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Squash In England
Squash is a popular sport in England. There is a long history of the sport in the country with many highly ranked English players, both in men's and women's squash. History of squash in England England is where squash was invented. Students at Harrow School in London created it in 1830 when they discovered the potential that a small, punctured rubber ball had for yielding a game where a variety of shots were possible. Originally played in alleys and courtyards, the first purpose-built squash court was erected in Oxford in 1883. Professional competitions Many professional squash competitions take place in England each year. PSA World Tour The PSA World Tour calendar includes many professional tournaments held in England every year. The most prestigious of these are the British Open Squash Championships (PSA150) and the Canary Wharf Squash Classic (PSA70). Premier Squash League The Premier Squash League runs every year from October to April. Teams consist of four men and one woma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England Squash
England Squash is recognised by Sport England as the English national governing body of the racket sports of squash and squash 57. Based at the National Squash Centre in Manchester, it aims to increase participation in both sports. History The Squash Rackets Association was founded in 1928, to take over the administration of the game from the Tennis and Rackets Association. In 1934, the separate Women’s Squash Rackets Association was formed. These associations looked after squash in Great Britain until 1980, when responsibility for Scotland and Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ... passed to autonomous national associations. The English SRA and Women's SRA amalgamated in 1989. The SRA was the recognised world authority for squash until the formation, in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Matthew
Nicholas Matthew (born 25 July 1980 in Sheffield) is a former English professional squash player who has won the two most prestigious tournaments in the professional game, the British Open and the World Open, three times each. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 1 in June 2010. His home club is Hallamshire Tennis and Squash Club in Sheffield which has named 'The Nick Matthew Showcourt' after him. He married Esme Taylor, a sports physiologist who has worked with British Cycling, in 2013 and the couple celebrated the birth of their first child Charlotte Rose on 9 September 2014. Career overview Nick Matthew, who attended High Storrs School, first came to the squash world's attention as an outstanding junior player. He was the 1999 British Junior Open under-19 champion, a semi-finalist at the 1998 World Junior Championships, and a member of the England team which won the 1998 world junior team title. He made his first appearance on the professional tour in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport England
Sport England is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its role is to build the foundations of a community sport system by working with national governing bodies of sport, and other funded partners, to grow the number of people taking part in sport and physical activity; remove the barriers that make it harder for some people to be active; sustain participation levels; and help more talented people from all diverse backgrounds excel by identifying them early, nurturing them, and helping them move up to the elite level. Chris Boardman is the current Chair of Sport England. Overview Sport England was established by royal charter in 1972 as The Sports Council, an independent body under the Department of National Heritage. It became The English Sports Council under an amended royal charter in 1997, when The Sports Council was reorganised into UK Sport and the home nations sports councils, before being rebranded as Sport England in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England At The 2018 Commonwealth Games
England competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was England's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having participated at every Games since their inception in 1930 British Empire Games, 1930. England sent a total of 394 athletes across all 18 sports, making it the largest team ever to represent the nation at an overseas sporting event. However, only 388 athletes competed. Triathlete Alistair Brownlee was the country's flag bearer during the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, opening ceremony. With Birmingham as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the English segment was performed during the Closing Ceremony. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors that participated at the Games per sport/discipline. Medallists , style="text-align:left; vertical-align:top;", Relay competitors named in ''italics'' did not participate in the corresponding finals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squash At The Commonwealth Games
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Squash is one of the sports at the quadrennial Commonwealth Games competition. It has been held at every Games since 1998, but will not be included in the 2026 Commonwealth Games because of financial restrictions in that stripped-back edition. Editions Past winners Individual competition All-time medal table ''Updated after the 2022 Commonwealth Games'' External linksCommonwealth Games sport index Sports at the Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Whitlock
Emily Whitlock, (born 15 February 1994) is a professional squash player who represents Wales. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12 in November 2017. Career Whitlock made solid progress up the world rankings, capturing three successive titles at the start of 2012 and repeated the feat at the end of the year. Five titles followed in 2013 and 2014 before she lifted her first PSA Challenger 15 title at the Courtcare Open in May 2015. Her performances there did not go unnoticed and she joined the elite top 20 players in the world a month later. References External links * * * * * * 1994 births Living people English female squash players Welsh female squash players Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales Squash players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Macclesfield 21st-century English sportswomen {{UK-squash-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Lust
Victoria Lust (born 2 May 1989 in Luton Luton () is a town and borough in Bedfordshire, England. The borough had a population of 225,262 at the 2021 census. Luton is on the River Lea, about north-west of London. The town's foundation dates to the sixth century as a Saxon settleme ...) is an English former professional squash player. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 12 in June 2019. Biography In 2016, she was part of the English team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Women's World Team Squash Championships. Two years later, she was again a member of the silver medalist English team at the 2018 Women's World Team Squash Championships. Lust won four consecutive gold medals for the England women's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 2015 to 2018. She retired from professional squash in March 2020. After that, she moved to Victoria, in British Columbia, and worked at St. Michaels University School as a squash t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Waters
Alison Claire Waters (born 19 March 1984) is an English former professional squash player. She reached a career high ranking of 3 in the world during October 2010. Biography As a junior player, Waters won her first major squash tournament – the British Under-12 title – at the age of nine-and-a-half. She retained the title the following year. She was a three-time runner-up at the British Open Under-14 Championships. She won her first professional title in 2005 at the Forbes Open, beating Carla Khan in the final. Waters won the British National Squash Championships The British National Squash Championships are the national squash championships for players from the United Kingdom & Ireland. They are held on an annual basis, with the venue changing for each year. The Championships were inaugurated in 1974 ... in February 2010, beating Jenny Duncalf in the final 10–12, 11–7, 4–11, 11–7, 12–10. Waters also won the championship in 2008 beating Laura Lengtho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah-Jane Perry
Sarah-Jane Catherine Perry (born 15 May 1990) is a professional squash player who represents England and Great Britain. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 5 in July 2020. Biography Perry was educated at Kenilworth School, Kenilworth, and then graduated from Warwick University, England with a BEng (Hons) degree in 2011. Perry had a successful junior career, culminating in winning the European Under 19 Individual Championships in Cologne and the British Under 19 Championships, both in 2009. She won two further British National Championships, at the Under 23 level in 2012 and 2013. Perry was part of the victorious England team at the 2013 European Squash Championships, her first selection at senior level. She represented Great Britain at the 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia where she reached the quarter-finals, losing to the eventual winner Nicol David. Perry broke into the top 20 just prior to her 23rd Birthday and reached her highest ranking of 14 after h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Richards (squash Player)
Tom Richards (born 10 July 1986) is a retired Professional Squash player on the PSA World Tour who represented England. He reached a career-high World ranking of No. 12, winning a total of 6 PSA Titles. Biography Richards was part of the England Squash set-up since the age of 9, having started playing at the age of 3. He was the Under 12 and Under 13 British National Champion and an Under 15, 17 and 19 European Champion with the England Team. He decided to turn professional at the age of 18 in November 2004 and in 2005 he won his first PSA title becoming the Kenya Open Champion. At the age of 25, Richards was a member of the England Elite squad and a full England International and won three gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships at the 2012 European Squash Team Championships, 2016 European Squash Team Championships and 2019 European Squash Team Championships. Richards suffered a series of serious injuries throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Declan James
Declan James (born 19 April 1993) is a professional squash player who represented England. He reached a career high ranking of 15 in the world during May 2019. Biography James reached the world's top 50 players in July 2015 after winning his fifth PSA tour event, the Christchurch International Open. In 2017, he won the Irish and Arnold Tring Homes Opens and in 2018, won the International de Squash de Nantes, which was his 13th tour title. In 2018, he won a bronze medal in the doubles at the Commonwealth Games, on the Gold Coast. In May 2019, he hit a career best world ranking (at the time) of 15. James won European Squash Team Championships gold for the England men's national squash team at the 2019 European Squash Team Championships in Birmingham. At the 2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daryl Selby
Daryl Selby (born 3 November 1982) is a former professional squash player who represented England. He reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 9 in April 2010. Biography Selby attended Brentwood School, Essex as his secondary school between 1994 and 2001. His sister is professional squash player Lauren Selby. He won the British National Squash Championships in 2011, defeating the reigning World Champion and World No.1, Nick Matthew in the final 9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7 (84m). In 2012, he reached the semifinals of the Tournament of Champions, losing to James Willstrop in semifinals. In June 2013, he was gold medalist with the England Team during the 2013 World Team Championships. In the same year, in reached for the first time the quarterfinals of the World Championships. Selby won seven gold medals for the England men's national squash team at the European Squash Team Championships from 2009 to 2019. He retired in August 2022, after having won a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
