The Kiwi squash team has struck double gold at the WSF World Doubles Championships in Darwin, Australia. The team of Joelle King, Amanda Landers-Murphy, Paul Coll and Campbell Grayson picked up a gold medal in the Mixed and Women’s events and a bronze medal in the Men’s event.

Joelle King, winner of a gold and silver medal at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010 featured in two of those wins claiming a gold medal with Amanda Landers-Murphy in the Women’s final and a gold medal with Paul Coll in the Mixed final.

In the Men’s doubles Paul Coll and Campbell Grayson claimed a bronze medal after they went down to the Australian pairing in the semi-final.  

It has been an intense week of squash in Darwin with 23 matches played between the four players over 4 days. The final medal tally is an outstanding performance for the team and sets them well on track for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018.   

Glen Wilson, a former NZ player who won a Mixed Doubles Gold Medal at the Commonwealth Games with Leilani Rorani in 2002, was facing his first assignment as a manager / coach for a NZ team. He was full of praise for the team who he said played superbly throughout the event. “In the finals they out muscled and dominated their opponents with relentless pressure and accuracy to take out comfortable wins,” said Wilson.