Just at the Australian Open today with Heather Deayton,
Sarah Fitz and Cheyna Tucker ( South African
Squash Player ) and we bumped into Chris Dittmar so I've
just attached the two pictures.
Watched Rafael Nadal
playing Peter Luczak (Australia) then a bit of
Jelena Dokic ( Australia ) against Alisa Kleybanova
(Russia).
Fun evening at the tennis !!!
Off the Wall ...
Nov 2009
Dipika:
Just for Woman
Dipika
Pallikal has long mixed her squash with studies and
modelling calls, and this month is no exception.
The Indian number two, ranked 48 in the world, was the star
of a major feature in "Just for Woman", a big circulation
magazine in India.
Off the Wall ...
Oct 2009
Donna the Model
Australia's Donna Urquhart has had a pretty successful
month, reaching the quarter-finals of the British Open and
the main draw of the World Open ... and she still found time for
some photo shoots that appeared in the Sunday Mail
and Sunday Herald Sun ...
July 2009
Herrick's 180mph
Hair-Raiser ... Jack Herrick, Chairman of the PSA Board for 14 years
until 2008, was spotted at the Indianapolis Motor
Speedway this month.
Known as a fervent motor sports enthusiast [he's been to
Indianapolis every year since forever, and even has a cat
named Cosworth] with friends in high circles in the US motor
racing scene, Jack was driven around the famed 2½ mile track
by veteran French driver Stephan Gregoire.
According to Gregoire, who drove in seven Indianapolis 500s
and at the 24 hours of Le Mans last month, the test was
conducted at about 180 miles per hour.
“I loved every moment of it,” said Jack. “Since Stephan does
not back off in the turns, it's exhilarating to pull about
2G in the turns at that speed. But, no, I’m not planning to
launch a motor racing career!”
May 2009
World Top Sixteen,
1985-1988
Thanks to Scott Smith
(son of Kelvin, for your first clue) for this photo, probably taken at the Swiss
Masters Tournament, of the world's top sixteen.
See how many of them you can recognise before hovering over
the box below to reveal the answers ...
Left-Right: Hiddy
Jahan, Gawain Briars, Greg Pollard, Qamar Zaman,
Stuart Davenport, Phil Kenyon, Magdi Saad, Jahangir
Khan, Glenn Brumby, Chris Dittmar, Ross Norman,
Chris Robertson, Ross Thorne, Tristan Nancarrow,
Kelvin Smith, Geoff Williams.
April 2009
Petros takes the Cigar
One of the biggest lifestyle magazines in Greece is Cigar
Magazine, and its owner and editor Mr Alexandros
Karydakis the owner and editor is a keen squash player.
So, naturally enough, the just issued April edition has a
big squash feature - a big interview with former Greek
national champion and world #110 Petros Tzamaloukas,
with pictures taken by top Greek photographer Takis
Diamantopoulos.
We only have the Greek version, but Petros assures us that,
among other things in the interview, he stressed the need
for squash to be included in Olympic programme and about the
benefits of it.
"I
am sure this big publicity magazine will help squash grow in
Greece and more people come and play with more events
because of it.
"The Greek team is ready for next week's Europeans in Malmo
and for the first time we will be taking both men's and
women's teams, which is a big step for us.
"As for me, it will be my 15th Europeans as I play with the
Greek team since the 1994 Europeans in Rotterdam ! Big
celebration !!!"
Burn off that Curry
With all the publicity about the UK's obesity problem, Men's
Health Magazine has weighed in with "101 ways to burn off a
curry".
Playing squash - of course - comes high up the list, taking
just 56 minutes, even if the normal sequence of events is
to have the curry after your team game.
If you fancy that curry, here's what you have to do:
41m mountaineering
51m running on a
treadmill
56m playing squash
56m canoeing
62m rockclimbing
68m playing football
68m playing rugby
68m skipping
68m cycling at 15mph
68m breaststroke
68m martial arts
75m cross-country run
etc etc etc
Obviously some
activities will take a lot longer to see off
that Chicken Tikka
Masala ...
135m skateboarding
193m fishing
225m walking the dog
270m dusting
339m brushing your
teeth
453m on the phone
521m reading
697m watching TV
etc ....
but we're pretty sure we've
found one typo in the list ....
"I
am sure this big publicity magazine will help squash grow in
Greece and more people come and play with more events
because of it.
