WIGGINTON Squash Club players turned back the clock in a 24-hour marathon to mark the club's 25th anniversary.
For Mick Downs it was literally stepping back in time when he went on court at noon on Saturday.
He was actually the first player to feature in a match on the courts in Mill Lane in 1979.
Armed with a 25-year-old racquet he got the marathon fund-raising session rolling with fellow veteran Dennis Jones and club chairman Nick Clifford.
Twenty-three hours later the last pair, Stuart Conacher and Angus Clapham, went on court after club members played round the clock.
The squashathon was expected to raise around £500 for Guide Dogs for the Blind. Carol Pearson, who is blind, is a social member of the club.
Updated: 10:27 Thursday, September 16, 2004
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