Alasdair Taylor (squash player) explained
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. The following season he suffered a serious hip injury and was on the sidelines for six months. Whilst studying at the University of Portsmouth he played No 1 for Fair Oak in the Hampshire Premier League.
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. 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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Taylor is back from the sidelines . . 21 December 1986 . 21 . 4 November 2014.
- Web site: Absence of Ellis a blow to Scots . The Herald (Glasgow) . 23 December 1987 . 22 . 4 November 2014.
- Web site: Rock-bottom squash Scots can only improve position . The Herald (Glasgow) . 6 January 1988 . 19 . 4 November 2014.
- Web site: Ellis again in default . The Herald (Glasgow) . 10 February 1988 . 17 . 4 November 2014.
- Web site: Sports Digest . The Herald (Glasgow) . 17 November 1995 . 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).
