By Howard Harding
Described as ‘the Roger Federer of women’s squash’ by Swiss National Coach John Williams, Nicol David captivated youngsters in Zurich of the opening day of a two-day promotional visit to the tennis player’s home country led by the World No. 1 from Malaysia.
The visit opened the latest...
By Jennifer Gabler
Women are making squash their business. Nancy Cushman (Meadow Mill, Baltimore, MD), Wendy Lawrence (Results Gym, Washington DC) and Demer Holleran (Fairmount Athletic Club, King of Prussia, PA) are all owners and managers of successful squash facilities.
Cushman launched Meadow Mill Athletic Club back in 1992. The club...
By James Zug
It started ten years ago with meetings in George Polsky’s Manhattan apartment. A second-year masters student in social work, Polsky had just gotten back from playing squash in the Maccabiah Games. The captain of the team was Greg Zaff, who had spent much of the time in Israel,...
By Lee Stabert
If you’re trying to get attention, jumping off a bridge is certainly a viable option. That’s exactly what Phil Buscke, musician and erstwhile A-grade squash player, did on May 23rd in New Zealand—tumbling to earth from atop the Auckland Harbor Bridge sporting a Squash for 2016 T-shirt. As...
By James Zug
Photos by John Lau
The World Hardball Doubles is a pretty venerable title for a world championship. It is as old as the official World Juniors, and only six years younger than the World Open singles. The men’s draw was started in 1981 when Mohibullah Khan & Clive...
By Richard Eaton
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
Without wishing to bore you with tales of arcane protocol by the British, it was quite an insight to see the different reactions to Gregory Gaultier determinedly kissing the Duchess of Gloucester on both cheeks. That isn’t the sort of thing royalty expects, even...
By James Zug
Photos by Steve Line/SquashPics.com
Five years ago, squash in the Caymans was on life support. Hurricane Ivan swept through the Cayman Islands in September 2004. Ivan, lest you forgot Katrina, was one of the top ten most intense Atlantic hurricanes in history and the sixth most damaging in...
By A. J. Hakim and Henry Payne
Spain’s Borja Golan made the most of his first trip to the Motor City Open presented by the Suburban Collection, sweeping through a tough field featuring five of the world’s top-20 to take the title from top-seeded Englishman, Adrian Grant. In reward for...
By James Zug
Photos by Jay D. Price/SquashMagazine.com
Like a feather caught in a vortex, Julian Illingworth floats around the squash court with a whirling flash of insouciance. He has the angularity and confidence of a true athlete. He gets to the ball, gets there early, takes it early and takes...
One year after Atlanta hosted what many consider to have been “the best U.S. Championships” in recent memory, the 2009 version returned to the Northeastern hotbed of squash—to the courts of the single most dominant college squash team this country has ever seen. Trinity College, with its 12 courts—including...