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While squash looks forward, new generations enjoy our great sport, and new champions are crowned on the latest club and showcourts, we have a long heritage too. One that stretches back to the 1850’s.

The World Squash Library has been initiated as an independent ‘not-for-profit’ organisation to ensure that the books, magazines, championship programmes and other information can be brought together in one place to be freely available for current players, media, Federations, students – anybody who wants information on the long or near past. Equally importantly for future generations too.

This can be via Email (using the Email address, below), through the items that will be digitalised, or even in person.

Spotlights and features will be added to the site regularly.

WSL can never be complete, but over the coming years we will be getting as close as possible!

Andrew Shelley
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The Squash Boom 1971

The programme for the December 1971 edition of the men’s British Amateur championship featured an article written by the late celebrated squash journalist Dicky Rutnagur (1971 pic), entitled ‘The Squash Boom’. It is very much a state of the game, detailing growth, the Barrington influence and how the newly installed glass backwall at Abbeydale Sports Club could be a game-changer.

ISPA Player Survey 1988

At the beginning of 1988 ISPA (Men’s forerunner to PSA) surveyed their members on Point-a-rally, single serve, reducing to best of three games, ball changes and three referees. The full details are here.