Katherine Jensen makes her second appearance at the British Grand Prix event. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0642401)

FOUR Guernsey girls have been invited to compete in one of the most prestigious competitions of the season.

The British Grand Prix is an invitation-only, gold-status event for which the top 32 players in the England Squash ranking system within each age category are chosen to take part.

Issey Norman-Ross, Natalie Dodd and Katherine Jensen all competed last year, having reached the top 10 of the U-15, U-17 and U-13 ranking lists respectively. Amy Stenner has also been invited this year for the first time.

Ben Rosec, the new director of island squash, said: ‘For four of our junior girls to be eligible for this prestigious competition is a great start to the season. Each has worked hard with their coaches, Martin Watts and Peter Bridgeman, to achieve their current rankings.

‘It’s never easy to cope with a major competition at the start of the season added to the fact that the scoring system has also changed to a point a rally to 11, which will make the games more intense with little room for errors or lack of concentration.’