Seattle to Host 2015 Men's World Championship by Nathan Clarke June 13, 2014
- The Professional Squash Association (PSA) have today announced that
the 2015 PSA World Squash Championship, the pinnacle event in the
squash calendar, will take place in the American city of Bellevue,
Washington, on the edge of Lake Washington, in November 2015.
A major suburb of
Seattle, Bellevue will become the first American destination ever to
host the sport's most prestigious competition as 112 of the world's
best squash players converge on the Bellevue Pro Sports Club to battle
it out for the right to win the $350,000 tournament and be crowned
World Champion.
Bellevue will become
the 24th city to host the tournament, only the third in North America
after Toronto, Canada and Hamilton, Bermuda, in what will be the 37th
staging of the week-long squash spectacular.
"We are delighted to
confirm that the 2015 PSA World Squash Championship will take place in
Bellevue and to welcome the city on-board as the latest world class
destination to become associated with professional squash," said PSA
CEO Alex Gough.
"The World
Championship is the most prestigious title in squash and to be taking
the sport's pinnacle event to an American audience for the first time
in history is tremendously exciting for everyone involved.
"We are looking
forward to working closely with all our partners in Bellevue over the
coming year in preparation for what I am sure will be an exciting and
demanding competition which will see the world's best players on
display."
2015 PSA World Squash
Championship tournament organiser Shabana Khan, Founder and CEO of
YSKevents said; "We are very excited to be bringing the World
Championship to the USA for the very first time and feel certain that
Bellevue, Washington will prove to be a fitting venue for such a
prestigious competition.
"We already enjoy a
strong working relationship with the PSA and look forward to building
yet further on that over the next year ahead of the 2015 World Squash
Championship."
The 2015 World Squash
Championship will take place in Bellevue, Washington in November 2015.
The week-long event will take place at the city's Pro Sports Club.
Exact tournament dates will be confirmed at a later date.
The 2014 World Squash
Championship takes place in Qatar from November 14 - 21, the fourth
time the Middle Eastern nation has hosted the pinnacle event in squash,
when England's Nick Matthew will be trying to defend the title he won
in Manchester in 2013.
