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Top 10 Reasons Why Some PSA Board Members Should Step Down |
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Opinion / Editorial
By Shawn Patton
*** Updated ***
Back in April I expressed my firmly held belief: the people that got you into a "mess" aren't necessarily the people best capable to lead you out. |
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I have that one decision, dream and idea ... |
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By Reyna Pacheco
9th Grade
Surf City Squash
Have you ever had one decision impact your entire life? Have you ever had the one dream that seems so very real upon waking in the morning? Have you ever felt that there was that one idea that sits at the center of your universe and one that you cannot let go of, regardless of what people might suggest?
I have that one decision, dream and idea all rolled into one!
I made a huge choice in the 7th grade. I decided I wanted my life to change. I decided I wanted to be able to work hard for something and to achieve it. I had always wanted to have a dream I would wake up to and work towards.
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Interview with new Chairman of PSA: Ziad Al-Turki |
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Squash Uncomfortable Question of the Day |
Squash Participation & Court Data
October 28, 2008
By Shawn Patton
What is the number of active courts and squash players in each town, city, state, county, province, country, association? |
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Squash Tips and Tricks from World Champions - Part Two |
By Roy Ollier
Visit Roy's Website
During my career, I've been fortunate enough to play 6 World Champions and many of the world's best players. Here is the second installment of my look at aspects of their game that made them great.
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By Roy Ollier
www.GetSquashedWithRoyOllier.com
What can you say when someone hits a shot that is so completely unbelievable that all you can do is stop, shake your head and appreciate that you have been a part of something great?
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Q&A with Natalie Grainger |
Interview by Shawn Patton
The final installment of our Three Part profile of Natalie Grainger.
Thank you Natalie for your generous participation and efforts for women's squash in the Board Room, on the court and in the grass roots.
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What's Hot ... Most Visited |
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Since Squash360.com launched at the end of January squash fans from over 130 countries have visited the site.
So what are people checking out?
Here is a quick list (in no particular order) of the most visited articles and links ...
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Squash Blog Watch - SquashSite Deserves Better |
Squashsite and PSA Must Act Together
By Rod Gilmour
From Telegraph
Imagine cricket without Cricinfo, rugby without Scrum.com or a 1,001 football news websites failing to update the latest transfer speculation. |
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Squash Blog Watch - Rogue Blogger |
We Read the Squash Blogs So You Don't Have To
By Alex Beam
Vanity Fair Squash Blog
I know what you are thinking: Hi-ho the glamorous life of the squash blogger! The camaraderie; the elite fraternity. The Daily Kos-like conventions of keyboard warriors held each year at a members-only retreat on the leeward coast of Bermuda. Inevitably, you wish you were me. |
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David, Shabana inching closer to defend Qatar Classic titles |
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2008 Qatar Classic
Doha, Qatar
By Afzal Mehmood Shaikh
QOC - Sports Editor
Malaysian ace Nicol David and Amr Shabana of Egypt, the world number one on men's and women's tours respectively, made their cut to the finals of the 2008 Qatar Classic Squash Tournament at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex. |
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Squash Blog Watch - Squash Fashion |
Patricia Lyons Photography Blog
Patricia Lyons Photography Website
Several years ago I fell hard for the game of squash. My husband, David, had been playing for a long time so I knew it involved a lot of sweating, a racquet, and the space-age looking glass courts near the fitness center, but I hadn't bothered to check it out.
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WISPA Reveals Its Calendar Girls |
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WISPA Official Release
By Howard Harding
The top stars on the WISPA World Tour will be revealed like never before in the 2009 WISPA Calendar which is launched today by the Women's International Squash Players' Association.
Set to become a collectors' item, the inaugural WISPA Calendar features a number of top stars - led by world champion Nicol David.
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Q&A with ... Julian Illingworth |
Interview by ZeeShaan Jamal
With thanks to Anil Gidwaney
www.squashproshop.com
Join ZeeShaan in one of Squash360's last pro player Question & Answer sessions. |
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The World's Best Squash Halloween Tournament? |
Vancouver, BC, Canada
By Shawn Patton
With apologies to Roy Ollier and his impressive tournament in Arizona featuring an exhibition with Jonathon Power, check out this Halloween Tournament from my hometown (not that I'm proud or anything). |
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By John Nimick
Squash Engine, Inc
www.tocsquash.com
1. Regain the Brand
- express a plan for growth, personally contact players and promoters regularly, celebrate corporate partnerships, use players more as ambassadors at events. |
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Interview by Shawn Patton
Part Two of Three Part Series
What does Squash do well? (sport, association, customer base)
First of all, as various studies and publications have expressed, the sport has tremendous strengths.
Squash makes you healthier and fitter. It’s low cost and quick. And it engages the mind and the body. Outthinking an opponent on court is almost as much fun as outrunning or outhitting him or her. It’s a challenging game that rewards investment; the more effort you put in, the more fun and satisfaction you get out and the healthier you get.
WISPA is another positive for the sport. The women’s association has done a great job over the last decade “asking for the business.” They have brought a very personal and personable approach to growing women’s pro squash and the result has been that promoters, sponsors and patrons alike want to work with WISPA. |
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Squash & Olympics - Looking Back & Forward |
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Below is a sampling of links, background articles, commentary, coverage related to Squash's efforts to gain full status as an Olympic Sport.
We also just added a NEW squash poll on the top right of each page.
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Change Is In the Air - Leighton Out, Jahanghir Leaving, PSA, WISPA, US, England Squash ... |
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Opinion/Editorial
By Shawn Patton
Originally Published August 15, 2008
In reflecting on the past few months in our crazy and often frustrating world of squash I am reminded of the John Paul Young ballad, Love is in the Air.
You know the one ...
Love is in the air
Everywhere I look around
Love is in the air
Every sight and every sound
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PSA & SquashSite Negotiations Falter ... SiteSquash to Close? |
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By Shawn Patton
Fram Gommendy announced on October 15th that two of squash's most popular websites (sitesquash.com and squashsite.co.uk) would be closing at the conclusion of the World Open.
At the risk of being perceived as opportunistic, below you will find an automated translation of her remarks originally published in French and a link to the Squash Site annoucement.
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