England juniors retain Five Nations crowns

England's Under 15s and Under 13s retained their Five Nations crowns after overcoming competition from Wales, Scotland, France and Ireland.

England’s future prospects took on some of Europe’s best juniors at Under 13s and Under 15s level to come out on top in France.

The Under 15s were spearheaded by 2017 English Junior U13 champion Torrie Malik alongside Warwickshire’s Hassan Khalil, and debutants Muhammad Khan, Franklyn Smith and Asia Harris.

2018 British Junior Open champion Jonah Bryant led the Under 13 side alongside Warwickshire’s Abdallah Eissa and Essex’s Yusuf Sheikh. 2017 British junior Under 13's runner-up Amelie Haworth and Dorset’s Amy Campbell-Wynter completed the line-up.

After the tournament, England Squash High Performance Coach Tania Bailey, spoke of her delight at seeing England’s youngsters lead the field.

“I am really proud of both the Under 13 and Under 15 teams on becoming Five Nations champions.

“It’s never easy to win these events even when on paper you are the strongest team, and the pressure and expectation is difficult to handle at such a young age.

“Although there were quite a lot of nerves at times, the players didn’t let it show and performed very well.

“This event is a stepping stone towards representing England at the European and World Championships in the future and all players showed they have what it takes to perform at the very highest level and demonstrate that England is still very much the strongest team at this event.

“Many thanks to Adam Fuller for his support and expertise at the event and to the parents who came to support the teams."