BY Alan Thatcher Nick Matthew had a rude awakening just a few hours after beating James Willstrop to win his second British Open title, a knock on his hotel room door by a team of drug testers! Nick’s posting on his Facebook page said: “Can you believe it—doping control knocked on my door for a random test at 6a.m. this morning?” Many Facebook friends expressed surprise that he was actually back in his hotel room [...]

Welcome all SquashStars readers to the British Open Championships here in Manchester, England. Today sees the start of the tournament with the first round of the men’s qualifying stage, here at The Northern Club in Didsbury.

Amsterdam welcomes a return visit by Low Wee Wern, a 19 year old Malaysian up and coming Squash Star joining us with our training here. Wern is also working with coach Liz Irving to prepare for the World Open that will be happening right here in Amsterdam. Aisling, Samantha and myself have been preparing for the British Open which will be happening this week and then for the World Open back in Amsterdam after that. [...]

Hi everyone,
Squash Stars is currently looking for volunteers to cover two major events for 2009 – the British Open and World Open.