Sunday, November 24, 2024

Fun Stuff

Miss Malta warms up for Squash Med Festival

Miss Malta invites you to the Mediterranean Squash and Racketball Festival next month Miss Malta Donna Leyland has joined forces with Squash Mad to invite...

Sunday’s Grapevine: The Wolverine is hunting The Wolf

Film star Hugh loves strutting his stuff on squash court SQUASH has got the wolf (Nick Matthew), now it has the Wolverine. Yep, Aussie eye...

How technology will shape the future of squash

The Future of Technology in Squash By PHILLIP MARLOWE - Squash Mad Columnist In this tongue-in-cheek article, Coach Phillip Marlowe looks into his crystal ball and...

Why Alan Thatcher is the most interesting person in squash

By WILLIAM GENS (Publisher of Squash Dashers and Bashers) If I was stranded on a deserted island for an extended period of time and had...

Dress smarter and we might find squash’s Anna Kournikova

Dress to impress: Why players must follow the example set by tennis and capitalise on the latest trend   By ALEX WAN - Squash Mad...

Part Two – The Squash Mad 2013 Awards

The 2013 Squash Mad Review  By MICHAEL CATLING - Squash Mad Reporter With 2013 finally drawing to a close, the Squash Mad awards have been finalised,...

Part One – The Squash Mad 2013 Awards

  The 2013 Squash Mad Review  By MICHAEL CATLING - Squash Mad Reporter With 2013 finally drawing to a close, the Squash Mad awards have been finalised,...

WINS AND TINS IN 2013

The best and worst of squash in 2013 By ALAN THATCHER - Squash Mad Reporter Wins - the best moments of 2013 1. The Olympic Bid. For...

Happy Christmas from Squash Mad

A Merry Christmas to our army of Squash Mad readers. Thank you for your support during the launch of the first news-based international squash...

COMMENT: Pushy parents spoiling squash? A Squash Mum speaks out

Parents often need coaching, not just the kids RECENT articles have highlighted the levels of poor conduct on court during some major junior tournaments, and...

Eye, eye…what’s Shabs saying?

Eye hope you have a Merry Christmas A charming drop of festive cheer dropped onto the Squash Mad doorstep this morning in the shape of...

Tweet of the Day

https://twitter.com/Johnson_Charlie/status/411407743669764096

Nick bags SJA award before BBC radio gig

World champion Nick honoured with Sports Journalist' Association award ENGLAND number one Nick Matthew put the disappointment of his BBC Sports Personality of the Year...

It’s official: Squash is good for your ‘elf

With Christmas approaching, usually university students would be knuckling down with exams and assignments taking precedent over sports. Normally we would not condone anything...

Stars and Gripes on Squash E-Zine

  Plenty of Stars and Gripes The latest edition of the USA-based Squash E-Zine is out now.  Find out all the news and results from the US...

EXCLUSIVE: Pay a tension – Greg’s amazing racket secret

String expert Joe Magor reveals an astonishing secret about French ace Gregory Gaultier and his rackets By Joe Magor - Guest Reporter WORLD number two...

Mo still hurting from his Hong Kong battle

We sometimes take for granted the punishment that pro players put their bodies through. Yeah, they are super fit athletes, among the most highly...

Nick’s a little fibber Tweet of the Day

BANTER between the PSA players is alive an well. Mohamed Elshorbagy aimed this friendly broadside Nick Matthew's way after his win in Hong Kong...

Be a Squash TV commentator

BUDDING sports commentators and squash enthusiasts are being given a unique opportunity to join SquashTV and commentate on live Squash matches in 2014 –...

Just plain silly…

What do you mean, foot fault! Three wise men seek fashion consultant You gotta love them PSL refs Sorry, madam...that's a conduct warning   That was out, you animal... Olympics...

Ramy and Cassie love Squash Mad

It's always great to receive feedback about Squash Mad. Today's postbag produced inspiring messages from two world champions, Ramy Ashour and Cassie Thomas (nee...

I hurt so much Tweet of the Day

Mohamed Elshorbagy could have called the result of today's semi-final between Borja Golan and James Willstrop. His two-hour battle with James yesterday left him...

Sleepy sleepy Tweet of the Day

It's tough being a pro squash player. Not for them the five-star tour bus or limo service. As sneaky snapper Adrian Grant reveals, it can...

Squash in paradise for the Meridian Masters

Joe Kneipp deserves credit for unearthing a 'dream venue' on the British Virgin Island of Tortola By SATYA SESHADRI - Squash Mad Columnist Looking for a...

Hi, I’m R15…does anyone want me?

There are few sights sadder than a lonely heart desperately looking for a partner. We've all read the small ads: Single white female seeks...

Lady Gaga leads the way as HK squash go crazy

The "Lady Gaga of Hong Kong squash", resplendent in a bright-yellow tiger suit, strutted her stuff in the glass-enclosed courts of Happy Valley yesterday...

The worst forehand grip we’ve ever seen

  It is SquashMad’s mission to help improve the skills of all players whether they be professionals or mere club hackers. We are constantly on the...

Training tip of the Day

  World Champion Nick Matthew offers us this gentle (NOT) bike session from his training blog http://www.nickmatthew.co.uk/Blog.aspx. Good enough for him, good enough for you. Let us...

Hugely disappointed Tweet of the Day

Amanda Sobhy ‏@itssobhytime9h Not going to lie, very disappointed in the lack of publicity that @USSQUASH does for the US women. We had top 5 all...

Pictures of the week

           

Cam not be serious Tweet of the Day

Laurent Cossa ‏@lozzercozzer1h PSA Player fraud exposed! .@campilley in dodgy moustache bid! Register your disgust here: http://nl.movember.com/team/1437289  pic.twitter.com/eG04UlRWn0

Cheeky sibling Tweet of the Day

There's nothing like a bit of brotherly love and support when you begin a new challenge, and this tongue in cheek Tweet from Omar...

World Championship by numbers

  Take a bow, Manchester. AJ Bell World Squash Championship by the numbers: 8,000 + live spectators 2 full sell-out days 45 Countries broadcast to 112 Players participating 35 Countries represented 10,000...

High praise indeed Tweet of the Day

Nick Matthew ‏@nickmatthew4h Ps. Did anyone see the shot @DarylSelby hit to win the match today? Shot of the year contender @joeybarrington @SquashTV ??!

Awesome foursome go for record bid

  Four players from Hallamshire Squash Club in Sheffield are looking to break the Guinness World Record for the longest game of squash singles.     ...

Cam’s Slow-Mo action Tweet of the Day

  Cameron Pilley ‏@campilley8h   Day 7 of my mo. Looks terrible. Should be getting there by Monday for squashtv hopefully! http://www.movember.com       

Wishful thinking Tweet of the Day

Laura Massaro ‏@ljmassaro1h Turning 30 isn't all that bad. Just got asked for ID in sainsbury's! #gettingyounger #secretlylikeit

Sam loves to dress to thrill (but mind those see-through leggings)

Canadian number one SAMANTHA CORNETT follows Simon Rosner into the Squash Mad Winter Sale to join the discussion about squash fashion, this time from...

What it feels like to play squash for 24 hours

Squash Mad salutes Stuart Guest, squash enthusiast, lifelong Liverpool fan (you can't have everything!), Kent over-45s player and organiser of a 24-hour marathon in...

Beng out of order Tweet of the Day

ong beng hee ‏@benghee9h psa and wsa to merge?? 2 become 1 init! so when it comes to rooming list can i share with wsa player??...