RESULTS: PSA World Series Gold JP Morgan Tournament of Champions, New York, USA 1st qualifying round: Tarek Momen (EGY) bye David Phillips (CAN) bt Jan Koukal (CZE) 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8 (50m) Martin Knight (NZL) bt Eric Galvez (MEX) 11-4, 8-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11-4 (92m) Chris Ryder (ENG) bt Gilly Lane (USA) 11-5, 11-9, 11-3 [...]
January 20, 2011
Alan Thatcher
News
RESULTS: PSA International 35 Comfort Inn Open, Vancouver, Canada Final: [2] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Hisham Mohd Ashour (EGY) 11-6, 10-12, 9-11, 12-10, 11-5 (59m) England’s Daryl Selby brought Hisham Mohd Ashour‘s impressive run in the Comfort Inn Open to an end in the final – but the unseeded Egyptian took second seed Selby the [...]
January 20, 2011
Alan Thatcher
News
Great things are happening in Kent. Last year we launched the PSA Kent Open, a world-ranking tournament (won by Alan Clyne) that ran alongside a three-month Kent Junior Festival that introduced more than 300 school children to squash and racketball. Tomorrow night we unveil the new Kent Development Plan in partnership with ESR and key clubs [...]
Let’s get the creative juices flowing as we seek new initiatives to attract girls of all ages to take up squash and racketball. Here are some of the fantastic ideas which have helped to promote World Squash Day down the years. [...]
January 20, 2011
Alan Thatcher
News, World Squash Day, WSF
Squash is at the crossroads... [...]
January 20, 2011
Alan Thatcher
News
RESULTS: Liberty Bell Open, Berwyn, USA 1st round: [1] Manuela Manetta (ITA) bt Nayelly Hernandez (MEX) 13-11, 11-5, 11-8 [5] Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt Elpiniki Clement (USA) 8-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9 [3] Miranda Ranieri (CAN) bt Deon Saffery (WAL) 11-9, 12-10, 4-11, 8-11, 11-6 [7] Leonie Holt (ENG) bt [Q] Karen Kronemeyer (NED) 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-13, 13-11 [8] Thaisa Serafini (BRA) bt [Q] Sabrina Sobhy [...]
January 15, 2011
Alan Thatcher
News
MATTHEW DEFENDS TITLE AS WORLD’S LEADING SQUASH STARS RETURN TO ISS CANARY WHARF CLASSIC IN 2011 Tickets are now on sale for the 2011 ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic as world No.2 Nick Matthew plans to defend his title fresh from striking gold at the Commonwealth Games. The eighth edition of the ISS Canary Wharf [...]
January 11, 2011
Alan Thatcher
Canary Wharf Classic, News
WORLD SQUASH DAY By ALAN THATCHER September 11 is now etched on the psyche as the date our world changed forever and Americans realised that they are just as vulnerable as the rest of us to terrorist attacks. The world of squash was touched by those shameful events and the recent September 11 anniversary was [...]
Picture shows Danielle and husband Andre Danielle Maur wins W. Stewart Brauns, Jr. Award in recognition of contribution to squash CHANHASSEN, Minn. — Danielle Maur, national squash and racquetball director for Life Time Fitness (NYSE: LTM) has received the annual W. Stewart Brauns, Jr. Award for outstanding contributions to the game of squash. The announcement [...]
RESULTS: Tecnifibre British Junior Open Squash Championships, Sheffield, England Men’s Under 19 quarter-finals: [1] Amr Khaled Khalifa (EGY) bt [9/16] Declan James (ENG) 11-7, 12-10, 11-1 (34m) [3/4] Marwan El Shorbagy (EGY) bt [5/8] Nathan Lake (ENG) 11-4, 11-3, 9-11, 11-9 (45m) [9/16] Karim Ali Fathi (EGY) bt [5/8] Zahed Mohamed (EGY) 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 12-10 (85m) [2] Ali Farag (EGY) bt [...]
January 7, 2011
Alan Thatcher
News
SquashUK is one of the leading event promoters in the game. Past and present events include: British Open Liverpool Open (two days of live TV coverage on Sky Sports). The biggest tournament staged in Europe for more than five years sponsored by Liverpool Culture Company in the build-up to Liverpool being the European Capital of [...]
January 1, 2011
Alan Thatcher
News, World Squash Day, WSF
Nicol David Begins Sixth Year As World Number One Malaysia’s Nicol David begins her sixth year as world number one this month, according to the new January Women’s World Squash Rankings published today by the Women’s International Squash Players’ Association (WISPA). The dominant force in women’s squash first topped the rankings in January 2006 – and, after dropping [...]
January 1, 2011
Alan Thatcher
News
WHY SQUASH WORKS Great value for sponsors Opportunity to penetrate large sporting market Squash and business go hand in hand Fun, fast, healthy sport Glass court in spectacular locations Extensive media coverage Branded media promotions Worldwide website coverage SQUASH AND TV UK coverage on Sky Sports Worldwide broadcast distribution package TV programme includes extensive location [...]
January 1, 2011
Alan Thatcher
News
International squash stars Alan Clyne and Harry Leitch delighted a packed gallery at The Mote Squash Club on Friday as dates were announced for next year’s Kent Open. Clyne, the current Kent Open champion from Edinburgh, aims to be back to defend his title in 2011 when the PSA world-ranking tournament is staged between May [...]
December 15, 2010
Alan Thatcher
Alan's Blog, Kent Open, News