Fun Stuff

World Squash Day anthem by Darren Hanlon By Alan Thatcher, Squash Mad Editor Twitter was abuzz this week with lots of fun posts about the ideal song for squash. There are plenty of songs about walls, and thanks to Jerry Lee Lewis, we have Great Balls of Fire, which Cam Pilley might adopt (just for [...]

Daryl Selby left stunned by rival’s amazing retrieval By Alan Thatcher, Squash Mad Editor French ace Mathieu Castagnet has dived and chased his way into squash folklore after producing the most phenomenal piece of retrieving ever seen. His opponent, Daryl Selby, could not believe it as Castagnet dived into the front left corner to scrape [...]

By STEVE WALTON – Squash Mad Roving Reporter Down Under Great to see Cam Pilley and Ryan Cuskelly flying the flag for Australia in major world events, with Ryan especially doing well in the States and Cam climbing back up to 14 in the world. Here at home, we have lots of exciting news on [...]

Sad news for Aussie aces missing the Worlds as a row over racket sales rumbles on the horizon By STEVE WALTON – Squash Mad Raving Reporter Down Under   This week, Squash Mad’s Australia Correspondent Steve Walton (his job description actually reads: Raving Reporter on Location at a Squash Club Near You) delivers his Christmas Message. It’s [...]

Bollywood drama unfolds as squash dissects failed Olympic bid By STEVE WALTON – Squash Mad Australian News Digger  Bill Gates meets Mickey Mouse with a little Oprah Winfrey on the side as Steve Walton brings you the latest hot news from Down Under. Squash Mad Australia’s Raving Reporter focuses on the not-so-Nice World Federation AGM, where the latest [...]

Praise for World Squash Day clubs, top coaches and top pros By STEVE WALTON – Squash Mad Australia Roving Reporter   Our roving reporter Steve Walton turns into a raving reporter this week as he dresses up to deliver a keynote speech from Down Under. He praises all the clubs and squash centres who got [...]

He’s online and in your face: Steve Walton makes a racket about the Olympics By STEVE WALTON – Squash Mad Roving Reporter at the Australian Junior Championships Not only did squash miss out in the voting by the Tokyo committee who recommended five new sports for the 2020 Olympic Games, but the choice of some of them [...]

Junkies weekend is the ultimate squash party  By JASON MORRIS – The Man Who Runs The Junkies Festival Last weekend saw the 20th edition of Junkies. Its an international team squash event combining great squash and intense socializing. We are based at ‘Meersquash, Hoofddorp, Netherlands. Its a 10 court club, 10 minutes from Schiphol airport and [...]

Matthew motors ahead with new design for Duffield sponsor Felix Frixou By FAYE ANDREWS  Three-time world squash champion Nick Matthew OBE unveiled the ‘Wolf’ Bentley Titan on Friday in Derby with long-time sponsor Benz Bavarian. World No.2 Matthew, who last year won gold and silver at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, and whose on-court persona [...]

Steve Walton’s Video Blog: Jumbo Doubles heading to Oz  By STEVE WALTON – Squash Mad Australia Head Honcho on location in Singapore We’re giving it large this week as we report from Singapore, where Steve hooks up with the Singapore squash community and sees some great development work close up.  The big, big news is that Jumbo Doubles, so [...]

Wimbledon highlight as Nick Matthew is rated a better racket player than Andy Murray By Alan Thatcher, Squash Mad Editor Squash took centre stage on Centre Court today as three-times world champion Nick Matthew and his wife Esme joined the celebrities in the Royal Box.  As he was spotted in the crowd, the commentators discussed who [...]

Piotr loses 30 balls in the river but claims Guinness World Record for playing 100 matches By ROSANNA RADLINSKA – Squash Mad Reporter. Pictures by Marek Madphoto Dudek   During the Tall Ships Regatta in Szczecin, Piotr Misilo, the leader of the Polish Squash Federation Men’s Over-40 ranking, set a new record by playing 100 consecutive [...]

Nick Matthew and Sarah Kippax are model professionals By Alan Thatcher, Squash Mad Editor Commuters on the London Underground will have had a pleasant surprise last week when they opened up the free Sport magazine and clapped eyes on an action picture of England international Sarah Kippax.   Instead of being pictured on court, Sarah was clearly [...]

Ouch! Here’s a new one from Mexico Latest trophy shot from Blanca Vallarta, from Mexico. Whew, that’s a stinger! ALAN THATCHER EXPLAINS WHY THERE’S NO PAIN WITHOUT GAIN OUCH!  This the bruise left behind on the leg of Mexican player Alfredo Avila after being struck by Egyptian powerhouse Omar Mosaad in the quarter-finals of the recent Colombian [...]

Video news from Australia By Steve Walton, Squash Mad Australia The latest news and views from Down Under! [...]