Some amazing
events are taking place all over the planet on World Squash Day - the
theme of which is Go For It! - this Saturday (October 18th).
Key events
being staged provide a link between showcasing the world's leading players and
club-level activities supporting the grass-roots of the game.
Saturday is also finals day of the Delaware Investments US
Open in Philadelphia, where leading professionals will take part in a
World Squash Day Radar Gun Challenge.
Cameron Pilley,
the world number 22 from Australia, holds the world record with a ball speed of
176 miles per hour.
A simultaneous radar gun challenge will also be taking place in
England during the WSD Doubles competition at The Mote Squash Club in
Kent.
One of the competitors, English player Robert Downer,
holds a personal best speed of 171 miles per hour.
The event is being staged by WSD Founder Alan Thatcher to
jointly promote doubles play and eye safety in squash.
Among the highlights of other events taking place, squash
enthusiasts in Canberra will congregate at Australia's Parliament House
for a rally before dispersing to squash clubs all over the city to hold open
days designed to attract new people to the sport.
In Poland, squash players are invited to upload "selfies"
of themselves playing in World Squash Day events to win prizes.
The most daunting challenge faces two squash enthusiasts in
Lichfield, England. Lichfield club chairman James Roberts and his
team-mate Mark Davey will be attempting to play seven matches at seven
clubs in seven hours.
They were inspired by a global challenge undertaken last year by
former world champion Peter Nicol and his friend and business partner
Tim Garner, who played seven matches on seven continents in seven days to
support the sport's Olympic bid.
