RYAN SCOOPS ITALIAN JUNIOR OPEN SQUASH CHAMPIONSHIP

A BURGESS Hill teenager has just won the Italian Junior Open Squash Championship.

Ryan Whitely (14) attends Warden Park School in Cuckfield and the European title has been added to his many home achievements.

He returned from Riccione in Italy where he played all his matches with remarkable maturity in temperatures of more than 30 degrees and won them all 3-0.

The final was against a much bigger and stronger Italian boy, who plays in the n ational men's team byt Ryan kept his head and notched up another 3-0 win.

For full story see West Sussex Gazette July 4