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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.

Denis L. Bourke and Robert H. Eather Squash Magazine (Nov. 2021) published a feature article (Ref. #1): “The Ratings Game – An Analysis of US Squash Ratings.” In the article the authors showed that the Club Locker ratings – now known as the Universal Squash Rating (USR) – based on match data collected from previous competitive play, unsurprisingly predicted the results of future play with reasonable accuracy. The article interested us and led us to consider whether a mathematical approach might provide even more insights into factors that contribute to the outcome of a squash match. We considered a logical input parameter for such an analysis to be the probability of a player winning any single point … The post Community Perspectives: A Probability Analysis of the Game of Squash appeared first on Squash Magazine.

Steve Line tells the stories behind some of his most famous images, including Awad v. Jahangir in 1982, Jahangir in 1988 and Willstrop & Matthew in 2009. Outside The Glass · Ep.90 Steve Line—Classic Photographs … The post Outside the Glass Podcast: Steve Line Part 2 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 […]

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 […]

Denis L. Bourke and Robert H. Eather Squash Magazine (Nov. 2021) published a feature article (Ref. #1): “The Ratings Game – An Analysis of US Squash […]

Steve Line tells the stories behind some of his most famous images, including Awad v. Jahangir in 1982, Jahangir in 1988 and Willstrop & Matthew in 2009. […]