Elite Junior Squash Comes to Portland, Oregon
from Squash Media


June 2, 2016 - The Multnomah Athletic Club (MAC), Portland, Oregon are delighted to welcome some of the top junior players from across the country in August.

The MAC in conjunction with the Lloyd Athletic Club will be hosting our very first junior gold event – the Rose Bud Gold which will be held over the weekend of August 5-7. The addition of a junior gold in Portland is a great augmentation to the regular gold events held in the Bay Area.

As well as the new junior gold, Head Pro Ashley Read and assistant Pro Julian Illingworth will be hosting PDX high performance junior camps both before and after the tournament.

Head professional Read stated “we are absolutely thrilled to be hosting such a high caliber junior tournament here at the MAC. Last year we had a successful junior silver event and a high performance camp but the new gold level tournament certainly raises the bar and shows not only Portland’s ambition but also that West Coast Squash is really starting to thrive.”

Nine times US Champ and assistant pro Illingworth added "Hosting a junior Gold event is a great opportunity for our local players and parents to be exposed to top caliber junior squash without the burden of travel.  We're pleased US Squash is allowing the location of junior events to be spread more broadly, and the Portland squash community hopes to continue this positive relationship with US Squash, and hold regular US Squash sanctioned junior events to support all levels of junior squash here in Portland."

Entries are now open, so far there are juniors registered from not only the West Coast but also from the Eastern US and even one entry from the current powerhouse of world squash Egypt.

For more information email ashleyr@themac.com to register go to https://www.ussquash.com/tournaments/