Kiwi number one Joelle King moves up to a career high of 11 in the new September rankings published today. The 22 year old was outside the top 20 last year but a strong season of results, including a quarter final place at last month’s Australian Open, has pushed her closer to a place in the world’s top 10.

Australian Donna Urquhart produced ‘one of, if not the’ best results of her career when she upset world No5 Alison Waters in the opening round of the Cedrus Investments Women’s Cayman Islands Open, the inaugural WISPA World Series squash event in Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands.

English 2010 national champion Alison Waters has been honoured by the launch of a newly-named Virgin Train—the first in a programme rolling out across the UK. After a journey from London, ‘Alison Waters’ arrived in Manchester with her name sake on board—and was welcomed just two hours later by Virgin Trains and Alstom staff. England international Alison Waters is the 2010 British National Squash Champion and ranked number five in the world.

Nicol blogs about her latest win at the CIMB KL Open 2011.

Malaysia’s Nicol David begins her sixth year as world number one this month, according to the new January Women’s World Squash Rankings published today by the Women’s International Squash Players’ Association (WISPA).

A massive leap of 16 places sees Egyptian teenager Nour El Tayeb soar into the top 20 of the Women’s World Squash Rankings, according to the new December list published by the Women’s International Squash Players’ Association (WISPA).