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Baltimore’s SquashWise Joins Community Affiliate Network

SquashWise, Baltimore's Squash and Education Alliance Program and future home of a six-court community squash center, has joined the US Squash Community Affiliate Network. SquashWise operated out of the Meadow Mill Athletic Center since its...

PlayLA Squash Activity Heating up This Summer

The PlayLA Youth Squash Program, delivered in partnership with the LA Recreation & Parks Department and SoCal Squash, has begun a new eight-week summer session following the conclusion of a successful spring session. Utilizing outdoor...

Specter Center Hosts Girls Inc. Health and Wellness Marathon

The Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey chapter of Girls Inc. hosted its Health and Wellness Marathon with more than 100 students in attendance Saturday, May 6 at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center....

Delaware’s First State Squash Opens New Facility

Earlier this week First State Squash opened its spectacular six-court facility. An array of Delaware politicians joined FSS board members, staff, parents, friends and team members to formally inaugurate the after-school youth enrichment program’s...

PlayLA Squash Program Prepares for Spring and Summer Sessions

The PlayLA Squash Youth Program, delivered in partnership with the LA Recreation & Parks Department and SoCal Squash, will offer spring and summer sessions continuing the regional momentum built from the capacity sessions over...

Harlem’s Thurgood Marshall Academy Becomes First School to Send All-Black Team to High School...

Harlem's Thurgood Marshall Academy became the first school to send an all-Black team to compete in the U.S. High School Championships--a historic milestone in U.S. squash history. The StreetSquash-based program entered the boys division six...

US Squash and Girls Inc. Partnership to Provide Squash Opportunities to 3,000 Girls

US Squash and Girls Inc. of Greater Philadelphia & Southern New Jersey (GIGPHSNJ) have partnered to provide 3,000 girls the opportunity to learn the sport of squash at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center...

SquashSmarts’ Lenfest Center in North Philadelphia Joins Community Affiliate Network

SquashSmarts's Lenfest Center, the home of the Squash and Education Alliance program for the past fifteen years in North Philadelphia, has joined the US Squash Community Affiliate Network. Constructed in 2007, the Lenfest Center houses...

Twelve-Week PlayLA Youth Squash Program Launches in Los Angeles

The PlayLA Youth Squash Program, delivered in partnership with the LA Recreation & Parks Department and SoCal Squash, introduces kids to the sport at public parks in Los Angeles. The first sessions were held...

Train-a-Trainer Program Lays Foundation for PlayLA Initiative

The Train-a-Trainer program--focused on converting squash players into Start Squash Certified coaches in one day--launched its second program nationwide in Los Angeles Saturday, September 17, laying the groundwork for a youth squash initiative set...