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By Robert Pacey
www.squashrepublic.com
www.paceyandpaceydesign.com

I thought I would put a photo online that's "just for the ladies"  : )

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Squash Bids for a Place on the Olympic Programme

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Issued by Howard Harding
Official WSF Release


Document Provided 'Countdown to Copenhagen' Olympic press reception in Manchester:

Since 1986 the World Squash Federation has been working with the International Olympic Committee towards the target of Squash becoming an Olympic Sport.

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World Open FIRST WORD - Storm

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Scoring Storm Threatens to Cause Rift in Squash
By Alan Thatcher

The World Squash Federation is facing a backlash from players and organisations desperate to stop the introduction of PAR scoring to 11 in all competitions.

As the WSF gets ready to decide this week whether to adopt the new scoring system across the board, a highly vocal campaign of protest is making itself hard in Manchester and beyond.

Arguments are raging for and against the motion and will reach a crescendo this week whatever the result.  (Squash360 coverage HERE & Squash Player coverage HERE).

Those promoting the new system want to introduce a unified scoring system at all levels of the game, which they believe might help our hopes of Olympic inclusion, although critics claim there is no evidence to support this claim.

Those keen to retain the traditional hand-in and hand-out system, where you score only when you are serving, argue that matches at club and junior level will be over too quickly.

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No holding back from Matthew

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By Phil Harrison
From Yorkshire Post
** Audio Interview **


NICK MATTHEW says there will be no holding back when he launches his bid to land the World Open title in Manchester on Monday.

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PSF offers "Red Zone" housing to visiting pros in bid to save Pakistan Open

The International News
Karachi, Pakistan

 

Pakistani squash officials will offer to house visiting squash professionals in Islamabad’s heavily guarded ‘Red Zone’ in a bid to save next month’s Pakistan Open from falling victim to the ongoing violence in the country, writes Khalid Hussain.

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James Willstrop puts stroke to good use


By Rod Gilmour
Courtesy
www.telegraph.co.uk
** Video Interview below **

Squash is a great social sport but not when you’re up against England’s No 1, as our correspondent found out.

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FIRST WORD - Healing
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Squash Heals Lives
By Alan Thatcher
Contributing Editor


I am delighted to report that squash is one of the major activities in a new community sports club launched recently in Kent, UK.

The club is called TriSports and is aimed at helping disadvantaged young people in the community.

The organisation was certainly inspired by the urban squash programmes developing so successfully in the USA.

Our own version in the UK is aimed at young homeless and unemployed people. Our target is simple. We want them to get hooked on sport before they get hooked on any potentially harmful, unhealthy or anti-social habits.
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Egyptian Squash Mania



Click Read More button to right for more interviews and profiles.

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Telegraph Increases Squash Coverage

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Squash Blog Watch
Courtesy
www.squashblog.co.uk

With squash coverage in the mainstream press often relegated to the small print of the sports results section, it was promising to see that the Telegraph appears to be bucking the trend - at least online.

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F&M Launches Urban Squash Outreach Program

Lancaster, PA, USA
From Dulcey Antonucci


College President John Fry announced today that Franklin & Marshall College will launch in January 2009 Squash ACES, an urban squash outreach program that promotes academic achievement for low-income public school students.
 

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An Open Letter Concerning Squash Scoring Changes

October 5, 2008

AN OPEN LETTER TO
Emeritus President
World Squash Federation
Susie Simcock

Dear Susie,

I use the form of an open letter here due to the lack of time on this pressing matter.

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The Greatest Place to Play Squash?

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Squash Blog Watch
By Alex Beam
From
Vanity Fair

I have seen a few of the country’s grand Squash Palaces, but I had always been told that I hadn’t seen anything until I saw Yale’s Nicholas Brady Squash Center.

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Squash Scoring - Who Rules Squash?

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By Ian McKenzie
Courtesy
www.squashplayer.co.uk

In October, at the AGM of the World Squash Federation, the issue of a change in the scoring system will be decided. Could a change bring benefits or will it undermine the very nature of the sport?

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Malcolm Willstrop sees benefit in a PAR 11 Move


By Malcolm Willstrop
Courtesy
www.squashplayer.co.uk

Nothing has amazed me more in recent times than the reluctance of squash’s official bodies to adopt PAR to 11 scoring universally. That the last European Team Championships were played on a high tin with traditional scoring beggars belief.

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It's Official - HEAD and Ramy Part Ways

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Official Release
File Photo by Patricia Lyons


HEAD and internationally renowned squash player Ramy Ashour recently announced the decision to cancel their three-year partnership agreement. HEAD and Ashour mutually decided to part ways after completing a successful year-long partnership.

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All that glitters isn't gold

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Why working at a nonprofit might just be a really smart thing to do
From Future Leaders in Philanthopy
By Supriya Balsekar

Supriya Balsekar tells us what it’s like to work at an innovative youth development nonprofit…and how it’s the perfect preparation for business school.

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Goodbye Chicago Thanks for Your Hospitality
Sweet Home Chicago Open by ZeeShaan Jamal

Sweet Home Chicago Open
Chicago, IL, USA
Story & Video by ZeeShaan Jamal
** Video below **


By now many people have heard, read and also seen a lot about the
Sweet Home Chicago Open tournament. The precedent it has set is there for everyone to witness and acknowledge. Today’s pyramids are the modern skyscrapers that mankind has come to revere as architectural marvels, so by staging a tournament like this in the midst of the shadows of Chicago’s tall & towering buildings, Imran Nasir and his team have managed to bring the Pyramids of Giza home.
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Was There a Squash Court at the White House?

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Squash Blog Watch
By Alex Beam
From Vanity Fair


The question arises: Was there a squash court in the White House?

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Liz Irving on Scoring Changes

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By Liz Irving
From Nicol David On-Line
** Video by James Poole **



Why does the club player get addicted to this wonderful game of squash? I have had a racket in my hand for 41 years – from the age of two – and I still love the game! I love what it stands for and what it gives you as a person. You learn so much about yourself as you struggle away: how to control your emotions, solve problems and deal with pressure. You are forever learning how to better yourself.

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Video Interviews with James & Sarah from Media Day
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Hi-Tec World Squash Championships
Media Day
Manchester, England
** Video Interviews **


Squash360 correspondent James Poole attended the Hi-Tec World Squash Championship’s Media Day at the National Squash Centre in Manchester on Thursday.  

Be sure and check out James' videos with:
James Willstrop - World #3 
Nick Rider - CEO of England Squash  
Sarah Kippax - World #31, Tournament Ambassador (Coming Soon)





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Squash Republic - From the Archives
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By Robert Pacey
www.squashrepublic.com
www.paceyandpaceydesign.com

A fan of our blog sent us an issue of a Squash magazine from 1982 that is absolutely priceless. (Thanks Neill!)

It's a genuine slice of our sport and one that, once you stop giggling, makes you realize how much our sport has grown up. Or has it?
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