European U15/U17 Squash Championships, Lyon, France
U17 semi-finals:
[1] ENGLAND bt [3] WALES 3-0
Millie Tomlinson bt Hannah Davies 9-5, 9-0
Sammy Chambers bt David Haley 9-3, 9-0, 9-0
Nicholas Hopcroft bt Sion Jones 9-5, 9-5, 9-2
[2] FRANCE bt [5] GERMANY 3-0
Cyrielle Peltier bt Franziska Hennes 9-1, 9-1
Lucas Serme bt Rudi Rohrmuller 5-9, 9-6, 3-9, 10-8, 9-5
Arthur Moineau bt Philip Reidl 9-1, 9-2, 9-1
Final:
[1] ENGLAND bt [2] FRANCE 2-0
Kimberley Hay bt Cyrielle Peltier 9-1, 9-3, 9-7
Sammy Chambers bt Lucas Serme 6-9, 9-2, 5-9, 9-6, 9-2
Charles Sharpes v Arthur Moineau (dead rubber - match not played)
3rd place play-off:
[3] WALES bt [5] GERMANY 2-1
Tesni Evans bt Franziska Hennes 8-10, 2-9, 9-2, 9-6, 10-9
David Haley lost to Rudi Rohrmuller 5-9, 2-9, 4-9
Sam Fenwick bt Philip Reidl 9-3, 9-2, 9-10, 9-3
U17 semi-finals:
[1] ENGLAND bt [5] WALES 3-0
Sophie Lemom bt Katie Bradbury 9-6, 9-1
Oliver Holland bt Huw Robinson 9-2, 9-0, 9-6
Thomas Ford bt Alex Pendleton 9-3, 9-1, 9-2
[2] FRANCE bt [3] CZECH REPUBLIC 3-0
Julia Lecoq bt Tereza Svobodova 9-4, 9-1
Alexandre Cogno bt Martin Svec 9-3, 9-3, 9-0
Alex Petitjean bt Petr Paleta 9-3, 9-0, 9-5
Final:
[1] ENGLAND bt [2] FRANCE 2-1
Emily Whitlock lost to Melissa Alves 9-6, 6-9, 5-9, 10-8, 1-9
Oliver Holland bt Alexandre Cogno 9-5, 9-0, 9-5
Niall Engerer bt Alex Petitjean 2-9, 9-3, 9-5, 9-3
3rd place play-off:
[3] CZECH REPUBLIC bt [5] WALES 2-1
Tereza Svobodova bt Hannah Williams 9-1, 9-7, 4-9, 6-9, 9-5
Martin Svec bt Huw Robinson 9-5, 9-1, 9-4
Michal Valenta lost to Jordan Davies 6-9, 2-9
England retained both titles in the European U15 & U17 Squash Championships after beating hosts France in the two finals of the European Squash Federation event in Lyon.
In the U17 championship, the favourites overcame Wales in the semi-finals before lining up against France in the final. In a seesaw opening match, Emily Whitlock took the opening game, but France's Melissa Alves fought back to win 6-9, 9-6, 9-5, 8-10, 9-1 to give the hosts the opening advantage.
However, Oliver Holland beat Alexandre Cogno 9-5, 9-0, 9-5 to level the tie before Niall Engerer recovered from a game down to defeat Alex Petitjean 2-9, 9-3, 9-5, 9-3 to give England the title for the ninth time in ten years.
England and France were also seeded to reach the U15 final - and did so after semi-final wins over Wales and Germany, respectively.
But only two matches were needed in the final to give the favourites the title - Kimberley Hay beating Cyrielle Peltier 9-1, 9-3, 9-7 to put England in the lead, then Sammy Chambers overcoming Lucas Serme 6-9, 9-2, 5-9, 9-6, 9-2 to clinch the title
