13/06/2014
PSA NEWS
PSA World Squash Championship Set For American Debut In 2015
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The Professional Squash Association (PSA) have today announced that
the 2015 PSA World Squash Championship, the pinnacle event in the
squash calendar, will take place in the American city of Bellevue,
Washington, on the edge of Lake Washington, in November 2015.
A major suburb of Seattle, Bellevue will become the first American
destination ever to host the sport's most prestigious competition as
112 of the world's best squash players converge on the Bellevue Pro
Sports Club to battle it out for the right to win the $350,000
tournament and be crowned World Champion.
Bellevue will become the 24th city to host the tournament, only the
third in North America after Toronto, Canada and Hamilton, Bermuda,
in what will be the 37th staging of the week-long squash
spectacular.
"We are delighted to confirm that the 2015 PSA World Squash
Championship will take place in Bellevue and to welcome the city
on-board as the latest world class destination to become associated
with professional squash," said PSA CEO Alex Gough.
"The World Championship is the most prestigious title in squash and
to be taking the sport's pinnacle event to an American audience for
the first time in history is tremendously exciting for everyone
involved.
"We are looking forward to working closely with all our partners in
Bellevue over the coming year in preparation for what I am sure will
be an exciting and demanding competition which will see the world's
best players on display."
2015 PSA World Squash Championship tournament organiser Shabana
Khan, Founder and CEO of YSKevents said; "We are very excited to be
bringing the World Championship to the USA for the very first time
and feel certain that Bellevue, Washington will prove to be a
fitting venue for such a prestigious competition.
"We already enjoy a strong working relationship with the PSA and
look forward to building yet further on that over the next year
ahead of the 2015 World Squash Championship."
The 2015 World Squash Championship will take place in Bellevue,
Washington in November 2015. The week-long event will take place at
the city's Pro Sports Club. Exact tournament dates will be confirmed
at a later date.
The 2014 World Squash Championship takes place in Qatar from
November 14 - 21, the fourth time the Middle Eastern nation has
hosted the pinnacle event in squash, when England's Nick Matthew
will be trying to defend the title he won in Manchester in 2013.
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