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It was my honor to attend the 35th Annual General Meeting of the World Squash Federation (WSF) held recently in Bahia, Brazil. The workshop discussions in advance of the meeting focused on basic issues of branding, sponsorship and event marketing. An acknowledgement of the challenges squash will face in growing worldwide combined with a palpable sense of optimism and potential pervaded the discussions.
The world sees the US as the growth opportunity so turning locally to the United States, we are more focused than ever to do our part in promoting the game. Essential to accomplishing this task is running successful events and this month we will host the second largest Junior Open worldwide. The 2005 U.S. Junior Open Squash Championships boasts nearly 500 players from 15 countries.
As we build our own tournaments, opportunities to host other international competitions such as the World Team Championships and World Junior Championships are around the corner and these events will provide premier marketing opportunities for the sport.
Kevin Klipstein
Chief Executive Officer
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2005 U.S. Men’s Team Championships
December 9-11, 2005
Twenty-one teams compete this weekend at Yale University in two skill level divisions, 5.0 and 6.0, for the Team Championship title. Check US Squash News for the results after the weekend.
http://w3.us-squash.org/news/
2005 U.S. Junior Open Championships
December 17-20, 2005
Yale University will host the largest-ever US junior tournament when nearly 500 boys and girls from 15 countries compete in eight divisions. Check the results throughout the weekend as they are entered into RailStation in real-time.
For the latest details on upcoming USSRA sanctioned tournaments in your area, go to the Tournaments section on the US-Squash.org website.
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North American Open
Squash Championships
November 8-13, 2005
After losing last year's finals here, Canada’s Shahier Razik returned to San Francisco to defeat Mark Chaloner to win the $20,000 Tennyson West North American Open.
Throughout the tournament, the 28-year-old fourth seed from Toronto relied on his quickness and fitness to wear down opponents. In a spectacular semi-final, Razik overcame a two-game deficit to defeat second-seeded Welshman Alex Gough 7-11 7-11 11-1 11-7 11-4.
The North American Open and the Giving on the "T" Foundation, in partnership with the Western Athletic Clubs, provided seed grants of $200,000 to support the Bay Area-based Sports 4 Kids and USSRA programs to bring squash to underserved youth. To get results and all the stories behind this year’s event, click here.
COMING SOON …
$100,000 SSA Global Windy City Open, Chicago, USA
A PSA Super Series Gold Event
Qualifications: January 16-18, 2006
Main Draw: January 19-24, 2006
Website: windycityopen.com
EBS Dayton Open, Dayton, OH
A PSA 4 Star Event
Qualifications: January 24-25, 2006
Main Draw: January 26-29, 2006
This event is sure to attract most of the world top 10 stars & other popular top 20 world tour players. Proceeds from the event benefit the Dayton Challenge, a program sponsored by the Miami Valley Squash Foundation, which is introducing squash to over 300 area middle school students.
Website: cincinnatisquash.com
Princeton Junior Squash Tournament
January 13-15, 2006
This is a US Junior selection event and the draws are limited to 32 players.
US Junior Squads
February 2-3, 2006
The US Junior Squads will be hosted in Philadelphia at these three clubs: Germantown Cricket Club, Squash Club at Chestnut Hill, Merion Cricket Club.
Full details of the selection events and junior squads are available in our Junior Guidebook.
US Boys' and Girls' High School Championships,
New Haven, CT
February 10-12, 2006
Entry Deadline December 15, 2005.
For more info, click here.
For a full list of Junior Tournaments, please click here.
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