 17 Championships are Sammy Chambers (Cambridgeshire) and Ben Coleman (Essex), both of whom will be looking for their first national title. After a long injury layoff, 3/4 seed Chris Fuller (Northamptonshire) is now back to full fitness and will be keen to push the top two seeds all the way to add to the Under 13 title he won in 2003. Completing the top four line-up is three times National Champion James Earles (Yorkshire) who should prove hard to beat.
Kimberley Hay (Northumbria) heads the Girls' Under 17 seedings and is hot favourite to add to the Under 13 and 15 crowns that she has already amassed in her junior career. She is scheduled to meet No2 seed and reigning Under 15 Champion Millie Tomlinson (Derbyshire) in Sunday’s final.
In the Under 13 Championships Peter Joyce (Avon) and Millie Pughe (Yorkshire) are the No1 seeds, but will face determined competition from the likes of Ashley Ford (Derbyshire) and Fiona May Murphy (Wales).
The Championships involve a heavy schedule, with matches running from 9.00am on Friday 26 October through to the finals which are scheduled for the afternoon of Sunday 28 October. Any visiting spectators will be welcomed free of charge.