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World Referee Assessor Addresses Controversy
| Last week, we ran a story regarding the ending of the Gaultier/Matthew match at the World Team Championship tournament. This letter below came in response to that article.
Chris Sinclair
WSF Referee/WSF Senior Assessor
To see the point that this letter references, please click here.
--- Dear Sir
Regarding your Story of the Week about the World Men's Teams semi-final match between Matthew and Gaultier.
I was the WSF Senior Assessor appointed to the event and I assessed the Central Referee on that match.
The Referee was most reluctant to award the match against Gaultier when he collapsed with cramp, but according to the Rules he had no option.
Then in a great gesture of sportsmanship, Matthew insisted Gaultier be allowed to continue, so the referee agreed to that.
If a Marker/Referee calls a ball "Down" but both players say it was good, then the Referee goes with the decision of both players and he did the same thing here.
This was the noisiest, happiest, most partisan squash crowd I have ever experienced and the atmosphere was wonderful, but I would like to stress that the Referee was not influenced by the crowd, but by the wishes of both players. He did the correct thing for the players and for the sport, and I hope you will publish this response
Thank you
Regards
Chris Sinclair
WSF Referee/WSF Senior Assessor
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The French Debate Gaultier/Matthew
|  The French fans have been debating the now infamous, Gaultier - Matthew match with comments on all sides.
The most interesting comments centered around how amateurish the activity made squash appear, and that if the IOC was paying attention to this event, it would be an embarrassment.
To see the debate on Facebook, please click here.
 Don't speak French? May we recommend "Google Translate" if you really want to follow along. (Copy and paste a response and put it in Google translate.)
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 A fan took this boot leg footage of the World Team Championships in France. It definitely had a rock concert's atmosphere. To see the video, please click here.
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Question of the Week
| World Squash Referee Assessor Chris Sinclair wrote to the Ezine this week and said the referee was correct in defaulting Gaultier and awarding the match to Nick Matthew.
She continued that when the players both agreed to overturn the referee's decision and continue play, the referee was again right to allow them to do so.
Do you agree?
To cast your vote, please click here.
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Last Week's Question Results
| Last week, 66% of you thought the referee made the wrong decision in changing his mind and letting Greg Gaultier continue against Nick Matthew in this match.
To see the poll results, please click here.
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"The Referee is God"
|  Rod Symington is one of the dedicated squash activists working behind the scenes guys. And his writing impacts how the rest of us behave during the course of a squash match.
In a column for Squash Magazine some time ago, he wrote about the role of the match referee.
To read Rod Symington's article "The Omnipotent Referee," please click here.
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Dashed and Bashed
| Readers quickly responded last week to Squash Dashers and Bashers' provocative piece on the US Squash team. Some comments got a little personal, and some were larger in their thinking.
To see the fan comments of the Daily Squash Report, please click here.
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BSPA Releases Schedule
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The BSPA released it 2013/14 calendar, which includes 7 tournaments.
To see the calendar, please click here.
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Squash Player on Katie Couric's Show
|  Maria Toor Pakay is originally from Pakistan but now trains in Toronto with Jonathon Power.
Her story has attracted global media attention. And this past week, she was featured on Katie Couric's tv show.
To see the interview, please click here.
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Vitamins Worse Than Vioxx
|  Kids, your parents and grand parents will know that Vioxx was once thought to be great and was later discovered to be much less so.
Now, Dr. Paul Offitt of Chilrdren's Hospital in Philadelphia and Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN are reporting that the general population should avoid multi-vitamins.
In fact, they say multi-vitamnins are worse for you than Vioxx.
To see the CNN report, please click here.
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World Games
|  Squash wants to be in the Olympics.
Instead, it settles for the World Games.
What is the World Games? It is the world sporting event for everyone who would prefer to be elsewhere, e.g. the Olympic Games. Nonetheless, a few of squash's elite are going . . . and why not. Where else would they go. To see World Squash Games website, please click here.
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Two Wall or Three Wall Boast?
|  Do you know the difference between the two wall and three wall boasts?
What are the differences?
To see Total Squash's video, please click here.
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Core Workout with NFL's Drew Brees
|  Several kinds of planks, bicycle and rotate, side planks, and getting your obliques to protect your lower back.
See how NFL quarterback Drew Brees gets his core in shape.
To see Drew's workout, please click here.
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TRUTH & Rumors
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 We heard a media outlet contacted College Squash Association about the eligibility of reigning College Champion and St. Lawrence U. student Amr Khaled Khalifa to compete in CSA matches.- Official Response from CSA: "No Comment"
- Women's squash #1 Nicol David is the youngest person ever to receive a Malaysian Datukship, which is the equivalent to a British Knighthood.
- Americans are wondering why they aren't among squash's elite right now. They'll be wondering for a while, as it turns out. The Americans couldn't send even one player to the Pan-American Games for juniors that completed this past week.
- Interestingly enough, former US Squash Chairman Ken Stillman was elected V.P. of the Pan-American Board in 2011.
- This month Pat Cosquer is celebrating his 5th year anniversary as Bates College's head squash coach and and his 20th year as an alum.
- The casual squash fan may not be able to see it, but Gregory Gaultier is the world's best blocker on court. It's subtle, but that's why he's the best . . . or worst, depending on you vantage point.
- Black Knight dominates the Canadian squash market. And we hear it is a brand on the rise in the all important US market.
- By adding a nutrition counseling component to their squash and personal training offerings, Rye Brook, New York's Club at 800 is providing some great health services for their members.
- With British tabloids on pins and needles over Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton's pregnancy, we have been reminded that during the birth of Prince Charles in 1948, his dad, Prince Phillip, played squash until all the messiness was done.
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