Trinity take a 12th consecutive National College title ... with
a bit of a controversial ending ...
Trinity Captures 12th Straight Squash Title
Hartford Courant
The Hartford Courant Behind the emotional play of senior
co-captain Baset Chaudhry, Trinity defeated Yale 6-3 ...
A
woman who believes her children should be allowed to smoke and
drink switches places with a former England squash player who
runs her household like a military campaign ...
The player in question was Sam Willis, who played on the
tour in the 90s, representing England in the 1990 European Team
Championships, took a few years out to have children and came
back to win the British National O40 title this February.
Nottingham's
Eddie Charlton (world #152) was a contestant on Channel 4's
Deal or No Deal from 21st Dec '08, playing his game on 13th Jan '09.
Although
he lost the top £250,000 box early, he built up a good board, and at
the five-box stage was offered, for the second time, £16,000 (a
figure chosen by the banker based on what guest Emma Beddoes said
was the prize money of a first-round loser at Wimbledon).
After a good think Eddie said "Deal", then proceeded to wipe out the
three highest-value boxes to score a spectacular win over the banker
- his next offer was a mere £160.
Eggheads Squash England Girls
England's top five squash players took$on the Eggheads on BBC2, but sadly proved no match for the UK's quiz maestros. With
the Eggheads on an unbeaten run of 55 shows, "Squash the Egg" stood
to win £56,000 had they won.
The head-to-head rounds didn't go well for the girls. Alison lost
2-0 to Daphne on food and drink and they went 2-0 down as Vicky lost
on an Entertainment category tie-break to Judith. Jenny was no match
for CJ on History, and when Laura took on Kevin [bad move, Kevin
never gets anything wrong] on Arts, it meant Tania was left to face
all five Eggheads in the deciding General Knowledge round.
She would surely have beaten them in a five-on-one squash challenge,
but was on a no-hoper in this format (which explains why when asked
what she would do with the money should she win, she said she'd keep
it all herself!).
So no £56,000 for the girls, but maybe host Dermot's pleas for
squash to be included in the Olympics will strike a chord somewhere
...
'These five people
are amongst the greatest quiz players in Britain. Together they make
up the Eggheads, arguably the most formidable quiz team in the
country.
The question is: can they be beaten?'
England Girls to take
on the Eggheads ...
Tune in tonight - Monday 3rd
September - to BBC2 at 6pm to see five England Squash
Internationals take on Britain's top quiz players in Eggheads.
The Eggheads take on a challenger team each programme, with £1,000
on offer which rolls over to the next show. They are currently on
their longest-ever unbeaten run, and the England girls stand to win
£56,000 should they beat the Eggheads.
They're
European and World Team Champions on court, but how will
Tania Bailey, Vicky Botwright, Jenny Duncalf, Laura Lengthorn
and Alison Waters do against the Eggheads .... tune in tonight!
Chris Hughes: winner of Mastermind, International Mastermind and
former Brain of Britain.
Daphne Fowler:
winner of Fifteen to One, Brain of Britain and Going for Gold.
CJ De Mooi: winner of BrainTeaser, 100% and The Weakest Link as
well as having been Mensa chess champion.
Kevin Ashman: winner of British Quiz Championship, European Quiz
Championship, World Quizzing Championships, Fifteen to One,
Mastermind, Brain of Britain and Mind Sports Olympiad.
Judith Keppel: first British winner of one million pounds on
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
A
woman who believes her children should be allowed to smoke and
drink switches places with a former England squash player who
runs her household like a military campaign ... 
Nottingham's
Eddie Charlton (world #152) was a contestant on Channel 4's
Deal or No Deal from 21st Dec '08, playing his game on 13th Jan '09.
Although
he lost the top £250,000 box early, he built up a good board, and at
the five-box stage was offered, for the second time, £16,000 (a
figure chosen by the banker based on what guest Emma Beddoes said
was the prize money of a first-round loser at Wimbledon).
