Manxman Oscar Hill recently won the under-25 Armed Forces Individual Squash Championships.

This event took place over two days at HMS Temeraire in Portsmouth.

The first day was dedicated to group matches and quarter-finals.

Hill came through his group unscathed after matches against army players.

Because of the draw, he received a bye in the quarter-finals.

The semi-finals saw him carry his form over from the day before, winning 3-0 to progress to the final against a fellow RAF player. The former St Ninian’s High School pupil was clearly a man on a mission, winning the first two games 11-4, 11-0.

His opponent dug in during the last game, with some tight rallies up to 5-5, but Hill then stepped up an extra gear pulling ahead and winning 11-5.

Oscar first picked up a squash racket in the Manx Youth Games and was coached as a junior through IoM Squash Racket Association’s youth development programme.

Interestingly, one of his coaches was Steve Baker who won the same forces event for the RAF in 1986.