European Club Championships Finalists
The European Club Championships which began in 1980, are being contested this week at the Roehampton Club in London. The host club are...
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- Aug 29
1st South African Open (1974)
The 1st Men’s South African Open began 50 years ago in August 1974. See the programme welcome, draw and results here. Australians won ...
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- Aug 22
The Unofficial World Open 1974
The men’s and women’s World Opens debuted in 1976, but two years earlier in 1974 an unofficial men’s World Open was held in Australia....
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- Aug 7
Awad, Briars, Brumby & Safwat in Namibia
Windhoek, the Namibian capital, has been more recently associated with hosting the Men’s World Juniors ten years ago, but back in 1982......
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- Jul 25
James Hunt, squash player
World Champion motor racing driver James Hunt was a talented squash player. In the February 1979 edition of a British magazine called.....
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- Jul 11
Australian Rankings 1986
Looking back at Australian national rankings in 1986, players such as Rodney Martin, Rodney Eyles, Michelle Martin, Sarah Fitz-Gerald and...
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- Jun 27
Abbeydale & Hallamshire
When Sheffield’s Abbeydale Park and Hallamshire clubs hosted the World Masters 1999, the championship programme outlined their........
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- Jun 20
Seating systems
Once glass backwalls opened up viewing opportunities, seating systems began to be offered to clubs. Courtback, a product from Audience...
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- Jun 13
Getting Access
Passes on clips or lanyards are a part of life in general. For squash in particular, here is a random selection.....
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- Jun 6
Jonah saves the British Open
Jonah Barrington didn’t win the Men’s British Open in 1976 – he lost in the quarter finals – but he did save it. Here is what happened in...
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- May 30
British Open 1974, an event without ending
The Men’s British Open 50 years ago in Sheffield in 1974 which didn’t feature a final as Mohamed Yasin having beaten holder Jonah.........
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- May 23
SRA Newsletter 1979
This month 45 years ago the SRA (the English men’s national federation) produced its first newsletter. It gave a snapshot of the time.......
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- May 16
Another Squash Rackets News interview: Heather McKay
Squash Rackets News interviewed Heather McKay in the next edition in May 1971. Another good read. See it here.........
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- May 16
Gogi Alauddin interviewed
The short-lived Squash Rackets News in England featured an interesting and informative interview with Gogi Alauddin in March 1971 by.....
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- May 2
Worlds Qualification in past decades
With qualification rounds being played for the World Championships, the Library looks back at qualifications in past decades via the 1993...
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- Apr 25
World Champion, First Thoughts
120 years ago in April 1904, The Tatler Magazine in UK was already floating the idea of a world champion. 72 years later (in 1976) the...
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- Apr 18
Rigging Matches
When one thinks of unusual places for squash courts a gas rig is not likely to spring to mind. However, in 1982 a Total owned rig in the...
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- Mar 14
Squashland in Ljubljana, Slovenia
In 2018 Ljubljana became the home for six courts built inside a wooden building. Called Squashland, here are the details......
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- Feb 29
Merion Hosts Women 1959
In Feb 1959 the Merion Cricket Club in Philadelphia hosted the 26th Women’s Open and the USA v GB Wolfe-Noel Cup........
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- Feb 8
Nottingham: Squash-Central
Forty years ago, Nottingham in England was squash-central for a number of players. Writer Rex Bellamy wrote in detail about the city......
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