A Look Back February 2014
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine
February 1999
Amy Gross won the U.S. Junior Open U16 (it was then the U.S. Junior Olympics) and went on to Yale, where she led the Bulldogs to three consecutive national championships, including as captain her senior year....
A Look Back December 2013
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine
December 1998
World No.1 Michelle Martin, who won three World Open titles and six British Open titles, retired ten months later. Based at the Willoughby Squash Club in Sydney, Martin...
A Look Back May 2014
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine
June 1999
Jay Prince presciently profiled Nicol David in the lead-up to the Junior Women’s Worlds in Antwerp, which the fifteen-year-old Malaysian won. Since then, David has won a second...
A Look Back December 2014
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine November 1999
Cassie Jackman Campion Thomas appeared on the cover after winning the 1999 Phil Smart Mercedes-Benz Women’s World Championships, having previously lost twice in the final. The event...
A Look Back February 2015
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine January 2000
Simon Parke won the 1999 S.G. Cowan U.S. Open in stunning style. On back-to-back nights, the Englishman beat Peter Nicol and Jonathon Power in five-game matches. Parke,...
A Look Back
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine March 2000
Gary Waite, as hinted in James Zug’s profile, did switch over to team up with Damien Mudge on the pro doubles tour, becoming one of the most...
A Look Back
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine, August 2000
In 1999 James Zug spent a week at Harrow School, the prep school outside London. He was the first squash journalist to go to Harrow and research the...
A Look Back
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine February 2001
Michelle Quibell adorned the cover for winning the U.S. Junior Open GU19 title and for beating Kasey Brown in the finals of the British Junior Open GU17....
A Look Back
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine August-September 2001
Amy Boytz, the managing editor, penned a lengthy, deeply researched report on the current situation with eye protection in the American squash community, including interviews with players injured...
A Look Back October 2016
Fifteen Years Ago in Squash Magazine November 2001
Amy Boytz, the managing editor, wrote a long profile of the pioneering Seattle coach Yusuf Khan as he announced his retirement. He turned eighty-six in August. He...