Isle of Man Squash Racket Association’s A League resumed last Thursday evening, with reigning champions Team AON and closest rivals Cannell Print both in action.

Team AON currently have a very healthy lead in this division but Cannell Print could overtake them if results go their way.

A maximum points win helped Cannell Print on their way as they ran out victors by a score of 5-0 and 180-97 against Mid-Court Crisis (MCC).

Captain Thom Whiteway and his young team of Josh Green, Ben Peach and Oliver Wait all secured 3-0 wins against their older opponents.

Merseyside over-60s player Dave O’Neill put up the most resistance for MCC, taking Rob Colquitt to five games before finally losing the fifth game 11-9.

Team AON maintained their good lead as they dropped only one point in their 4-1 win over StoneArt in the other match. AON captain Robin Crease and Dafydd Lewis - a player who recently broke into the top-20 ranked players in the island - both won their matches 3-0.

Steve Baker got out of the traps quickly to open up a 2-0 lead against Jason Crease, but the latter’s young legs enabled him to take the next three in a good comeback.

Steve’s son Calum, playing against Mason McLarney, came back from 2-0 down to level the match at 2-2, but McLarney eventually took the fifth game 11-9.

The highlight of the night was the match between the number ones, AON’s Pat Fitzpatrick and StoneArt’s Jason Blue.

It was a very close and exciting match which went all the way, with Blue finally victorious when taking the fifth game 18-16.

l Isle of Man Squash Rackets Association’s 2020 Summer Graded competition will take place at the National Sports Centre later this month.

Entries close this Monday, July 13 ahead of the event which will be held on the evenings of July 21 (Tuesday), July 23 (Thursday) and July 24 (Friday) between 6.30-9pm.

The format for the competition will be the Monrad/Swiss system and competitors will be graded according to their ’Squash Levels’ ranking points.

If a player does not have a ’Squash Levels’ ranking, the tournament organiser will determine the category to enter.

The top-eight ranked players will be entered in the Grade A category, with the players ranked from nine to 16 entered in the Grade B category, and so on.

Quarter-final matches will be played on Tuesday, with the semi-finals on Thursday and finals on Friday.

The cost to enter is £15 for seniors and £10 for juniors (payment on the first night of the tournament).

For further details contact Les Callow via email on [email protected] or text 494734.