Will Bennett:

So just the basics to start I guess:

I’m currently 23 and live in Camberwell in London.

I joined UK-Racketball in Feb 2010 with the intention of trying to promote both racketball and squash and bring them into the forefront of the public domain. I love playing both squash and racketball and feel that both sports deserve a lot more attention than they currently recieve. I have always been an avid supporter and have always tried to promote the sport wherever possible.

I first started squash at the age of 11 when I went down to a beginners group session with a few friends at Enderby Leisure Centre in Leicester. I really enjoyed playing and started to get some coaching about a year later. I then followed my coach to The Chase Squash Club where I started to play for Leicestershire County as a junior. The Chase Squash Club sadly had to close resulting in me moving up to the Park in Nottingham. At the age of 16 I stopped playing seriously and just kept it up for fun, due to other sporting commitments.

In 2005 I went to The University of Sheffield to study Mechanical Engineering where I joined the squash club and managed to get a place in the men’s 2nd team. I really enjoyed the socials and the team squash. The top players at the club inspired me to start training and I have been playing as much as possible since, usually playing 5 times a week. In my final 2 years I was voted president of the squash club and played No. 1 for the University, which gave me the opportunity to get chopped by some really good players and do a fair bit of running. I started playing racketball at University in my final year, for fun, at the Hallamshire where the sport was becoming really popular.

I graduated from Sheffield in June 2009 with a 1st class Masters in Mechanical Engineering and after a lot of hard work I managed to get a job in Croydon with Mott MacDonald as a Mechanical Engineer. I now play at The Surrey Health and Rackets Club which is an Esporta club based in Croydon near to where I work.  I play for the club’s second team at squash and the racketball first team in the Surrey league.