Jahangir’s Ranking drop
A year after his tenth and last British Open title in 1991 (pic) Jahangir Khan, then aged 28, dropped out of the world top.............
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- Dec 14, 2022
Let’s Play Squash, 1952
In 1952 former British Open champion Donald Butcher wrote this booklet to introduce squash to prospective players, including advising.......
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- Nov 17, 2022
Singapore Open Finalists
This week’s Singapore Open Squash Championship, returning after a Covid break, was first played in 1970, with the.......
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- Oct 25, 2022
Men’s Tour, from 15 to 11 points per game
In March 2004 PSA announced that Men’s Tour Point-A-Rally game scoring to 15 points would be dropped to 11. This was the subject of much....
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- Oct 4, 2022
Playing a forehand (in 1926)
Charles Arnold, the professional at the Bath Club in London, wrote his Handbook on Squash Rackets in 1926. Here is .......
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- Sep 13, 2022
Memorable Squash Quotes, Edition 1
The Library’s first edition of memorable squash quotes is here. Enjoy these amusing or insightful utterings, and if you can add more for...
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- Aug 16, 2022
The first ISPA (now PSA) Handbook published in 1977
The first ISPA (now PSA) Handbook published in 1977, included a foreword from President Ken Hiscoe, reproduced here.......
Squash Library
- Aug 9, 2022
England v Pakistan Test 1984
On the day after the British Open final at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, on 11 April 1984 England took on Pakistan in a.......
Squash Library
- Jul 26, 2022
PSA - Forming The Federation
A seeding protest and walkout in 1973 led to the first world Men’s player body being formed with Jonah Barrington as............
Squash Library
- Jun 28, 2022
Squash For The Olympics 1992
In 1988 the World Federation pressed the case for squash being included in the Barcelona Olympic Games 1992 as a demonstration sport.......
Squash Library
- Jun 14, 2022
PIA World Series (1977-1979)
In the 1970s Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) sponsored a series of professional events in a number of countries. The period fell......
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- May 3, 2022
The Shark Racket
On 11 August 1985 journalist Martin Bronstein reported on the Shark racket, square head with an angled handle, intended to.........
Squash Library
- Apr 5, 2022
Supasquash (timed) events, 1981.
In 1981 while points were still only won on serve, to speed up scoring and provide defined length matches for broadcast, a Supasquash.......
Squash Library
- Mar 14, 2022
WSF - Forming The Federation
A hundred years after the first squash courts were built, it was 1967 when the WSF (then called ISRF) was formed. Here is the story.........
Squash Library
- Feb 22, 2022
Squash Balls, From Then To Now
It is generally agreed that the name of the sport came from the ‘squashy’ ball, but what was the composition of the early balls? How.......
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- Feb 15, 2022
Squash’s Worldwide boom 1973
In 1973 UK’s Sunday Times newspaper writer John Hopkins wrote this article for the British Open programme that year. It provides..........
Squash Library
- Feb 1, 2022
The South African Knights
The cream of South Africa’s young male players started coming to UK in 1961/2 there have been 29 Knights Tours so far.........
Squash Library
- Jan 24, 2022
Concrete Courts
There was a period when courts were built with concrete walls. A leading company was Banbury, who..........
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- Jan 13, 2022
Before Full Show Courts - Temporary Glass Backs For Events
After back walls had begun to appear, there came a brief intermediate stage at the end of the 1970s decade where glass back.........
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- Nov 30, 2021
Abbeydale - An Historic Court
Abbeydale, a suburb of the city of Sheffield in England holds a special place in British squash history. Its seventh court, opened..........
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