Author: alan

With World Squash Day six weeks away, England Squash are leading the way with their support for World Squash Day’s global project designed to grow participation numbers. At the time of writing, 120 clubs in England have signed up to take part in events design to attract new players to a sport renowned for its…

World Squash Day shirts are now available for clubs or individuals to purchase across mainland Europe. Polish company Stacja Nadruke are teaming up with Polski Squash and their impressive variety of designs will be available throughout the whole of mainland Europe. Slogans include “Born to Play Squash”, and the same wording as the UK shirt…

By ALAN THATCHER Squash clubs have an amazing opportunity to play a leading role in delivering community health benefits .  As part of the advice given to clubs who take part in World Squash Day, I have been encouraging the leaders in our sport to think about how best to market the health benefits of…

World Squash Day is delighted to announce that the Squash Republic company has been appointed Merchandise Partner for North America. Squash Republic is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is internationally renowned for their superb graphics and squash clothing. They’ve worked with the PSA, Squash Canada and NY Squash to name a few. Owner Robert…

MEDIA RELEASE: Issued today by Howard Harding on behalf of the World Squash Federation. World Squash Day returns on Saturday October 12th with ambitious plans to attract one million new players to the game over the next decade. The theme for 2019 is for every club on the planet to open their doors and hold a…

England Squash and Karakal team up for World Squash Day England Squash have formed a collaborative new partnership with Karakal, one of the UK’s leading racket sports specialists, to support squash clubs in engaging new players on World Squash Day on October 12. In what is set to be the most successful World Squash Day to…

We are delighted to announce that World Squash Day shirts are now available to order in the UK.Many thanks to Pete Smith and Tim Garner for their efforts.We have chosen a a black shirt with a red stripe on each side, manufactured from a top-quality Climacool fabric. The WSD logo is on the front, with…

Feel free to download the posters below (in A3 and A4 sizes) to pin up on your club wall to keep people alert to the fact that World Squash Day will be coming along later this year.We will produce another one nearer the big day for players and newcomers to sign up for a Big…

The wonderful thing about sport is that records are there to be broken. For World Squash Day, that means encouraging more people to take part this year than they did back in 2012. That was the year we attracted 40,000 players across the globe to take part in a single match to promote the Olympic…

World Squash Day gives every club in every nation the opportunity to work together to grow this wonderful game of ours.