New Courts are a Big Hit
After six months of construction, the CitySquash funded renovation of Fordham University’s squash facility is complete! The five narrow American courts that served as CitySquash’s home courts since 2002 were renovated into four new international courts and are a tremendous upgrade. Each court has a viewing gallery from above and is lit with bright fluorescent […]
CitySquashers Settle Into College
After a summer of anticipation, CitySquash’s newest college class has finally settled into their freshman year. Freddy Hernandez recently made the trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to attend Franklin & Marshall College. In August, long time CitySquasher, Prince Mensah began at Hamilton College in Clinton, NY. Jesse Pacheco (who was recently honored as a Bulldogs Care […]
8th Annual Urban Individual Nationals
On Friday June 18th, 50 CitySquashers and seven staff members piled into vans and made the three hour trek to Williams College for the 8th Annual Urban Individual Nationals. For our team members, Urban Individuals is one of the most important competitions of the year. The weekend went great for CitySquash. Our team members made […]
CitySquash participates in AIDS Walk
CitySquash students, staff and mentors participated in the AIDS Walk this past weekend, walking 10 kilometers around New York City and raising money for AIDS research. CitySquashers had a great time, as always, and especially enjoyed participating in this meaningful event with their mentors. Many thanks to all our friends and volunteers who came out […]
CitySquash Reads!
CitySquash held its annual CitySquash Reads! event on Saturday. Students, parents, staff, mentors, volunteers – more than 100 people – read the book Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt to participate in our event. The event was a great success! Students and their families thoroughly enjoyed reading the book, discussing the pros and cons of living […]
US Silver Nationals
CitySquash sent four juniors to these Championships, Myriam Kelly, GU19, Darrius Campbell, BU15, and Robert Williams, and Noel Ortega BU11. These Championships were played at Williams College in the beautiful hills of the Berkshires. We were fortunate to have Rebecca Martin find us accommodation in a beautiful timeshare resort 20 minutes from the College. Many thanks […]
Kingsley wins CityView Silver tourney
CitySquashers had a great weekend at the CityView Silver tourney. In the BU-17/19, Andrew came in 2nd place and Seetreeon came in 4th place; Kingsley won the BU-15 event; in the BU-13, William finished 4th, Jeremy finished 5th and Markel finished 6th. On the girls side, in the GU-17/19, Andreina finished 3rd place and in […]
Jesse finishes 9th at US Open Closed
Congratulations to Jesse Pacheco for finishing 9th place in the US Open this past weekend!
CitySquash thanks Evan Squash Vision!
CitySquash gratefully acknowlegdes Evan Squash Vision for donating dozens of squash goggles to our program. Evan Squash Vision is a charitable organization that strives to unite the youth squash community by supporting and fostering commitment to squash among juniors. To learn more, visit http://www.evansquashvision.com.