Hashim Khan Receives Highest Pakistani Honor
By Beth Rasin
Venerable squash legend Hashim Khan was bestowed the highest honor from his native Pakistan when he received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Distinction) from Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani during...
Busy Summer Months for U.S. SQUASH for Interns
With the office move to New York City from the previous summer behind them, the staff at U.S. SQUASH was able to focus on new challenges for the summer of 2008. Two interns, Scott...
Controversy at the South Pole
In our last issue, we ran a story about Ramon Barquin becoming the first to play squash in Antarctica. Seems we may have been a bit premature in crowning Mr. Barquin as it appears two...
The Labor of Sisyphus Questions, Questions, Questions!
By Rod Symington, WSF Referees and Rules Committee
Squash is a very complex game, and the infinite variety of possible situations and scenarios is a never-ending source of perplexity and questions. Answering those questions is...
Ashaway AMPS 512
Ashaway’s latest addition to their line of AMPS (translation: Anatomic Multi-Performance System) is the new 512 that “incorporates a new Anatomic Stability and Cushioning System.” According to Ashaway, the 512 provides “increased cushioning and...
How to take a lesson Or getting the most out of the coaching experience
By Richard Millman, Director of Squash, Kiawah Island Club
All over the world, and particularly in the USA, a multitude of students and teachers engage in the mutual learning experience. Students attempt to glean what...
Prince 03 Speedports
So you wanna play like James Willstrop or Nicol David? Or how about Peter Nicol, you know, the guy who topped the World rankings for something like five years? While Prince Sports can’t turn you...
Hot Hot Hot The First Softball Nationals, Just 25 Years Ago
By James Zug
This month is the 25th anniversary of the first U.S. national softball tournament. With the dominance of softball today in America—the mass conversions of the 1990s, the incredible retreat of hardball—it is...
US Climbs Back Toward the Top Junior Men’s team finishes 10th in Switzerland
By Scott Leighton
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
A few days before the individual competition kicked off the 2008 World Junior Men’s Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, the US Junior Men’s team spent a day sightseeing by taking...
Rankings 2007-2008
Junior
BU11:
1- Gabriel Morgan Menlo Park, CA
2- Senen Ubina Stanford, CT
3- Claude Smith Mendham, NJ
4- Bransten Ming Los Altos Hills, CA
5- Sean Hughes Newtown Square, PA
6- Timmy Brownell Belmont, MA
7- David Yacobucci Greenwich, CT
8- Boden...