RJ Mitchell
RJ MITCHELL has been writing about squash for 24 years and has played the sport all his adult life. Former captain of the West of Scotland county team, he became a professional journalist and has written for the Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser, the Glasgow Evening Times, The Herald and The Scotsman. Mitchell has also become a regular contributor for the PSA World Tour website. He is also the author of the DS Thoroughgood crime fiction series based on his career as a Glasgow cop between 1989 and 2001.
Author Articles
Right Ball Campaign: We need to appeal to all different crowds – Ali Farag
Following Squash Mad’s news that the WSF and Dunlop are, one hopes, aligned with our ‘Right Ball’ campaign with a move to put more...
Hania El Hammamy: Why I model myself on Novak Djokovic
INTERVIEW: Egyptian squash star on using Serbian tennis great's mentality, music, Netflix and PSA titles
Hania El Hammamy has revealed that one of the key...
Squash deep clean: World No 1 Ali Farag backs referee directives
World No. 1 Ali Farag has welcomed the PSA’s initiative to try and address some of the blights -- including blocking and dissent --...
Greg Lobban: ‘I don’t love squash but now I can trouble best’
Greg Lobban is doing it “my way”. So much so that he has become the first Scot since John White 15 years ago to...
Colombian Catalina Pelaez: ‘You have take care of your circumstances and challenges’
While the PSA World Squash Tour has started with the glam and glitz of Platinum events in Paris and Doha, for those players who...
Right Ball Campaign: We need to educate the squash community worldwide
Who has responsibility over the ball issue?
Nick Taylor, the British coach now based in the USA who has been vocal on the double dot...
Northern Joe Cup squash festival shows power of sport and support
The memory of young English player Joe Rawcliffe, at just 27, continues to be remembered with a powerful serving of squash and raising thousands...
‘Squash is the only sport where the ball is warmed up – it has to change’
RIGHT BALL CAMPAIGN -- Six years ago, Nick Taylor, a former World No.14, delivered an impassioned opinion piece for Squash Mad in which he...
Trust and state of mind – what Mostafa Asal has learned in squash ban
In an impressive admission that change is essential if he is to realise his full potential, Mostafa Asal has revealed the motivations and the...
‘Squash needs to be simplified for juniors – they are our future’
He is the man behind the mic for SquashTV who fronts super-slick coverage of our game from the most prestigious events on the PSA...
Mostafa Asal to train with James Willstrop for three weeks
Mostafa Asal is coming to England to undergo a three-week training block with James Willstrop in September, Squash Mad can reveal. He will also...
‘I can’t think of anywhere I’d rather play top guys than Paris’
For many an elite level athlete the prospect of carrying home hopes of glory can be a load that proves an unbearable burden.
With Paris...
British Nationals showed changing of guard in women’s squash
It may seem strange to suggest that a successful defence of a title amounts to a changing of the guard, but that is in...
‘Mostafa Asal needs to be educated – he’s too exciting to be sidelined’
While Mostafa Asal’s latest ban was also accompanied by a £5,000 fine, following on from the matches at the last season’s World Squash Championships...
Club File: Leicestershire outfit shows how squash and leisure centre can co-exist
While the dawning of squash’s 1970s golden era saw our game develop exponentially with courts being built in leisure centres throughout the UK, the...
