By Tracy Gates
Why can’t women play doubles like men? Call me sexist, but I’m also female and I couldn’t help thinking that as I watched match after match of doubles during DONAT (Doubles or Nothing at All) at the Hamptons Squash Week tournament this past August.
I’d heard about the tournament...
By Amanda Sobhy
Being the youngest on the tour has its advantages and disadvantages. Since I have only been playing professional tournaments for the past couple of years, I am usually playing against players who have been on the tour a lot longer than I. Intimidating? A little bit. Looking at the...
By Tracy Gates
A man dressed in squash whites came walking up to me about five minutes before our match, a big smile on his face: “You must be my partner,” he boomed heartily. “Glad to meet you.” This was my introduction to Kit Tatum, the extremely affable tournament director of the...
By Anne Bello
Photos by Michael T. Bello
A TENNIS coach approached the tournament desk on the last morning of the 2011 Men’s National Team Championships. Harvard’s Murr Center, the tournament’s main site, is a dual squash-and-tennis facility, and the tennis section had been hushed all weekend. The squash courts, packed with exuberant...
By Beth Rasin
I only got to know Hashim during the last ten years in my role as producer of “Keep Eye on Ball: The Hashim Khan Story.” At ninety-something, Hashim joined our film crew, in 2005, for a two-and-a-half week trip to London and Pakistan. Hashim would absolutely insist in carrying...
By Beth Rasin
The courts were packed, the food was plentiful, the players were joyous and the Saturday night party was a dancing scene. In the squash world, that means only one thing—Howe Cup! Hosted by NorCal, the 71st rendition of the women’s national team championships featured the added bonus...
By Lee Stabert
Photos by Dale Walker/DaleWalkerPhoto.com
In squash, you can never underestimate the ability of your opponent to pull out that miracle scrape. This fall, when U.S. SQUASH made the last-minute decision to cancel the beloved U.S. Five Man (now U.S. Five Person) Championship, it inspired some impassioned grassroots organizing and...
By Beth Rasin
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
The excitement, energy and electricity of the world’s largest spectator squash event, played under the breathtaking chandeliers of Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall in front of tens of thousands of New Yorkers, is what has distinguished the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions as one...
Princeton University Head Coach Sean Wilkinson breaks down what it takes to go from college captain to assistant coach, and from an assistant coach to head coach.
Captain
Earning the opportunity to be a captain at the collegiate level is a big deal. Being a captain is not a right or...