Age | 25 |
Which were your Essex Junior Club/s? | Lexden and Colchester Garrison |
Who was your junior coach? | Lauren Selby / Paul Allen / Chris Chitty |
Current Club/s | Ipswich Sports Club |
University? | Loughborough University and Roehampton University |
Highest WR? | 212 |
Did you ever play in the Essex Junior Closed and if so, what was your best result? | I won 4 Essex County Closed back to back from the age of 14 to 18. |
Did you ever play in any inter county teams, if so, what was your best memory? | Best memory was reaching the U19 intercounty finals and finishing 3rd. I was down 2-0 and 9-3 down and I came back to win 3/2, then our No.2 Joe Blackmuir won the decider to take 3rd place. |
Who is your favourite player to play? | In juniors it was Gus Beecroft, every match we played was always fun and played in the best spirit, it was also funny because he was about 6ft 6” and I was about 5ft. |
Who is your nemesis? | In juniors it was Josh Atwell from Sussex, I lost to him about 20 times before I finally beat him in my last year of U19s. In the Pro game, I guess it’s everyone above me in the rankings. |
What skill would you want from someone else? | I would love to have Amanda Sobhy’s mental strength; she’s come back from 2 Achilles Ruptures and she takes the game to the top players in the world and has beaten them when everyone didn’t believe she could. |
Favourite pre match scran (food)? | I would have to go with some sort of rice bowl, and it must be 3 hours before my match. |
Top tip for future players | Always seek out new challenges and try to take on board information from as many great mentors as you can. |
What skill are you working on most this year? | Mental strength, I think it’s the most useful but neglected skill for any athlete. |
How do you prepare for a match? | Caffeine, 20 minute warm up and music. |
Who coaches you now? | Lauren Selby and Ollie Pett |
When you are not playing squash, what do you like to do? | Play padel, watch Formula 1 and eat good food. |
If you didn’t play squash, what other sport do you think you may have taken up? | Padel or weightlifting. Padel because you get to work with another player and weightlifting because it’s fun. |