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by James Zug Deaths Eric C. Fast Eric Fast died in July at the age of seventy-four. He served on the board of US Squash from 2004-2010 and later the founding chair of the board of the College Squash Association. He was awarded the President’s Cup in 2010. Purdy C. Jordan Purdy Jordan died in November at the age of ninety-four. Born in Illinois, Jordan spent much of his life in Mexico. He was an avid, well-traveled squash player into his nineties. In 1990 he helped start the Copa Wadsworth (the annual U.S. v. Mexico match) which he oversaw for more than thirty years. Alexander B. Martin Sandy Martin died in November at the age of seventy-seven. He was an … The post 2023 Milestones appeared first on Squash Magazine.

I Love You, But I Wanna Win! How the Athletic Club of Columbus, Ohio, built an eighty-woman squash league in two years! By Karen Arango The Athletic Club of Columbus is different from most other clubs that offer squash. With the building being over a century old, weight-bearing pillars throughout the building constrict the club’s four squash courts to a very nonstandard size – 32’ long by 16’ wide (vs regulation courts at 21’ wide). The size of the courts force the game to become a battle of the lob and most players just play through lets.  As a result, the Club has never developed an elite-focused program; instead, over the past century and especially the past thirty years, volunteer … The post Community Perspectives: How the Athletic Club of Columbus Developed an 80-Player Women’s League appeared first on Squash Magazine.

Outside The Glass · Ep.95 Nathan Clarke … The post Outside the Glass Podcast: Nathan Clarke appeared first on Squash Magazine.

Editor’s Note: While writing this article and as a result of what happened in the course of his match with twelve-year-old Milo Miller, Dan was diagnosed with both Early-Stage Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s (Lewy Body Syndrome). In his closing paragraphs, he discusses what this has meant for him and how continuing to play squash is one of the best things anyone can do to slow the progress of both diseases. by Dan Hogan What do you have when you pit Milo Miller, a fast rising twelve-year-old, against a declining, soon-to-be eighty-year-old, Dan Hogan, in an early round of the 3.5 division of the 2023 Massachusetts Squash Championships? For one thing, a sixty-seven-year age gap. This possibly was the biggest age difference … The post Squash—A Game for the Ages appeared first on Squash Magazine.

Western Lane By Chetna Maroo (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2023) by James Zug Chetna Maroo’s debut novel—short and tight, at 150-pages it is really a novella—is set in the 1980s in Luton, a town north of London, and revolves around a Gujarati Indian immigrant family. The mother has just died, and the father gives his three adolescent daughters squash as an outlet or escape for their grief. The youngest of the daughters, Gopi, takes to the game and her outings at their slightly rundown local club, called Western Lane, turn into daily training sessions that last for three or four hours. The narrative clings to a cliched trope: an upcoming junior tournament where Gopi predictably triumphs. Despite the formulaic story, … The post Book Review: Western Lane appeared first on Squash Magazine.

by James Zug Deaths Eric C. Fast Eric Fast died in July at the age of seventy-four. He served on the board of US Squash from 2004-2010 and later the founding […]

I Love You, But I Wanna Win! How the Athletic Club of Columbus, Ohio, built an eighty-woman squash league in two years! By Karen Arango The Athletic Club of […]

Outside The Glass · Ep.95 Nathan Clarke … The post Outside the Glass Podcast: Nathan Clarke appeared first on Squash Magazine.

Editor’s Note: While writing this article and as a result of what happened in the course of his match with twelve-year-old Milo Miller, Dan was diagnosed […]

Western Lane By Chetna Maroo (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2023) by James Zug Chetna Maroo’s debut novel—short and tight, at 150-pages it is really a […]