Chris Fernandez featured in St. Lawrence University Magazine
This Spring, Chris Fernandez, CitySquash alum and current Director of Squash, was featured in an article entitled “City to College to City” in the Spring 2016 edition of the St. Lawrence University Magazine. The article chronicles Chris’s journey to and from the Bronx and his ultimate goal of giving back to the organization that […]
CitySquash Gets Ready for Spring Tour
During the last week of April, CitySquash coaches and academic staff will be taking team members on squash and enrichment trips near and far. We’ll be hitting the road and travelling both north and south, east and west – team members will visit Canada, Florida, and both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans! Elementary students will […]
CitySquash gives back at Project Sunshine Service Day
On Saturday, March 19th, 99 team members from third through eighth grade gathered at Fordham University for the annual Project Sunshine community service day. Project Sunshine is a nonprofit organization that provides cards and craft kits for children in hospitals. The CitySquash team, which included mentors, staff, and volunteers, was provided with the […]
CitySquash Celebrates Six Boarding School Acceptances
March has been an exciting month for us in the Bronx as we learned that all six of our CitySquashers who applied to private high school this year have been admitted! Below is the list of the team members and their school acceptances. It will be the first time that we will be […]
CitySquashers Complete Season at College Championships
Over the last two weekends of February, 13 CitySquash team members competed in the 2016 College Squash National Team Championships held at Yale University. In total, 41 urban squash college athletes participated in this year’s CSA National Championships. CitySquash is proud to have sent more students to this year’s championships than any other urban squash […]
CitySquash Girl’s Win U.S. Middle School Title
Twenty CitySquash students competed in the 2016 U.S. Middle School Team Squash Championships held at Yale University from January 22nd-24th. The CitySquash teams had their most successful Middle School Teams ever, coming away as champions in one division. CitySquash’s Girl’s B team captured the Girls Division II title after beating five other […]
CitySquash excels at Urban Team Nationals in Boston
Seventy-five CitySquash team members from the Bronx and Brooklyn travelled to Boston over the Martin Luther King Day Weekend for the 13th Urban Team Nationals. CitySquash’s 12 teams, ranging from the U13 to the U19 divisions, competed at Harvard’s Murr Center and the SquashBuster’s facility at Northeastern University. The NUSEA sponsored tournament […]
Cristian Escalona featured in Episcopal High School Magazine following Route 66 Ride
This past summer, CitySquash team member, Cristian Escalona, embarked on a bike ride from Los Angeles to Chicago along Historic Route 66 alongside CitySquash’s Director of Squash, Bryan Patterson, and other team members and supporters. Read about Cristian’s journey across the country and his path from the Bronx to Episcopal High School […]
CitySquasher takes on Nick Matthew at the Tournament Of Champions
During this year’s Tournament of Champions, CitySquash team member, Jesse Brew, got on court with three-time world champion, Nick Matthew. Jesse wrote the following reflection on his unforgettable experience: “On a wintery Tuesday afternoon, I had a chance to meet and play against the world’s best squash players. There it was: Grand Central’s […]
Brooklyn Team Members Recognized at 1st Annual Racquet Ceremony
On December 17th, 21 CitySquash Brooklyn team members from PS163 were recognized for earning their very own squash racquet and bag. The ceremony was a culmination of their hard work in the program since they joined last February. Since then, they have accrued over 100 hours on court. Parents, siblings, mentors, and […]