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08/06/2004
US Pro Champs go to Glass
The fifth running of the US Professional Men's Championships will take place on a glass court in Macy's Plaza in Los Angeles ...
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Professional Squash Rolls Into
Downtown Los Angeles
Fifth Annual
United States Men’s Professional Squash Championships
One of downtown’s most unique-action sporting events will take place in
Los Angeles over the weekend of June 24-27, 2004, when 16 of the best
professional squash players living in America, representing 13
different states, will compete for the title of 2004 EBG United States Squash Racquets
Association Men’s Professional Squash Champion. In addition,
there will be eight skill divisions contested for the Southern
California amateur squash playing community.
Squash was first played in England more than 100 years ago and is now a
popular sport in more than 120 countries. There are 15 million squash
players worldwide and nearly a half-million in America. Squash in
contested in all the major international multi-sport regional and Pan
American Games and is on the list of sports applying for inclusion in
the Olympics.
George P. Sape, EBG’s Managing
Partner says “…we are again happy to offer our support in ensuring the
quality and longevity of this USSRA National Squash Championships,
which brings the best in the U.S. to Los Angeles.” Epstein Becker & Green, founded
in 1973, is a general practice law firm with more than 340 attorneys
practicing in 12 different offices throughout the U.S. – Atlanta,
Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark,
San Francisco, Stamford and Washington, D.C. – with affiliates
worldwide.
Hosted over the last five years by The
Los Angeles Athletic Club, the event promises to provide
exciting performances by these 16 professional athletes. This year, in
addition to The LAAC venue, a spectacular and unique four-walled, all-glass show-court, fresh from its
appearance at New York’s Grand Central Terminal and Boston’s Symphony
Hall, will be constructed and placed center-stage at Macy’s Plaza on Seventh Street for
FREE public viewing. The eight amateur-division preliminary rounds will
be played at The LAAC’s four courts. ALL the professional matches and
amateur finals will be played at the Macy’s Plaza venue on the
all-glass show-court, Sunday, June 27th. A detailed schedule of matches
is posted in the Plaza’s mall.
For further information, please contact Tournament Director and LAAC
Squash Professional, Bob Hanscom at 213-630-5238.
Bob Hanscom
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