Walker & Pierrepont Claim British U23 Titles

Sussex's Suzie Pierrepont and Alister Walker of Gloucestershire claimed their first national titles at the National Squash Centre in Manchester today with triumphs in the Millfield Partnership British U23 National Championships.

Walker, the number one seed, found it far from easy against Essex opponent Phillip Barker and lost the first game 10-11 in 25 minutes. From then on, however, Alister moved up a gear and won the next three games comfortably playing some wonderful squash to take the title.

In the women's final, Yorkshire's number one seed and former British Under 17 Champion Lauren Siddall started well and took the first game 10-8. Suzie Pierrepont, the 2003 European Under 19 Champion, then suddenly found her rhythm and ran out a winner in four games.