SUE McMahon had led the charge for the Panthers Bathurst contingent who took part in the recent Australian Squash Masters at the Gold Coast.
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McMahon finished with a silver medal in the division 16 teams event and managed to match her original seeding of fourth when it came to the final individual standings.
Bathurst was well represented up north with Jackie Cousins, Dave Fuller and Barb Murphy also making the journey.
McMahon player was overjoyed to match it with high level opponents at the Queensland event.
"There was some exceptionally good squash, not always by me," she laughed.
"I had a really great team and we all supported each other. We had three really good matches but bombed out in the other two.
"When it came to the last round we were in equal third and we had to beat the other NSW team in points, since they were five ahead. We had a great round and came away with enough points to put us up to second."
The NSW team of McMahon, Shane Lamprey and Alison Small picked up a pair of 14-3 wins over their Queensland opponents and a crucial 11-6 win over the other NSW squad.
Their losses were 12-5 to Western Australia and a 15-2 result against eventual champions Victoria.
In the individual competition McMahon had the opportunity to finish with a podium result right up until her final match of the tournament.
Her highlight was a victory over the number two seed.
"I was seeded fourth and going into the last round I'd won three of my four matches and needed to win the last match to come in either second or third," she said.
"Unfortunately I lost that last one and finished fourth. The grading ended up being good because we all finished where we were seeded.
"I'm extremely happy with how I played. It's always hard when you go away and play against new people who you haven't played against before."
Fuller came away with a third placing in his teams campaign up in division one.
However, the result was just a bonus for Fuller who got to play alongside his son Nathan for the first time at a masters tournament.
"I came into the tournaments fairly underdone due to some treatments I'd had, which was a shame because I'd done the best I could to get to the position I was in," he said.
"In the teams event on the Monday I had probably my best game of the tournament. We played the number one seeds and lost 8-7. We got more games from that Queensland side compared to any other side so that was a feather in our caps.
"We owe a lot of that to Nathan. He played so well. The week was made for me by being able to play in the championships with my son."