Simpson seeded 15 in nationals

Tuesday 10th February 2009, 2:29PM GMT.

A REMODELLED Chris Simpson begins his British National Championship campaign today.

‘The whole of January was about tough training really and changing a few things technically,’ the 21-year-old Sarnian said yesterday while driving through the Pennines from his Harrogate base to Manchester.

‘There were times last month when I felt like I couldn’t play squash because when you have been doing a certain thing for so long and then try something new, it feels so strange.

‘But sometimes you need to take a couple of steps backwards before you start going forwards.’

Simpson is the number 15 seed at the National Squash Centre in Sportcity this week and will play a qualifier in the first round today.