State of the Game Address from World Squash Federation CEO Andrew Shelley
from DailySquashReport.com
March 7, 2012
Our efforts to secure a place on the programme of theOlympic Games
continue apace. We have a bid logo,the social media outlets that allow squash enthusiasts tointeract with the bid have gone live, a brochure that will show
off the strengths of squash is close to print, plans for the presentation
video for the bid have begun, we will be led by President Ramachandran at
the Sport Accord Convention, the Olympic Movement
meeting place. There is more besides but this broad brush
gives an idea of what is happening.
There is so much else going on as we really get into
the year though. The Men’s and Women’s World
Tours continue to offer great opportunities for
viewing, both in person and at SquashTV, there will
be various regional championships taking place soon
in Africa, Asia and Europe, the WSF World Junior
Circuit is now embedded, players are in training for
July’s World Masters in England that promises to
smash entry records, while a splendid twenty six
national teams will descend on Qatar to compete in
the Men’s World Junior Team Championship. There
will also be around two hundred players fighting for
the male and female individual titles.
Meanwhile, at local level too often squash is a sport
played by colourful people – but at colourless clubs!
All-glass show courts offer a variety of wall and floor
colours, as do the general environments, but we
haven’t always come far enough forward from white
plaster courts which were around from a time way
back when motoring pioneer Henry Ford told the
world that they could buy his cars in any colour as
long as it was black.
Squash courts, like cars, can be bought in many
pastel colours now, whether plaster or panel, so why
are so many squash courts still featuring white walls?
Wouldn’t the club be more inviting if light shades are
on more walls? Food for thought for operators!
Enjoy your own games, do visit the Olympic bid
website and I hope that the news in this
Instant Update is informative.
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