2012-13 Hardball Singles Schedule To Feature Twelve Events
by Tefft Smith
September 28, 2012 - Here is the tournament schedule for the coming Hardball Singles Season, starting in Atlantic City on the weekend of October 21 -23, culminating in the Nationals in Philadelphia in February of 2012.
October 19-21 Atlantic Coast Championships, Greate Bay Racquet Club, Somers Point,(Atlantic City) NJ
November 9-11 Cardinal Tournament, Metropolitan Club, Washington, DC
November 16-18 Milt Russ Tournament, Harvard Club, NYC
Nov.30-Dec.2 Kiva Classic, Santa Fe,
December 7-9 Harvard Club Holiday, Harvard Club NYC
January 4-6 William White Tournament, The Merion Cricket Club, Haverford (Philadelphia), PA
January 11-13 Howard Davis/Atlantic Coast Tournament, Greate Bay Racquet Club, Somers Point (Atlantic City), NJ
January 18-20 Cate Invitational Squash Tournament, Carpinteria (Santa Barbara), CA
January 25-27 Eastern States Tournament, Harvard and Yale Clubs, NYC
February 1-3 The Woodruff-Nee Tournament, Metropolitan Club, Washington, DC
February 15-18 US Squash Hardball Nationals, Merion Cricket Club, Haverford (Philadelphia), PA
May (TBD) Stanley W. Pearson Invitational, Philadelphia Cricket Club, Philadelphia
Last season saw a further expansion of interest in Hardball Singles play from new as well as long dormant hardballers, the hardball doubles communities and PSA professionals.
We saw increased participation on the traditional 18.5 foot wide hardball courts, especially at the US Squash Hardball National Championships in NYC, with a large Open Draw won by Preston Quick, our US Squash Hardball representative over a field of impressive PSA and ISDA professionals, fueled by the prize money we offered from the Hardball Singles Squash Restricted fund..
There was also much increased play and experimentation of hardball singles play on the wider, 21 foot “international” courts, with the green, Austral ball.
The Atlantic Coast tournament coming up on the 19th of October will be played on wide courts with the Austral ball.
Anyone wanting/needing an Austral ball to play or experiment with can get one by contacting Tefft Smith at 202 879 5212 or tsmith@kirkland.com.
We want to build upon our growing momentum and see further expansion of hardball singles play, BUT – as always -- we need (and ask/plead for) your FINANCIAL help!!!!
To further fund the National Championships and support other initiatives to increase hardball singles play, we need to replenish the US Hardball Singles Restricted Fund.
PLEASE make a – tax deductible, charitable – contribution to US Squash, RESTRICTED to the Hardball Singles Fund, using the following form or, however, works BEST for you.
U.S. SQUASH is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
Gifts to the U.S. SQUASH Hardball Singles Restricted Fund are 100% tax-deductible and directly benefit the encouragement and support of hardball singles squash play.
For questions or assistance, please contact:
Preston Quick at preston.quick@us-squash.org
Thank you for your support of Hardball Singles and U.S. SQUASH!
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