Ashaway Edgbaston Priory Adult Graded Tournament 2010

On 26th and 27th June, Edgbaston Priory Club hosted its second Adult Graded Squash Tournament, supported by Black Knight Squash and Ashaway Racket Strings. Players travelled from all over Great Britain to take part in the event which proved to be a huge success. The players competed in mixed events from intermediate club standard right up to PSA World Professionals. This year’s top seed in an extremely strong A Event draw was Chris Ryder, world number 36.

All players, played in extreme heat due to the weather, but had some great matches which made for an enjoyable weekend.

All finals were competitive and we saw some great squash, especially in grade A event where world top 40 player Chris Ryder took on British U23 champion Joel Hinds.

Both Joel and Chris are based at EPC full time and know each other very well, they knew, especially in the heat, that it was going to be a tough final! Joel went 1-0 down, but battled back and came through with a 3-1 victory, playing at a high intensity.

Pictured – Joel Hinds, Grade A Winner and Chris Ryder, Grade A runner up

Joel and Chris both use Ashaway PowerNick 18.

Joel quotes: "Really pleased to win this weekend, especially being based here now and as the draw was very strong for a graded event!"

"Thanks to the Priory for staging the tournament which was enjoyed by all"

The event was run by EPC's Head Coach, Mike Edwards. Many thanks to Mike for running a fantastic event.

Congratualtions this year champion, Joel Hinds and the rest of the players who took part. We look forward to another very strong entry next year.