MaineSquash YouTube.com page updated

I’ve added a number of matches to my YouTube channel featuring college squash. These video can be really helpful for us wannabe squash players. Watch things like racquet prep, court positioning, return of serve and shot selection.

Maine Squash YouTube channel

Local squash player featured in College brochure for Haverford College

We’re always proud of kids that have started playing squash in programs we run at the YMCA in Portland! Here’s a snapshot of Isabel, a junior in the fall, at Haverford College outside of Philadelphia.

Congratulations on all of your hard work!

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Rally At The Alley!

The annual celebration of squash in Southern Maine will be held at BaySide Bowl in early June!

There are plenty of exciting things that have happened over the past year in squash in Maine! After our long winter we planning a party to pause, reflect, honor, update and have fun while celebrating the game of . . . → Read More: Rally At The Alley!

UPDATED: Video of CSA Individuals Championship match posted

Video of this thrilling and intense college squash match featuring two of the best players in all of college squash competing for the national title. Ahmed Abdel Khalek is a junior at Bates College, Osama Khalifa is a freshman at Columbia.

Games 1 and 2 Games 3, 4, 5

Media coverage

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Ahmed Abdel Khalek of Bates College win national title

I was fortunate to have witnessed the incredible squash match this afternoon when Ahmed Abdel Khalek beat Osama Kalifa 3-2 (12-14, 9-11, 11-9, 11-2, 11-8) to capture the College Squash Association men’s individual championship, the first in the school’s history.

See the Bates College website article

and the College Squash Association article

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