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News, 14
April 2018:
Cousins
Donna Urquhart (right) and Cameron Pilley have won gold in the mixed doubles
squash.
They already shared
family, a hometown and their childhoods - but now cousins Donna Urquhart and
Cameron Pilley share a mixed doubles squash title at the Commonwealth Games.
Urquhart and Pilley won gold
after defeating Indian pair Dipika Pallikal Karthik and Saurav Ghosal on the
Gold Coast on Saturday.
Both a product of Yamba
in northern NSW, the Australian duo grew up together but only began dreaming of
sharing a home gold after competing as a doubles pairing last year.
"I watched Cameron
become a professional player while I was still at school but I knew that's what
I wanted to do from seeing him do it," a speechless Urquhart said.
"It wasn't until
later on that we ended up playing together, but it's worked out alright."
Dozens of friends and
family had travelled up for the Games, while Pilley also had a group of ten
in-laws fly all the way from his wife's home in Denmark as part of a capacity
Oxenford Studios crowd.
It is the third
Commonwealth gold of his career, having won doubles in Delhi and Glasgow.
"Every other gold
I've won is so special but to play in front of such a great Aussie crowd, we
never get the opportunity to," Pilley said.
"To do it in front
of friends and family that never get to see you play, and we walk away with a
gold medal, it makes it even better.".....
