Man Peter Yik can play squash. He’s pretty short, at least compared to me, and I have this distinct memory of how he used to leap into the air and smash the shit out of the ball, somehow, while still floating in mid-air. How does he do that? He always had his headband tied in […]
Bob Callahan, Princeton Squash — Hall of Fame Induction
Bob Callahan, my Princeton squash coach, is being inducted into the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame on Wednesday, October 12th at the US Open squash tournament. I’ll be there. From the press release, which is posted at DSR: Callahan’s induction ceremony will take place on Wednesday, October 10th on the main court immediately following the […]
How Can You Call It the “US Open” If It’s Closed to Some Players?
According to the Pro Squash Tour, 17-year-old US junior Dylan Murray was forced to resign from their tour in order to enter the US Open squash tournament, which is sanctioned by the competing PSA World Tour. So they call the tournament the “US Open”, but actually it’s not open. It’s closed to PST players. US […]
James Willstrop Racket
Here’s the James Willstrop racket for 2015. It’s called the Prince Pro Beast 750: Here’s James using it in the 2015 Swedish Open: Photo by Sofia Tapola ∞ Word on the street was he would be using the Prince Pro Tour 850: But I never saw him using it in any tournaments. They did, however, […]
Australian Open Squash 2012
The 2012 Australian Open concluded today with Ramy Ashour and Nicol David each successfully defending their titles. Ramy beat fellow Egyptian Omar Mosaad 3-0 in the finals and Aussie Cameron Pilley in four games in the semis. Omar overcame an injured Tom Richards in the other semifinal. Meanwhile, Nicol David overcame Laura Massaro in a […]
US Open Squash
The US Open squash 2012 tournament is coming up October 4th through 12th in my home city of Philadelphia. I’ve bought my ticket and I’ll be there on Wednesday, October 10th to watch the quarterfinals. I’m looking forward to watching the squash and catching up with others in the squash community. You can check out […]
Is the Professional Squash Association Limiting Access to Squash in the US?
According to this press release, John White has just resigned from the Pro Squash Tour. Disappointing. I gather John wanted to participate in the upcoming US Open, but the tournament’s organizers — the Professional Squash Association — would not let him play in a PSA event unless he renounced his affiliation with the PST. What […]
Squash Source Has a New Look
I’ve just switched Squash Source over to a new design for August 2012. (RSS readers, you’ll have to click through to the site to see the changes.) What do you think of the new look? I created the design myself and am personally pleased with how it turned out. It may not win any design awards, […]
There Are Actually Two Free Squash Games Online
Yesterday, I reviewed a free game called FOG squash. I was frankly surprised to find someone had bothered to make a game like this for squash. Today though, I discovered there are actually TWO online squash games available. The second one is called FreeStyle Squash (I can’t embed it here). FreeStyle Squash seems to consist entirely of […]
Results from the World Junior Squash Championships 2012
Results from the World Junior Squash Championships are in, and to the surprise of very few, Nour El Sherbini won the women’s draw and Marwan El Shorbagy won the men’s draw. Nour El Sherbini is fresh off her surprise appearance in the finals of the British Open. Meanwhile, Marwan Shorbagy was the defending world junior […]