Alasdair Taylor (squash player)

Alasdair Taylor (born 1965) is a squash player who represented the Scotland men's national squash team.^[1]

Taylor represented Scotland at the 1984 World Junior Squash Championships.^[1] The following season he suffered a serious hip injury and was on the sidelines for six months.^[1] Whilst studying at the University of Portsmouth he played No 1 for Fair Oak in the Hampshire Premier League.^[1]

Taylor made his full Scotland debut in January 1987 at the home international championships.^[2] An annual event involving the national teams of Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland.^[3] Taylor regularly represented Scotland at the annual home international championships until the mid 1990s.^[3]

From 1987 to 1996 he also represented Scotland at the European Squash Team Championships^[4] and the WSF World Team Squash Championships.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Taylor is back from the sidelines". The Herald (Glasgow). 21 December 1986. p. 21. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^ "Absence of Ellis a blow to Scots". The Herald (Glasgow). 23 December 1987. p. 22. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Rock-bottom squash Scots can only improve position". The Herald (Glasgow). 6 January 1988. p. 19. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^ "Ellis again in default". The Herald (Glasgow). 10 February 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^ "Sports Digest". The Herald (Glasgow). 17 November 1995. Retrieved 4 November 2014. Scotland's hopes of at least repeating the ninth place of two years ago disappeared in a whitewash defeat from Wales in yesterday's world championships in Cairo. Alasdair Taylor, despite suffering from a back injury and flu symptoms, put up a good performance in losing in five games to David Evans in the top match. Heavy defeats for Dave Gordon and Alan Thomson put Scotland into the play-offs for places 13 to 16. Details: D Evans beat A Taylor 3-2, A Gough beat D Gordon 3-1, G Davies beat A Thomson 3-0)

External links

Alasdair Taylor at Squash Info

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[juniors-1] "Taylor is back from the sidelines". The Herald (Glasgow). 21 December 1986. p. 21. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

[debut-2] "Absence of Ellis a blow to Scots". The Herald (Glasgow). 23 December 1987. p. 22. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

[home-3] "Rock-bottom squash Scots can only improve position". The Herald (Glasgow). 6 January 1988. p. 19. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

[euros-4] "Ellis again in default". The Herald (Glasgow). 10 February 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

[worlds-5] "Sports Digest". The Herald (Glasgow). 17 November 1995. Retrieved 4 November 2014. Scotland's hopes of at least repeating the ninth place of two years ago disappeared in a whitewash defeat from Wales in yesterday's world championships in Cairo. Alasdair Taylor, despite suffering from a back injury and flu symptoms, put up a good performance in losing in five games to David Evans in the top match. Heavy defeats for Dave Gordon and Alan Thomson put Scotland into the play-offs for places 13 to 16. Details: D Evans beat A Taylor 3-2, A Gough beat D Gordon 3-1, G Davies beat A Thomson 3-0)

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