2011-12 ISDA Doubles Preview And Projected Schedule
by Rob Dinerman for DailySquashReport.com
 
August 29, 2011 - James Hewitt, Executive Director of the International Squash Doubles Association (ISDA), has released the tentative schedule for the 2011-12 season. This will be the 12th full season for the ISDA, which was co-founded by Hewitt and Gary Waite in January 2000. The schedule is brimming with significant tournaments since its two most lucrative events, the Briggs Cup and the Kellner Cup, both of which are biennial, will both take place this season, namely the Briggs Cup, which has had main-draw purses of $100,000 each of the four times it has been held, and the Kellner Cup, which has offered a purse of as high as $80,000 in the recent past. Almost all of the major annual tour stops, such as the North American Open (in Greenwich), Boston, the U. S. Pro (in Wilmington), the 64th David Johnson Memorial (in Brooklyn), the Big Apple Open (at the New York Athletic Club), the Players Championship (in Long Island and New York) and additional events in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Vancouver and Toronto, will be returning as part of the seven-month (from October to May) ISDA schedule. There will also be an event in Scotland, the Scottish Cup, in late September, which will mark the first time an ISDA tournament has been held outside North America.

   Until proven otherwise, the key question defining the competitive environment entering this autumn is whether Damien Mudge and Ben Gould, who went undefeated (38-0) wire-to-wire in their debut season as partners in 2010-11 after having been fierce rivals for many years, will be able to extend this domination in the face of a compellingly talented set of determined contenders. This latter group includes Matt Jenson and Clive Leach, the second-ranked pairing from last season, closely followed by Chris Walker and Mark Chaloner, two-time finalists last season, St. Louis runners-up and former Trinity College teammates Manek Mathur and Yvain Badan, plus two tandems, Preston Quick/Jonny Smith and John Russell/Greg Park, who just formed in the past few weeks and hence will be partnering up for the first time when the season kicks off.
Projected 2011-12 ISDA Schedule:                

Sept 28-Oct 2 The Scottish Cup,  Edinburgh, Scotland - invitational
Oct 7-9 Maryland Club Open, Baltimore - invitational
Oct 13-16 or Dec 8-11 Briggs Cup, Rye
Oct 19-21 Calgary - invitational
Oct 21-23 Pittsburgh- challenger
Oct 28-30 St Louis Open, St Louis
Nov 4-6 Big Apple Open, NYAC
Nov 11-13 Vancouver Pro, Vancouver
Nov 18-20 Jim Bentley Cup, Toronto - invitational
Nov 18-20 Buffalo - challenger
Nov 25-27 US Thanksgiving
Dec 8-11 Briggs Cup, Rye
Jan 6-8 US Pro, Wilmington
Jan 13-15 Boston
Jan 19-22 North American Open, Greenwich
Jan 27-29 O'Reilly Proam - invitational
Feb 3-5 Tavern Club Invitational, Cleveland
Feb 10-12 The Tompkins Invitational, Philadelphia Racquet Club
Feb 24-26 David Johnson Memorial Doubles, Brooklyn Heights
March 15-18 Barbados - invitational
Mar 16-18 Philadelphia, Germantown - challenger
April 13-15 Players Championship, Long Islan
April 27-29 Kellner Cup, NY
May 11-13 Canadian Pro, Toronto
July 20-22 Nantucket - Invitational

TBD: Atlantic City, Minturn,  Florida, Mexico, Winnipeg, Los Angeles


 




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