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

1. "Taylor is back from the sidelines". The Herald (Glasgow). 21 December 1986. p. 21. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
2. "Absence of Ellis a blow to Scots". The Herald (Glasgow). 23 December 1987. p. 22. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
3. "Rock-bottom squash Scots can only improve position". The Herald (Glasgow). 6 January 1988. p. 19. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
4. "Ellis again in default". The Herald (Glasgow). 10 February 1988. p. 17. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
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)

External links

• Alasdair Taylor at Squash Info