Women's Squash Night is scheduled for Wednesday September 25, from 6:00-8:30pm at the Sports Club/LA. Don't miss this highly social event that is a fun way to meet up with fellow players after the summer off-season and "knock some of the rust off". There will be raffle prizes and we hope to have T-shirts to distribute again this year. This event is FREE, and ALL ages and skill levels are welcome!
To participate, please sign up here. (Scroll down on the landing page for the sign up info.)
The directory is organized by the date the camp starts.
Each listing shows the name of the camp, its price or price range, camper experience level (Beginner-Novice, Intermediate, Advanced or Elite), information on the lead coaches and how to get more information.
Camp descriptions are taken directly from the sponsor of the camp.
Starting June 17th - All Summer (Every Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday evening)
Ending August 22.
Weekly Adult Evening Clinic
Squash on Fire at Sports Club/LA
$450 per week
Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Elite
3:1 player:coach ratio
Coach: Amir Wagih – Former head coach of Egyptian National Team – Amir has acquired over 30 World Titles as coach and developed several Egyptian/Arab World Champions, such as Ramy Ashour, Amr Shabana, Raneem El Walily, and Marawan El Shourbaghy - His passion for the sport is contagious – Highly regarded as one of the most experienced coaches in squash!
Clinic meets three times per session: (M, T, TH) 7:00PM to … Continue Reading ››
The directory is organized by the date the camp starts.
Each listing shows the name of the camp, its price or price range, camper experience level (Beginner-Novice, Intermediate, Advanced or Elite), information on the lead coaches and how to get more information.
Camp descriptions are taken directly from the sponsor of the camp.
We also have a page for Summer Training Clinics for Adults.
June 16, 2013
Total Squash Camps Junior COED Residential Camp
Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA
$1400 Residential Overnight/$975 Day
Beginner-Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Elite
3:1 player:coach ratio
Coaches:
Lefika Ragonste, a Botswana National Champion, a 4 time Champion along with a champion for USA U25, Zimbabwe Open and Namibian Open. Captain of the Botswana National Team and Captain of Trinity College Squash Team. Assists in recruiting for Princeton, Cornell, Yale, Penn, Bates, Tufts, Dartmouth, Denison, Trinity and Amherst.
Mark Lewis, former US #2 and top 100 PSA world ranked player, current head coach … Continue Reading ››
Three National Capital Squash juniors reached the quarterfinals in the US SQUASH Junior Silver Squash Championships that ended Sunday, April 14. Nghi Nguyen played up an age division and recorded the highest finish, reaching the GU19 semifinals where she lost a tightly contested four game match.
Isabel Young, who recently aged out of GU15, had an impressive run, reaching the GU17 quarterfinals in a five game thriller, clinching the final game 15-13! She then narrowly missed reaching the semis, falling in five tough games.
Theo Mendez lost a heart breaker of a match in the round of 16, losing 11-9 in the fifth to the eventual semifinalist. Theo then went on to win the consolations in a very strong 32-player BU17 field.
Zach Najera, who also recently aged up into BU17, played impressively, defeating a higher ranked player from California in the first round. He … Continue Reading ››
Congratulations to Jose Calderon and Ben Smith, who won the Open 5.5 and Open 4.5 skill level divisions at the national championships, which were held in Baltimore April 5-7. Patrick Harris also reached the finals of the Open 5.0, where he lost a close three game match to the #1 seed.
Jose beat Antoine Poulain of Chicago in the four game final. Ben rallied from a 2-1 deficit to Boston's Girish Venkataramani on the way to an 11-9 victory in the fifth game.
Other Highlights:
Ben Rind -- Open 5.0 Consolation Winner
Nghi Nguyen -- Women's 4.0 Consolation Winner
Ben Hoefs -- Open 5.5 Consolation Finals
Abir Ray -- Open 4.5 Consolation Finals
Isabel Young -- Women's 4.0 Consolation Finals
Jahangir Naseem -- Open 6.0, Winner Consol Playoff
Carole Grunberg won the Women's 55+ and also won the consolation finals in the Women's 50+ division. She was joined by a strong group of National Capital players who competed last month at the Masters Championships in Stamford CT.
Congratulations to the following players who reached the quarterfinals or won the consolations in their age division:
Carole Grunberg -- Women 55+ Winner
Women 50+ Consolation Winner
Bryce Harding -- Men 50+ quarter-finalist
Terry Hindermann -- Men 50+ quarter-finalist
Bruce Simons-Morton -- Men 65+ Consolation Winner
Carole had a tough five game match in the semifinals and then won another five game marathon match where she took game five by a 13-11 score to clinch the win.
Bruce fell in the quarterfinals in a tight three game match to the eventual winner.
This tournament is great fun, so if you are 35+ and haven't tried it yet, consider entering next year.
Competing in this event is a major honor for any junior squash player -- it shows the player has reached the top 32 in his age group in the USA. Congratulations to Cameron Bahadori and Kira Keating, who qualified in the BU19 and GU19 divisions.
Kira Keating, who recently aged up into the GU19, finished 13-16th and is currently ranked #12 in the US. Cameron is the #1 ranked NCS junior boy and #40 in the US.
NCS juniors played well the first weekend this month, taking tournament victories in three out of four divisions, by beating back players from Baltimore, Richmond and Charlottesville.
In BU19, Caden Petersmeyer cruised to victory, dropping just one game, in the final, to record his first tournament win. Ian Brown played up an age division and took third place.
Nilay Neelaveni played up an age division into BU15, and battled back from a 2-0 deficit in the semifinal to win in five, before falling in the final in a match that included two tiebreaker games. Michael Lovegrove took third.
Charlie Thomas won all three of his matches without dropping a game to clinch his second impressive tournament win this season in BU11.
Shalika Neelaveni played up an age division and won all her matches by 3-0 scores to clinch the title in GU15, … Continue Reading ››
