Premier Squash League

England Squash have announced the long awaited return of the Premier Squash League, featuring seven teams from around the UK, including the University of Nottingham. 

The teams, comprising two male and two female players, will compete in a league format between October and April, with all four matches played on one court in best of five to 11 format.

The final will be held in June for the chance to be crowned PSL Champion!

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Premier Squash League

event Previous champions in 2016/17, University of Nottingham will once again be in contention for the 2022/23 PSL title.
home_work Matches are hosted at the iconic £40 million David Ross Sports Village located on the University's University Park campus, using the brand new all-glass show court as well as the Nottingham Squash Rackets Club, set in the historic Park neighbourhood of Nottingham underneath Nottingham Castle.
person The squad features some of the world's best players including former World No. 1 Nick Matthew. The team also includes top student players from the University's performance squash programme including current scholar Jared Carter.

Our PSL Fixtures and Results

PSL Cup 2022 Fixtures & Results

Round 1 | Tuesday 25th October - vs. Birmingham - Away - Won 8-7 on countback

Round 2 | Tuesday 22nd November - vs. Alba Storm - Home - Lost 0-4

Round 3 | Tuesday 20th December - vs. St George's - Home (@ Nottingham Squash & Rackets Club) - Lost 1-3

Round 4 | Bye

Round 5 | Tuesday 21st February - vs. Pontefract - Away - Lost 0-4

Round 6 | Tuesday 21st March - vs. Crawley - Away - Won 3-1

Round 7 | Tuesday 18th April - vs. RAC - Home - Lost 1-3

star_outlinevs. Birmingham (A) - 25th October

Won 8-7 on countback, after a 2-2 draw in matches.

Nottingham travelled to the University of Birmingham in the first round of the 2022/23 Premier Squash League and came away with a victory. After winning two apiece, it was the #GreenandGold who would win 8-7 on countback!

Matches:

  • Nick Wall beat Will Salter 3-0 (11-7-11-2, 11-3)
  • Grace Clark lost to Kiera Marshall 0-3 (6-11, 9-11, 2-11)
  • Jared Cartere beat Muqtadir Nimji 3-1 (11-9, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6)
  • Faiza Zafar lost to Olivia Besant 2-3 (11-10, 5-11, 11-10, 6-11, 8-11)

star_outlinevs. Alba Storm (H) - 22 November

Lost 0-4.

After a narrow victory in our opening Premier Squash League match of the year, our #GreenandGold team returned to the University of Nottingham campus for our first home fixture. Taking on Alba Storm in a tough contest, the #GreenandGold came up short.

You can read our full match review here.

Matches:

  • Declan James lost to Greg Lobban 2-3 (9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 10-11)
  • Millie Tomlinson lost to Donna Lobban 2-3 (11-8, 10-11, 3-11, 11-10, 4-11)
  • Owain Taylor lost to Rory Stewart 0-3 (5-11, 10-11, 6-11)
  • Faiza Zafar lost to Alison Thomson 0-3 (7-11, 8-11, 10-11)

star_outlinevs. St. George's (H) - 20th December

Lost 1-3.

Our Nottingham squad aimed to bounce back with a win after our first defeat of the year in the previous round. In our final fixture of 2022, Nottingham faced St. George's at Nottingham Squash & Rackets Club just before Christmas, but unfortunately came up just short against a very strong opponent whose team included University of Nottingham alumna and Commonwealth gold medal winner - Gina Kennedy. 

Matches:

  • Nick Wall beat Joel Makin 3-1 (11-7, 11-5, 10-11, 11-4)
  • Millie Tomlinson lost to Gina Kennedy 0-3 (7-11, 2-11, 6-11)
  • Jared Carter lost to Charlie Lee 0-3 (4-11, 2-11, 5-11)
  • Sanne Veldkamp lost to Jasmine Hutton 0-3 (4-11, 0-11, 8-11)

star_outlinevs. Pontefract (A) - 21st February

Lost 0-4.

University of Nottingham took on a Pontefract side who had won two and lost two of their opening four matches. Pontefract sat second in the league table before the fixture though, and their class told with a 4-0 victory on the night.

Matches:

  • Elijah Thomas lost to Patrick Rooney 0-3 (7-11, 2-11, 4-11)
  • Millie Tomlinson lost to Hollie Naughton 0-3 (4-11, 1-11, 7-11)
  • Michael Andrews lost to Chris Simpson 0-3 (5-11, 2-11, 8-11)
  • Faiza Zafar lost to Lucy Turmel 0-3 (3-11, 1-11, 5-11)

star_outlinevs. Crawley (A) - 21st March

Won 3-1.

Nottingham take on Crawley in round six of the PSL looking to get back into the win column after three losses. With a playoff place looking unlikely, the #GreenandGold side will be looking to end the season strongly.

Team:

  • George Parker beat Rui Soares 3-0 (11-10, 11-5, 11-7)
  • Owain Taylor lost to Curtis Malik 0-3 (10-11, 9-11, 2-11)
  • Millie Tomlinson beat Rana Ismail 3-0 (11-10, 11-9, 11-2)
  • Sanne Veldkamp beat Amelie Haworth 3-2 (11-10, 5-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8)

star_outlinevs. RAC (H) - 18 April

In the final match of our 2022/23 PSL season, the University of Nottingham took on form side of the competition RAC. The fixture also saw the return of Nick Matthew to the all-glass at David Ross Sports Village.

Matches:

  • Nick Matthew lost to Paul Coll 2-3 (11-9, 11-10, 7-11, 7-11, 4-11)
  • Tong Tsz-Wing beat Sarah-Jane Perry 3-2 (11-7, 11-6, 10-11, 8-11, 11-10)
  • Jared Carter lost to Daryl Selby 1-3 (9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 7-11)
  • Sanne Veldkamp lost to Nele Gilis 1-3 (6-11, 11-5, 6-11, 3-11)

PSL Standings

Team Played Won Lost GF GA Points
Pontefract 6 3 3 53 35 59
RAC 5 4 1 48 25 56
Alba Storm 5 3 2 44 32 50
St George's 5 3 2 41 35 47
Crawley 5 2 3 34 45 38
Nottingham 5 2 3 24 46 28
Birmingham 5 1 4 23 49 25

 

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Our PSL Squad

Below are bios for all of our Premier Squash League representatives. 

Nick Matthew on court at David Ross Sports Village Nick Matthew

Nick, otherwise known as ‘The Wolf’, first drew the squash world’s attention when, in 2006, he became the first English player to win the British Open men's title since 1939. From then he reached World No.1 in June 2010 and won both the British Open and the World Open three times!

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Declan James on court for the University of Nottingham Declan James (World Ranking: 43)

Declan, who is originally from Nottingham, rapidly climbed his way up the world rankings reaching the top 20 in 2018. He is currently ranked number 43 in the world.

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Millie Tomlinson on the court for the University of Nottingham Millie Tomlinson (World Ranking: 55)

Millie Tomlinson has been playing professionally on the PSA Tour since 2008, and has forged a successful career in the sport, breaking into the top 20 in 2019.

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Tinne Gilis on court Tinne Gilis (World Ranking: 24)

Belgium’s No.2, only second to her older sister, Nele. The younger of the Gilis sisters broke into the World's top 30 for the first time in her career.

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Coline Aumard on court for the University of Nottingham Coline Aumard (World Ranking: 38)

Coline is one of the best French players on the world PSA Tour, with a huge year in 2014 where she lifted three tour titles. Coline went on to break into the World top 30 in 2016. Coline is also currently a coach for the University of Nottingham squash programme.

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Lucy Beecroft on court for the University of Nottingham Lucy Beecroft (World Ranking: 63)

Having made 4 PSA Tour finals, Lucy Beecroft is one of several young Englishwomen inside the top 100 of the World Rankings. Lucy is a former student after studying Health Psychology MSc at the University of Nottingham.

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Adam Auckland on court for the University of Nottingham Adam Auckland

Adam is a University of Nottingham Physiotherapy graduate and current racket sports team physio at the university. Adam has a career-high ranking of #105, and has represented Great Britain in World University Championship Squash (WUCS) winning team gold.

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Madina on court for the University Madina Zafar

Madina is a former scholar at the University of Nottingham after studying an MSc in International Business. Madina played the winning match to crown the university as 2022 BUCS Champions.

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Owain Taylor on court for the University of Nottingham Owain Taylor (World Ranking: 193)

Owain is a University of Nottingham graduate and current assistant coach for the university. He is a Welsh international who studied BEng Architectural Environment Engineering and MSc Sustainable Building Technology.

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Grace Clark on court for the University of Nottingham Grace Clark

Grace Clark earned a Geography degree at the University of Nottingham and was also part of the team that won the 2022 BUCS Championship.

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Faiza on court in University of Nottingham kit Faiza Zafar

Faiza is studying a PhD in Business Management in Nottingham and has never lost when playing in the #GreenandGold!

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Jared Carter in University of Nottingham Sport kit Jared Carter

Jared is the former England Junior No. 1 and is currently the top player for the University of Nottingham men's squash programme.

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Our partners

We are delighted to partner with the University of Nottingham Sport, Nottingham Squash Rackets Club, the University of Nottingham, The Clubhouse Cafe, and the Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre. You can find out more about our partners below.

Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Nottingham Squash Rackets Club

Nottingham Squash Rackets Club founded in October 1909 is one of the premier squash clubs in England. Located in an exclusive residential area, close to Nottingham city centre, the club has 10 squash courts, gymnasium, physiotherapy, changing rooms with saunas and steam rooms, a conference room, plus a small private meeting room with access to terrace.

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A University of Nottingham Squash player at the Clubhouse Café The Clubhouse Café

The on-site Club House Café at David Ross Sports Village recently re-opened in 2021 and offers a full variety of hot/cold snacks and drinks from Starbucks Coffee.

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CBTRC Logo Children's Brain Tumour Research Centre (CBTRC)

For the past 25 years, visionary clinicians and researchers, along with generous donors, volunteers and fundraisers, have all helped to make the CBTRC into the world-leading research centre it is today. With your support, the centre can continue to strive to discover more effective and kinder treatments for currently devastating cancers.

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Our previous PSL performances

Click the relevant year button below to see how we have fared in PSL competition through the years. 

2019/20 PSL Fixtures & Results

The 2019/20 PSL season was curtailed due to Coronavirus.

Date Opponent Location Result More information
1 Oct 2019 Newcastle University Newcastle University Lost 3-2  
15 Oct 2019 University of Birmingham Lions David Ross Sports Village Lost 3-2 Read match report
5 Nov 2019 Alba Storm Edinburgh Sports Club (ESC) Won 2-3  
10 Dec 2019 Team Pontefract Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 5-0 Read match report
7 Jan 2020 Newcastle University Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 4-1 Read match report
30 Jan 2020 University of Birmingham Lions UB Sport and Fitness Won 4-1  
18 Feb 2020 Alba Storm David Ross Sports Village Won 4-1 Read match report
2018/19 PSL Fixtures & Results
Date Opponent Location Result More information
25 Sep 2018 Newcastle University Newcastle University Won 5-0  
23 Oct 2018 Team Pontefract Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Lost 2-3 Read match report
06 Nov 2018 Warwick & Kenilworth Kenilworth Tennis, Squash & Croquet Club Lost 1-4  
27 Nov 2018 University of Birmingham Lions UB Sport & Fitness, Birmingham  Lost 0-5  
04 Dec 2018 UWE & Elite Squash Bristol David Ross Sports Village Won 3-2

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08 January 2019 Newcastle University Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 4-1 Read Match Report
05 February 2019 Team Pontefract Pontefract Squash and Leisure Club Lost 0-5  
05 March 2019 Warwick & Kenilworth David Ross Sports Village Lost 1-4

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19 March 2019 University of Birmingham Lions Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 4-1  
02 April 2019 UWE & Elite Squash Bristol Workout Bristol Harbourside Lost 2-3  
2017/18 PSL Fixtures & Results
Date Opponent Location Result
02 Oct 2017 Pontefract &Woodfield Woodfield Squash & Leisure Club Won 3-2
24 Oct 2017 UWE & Elite Squash Bristol Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 3-2
07 Nov 2017 Warwick & Kenilworth Kenilworth Tennis, Squash & Croquet Club Won 3-2
21 Nov 2017 University of Birmingham Lions David Ross Sports Village Won 3-2
09 Jan 2018 Pontefract & Woodfield Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 4-1
30 Jan 2018 UWE & Elite Squash Bristol Harbourside, Bristol Won 5-0
27 Feb 2018 Warwick & Kenilworth David Ross Sports Village Lost 2-3
13 Mar 2018 University of Birmingham Lions UB Sport & Fitness, Birmingham Won 3-2 
08 May 2018 (Semi Final) Luxfords St George's Hill Nottingham Squash Rackets Club  Lost 2-3
2019/20 PSL Fixtures & Results

The 2019/20 PSL season was curtailed due to Coronavirus.

Date Opponent Location Result More information
1 Oct 2019 Newcastle University Newcastle University Lost 3-2  
15 Oct 2019 University of Birmingham Lions David Ross Sports Village Lost 3-2 Read match report
5 Nov 2019 Alba Storm Edinburgh Sports Club (ESC) Won 2-3  
10 Dec 2019 Team Pontefract Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 5-0 Read match report
7 Jan 2020 Newcastle University Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 4-1 Read match report
30 Jan 2020 University of Birmingham Lions UB Sport and Fitness Won 4-1  
18 Feb 2020 Alba Storm David Ross Sports Village Won 4-1 Read match report
2018/19 PSL Fixtures & Results
Date Opponent Location Result More information
25 Sep 2018 Newcastle University Newcastle University Won 5-0  
23 Oct 2018 Team Pontefract Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Lost 2-3 Read match report
06 Nov 2018 Warwick & Kenilworth Kenilworth Tennis, Squash & Croquet Club Lost 1-4  
27 Nov 2018 University of Birmingham Lions UB Sport & Fitness, Birmingham  Lost 0-5  
04 Dec 2018 UWE & Elite Squash Bristol David Ross Sports Village Won 3-2

Read Match Report

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08 January 2019 Newcastle University Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 4-1 Read Match Report
05 February 2019 Team Pontefract Pontefract Squash and Leisure Club Lost 0-5  
05 March 2019 Warwick & Kenilworth David Ross Sports Village Lost 1-4

Read Match Report

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19 March 2019 University of Birmingham Lions Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 4-1  
02 April 2019 UWE & Elite Squash Bristol Workout Bristol Harbourside Lost 2-3  
2017/18 PSL Fixtures & Results
Date Opponent Location Result
02 Oct 2017 Pontefract &Woodfield Woodfield Squash & Leisure Club Won 3-2
24 Oct 2017 UWE & Elite Squash Bristol Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 3-2
07 Nov 2017 Warwick & Kenilworth Kenilworth Tennis, Squash & Croquet Club Won 3-2
21 Nov 2017 University of Birmingham Lions David Ross Sports Village Won 3-2
09 Jan 2018 Pontefract & Woodfield Nottingham Squash Rackets Club Won 4-1
30 Jan 2018 UWE & Elite Squash Bristol Harbourside, Bristol Won 5-0
27 Feb 2018 Warwick & Kenilworth David Ross Sports Village Lost 2-3
13 Mar 2018 University of Birmingham Lions UB Sport & Fitness, Birmingham Won 3-2 
08 May 2018 (Semi Final) Luxfords St George's Hill Nottingham Squash Rackets Club  Lost 2-3

Our PSL Venues

We host Premier Squash League matches at two different venues, alternating between each for home matches. The first venue is David Ross Sports Village located on the University of Nottingham campus, whilst some matches are played at Nottingham Squash Rackets Club located near Nottingham castle.

David Ross Sports Village

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Getting to David Ross Sports Village

The David Ross Sports Village is located on the west side of the main University Park campus and can be easily accessed via the West Entrance just off University Boulevard (use postcode NG7 2RD).

Download a copy of the campus map here and you'll find us at location number 34. Parking is available free of charge after 4.30pm in marked spaces and our event car park. Blue badge parking can be found in front of the main entrance to the building.

You can also find details of how to get here by car, bus or tram here. Our nearest park and ride is Toton Lane and you hop off at the University Boulevard stop.

Spectators can purchase food and drinks from the Clubhouse Cafe at David Ross Sports Village.

Nottingham Squash and Rackets Club

Nottingham Squash Rackets Club

Getting to Nottingham Squash and Rackets Club

Nottingham Squash and Rackets Club is located on Tattershall Drive, The Park, Nottingham (use postcode NG7 1BX). It's just a short walk from Nottingham City Centre and Nottingham Train Station.

Spectators may park free-of-charge in the Nottingham Squash and Rackets Club car park - limited street parking is also available in the surrounding area.

Spectators can purchase food and drinks, including alcoholic beverages from the club bar and function room.