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Juniors visit to Belfast
Results Head Coach and NCSRA junior
representative Brian O'Hora, took
a group of very fortunate local juniors to Europe
and the British Isles
recently, where they played several tournaments and
an invitational challenge against the Belfast Boat
Club. Our local women's champ Natalie Grainger also
accompanied the group. A flavor of the trip is
provided by this reproduction of a South Belfast News
article on the
invitational match.
DC Youth Programs
Two urban youth programs - SquashEmpower
(SE) and The DC Juniors Squash Academy - are
being developed for the DC region. The programs are
based on Boston's SquashBusters and seek to
provide enrichment, increased athletic performance and
improved opportunities for disadvantaged DC youth
through squash, academic tutoring and mentoring. The
programs rely on volunteers and financial donations.
Wendy Lawrence has provided details on the DC
Juniors Squash Academy
here. SquashEmpower was launched on
2nd April at the YMCA in association with
'Healthy Kids Day'. Connie Barnes
reports a successful
event. Also, check out
www.SquashEmpower.org.
Tri-state Area Juniors
Shine
Result's coach Wendy Lawrence
reports some great performances this year from local
juniors in both National and area events. Jake Gross,
now at Tufts College, led the charge finishing with a
4th place in the Nationals. David Canner, Peter Sopher,
Andy Maruca and Jo Powden all had top 10 finishes.
Meanwhile in local high school competition, the Potomac
School showed their strength by sweeping girl's and
boy's competitions in the Mid-Atlantic region. Full
report
available.
US Junior Women Squash
Trials
The US Junior Women Squash Trials are coming
to town. It is a big deal to be picked to play for your
country, and the girls have been working really hard to
make the team, according to assistant coach Natalie
Grainger. This July the US team will be competing
in Belgium at the Women's World Junior Championships.
The trials will be held in DC on the week 25th-27th
March at several clubs. There are lots of fun squash
activities planned for all, and a social event is slated
for the Saturday night,
see
full details. The community would love to see you
there.
Upcoming
Junior Programs (February 2004)
Connie Barnes
has announced the Bethesda Sport and Health junior program
for Spring. Details can be found
here.. Spring break camps will be available on March
22-23rd and March 30-31st.
Bethesda
will also be offering a series of
summer
camps starting in June.
Wendy Lawrence and the coaching team at Results will
also be providing two summer camps this season, in June
and August. Brochure is
a available (large 800kB).
Fitzgerald Awards
(January 2004)
The FitzGerald grant provides impressive juniors with
funds to continue their chosen sport of squash. Bryan
Keating received $125 for squash lessons as this years'
most promising player.
 Bryan
has only been playing squash for a few months but shows
dedication well beyond his experience. On receipt of the
award, Bryan’s comment was, 'I am looking forward to
using these lessons to strengthen my backhand and work
on my rails. I would also like to work on playing
more shots to the back of the court. My goal is to
keep improving so that I am the strongest squash player
I can be'. Congratulations to Bryan, watch out for this
young man with loads of potential. Meanwhile, Jake Gross
was honored at the '04 Fitzgerald Cup for his recent
National level achievements and as one of the local
grown top talents. Jake received a $125 scholarship.
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