Peter Stokes (squash player)

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Peter Stokes
CountryFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
BornQ3. 1940
Cardiff, Wales
Medal record
Men's squash
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1967 Sydney Team

Peter D. Stokes (born Q3.1940) is an Welsh former squash player. [1] He was a World team silver medallist. [2]

Biography

Stokes was born in Cardiff to a military family, the son of Group Captain Donald Stokes and Dorothy Nicholas. [3] He attended Rossall School but lived in various locations due to the military postings of his father.

Stokes studied at Cambridge and was captain of the Cambridge University squash team in 1961 and 1962 and earned his blue. [4] He also joined the Royal Air Force and was a Flying Officer, while at Cambridge. [5] His younger brother Michael (born 1946) was also a notable squash player and followed his brother into the RAF. [6] [7]

Stokes decided to represented his birth country Wales at international level, despite spending very little time there. [8] In 1965, he was selected for the Great Britain tour of South Africa.

In November 1967 and now a flight Lieutenant, he won a fourth consecutive RAF Championship titles to set a record. [9] This was the same year that he achieved his finest success, which came at the 1967 Men's World Team Squash Championships, when he helped Great Britain win the silver medal with Jonah Barrington, Mike Corby and David Brazier. [10] [11]

By 1970 he was a squadron leader in the RAF and continued to represent Wales at squash until 1977. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Stokes (Wales)". Squash Info. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Palmer, Michael (1984). The Guinness Book of Squash. Guinness Superlatives Ltd Ltd. pp. 113–118. ISBN   0-85112-270-1.
  3. ↑ "Champion's tour" . Newmarket Journal. 29 July 1965. Retrieved 15 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Big Tour Incentive For Squash Stars" . Coventry Evening Telegraph. 31 October 1961. Retrieved 15 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Close Fight" . Birmingham Daily Post. 21 December 1961. Retrieved 15 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "International Games end all square" . Sleaford Standard. 9 November 1965. Retrieved 15 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Brothers make it a double" . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 24 November 1965. Retrieved 15 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Oxford Get Squash Revenge" . Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition). 2 December 1961. Retrieved 15 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Squash record" . Liverpool Daily Post. 27 November 1967. Retrieved 15 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "Confident" . Evening News (London). 14 June 1967. Retrieved 15 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ↑ "Brazier shines in World Squash" . Worthing Herald. 18 August 1967. Retrieved 15 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ "Champions meet" . Grimsby Daily Telegraph. 4 January 1971. Retrieved 15 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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