‘It’s time to set the record straight,’ says Joel Makin as he hits back at former coach Rob Owen’s podcast claims

By Alan Thatcher
October 28, 2022 - 12:50pm
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By ALAN THATCHER (Squash Mad Editor)

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Joel Makin has answered the criticisms from former coach Rob Owen in a personal response shared exclusively with Squash Mad.

Owen made a number of claims during an interview with InSquash Podcast host Gerry Gibson that came across as personal attacks on Joel and his family.

World No.11 Joel, who was 28 yesterday, denied that he stopped working with Owen when the New Zealander Paul Coll joined the coach’s Midlands training camp.

In the statement below, Joel has responded to a number of claims made by his former coach in the podcast.

Here is Joel Makin’s statement in full:

I had no real intention of talking about any of this because it ended years ago. I’ve always kept the things that happened private. Unfortunately Rob still won’t let it go and feels the need to slate me publicly despite having discussed these things already.

Mentioning my family was completely out of order and says a lot about him. After that, I thought a few things needed to be explained.

My family have had very little to do with Rob at any point – going for food with him once in the five years I worked with him! This is the sort of manipulation that happens constantly, making it sound as if he’s helped out in some way out of generosity and has had nothing in return. This is not true, along with numerous other things that were said.

I’d like to think most people will be able to read that article, listen to the podcast and other things he’s done and be able see through it pretty easily and how things are constantly twisted in his favour.

The interview he gave for an article going into the World Championships is another great example as well as the one this week. Constant contradictions and slating of anyone he isn’t involved with and some he still is. His ego is so big he can’t accept this situation because he’s not used to being called out or held accountable.

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