Finals:
Paul Johnson bt Simon Parke 10-15 15-5 15-8 1-15 15-7 (78m)
Cassie Jackman bt Sue Wright 9-5 3-9 6-9 9-0 9-6 (75m)

Top seeds Paul Johnson and Cassie Jackman both survived five-game battles against defending champions to lift the National titles. After losing the first game, Johnson, appeared to take control of the match against Simon Parke, taking the next two games to forge a 2-1 lead.  A rejuvenated Parke, however, then claimed the fourth game in a single hand from one-all to level the tie and move into a 4/1 lead in the fifth. To the delight of the near sell-out crowd at Britain's National Cycling Centre, both players were called upon to deliver squash artistry of the very highest order - with Johnson ultimately re-establishing command of the court to register a 10/15 15/5 15/8 1/15 15/7 victory in 78 minutes, and claim the British squash title for the first time.

"What I have achieved over the last year has exceeded my wildest dreams," said the ecstatic left-hander who won gold and bronze medals in last September's Commonwealth Games, and leapt from 20 to 4 in the world rankings. "I've felt under a lot of pressure throughout the week - being top seed is unfamiliar territory for me!"

In the women's final Cassie Jackman fought back from 2-1 down to beat defending champion Sue Wright 9/5 3/9 6/9 9/0 9/6, to reclaim the British title she last won in 1993. The 75-minute encounter - almost twice as long as any other women's match in the tournament - reversed the result of the pair's last two final meetings.

Jackman was returning to top-flight competition after a four-month layoff due to an ankle injury. "Despite being top seed, I came into the event without feeling any pressure at all - it was just so good to be back involved again," said the world No4 who partnered Wright to gold medal success in the Commonwealth Games women's doubles.

Sue Wright defends her National title ...

THE FINALS
Event Winner score Runner-up
Men's Event Paul Johnson (Kent) 10/15 15/5 15/8 1/15 15/7 Simon Parke (Yorks)
Women's Event Cassie Jackman (Norfolk) 9/5 3/9 6/9 9/0 9/6 Sue Wright (Kent)
Men's O35 Paul Carter (Herts) 7/9 9/1 9/1 9/1 Alan Thompson (Scotland)
Men's O40 Nicholas Gatward (Ches) 5/9 9/2 9/1 9/4 Ian Bradburn (Lancs)
Men's O45 David Manning (Kent) 9/6 108/ 9/4 Ian Parke (Yorks)
Men's O50 John Hakes (Yorks) 9/3 9/4 9/0 Ken Randall (Kent)
Men's O55 John Perrott (Hamps) 9/1 9/1 9/4 George Marshall (Yorks)
Men's O60 Jeremy Lyon (Essex) 9/4 9/0 9/4 John White (Derby)
Women's O35 Juliet O'Neill (Avon) 9/0 9/3 9/5 M Preuss (Kent)
Women's O40 Liz Brown (Staffs) 9/2 9/1 9/6 Juliet O'Neill (Avon)
Women's O45 Sandra Wrench (Beds) 9/2 9/2 9/3 Averil Murphy (Essex)

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Clive Leach (Warwickshire)

    

Derek Ryan (Ireland)

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Paul Hargrave (Derbyshire)

  

John White (Scotland)

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Wellings
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Lee Drew (Essex)

    

Del Harris (Essex)

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Wellings
14/17 6/2 Ret

  

Julian Wellings (Sussex)

  

* John Russell (Kent)

  

Russell
15/12 17/14 13/15 15/14

Cairns
15/9 15/6 12/15 15/1

 Cairns
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Chris Tomlinson (Kent)

    

Mark Cairns (Oxfordshire)

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Cairns
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Bradley Ball (Suffolk)

  

Chris Walker (Essex)

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Walker
15/12 15/5 15/7

Walker
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Nathan Dugan (Buckinghamshire)

  

Stephen Meads (Berkshire)

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15/11 15/9 15/9

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Paul Lord (Cheshire)

  

John Dale (Northumbria)

  

Garner
15/6 15/14 15/13

Chaloner
15/8 7/15 15/12 15/10

 Beachill
15/13 15/6 15/8

Parke
 15-9 17-14 15-9

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Tim Garner (Sussex)

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Ben Garner (Surrey)

  

Chaloner
15/13 4/15 16/17 15/13 15/9

  

Mark Chaloner (Lincolnshire)

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Adam Toes (Yorkshire)

  

Beachill
15/12 15/10 11/15 15/7

Beachill
15/11 15/9 15/12

  

Lee Beachill (Yorkshire)

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Nick Matthew (Yorkshire)

  

Matthew
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Alex Gough (Wales)

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Peter Genever (Sussex)

  

Berrett
9/15 15/6 14/15 15/8 15/9

Berrett
13/15 9/15 15/9 15/3 15/5

Parke
15/13 15/8 3/1 ret

    

Marcus Berrett (Yorkshire)

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Scott Handley (Oxfordshire)

  

Taylor
15/7 15/12 15/8

  

Nick Taylor (Lancashire)

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David Campion (Yorkshire)

  

Campion
15/10 15/12 15/12

Parke
7/15 9/15 15/6 15/4 15/5

  

Jamie Hopwood (Oxfordshire)

  

Adam Stevenson (Yorkshire)

  

Parke
15/6 15/2 15/7

  

Simon Parke (Yorkshire)

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Janie Thacker (Yorkshire)

  

Stephanie Brind (Kent)

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Brind
9/1 6/9 2/9 9/2 9/4

Vicky Botwright (Lancashire)

  

Jane Martin (Northumbria)

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Martin
9/2 9/4 9/0

 Martin
9/4 9/2 9/5

Clare Waddell (Scotland)

  

Fiona Geaves (Gloucestershire)

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Geaves
9/4 9/5 10/8

Pauline Nicholl (Cumbria)

  

Pamela Nimmo (Scotland)

  

Tranfield
9/3 9/5 9/3

 Horner
9/7 9/7 9/4

Wright
10-8 6-9 9-2 9-0

Jenny Tranfield (Yorkshire)

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Rebecca Macree (Essex)

  

Horner
5/9 9/4 9/2 9/4

Suzanne Horner (Yorkshire)

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Tracey Shenton (Cheshire)

  

Charman
9/6 9/0 9/0

 Wright
9/6 9/5 9/2

Linda Charman (Sussex)

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Tania Bailey (Nottinghamshire)

  

Wright
10/9 9/4 10/8

Sue Wright (Kent)

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