Harrow PSA Challenger Series  

Press Release

UK Squash Academy is proud to announce an exciting new venture in partnership with Harrow Squash.
Top Squash comes to Hertfordshire at Bishop’s Stortford, Broxbourne and Cannons St. Albans Squash Clubs who are hosts for the Harrow PSA Challenger Series.

5th April 2007: UK Squash Academy Directors Paul Selby and John Milton are happy to announce a Series of three Professional Squash Association (PSA) Challenger events during June July and August. John Milton said that he was happy to be announcing these events as the UK Squash Academy felt that there was a need to run this type of tournament to help out the younger professional Squash players to get their foot on the ladder and gain some valuable points needed to elevate them in to higher events on the world circuit. He was also keen to stress the part Harrow Squash were playing in this venture in supporting these events with their sponsorship.

Mark Chaloner of Harrow Squash and PSA President who was a former World no. 7 and England Captain and No. 1 was up to recently still playing on the World circuit and when we asked him to consider coming on board with this project he had no hesitation, citing the importance of giving these young players a helping hand to move up the World rankings without having to invest in travelling halfway around the world.
Harrow Squash are a leading brand of sports equipment manufacturers in North America and who are making significant inroads into the UK market. Squash is thriving in Hertfordshire at the moment with the Boys U15 and Girls U13 teams the current National Champions. Bishop’s Stortford Squash Club was recently voted England Squash club of the year and are the current National Club Champions. Herts No1 Chris Ryder (Berkhamsted) is the World University Champion; Adrian Waller (Potters Bar) is U19 & U17 National Champion.

We are really grateful to the three clubs that we are running these events at for supporting us 100%. Paul Selby spoke of the Academy running Junior and Adult tournaments alongside professional players to allow young aspiring juniors and serious men and women amateur players to get a feel of being involved with a Professional event. He was also hopeful of running more events like these over the next year if these prove to be a success.