Dyson Honored With John D. Moore Award
While the 2008 Miller Zell U.S. Squash Championships this past March in Atlanta featured many of America’s finest players competing on the national stage, the tournament also featured the presentation of the John D....
Staff Changes at U.S. SQUASH
Vijay Chitnis, having served in the role as Director of Junior Development at U.S. SQUASH since 2004, has recently accepted a position at Brown University as their International Advancement Officer. This position will be...
Junior Squash Changes for the 2008-09 Season & U.S. Junior Team Preps in Rochester
U.S. SQUASH is considering these changes to the Junior Squash competitive structure for the 2008-2009 season. There are four different categories where important changes will take place: national championships, tournament structure and formats, rankings,...
Elmaleh Paves The Way For Doubles
Effective August 1, U.S. SQUASH has additional resources to promote activity in hardball doubles when Gary Waite, who holds more professional squash titles than any other squash player in history worldwide and was a...
The Mysterious “Spirit of the Game”
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
One of the least known Rules of Squash is Rule 15: “Duties of the Players.” Those players who do read the Rules tend to concentrate (understandably) on the...
Natalie Grainger Talks String
By Steve Crandall
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Ashaway Racket Strings
Natalie Grainger is one busy woman. In addition to playing a full professional circuit—she won the US Nationals in March, is currently ranked No. 1 in...
Playing “Stick” or How to be a “Golden” Retriever
By Richard Millman, Director of Squash, Kiawah Island Club
The vast majority of squash players, and I mean just about everybody in the world except maybe a few brilliant professionals, are much more likely to...
Mark Talbott: A Very Good Friend
By James Zug
On a bright, cloudless summer day, Mark Talbott is rushing to the Palo Alto train station to pick me up. He is late. He has borrowed a car from one of his Stanford...
On Playing Squash In Antarctica
By Ramon C. Barquin
How did it feel to hit a few squash balls in the ice and snow, dressed in my all-white regalia under the suspicious glare of five penguins? Well, it felt great! This is the...