(Open Squash is a 501(c)3 non-profit and is the brand new model for the Manhattan Group Squash Middle; click on right here for the current announcement on the re-branding.)
Open Squash’s mission is to develop the game and make squash accessible to everybody – at each degree and from all walks of life. At present we’re thrilled to announce our new Open Squash Touring Professional Program. The objective of this program is to offer assist to touring squash professionals who wish to give again to the game by collaborating with Open Squash in programming designed to create a thriving squash neighborhood that’s open to all.
We’re much more thrilled to announce our first two contributors: Ali Farag and Gina Kennedy!
Not a lot must be mentioned about Ali’s place within the sport; he’s World #1 and already has a spot in historical past as one of many all-time greats. We really feel extremely fortunate that he believes deeply in our mission of broadening entry to the game and is worked up to hitch our neighborhood and assist drive the mission ahead. (If you happen to’re new to squash and wish to study extra about Ali’s extremely profitable squash profession, click on right here.)
After which there may be Gina. Gina is simply beginning her PSA profession after a ridiculously profitable faculty profession; we don’t wish to embarrass her however if you wish to examine her quite a few accomplishments, click on right here. And Gina has already posted some spectacular PSA tour victories. We have now excessive hopes for her professional profession and need her each success. However simply as vital, Gina, like Ali, is worked up to turn out to be a part of our neighborhood and is dedicated to our objective of rising and opening up squash for all.
As a part of the Program, Ali and Gina have dedicated to visiting Open Squash at any time when they’ll and collaborating in our programming, every little thing from serving to with clinics for each adults and juniors to enjoying exhibition matches with fellow professionals. (In reality, Ali has already helped enormously, simply this previous week, by enjoying a really entertaining exhibition as a part of a junior scholarship fundraiser.) And Ali and Gina can even be selling the Open Squash model by sporting it on their shirts when they’re competing in tournaments. Moreover, Gina can be with us for at the very least two weeks through the summers to be a lead professional at our summer season camps.
Please be a part of us in welcoming Ali and Gina to the Open Squash neighborhood, and we hope everybody will get an opportunity to fulfill them at any time when they’re visiting. And for those who ever see them at a event, please be a part of us and cheer them on!
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For different PSA professionals considering studying extra about our Touring Professional Program, please contact Cleve Miller at cleve@thesquashcenter.org.
