Growing the game

Golf Club follows Dubai Opera and Burj Khalifa as stunning setting for PSA finals By SEAN REUTHE   The world’s best squash players are set to appear at Emirates Golf Club between June 5-9 after the Professional Squash Association (PSA) today announced that the 2017-18 edition of the ATCO PSA Dubai World Series Finals will [...]

Kiwis top medal table as Aussies move Games courts to a new national centre By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent   While Squash relished its sixth appearance in the Commonwealth Games since making its debut in Malaysia in 1998, hosts Australia together with New Zealand and England shared the gold medals in the [...]

Squash the latest of 65 sports to partner with Olympic Channel By ELLIE MAWSON   The Professional Squash Association (PSA), in collaboration with the World Squash Federation (WSF), has reached a cooperation agreement with the Olympic Channel in a partnership that will see all three organisations collaborate on content for the multi-platform global media destination. [...]

Wiring up Ramy Ashour and Tarek Momen delivers amazing data By SEAN REUTHE and ALAN THATCHER   The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has released new data captured through innovative partnerships with Sports Data Labs and interactiveSquash that suggests squash could be the most physically demanding racket sport in the world. Through the use of pioneering [...]

Gold Coast is fifth Aussie city to host the Games By ALAN THATCHER    In celebration of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, The East Coast Squash Academy has released a visual treat in the form of an infographic tracing the history, winning performances and other interesting facts which will be of interest to squash [...]

New draw sizes, and qualifiers are scrapped as PSA and WSF launch Challenger Tour By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent   The Professional Squash Association (PSA) today unveiled its new vision for professional squash which will see a new-look professional squash tour structure come into effect for the 2018-19 season onwards, while a [...]

Dublin squash project will help to build a healthy nation By Special Correspondent MARK KELLY – Founder of Irish Sports and Education Association and Squash Link in Dublin   The benefits of joining a squash club permeate body and mind, and extend beyond the four walls of a squash court to deliver lifelong friendships, travel [...]

Squash has a history of change By CRAIG PARKINSON – Squash Mad Guest Columnist   I was fascinated to see the trial of the best-of-three (BO3) scoring system during the hugely successful Canary Wharf Classic. It set me thinking, to what extent is squash suffering from an identity crisis? And what impact will the introduction [...]

‘Long-term strategy to break down barriers and encourage women to pick up a racket’ By DONNA HELMER   England Squash has launched a new national campaign today to encourage more women and girls on court. The new social media campaign, which is part of the Squash Girls Can initiative, seeks to raise the profile of [...]

The game needs more pressure points – here’s an idea to make it happen  By PAUL MAIN    Best of three? What’s the point? In a doff of my cap to Daryl Selby and Cameron Pilley, I could call this piece Comment from the Balcony as that’s generally where I am at pro events! Much debate [...]

Canary Wharf trials best of three format but Selby and Pilley still clock up 49 minutes  By LEE HORTON – Squash Mad Reporter   PODCAST partners Daryl Selby and Cameron Pilley let their rackets do the talking as the two seasoned campaigners raised the curtain on this year’s Canary Wharf Classic in London. Selby and [...]

Walter Family confirm ‘double your money’ milestone in squash By SEAN REUTHE   The 2018-19 Professional Squash Association World Championships will become the first squash tournament to award a $1 million prize as part of a multi-year sponsorship deal with the Chicago-based Walter Family, the association announced today. As part of the agreement, the City [...]

Ziad Al Turki pledges focus on participation in Saudi sport By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent   Saudi Arabia will participate in a World Team Squash Championship for the first time when a team from the Arab state competes in the 2018 WSF Men’s World Junior Team Championship in India in July. The [...]

‘We changed the name from Squash Swinger…’  By ROSANNA RADLINSKA – Squash Mad European Correspondent   While browsing Facebook I came across a fan page of Jorvik Squash Academy some time ago, and the video clips were not the usual video clips showing players repeating or demonstrating a certain technique (although I must admit that [...]

Fans can win a hit on court with legend Nicol By ALAN THATCHER, Squash Mad Editor We’ll be rolling back the years on finals night in the Canary Wharf Classic next month as left-handers Peter Nicol MBE and Peter Barker star in an exhibition match. Former World Champion Peter Nicol MBE and former World No.5 [...]