The Magic Seven

Frank van Loon, World Squash Federation, Vice-President We all know that seven has a special symbolism. Seven wonders of the ancient world, seven wise men of ancient Greece, seven gates to the other world, seven candles,...

Junior Development Campaign Launches Nationwide: SQUASH = OPPORTUNITY

By Kevin Klipstein, CEO, U.S. SQUASH Sports metaphors are commonly used as metaphors for life, school or work: “It’s going to be a sprint to the finish,” “It’s early in the game,” “Third and long,”...

Publishers Note Shooting for PAR

By Jay D. Prince At the risk of beating a dead horse, since both Richard Millman and Will Carlin have chimed in on PAR scoring inside the pages of this edition of Squash Magazine, I’m going...

PAR Scoring Why I believe it is good for Squash…and good for you

By Richard Millman, Director of Squash, Kiawah Island Club So no doubt you’ve heard the moaning or perhaps you’re one of the moaners. “Why change? If it ain’t broke don’t fix it,” as the saying goes....

Will’s World Not Up to PAR

By Will Carlin "I have stopped playing league and I am not going to play very many tournaments,” Paul Marotta, an avid New York A player, told me recently. “The thing is: I don’t want...

From US Squash Play to 11, win by 2.

By Kevin Klipstein Tony Halstead and I used to play squash in Seattle fairly regularly. I think I’m a better player, but it’s not totally clear. Why? Well first, Tony was never in very good...

Par 11

The U.S. SQUASH Board of Directors recently approved the adoption of the new official World Squash Federation (WSF) scoring system, effective immediately. The decision was in response to the WSF vote during the Annual...

WSF Sets Up Olympic Task Force

The Management Committee of the World Squash Federation, led by its new President N Ramachandran, has set up a top level task force to lead the sport’s bid to join the Olympic Games program...

PAR No Longer Just For Golf

In golf, par is a good thing. In squash, it remains to be seen. But beginning in April 2009, the Official Rules of Squash will be changed to adopt PAR-11 scoring as the standard rather...

Players Support Olympic Dreams

Frank van Loon WSF Vice President The presence of the sport’s leading players and key figureheads in Manchester for the World Championships provided the perfect opportunity for the WSF to highlight details of its all-important Olympic...