On Sunday, April 10th, over 150 junior players and supporters congregated at the SL Green StreetSquash Center for the 6th Annual StreetSquash Jr. Cup. The tournament kicked off promptly at 9:00 am, though some ambitious students arrived as early as 8 o'clock to warm up before their big matches. We had teams represented from all over...

This past Friday we held the First Annual Peer Mentoring Squash Tournament! Never having organized a squash tournament before, Nnemoma and I didn't quite know what to expect--however, the event turned out to be a great success. After checking in and having some snacks, pairs headed down to the courts to warm up. Mentors and mentees...

Gabby, Nnemoma, Madeleine, and I took 20 9th graders to Ramapo for Children this weekend! We did a ton of team-bonding games, a low ropes course, went on a hike, competed in iron chef with camp-style ingredients (tortillas, marshmallows, chocolate chips, peanut butter, apples, etc.), played some campfire games, along with volleyball, soccer, double dutch,...

Today we took 41 competing StreetSquashers, 2 alternates, 4 alums, and 9 family members (1 more met us there) to Yale University to compete against SquashBusters in the 16th Annual meeting of the teams from Harlem and Boston. With almost everyone arriving early (!) we were able to make the 9:12 train out of 125th. We...