l-r: Preston Quick, John Russell, James Stout, Matt Jenson.
Twenty years ago, a local eighteen-year old entered the Hashim Khan qualification draw at the Denver Athletic Club in Colorado. It was the Denver-native’s first professional doubles appearance, and would be the first match of professional doubles career spanning fifteen years.
On Sunday, Quick, and partner of the past four years, Matt Jenson, found themselves one point away from a third Hashim Khan title. Their final opponents and top seeds, Mike Ferreira & Jacques Swanepoel, were also one point away from defending their …
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A group of professionals trained with girls from SquashSmarts on Women in Sports Day.
Nearly two hundred guests came to Women in Sports Day to honor Alicia McConnell, the recipient of the US Squash President’s Cup during the 2015 Delaware Investments U.S. Open Squash Championships at Drexel University.
Women in Sports Day began with an exciting squash practice at Drexel. A dozen girls from SquashSmarts, the Philadelphia urban squash program, trained with Drexel squash coach Kelsey Engman and PSA stars Jenny Duncalf, Dipika Pallikal and Donna Urquhart. They worked individually, in pairs and played queen-of-the-court for a full hour down in the Kline & …
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The men’s open final, l-r: Preston Quick, Thomas Brinkman, Fred Reid (front), Graham Bassett.
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For the ninth time in the tournament’s eighty-one years, Buffalo, New York, hosted the U.S. Squash Doubles Championships this weekend at the Buffalo Club, Buffalo Tennis & Squash Club, Computer Task Group and Saturn Club.
The tournament was first held in Buffalo in 1937 and most recently in 1997. Local tournament co-chairs Mike McGorry and David Koehler and honorary co-chair Gordon Anderson organized the weekend.
A full slate of …
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2015 Urban Doubles campers visit the picturesque garden of the gods outside Colorado Springs.
Students from six NUSEA programs have traveled to Colorado for the fourth annual Urban Doubles Championships this week.
The week includes a camp-style program with squash and extracurricular activities, which then culminates in the Urban Doubles Championships tournament Friday.
The campers have enjoyed a week of learning hardball doubles at the Denver Athletic Club through the tutelage of four doubles professionals—Preston Quick, Suzie Pierrepont, Graham Bassett and Victoria Simmonds.
The campers have traveled from Mile High Squash …
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L-R: Yvain Badan, Ben Gould, Manek Mathur, Damien Mudge. (image: SDA)
Dominant joint world No. 1’s Damien Mudge & Ben Gould knocked of the rust from the summer months to win the first full ranking Squash Doubles Association (SDA) tournament of the 2014-2015—The Denver Club Invitational in Colorado.
In what has primarily been an Invitational, non-ranking event the past seventeen years, the Denver Club increased to a $25,000 Silver tournament.
Viktor Berg, playing on the left wall for the first time in an SDA match, & partner Jacques Swanepoel, Head Coach of Columbia University …
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Hashim Khan memorial service attendees surrounding Hashim’s brother, Azam (sitting front, center).
Over two hundred family members and acquaintances honored
the late Hashim Khan in a public memorial service Saturday, August 23, at the Denver Athletic Club—Khan’s home club of forty years.
Tributes were paid by friends, family members, former pupils, Denver Athletic Club members, and Khan’s younger brother and only living sibling, Azam.
Those unable to attend Khan’s memorial service may honor Hashim in donating to the Hashim Khan Foundation.
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