SPA-tlight: Mark Allen
Mark Allen, Director of squash at Boar’s Head Sports Club, Coach of UVA squash teams
What is your first squash memory?
Growing up in Colchester, Essex, in England, my first memory of squash is playing with my dad at...
SPA-tlight: Charlie Johnson
Charlie Johnson, Squash Pro at CityView Racquet Club, Long Island City, NY
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Jacksonville, Alabama, a small southern city in the U.S. No one played squash there, but we did have a...
SPA-tlight: Craig Thorpe-Clark
Craig Thorpe-Clark, Poughkeepsie Tennis & Squash & Bard College
Where did you grow up?
Melbourne, Australia.
How did you get involved with squash?
A club opened up just down the road during the start of the boom in...
SPA-tlight: Simbarashe Muhwati
Simbarashe Muhwati, Assistant Pro, Squash Courts, Natick, MA
How did you get involved with squash?
My now late father Samson Muhwati is the reason I got into squash and is the reason I am still involved...
SPA-tlight: Doug Whitaker
Doug Whittaker, Director of Squash, Germantown Cricket Club
Where did you grow up?
Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario Canada
How did you get involved with squash?
As an infant I was diagnosed with a congenital bone disease...
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: Lauren Doline
Lauren Doline, Squash Professional, Yale Club NYC
How old were you when you first picked up a squash racquet?
I was 12 years old at a clinic with Mark Talbott as an introduction to squash at The...
SPA-tlight: Satya Seshardi
Satya Seshardi, Assistant Pro, Harvard Club of NYC
How did you get involved with squash?
I used to play Tennis for my club back home (Bombay, India) and they always needed juniors to represent the club for...
SPA-tlight: Orla O’Doherty
Orla O'Doherty, Squash Director at the Santa Barbara School of Squash and Head Pro at the Santa Barbara Athletic Club
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in Portmarnock, Dublin, Ireland. I lived there until I...
SPA-tlight: Ed Chilton
Ed Chilton, Head pro at the Wilmington Country Club
Where did you grow up?
I was born in Wilmington (DE) and then bounced around between Greenwich (CT) and Atlanta (GA) for a few years. But I did...