Soaraway success for Dan at racketball
The city’s leading racketball star is now a double British champion.
Peterborough Town’s Dan Soar won the over 40 age group at the National Racketball Championships at Birmingham Egbaston Priory Club.
He beat Alexis Smith, who won a big tournament at Bretton Gate recently when Soar was on holiday, in straight sets 11-5, 11-7, 11-6.
Soar last played in the British Championships when he won the over 35 competition.
Soar was a county champion squash player before switching to racketball. His father Robin made a similar move, but bowed out in the first round of the Over 75 event in Birmingham.
Soar junior has had a good year so far. He won the Cambs County Racketball doubles with Town teammate Callum McGurk and the Cambs County Squash Doubles title with Chris Reeves.