Alan Thatcher Reflects Upon World Squash Day
October 21, 2012
After playing six matches yesterday, and an hour's coaching, plus some similar effects to you after the post-match refreshments, then coaching for another three hours this morning, my back is in something of a permanent bow at the moment!
Thank you to everyone for the kind words. It was great for clubs to feel part of something special, and we have received a number of emails from squash people with 30 years' experience saying that yesterday was the most enjoyable event they had ever taken part in. So it's obvious that hundreds of clubs caught the mood and put on some real fun events.
Globally and strategically, World Squash Day generated some significant publicity with several TV and radio features, plus newspaper and website coverage. We know that several reports appeared in websites and publications that are read by the IOC, so we can only hope that the message sinks in.
It would have been nice to have seen more involvement from clubs in the US... and Egypt, and Canada, and everywhere, I guess.
I feel like I'm acting out one of the final scenes in Schindler's List.
"We could have got more......"
For a group of volunteers, doing all this for the love of the game, I think we did OK.
I would love to hear some ideas for next year!
Alan
PS: Please see my Facebook note on how it all started.
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