Swanepoel Tops the Men’s 6.0

By Jay D. Prince Five quick years after announcing that the U.S. Skill Level Championships would be split from the U.S. Championships, it has become the single-most popular event on the adult singles calendar. No, not...

World Junior Championships: Brownell’s Break Through in Namibia

By Chris McClintick An uncompromising desert climate with a mean altitude (5, 436 ft), higher than that of Denver (5,280 ft), welcomed the world’s best junior squash talent in Windhoek, Namibia—a nation younger than the...

Seattle and UPENN Wrap up 2009-2010 JCT Series

Nearly 400 junior squash players competed as the final two tournaments of the Junior Championship Tour took place at the Pro Sports Club in Bellevue (WA) and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Overall, nearly...

Masters Divisions

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...

Ruth, Lange, TakeU23 Championships

Todd Ruth, who will be entering his junior year at Yale University, defeated ex-University of Pennsylvania stalwart and current Round Hill Club of Greenwich pro Graham Bassett in a tightly contested final to take...

Youth Prevails in 40th Hyder Trophy

By Corey Modeste, MSRA Board Member The best indication of the depth of the 40th Anniversary of the Hyder Trophy squash tournament, which traditionally marks the end of the New York Metro area squash season,...

Willstrop Wins at the Wharf

James Willstrop rules the Wharf. The 23-year-old Englishman won the tournament for the second time in its four-year history, claiming the first championship in 2004. On his way to the final, where he met...

U.S. Junior Silver and Bronze Championships

U.S. Junior Bronze Championships The weekend of March 23-25 saw 150 players descend on the first-ever U.S. Junior Bronze Championships. The tournament was hosted at Dominic Hughes’ Berwyn Squash and Fitness Club in Berwyn, PA. With the...

CHERRYPHARM Team USA Squash Tour

The CHERRYPHARM Team USA Squash Tour, commonly known simply as the “selection tour,” provides a competitive environment for US Team and Squad members who play for valuable points to earn their way onto Team...

Paving the Way

by Chris McClintick Amanda Sobhy has reached the finals of six of the past seven U.S. Women’s Championships. Her third national title this March marked was her second as a full-time professional squash player and...