US Squash Summit Canceled Reportedly Due To Lack Of Attendees 
by Rob Dinerman

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Dateline October 4th – DSR has learned that the second annual Squash Summit that US Squash had scheduled for October 13-14 during the US Open has been cancelled. Throughout the past few months, US Squash had been intensively promoting the Summit  – for which it was charging prospective attendees a hefty $200 registration fee --- as “a gathering of the industry’s most influential people to share insights and spark discussions that will help shape the future of squash,” boasting that it would provide a forum wherein “the best and brightest minds in squash will drive the sport forward” and claiming that it would constitute an opportunity for squash’s district leaders, club owners, event promoters, coaches and professionals to collaborate, innovate, network and grow. US Squash had booked the impressive Behrakis Grand Hall on Chestnut Street in down-town Philadelphia to host this two-day extravaganza and had announced plans to make presentation and session documents available online afterwards for paid conference attendees. The cancellation of what had been billed as such a high-profile part of the US Open tournament therefore comes as a bit of a shock and was reportedly caused by a paucity of registrants.