Dunlop Donating Beginner Balls Worldwide
from WSF Media
6 January 2012-
National squash federations worldwide have received a boost with the
launch of WSF Dunlop KickStart 2012, a new World Squash Federation
(WSF) initiative which will see 250 dozen Dunlop Max balls being
delivered to nations via the regional federations.
This is an addition to the ongoing long term Official Ball partnership that WSF and Dunlop maintain.
The Dunlop Max ball is larger than a normal squash ball and more
bouncy; it is a beginners' ball that is an established introductory
tool.
Announcing the initiative, WSF Chief Executive Andrew Shelley
commented: "Development is always at the top of our agenda, and this is
another way for us to support local coaches, especially in 'young'
countries, as they introduce new blood into our sport.
"We are already growing in so many countries as a result of local
structures - and we are pleased to support these. We are very grateful
to Dunlop for their partnership and look forward to getting feedback
about the success of the initiative at the WSF World Development
Conference later this year."
Sunny Singh, Dunlop's Head of Sports Marketing, added: "Squash is a
vibrant market for us, and we are eager to assist the sport to grow in
any way we can. The Max is the ball we know that coaches like to use,
especially for children, as they start out on what for so many becomes
a long-term exercise regime.
"We wish this WSF initiative every success and are pleased to be the KickStart partner."
Squash is played in over 180 countries and has had world champions from each of the world's five continents.