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‘Covid-19 has taken one great love from my life, so there’s room for another’ By LEE HORTON – Squash Mad Lockdown Fitness Expert Finding new friends during lockdown has been tough, but I’ve struck gold with a new bestie who has most definitely put the spring back into my step. It’s great getting someone to [...]
Problems are mounting as I rage against the machine By AUBREY WADDY – Squash Mad Correspondent This darned lockdown, especially restrictive for people like me in my eighth decade. It means I now have not one but two reasons for not playing squash: first, Covid the Nineteenth, like some warrior from a pulp science fiction [...]
Laura leads my lockdown recovery as the squash world waits to reopen By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor What day is it? Where am I? If you are losing track of time during the coronavirus lockdown, join the club. Right now, under lockdown, my domestic priorities are mowing the lawn every week, nurturing my [...]
Partnership brings global bodies into closer alignment By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor The World Squash Federation (WSF) has appointed the Professional Squash Association (PSA) to oversee its communications efforts following a restructuring of the organisation’s PR, media and [...]
Matthew and Selby to star in weekly chat show By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor Long-term England team-mates Nick Matthew and Daryl Selby are launching a new Lockdown Squash Show on Instagram. The two will link up via [...]
‘Bold designs and high-quality products’ By SEAN REUTHE and HOWARD HARDING Squash may be on lockdown right now but commercial activities continue to generate revenues behind the scenes. The PSA and WSF have both announced new contract extensions with footwear [...]
How we can approach a ‘new normal’ in squash: with masks and gloves compulsory to start with By RICHARD MILLMAN – Squash Mad Correspondent While we are hunkered down, staying home to allow our amazing front line workers in the [...]
Sports science and the art of understanding change By TONY GRIFFIN – Squash Mad Coaching Correspondent How do we measure real change in squash? Is the level of change a reflection on the player’s ability, the coach or the system [...]
Men’s list online from Geoff Hunt to Tarek Momen By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent The World Squash Library has launched its first compendium of the sport’s World Championships, covering all the Men’s World Opens from the inaugural [...]
Songs of hope from the world of squash By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor A squash star who loves singing, and a top tenor who loves squash, have both recorded songs to raise money and raise spirits as the [...]
The game will look very different when we reopen By ROD BANNISTER – Squash Mad Correspondent We live in very interesting times. Six weeks ago if you told me I would be sitting at a desk in New Zealand working [...]
WSF president Jacques Fontaine issues Covid-19 update By HOWARD HARDING – Squash Mad International Correspondent Squash players across the globe are coming up with all kinds of novel ideas to get their daily “fix” of hitting a ball against a [...]
‘Beacon of Hope’ County will regain momentum By JAMES ROBERTS – Squash Mad Correspondent Following the article published a couple of weeks ago about how squash clubs are facing up to the financial and business challenges of COVID-19, which focussed [...]
So many sports have male origins and coaching patterns – now it’s time for change By TONY GRIFFIN – Squash Mad Coaching Correspondent Tony Griffin may be a humble male, but he is determined to address the gender imbalance in [...]
Olympics sets the standard for the rest of the sporting world By ALAN THATCHER – Squash Mad Editor A leading UK scientist has claimed the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games cannot go ahead next year unless a vaccine has been produced [...]
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