NINE championship matches took place in front of a large crowd at Dorchester Tennis and Squash club.

The matches were all highly competitive and the onlookers were entertained to some excellent play.

The main open squash title was contested by Nick Lamb and Callum Watts and was a battle between Lamb’s experience and the youthful fitness of 17-year-old Watts.

It was a hard-fought and highly skilled performance from both players, but Lamb’s experience showed through and he took the title with a 3-0 victory.

Watts then, after a short rest, had to change his racket and the size of ball to contest the open racketball final against Jake Elwood.

Although already having played a hard game of squash, Watts successfully got through three long drawn out games and reversed his previous performance at squash, winning deservedly 3-0 in the racketball event.

The squash veterans’ over-50 final was between newcomer to the club, Gary Biles, and long-time member, Adam Lawrence.

After an evenly matched close first game, Biles took control and ran out a 3-0 winner.

The racketball veterans’ title match saw a return to the court for Jake Elwood, who took on a past champion in Lyn Stockham, a determined opponent, who, although having a number of game points in the first, didn’t manage to convert them, losing out 14-12.

Stockham then took the second game but could not keep Elwood at bay who, visibly showing signs of fatigue, fought on to win the next two games for a hard-fought 3-1 victory.

The ladies’ squash title was contested between Janet Biles, following in her husband’s footsteps on court, against the club squash chairman Annabel Whalley.

Although the game was played in a great spirit, Whalley proved to be the stronger of the two players, taking the title 3-0.

There were plate finals for first round losers and this was where some of the closest matches of the evening took place.

Jake Wilkinson-Tough won the racketball plate, while Hal Casalet claimed the squash plate.

Simon Watts took the veterans’ racketball plate and the squash veterans’ plate was won by Jonathan Baker.

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