Squash Magazine

Table of Contents February 2009 Vol. 12 No. 4 Toddy Harrity, who has dominated the junior boys in the U.S. for the past few years, cruised to the U19 title in the U.S. Junior Open in December. Last year he came up short when he lost to Kelly Shannon in the semifinals, but Canadian Brian Hong was no match for Harrity in this year's final. Photo by Jay D. Prince/SquashMagazine.com

FEATURES 20 THE USUAL SUSPECTS AT THE 2008 U.S. JUNIOR OPEN Weather—again—played a role, with snow forcing a three-hour delay in the start of play, but that didn't stop five players from adding more hardware to their previous wins in the annual event. By Vidya Rajan 26 FIVE-PERSON CHAMPS REVIVED Originally cancelled by U.S. SQUASH, a few diehards brought it back from the dead. By Lee Stabert 28 MEADOW MILL STANDS TALL Since 1992, Meadow Mill Athletic Club in Baltimore has been changing the rules by which squash clubs are run, including housing 14 singles and 2 American Doubles courts. By Nancy Cushman DROPSHOTS 2 PUBLISHER'S NOTE By Jay Prince 6 GLOBAL RUN FOR URBAN SQUASH? Always thinking outside the box, Chris Walker launches a worldwide running campaign for Surf City Squash. 7 MIDDLE SCHOOL CHAMPIONSHIPS Participation nearly doubled over last year's initial championship. 9 DISTRICT ASSOCIATION SPOTLIGHT Florida Squash 10 GREEN SPRING RACQUET CLUB With a grant from U.S. SQUASH and encouragement from David Carr of McWilCourtwall, club General Manager Janet Paulsen converts six racquetball courts for squash—and is looking to convert tennis players. 12 WOMEN IN SQUASH A look at Dawn Gray—nurse by day and, well, squash coach by day too. 14 RICHARD ELLIOTT IN THE NEWS A perennial winner at U.S. Championships until taking up marathons, Richard Elliott nearly won the 40+ division in New Zealand. LESSONCOURT 15 HEAD CT LINE OF RACQUETS 16 IT'S A QUESTION OF WHEN Decisions of lets and strokes often boil down to when the request is made—a critical but often overlooked component of the decision. By Rod Symington 17 WILSON (K) STING AND SONIX 18 LEARNING TO WORK WITH PAR While some are bemoaning the change to PAR-11 scoring, isn't squash really about building an advantage as opposed to racking up points? By Richard Millman SPOTLIGHT 36 WILL’S WORLD By Will Carlin