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by The Squashist on May 6, 2010Well see here, my black rubber friend with two dots that stare like eyes!I must say I'm quite fond of you for today's squash match surprise.See, I played a level up today—not hoping much to win—...
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by Tracy Gates on May 5, 2010There are over 4,000 members of the MSRA. And 698 played on league teams this year. But only four of them won the prestigious Lehman and Fernandez awards for most improved player. As I happen to know...
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by Tracy Gates on Apr 26, 2010The end of the league season is upon us. Later this week, we will see what squashmates look like in regular clothes at the MSRA league party; we will cheer as the plaques are distributed to the...
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by The Squashist on Apr 25, 2010It's time for another look at what's doing at The Squashist's Opinion Emporium, made possible by our good friends at Urtak (accessible to the right of this blog, as well as here: Squash Urtak). So...
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by The Squashist on Apr 19, 2010I read today on squashsite.co.uk that Peter Nicol has decided to play in a racketball tournament, England's Dunlop National Racketball Championship, where he may end up playing 5-time winner Daryl...
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by The Squashist on Apr 16, 2010There was quite a bit of interest in the idea of the 5-let rule (see here), which was recently given a test run at US Pro Squash's Franklin & Marshall Invitational Tournament. Many comments were...
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by Tracy Gates on Apr 16, 2010During a round of drinks to celebrate our finals win against the Harvard Club, one of my teammates mused aloud that competing was perhaps too stressful to be worth doing. This was from the teammate...
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by The Squashist on Apr 10, 2010For those who have read this blog for a while, you may know that I am a Swedish-American. I did not grow up speaking Swedish. Instead, I decided I wanted to learn more about my mother's country and...
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by The Squashist on Apr 8, 2010James Zug has a great article in the just-received March issue of Squash Magazine about the backstory of Baset Chaudry's on-court meltdown. If you are a US Squash member you'll get the publication...
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by The Squashist on Mar 30, 2010Several times in my career as a squash enthusiast I have dragged uninitiated sports fans to pro squash tournaments, assuring them that squash is a great spectator sport and they'll have a blast. Some...
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