Urban Squash Citizenship Tour
By Sage Ramadge
When was the last time you had a chance to play squash with a governor and a senator in the same week? For twenty-two college and high school students on the Urban...
Your Serve March 2014
Paul Moses’ heart is in the right place, but if he really believes that he can talk about urban squash programs and "...abandon references to prep schools and Ivy League teams..." then he seriously misunderstands the...
Access Squash Academy
By Pia A. Floresca
One of the biggest international efforts in squash in the past decade has been the quest to join the Olympic Games. In each of the past two campaigns, an Access Youth...
SquashSmarts Graduates Gradually Changing the Game
By James Zug
At the 2013 Delaware Investments U.S. Open held last month at Drexel University, a dedicated and determined group of young men and women were present: team members of SquashSmarts, Philadelphia’s after school...
From Urban Squash to the IOC
By Alexandra Boillot, director of placement at CitySquash
In early September, while most high school seniors were getting ready to make their case to college admissions officers, Andreina Benedith was on her way to Buenos...
Urban Squash Goes to Doubles Camp
Four students from Access Youth Academy, Ana Rodriguez, Jesus Gomez, Yan Liu and Omar Galindo, had the opportunity to participate in an introductory doubles squash camp in Denver (CO) at the end of August....
CitySquash Ride
On June 6, two CitySquash players, along with Director of Squash Bryan Patterson and three students from Fordham University began a cross-country bike ride to raise money for the Bronxbased Urban Squash Program. Tenth...
2011 SquashBusters Derby
The running of the 5th annual SquashBusters Derby took place on Saturday May 7th in Boston and featured a stable of the world’s best pros including Amr Shabana, Peter Nicol, John White, Alister Walker, Adrian Grant,...
Urban Squash Cleveland
Urban Squash Cleveland (USC) is an emerging urban youth program with aspirations of becoming a fully-fledged NUSEA member. USC has made great strides in the past two years and is now in the position of recruiting...
Access Youth Academy Becomes the First Urban Squash Program to Compete in U.S. High...
By Andrew Holets
Photos courtesy of Access Youth Academy
The term ‘underdog’ is so often used in sports that we can sometimes fail to recognize a genuine example. Normally the term is associated with a sports team...