Friday night open play at the Tower is back starting this Friday. Here is a message from organizer, Tom Rogers:

"Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone's summer is going well! I have been in contact with one of the administrators for the Tower and because of the success of the Friday club nights during the year, they are going to allow us to continue the club night into the summer. We will have all the courts starting this Friday at 7:00 Pm for the rest of the summer. The club is open to everyone who has a Tower membership, no registration required. I hope everyone remembers how much fun the club night was during the regular season, and many will continue with the club through the summer.

I look forward to seeing everyone on Friday at 7:00 pm"

Two members were elected to the Executive Committee at the AGM this May. Jeff Scribner and Martin Dumas offered for Vice-President positions and were elected by those in attendance at the 2010 AGM. The remainder of the positions were volunteered for after the AGM and were uncontested. As such we have our new executive team!

Please welcome our newest group as they will bring enthusiasm and initiative to serve the membership and the sport of squash in Nova Scotia:

President: Gilles Couture

Vice President: Jeff Scribner

Vice President: Charles Williams

Vice President: Martin Dumas

Secretary: Jennifer Tucker

Treasurer: Kyle Johnson

Julie Briand

Dalhousie Squash Club

The 2010 Annual General Meeting and Player Appreciation night was held at the Garrison Brewery on Thursday May 6.  Although the turnout was low, some important business was conducted and we had a great time.

Due to their involvement in other squash-related activities, no-one from the 2009-2010 SNS Executive (Martin Clouthier, Jessica Gerrits, Carl Helmick, Camilla Holmvall, David Westwood, Andrew Sleigh, Blair Cook) wished to continue their position for the 2010-2011 season, so nominations were being accepted for all vacancies.  Martin Dumas and Jeff Scribner were elected to two Vice-President positions, and Charles Williams offered to step forward to help out in some capacity.  We are still trying to find people to step forward for the President, Treasurer, and Secretary positions.

As outgoing president, Martin Clouthier did a nice recognition of Andrew Sleigh's considerable contributions to Squash NS over the years, in response to Andrew's resignation from the Executive after 12 years of service.  The following end-of-season awards were handed out:

Laura Starr

Tower Squash Club

The US Pro Squash Tour has decided to test out a new system to help reduce the number of 'undecided' rallies in squash.  This seems like another effort to make the sport more appealing to spectators, who apparently dislike the fact that many rallies do not end in a point being scored even when there is only minimal interference to the striker.  Read the story here.