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Nabil Wins Mamaroneck Open
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 Moustafa Nabil won the Mamaroneck Open this past weekend. He faced Jamie MacAulay in the finals of the tournament, which was hosted by the Westchester Squash Club. To see Daily Squash Report's coverage, please click here. |
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Talented Egyptians Headline Canton Open
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  Amr Khaled Khalifa, Moustafa Bayoumy, and Moustafa Nabil will be top seeds in this weekend's Canton Open in upstate New York. To see Pro Squash Tour's article, please click here. |
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Squash Job
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 Head pro John Rooney is looking for a new assistant pro at the Buffalo Tennis and Squash Club. If you are interested, email him at JRSquash@BuffaloTandS.org |
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Squash Job
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 Dean Young is looking for a new assistant pro at the Westchester Squash Club. If you are interested, email him at DYoung@SquashOasis.com. |
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Lifetime in Harrison Lands Callaway
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 After running Club @ 800 Squash & Fitness in Rye Brook, NY Mike Callaway has moved to the new 206,000sf Life Time Athletic in Harrison, NY.  "I was ready for a change and this is a great opportunity for me, we have 6 state of the art McWill courts and a fantastic flex space which creates a ultimate experience for playing, teaching and running tournaments. The courts are built in a horseshoe shape giving players a great view of all courts and after matches they can meet their squash friends at our lounge for a social." To see Lifetime's site, please click here. |
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Peter Barker Squash's Villain
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 Fans have been bangin' on Peter Barker pretty hard in recent days. Some of what they're saying is below: - "for Barker dirty tactics are his greatest talent" - "take those elements away from his game and Barker never would have cracked the top 10" - "I don't think Barker was like this earlier in his career" - "the ball must be a bit dirty and the guy sticks it in his mouth" - "dirty squash" - "bloody disgraceful" To see SquashSite's fan forum discussion "Done with Peter Barker," please click here. |
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How to Warm Up a Squash Ball
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Have you ever seen players rubbing their foot on a ball to get it warm? Yikes. Here's how it's done. To see PSA Squash TV's video, please click here.
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Truth and Rumours Goes Global
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England based SquashMad.com came on the scene fast. They may, in fact, be the world's most popular squash web site these days. And, to be fair, we love 'em. As it turns out, they love Squash Ezine's Truth and Rumors. We hope you'll visit Squash Mad. Please click here.
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Using the Hold in the Front Court
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This very good video from Squash Skills shows David Palmer, Peter Nicol, John White, and Jonathon Power in action.
The focus? Holding your shot at the front of the court.
To see Squash Skills video, please click here.
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Late Season Fitness
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How do you keep your body strong at the end of the season? Check out these tips from NBA trainers.
To see Squash Skills video, please click here.
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TRUTH & Rumors
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 PrinceSquash.com must have paid handsomely for the full page ad in the current edition of Europe's Squash Player Magazine promoting their "New Prince Squash Collection." Presumably clothing? - But our eyes were immediately drawn to Nicol David's shapely legs with Asics shoes on the bottom of them.
- And Ramy Ashour's smart attire with untied Nike shoes.
- Prince has their own line of shoes. Wonder if they just didn't notice or don't care about the cross promotion.
- Speaking of Squash Player Magazine, the focus of the current edition is the excessive number of lets (30+ on an average PSA match) and how unchecked poor player behavior is hurting squash's growth.
- Ian McKenzie, the Publisher, is one of the world's best squash minds, and it's a wonder that squash leaders ignore his advice.
- According to the article, PSA blames WSF; referees blame players and vice versa.
- And the problems evidently date back to the 1960s when elite Australians noted the growing number of "Pommie Lets."
- We hear New York's University Club has received approval to raise the roof on its doubles court. Long home to world class doubles players, the club will now have facilities to match.
- How good is College Squash? Real good.
- The top two men were both World Junior Champions.
- And the top woman not only was a World Junior Champion, she is currently #15 on the WSA tour even while she is studying at Harvard.
- And last week's PSA Metro NY Open witnessed Columbia's current #1 meet last year's Princeton #1 in the tournament finals.
- A couple squashers had a go at some April 1st humour this year.
- Twitter's @SquashRumours noted Nick Matthew was defecting from England to Scotland for the Commonwealth Games.
- And Premier Squash League said it was cancelling Round 10 of their matches.
- US Squash announced their list of All-Americans this week. Ironically, many of the players are not American.
- Sometime before summer (hopefully) College Squash will also release their All-American list. And again, most of the players will not actually be American.
- We hear Union Boast Club Head Pro Chris Smith will be moving to New Hampshire to start coaching the St. Paul's prep school teams.
- Interesting note, St. Paul's is where squash started in America.
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More Squash News
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DSR: What's on David Keating's Mind
DSR: The Night is Young by Georgetta Morque
DSR: What's on Ferez Nallaseth's Mind
US Squash: High School All-Americans Announced
Fram's Corner: Latest Edition
Squash Mad: Goodwill hunting pays off for Drew Boy
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Events of Note |
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Squash Camps |
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