SPAtlight: Lauren Patrizio Xaba
Lauren Patrizio Xaba –Executive Director, Squash Drive, San Francisco, CA
I’m originally from Philadelphia. The first person l played squash with was Bill Lane. I played one day of hard ball and then switched to softball....
SPA-tlight: Elie Biel
Elie Biel, Head Squash Professional, Lifetime Fitness, Target Center, Minneapolis, MN
At what age and where did you first pick up a squash racquet?
I first learned the game when I was 18, during the fall of my...
SPA-tlight: Peter Avitable
This season, U.S. SQUASH has introduced the Squash Professionals Affiliate Program (SPA). With this program, U.S. SQUASH will offer personal liability insurance coverage to qualified squash professionals for coaching, access to a pre-screened, preferred...
PRO-file: Aisling Blake
Aisling Blake:
Bay Club San Francisco
The first person I ever hit a squash ball with was probably one of my brothers—I have three—under duress on their part I'm sure.
There are great similarities in the competitiveness...
SPA-tlight: Lyall Paterson
Lyall Paterson: Head Coach, Scozzie Squash, King of Prussia, PA
I was born and raised in a small town called Stonehaven, in the North of Scotland, the same region as Peter Nicol. In the summer...
SPA-tlight: Luke Butterworth
Going into this year’s High School Championships not being the defending champions doesn’t mean the spotlight is now off our team. There is always the element of expectation that the team will be there...
Spa-tlight
Celia Allamargot
Head Squash Coach,
Sacred Heart Greenwich,
Greenwhich CT
There are quite a few differences between squash here in the U.S. and in France.The first one that comes to my mind is between turning pro or going to college....
Spa-tlight
Julieanne Harris
Philadelphia Cricket Club
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
What in squash has changed the most in your time in the game?
The entire style of play has changed. Changes in the scoring system have shortened the length of rallies...
SPA-tlight: Catalina Pelaez
How did you pick up squash growing up in Colombia?
No one in my family had ever played and none of my friends practiced it, but one day at our club, Club Los Arrayanes, with...
SPA-light: Carl Baglio
Carol Baglio, University Club of New York
When did you first start playing squash doubles?
I used to dabble around with doubles for fun as a junior in Canada but nothing too serious. I played the...