In a groundbreaking initiative for squash in North America, five world-class pro tournaments will band together in 2008 to form the Players Cup Squash Circuit. The Circuit tournaments, sanctioned by the Professional Squash Association, will culminate with the first-ever Players Cup playoff event, an unsanctioned eight-man single elimination championship providing a winner’s purse of $25,000—the largest first place check in North American squash history.
Beginning in New York City on January 10 and ending in Richmond, VA, on March 1, the five high-level tournaments (including stops in Dayton, Toronto and Portland) will climax with the Players Cup in Boston, March 4-7.
John Nimick, Players Cup Series founder and promoter of three of the Circuit tournaments explains, “Squash is one of sport’s hidden gems, featuring world-class athletes at the top of their game. With 15 million people playing in more than 125 countries, the sport was recently voted by the International Olympic Committee to be the No. 1 choice for potential inclusion in a future Olympic Program. With the launch of the Players Cup Squash Circuit, we are making a concerted and coordinated effort to give North American sports fans a distinct season of squash that they will never forget.”
Look for more information next month in Squash Magazine.
