This summer, take your game to the next level with this San Diego Squash Camp from July 17-21st at Access Youth Academy. All levels and abilities are welcome.

Congratulations to 17-year-old BU19 player Milo Friedman of LA Squash Academy, who in December in Chicago became the first SoCal junior squash player ever to win a Junior Gold tournament! Congratulations as well to his teammate, 16-year-old Sophie Lee, who made it to the final of the same tournament in the GU17 division.

Greg Scherman of San Diego has been working for two years to bring public squash to La Jolla. La Jolla’s Rec Center Visioning Committee has approved this design, and the San Diego City Council approval is expected later this year.

Come out and enjoy this not-to-be-missed event held at the Orange County Equinox on March 18-19! The Equinox St. Patrick’s Spectacular is great fun and open to both adults and juniors.

The PlayLA Youth Squash Program, a joint effort between SoCal Squash, US Squash, and the City of Los Angeles’s Department of Parks and Recreation, held its first weekly clinic for the year in early January at Chevy Chase Rec Center.

Access Youth Academy, which has been serving low income youth for 16 years in San Diego using squash and academics, announced the launch of a new location in Los Angeles beginning in Fall 2023.

Earlier this month, in collaboration with the City of Los Angeles’ Department of Parks and Recreation and SoCal Squash, US Squash launched a youth squash initiative hosted in outdoor parks.

Now is a great time to get involved with the Southern California Junior Squash League. The League is looking for a title sponsor (or sponsors) to endow the league for the current season and in years going forward.

In celebration of US Squash’s Women's Squash Week, SoCal Squash sponsored a Women and Girls Squash event on September 16th at LA Squash Academy (Arroyo Seco Racquet Club in South Pasadena).

#GivingTuesday is next week! On November 29, consider making a gift to help fund the many great initiatives we have planned for 2023. Donations can be made anytime online here. They are tax deductible and don’t forget your employer’s matching dollars. Thank you!

Collegiate squash is integral to any squash network. We're lucky to have the UCLA Squash Club team working hard to get out there and represent LA Squash on a national level!

US Squash, in collaboration with SoCal Squash, is seeking LA-area squash players interested in becoming instructors in an exciting program that will introduce squash to middle-school kids in local parks through the PlayLA Youth Sports Program.

A big welcome to another one of our new Junior Board Members Abigail Alemayeho. Abigail recently graduated from Preuss School UC San Diego and is a freshman at Stanford University. As a high schooler, she started playing squash through the Squash + Education Alliance (SEA) program at Access Youth Academy (AYA) in San Diego and began competing in tournaments in 2019.

SoCal Junior League is back for the 2022-2023 season. The league is open to all ages and abilities and will feature 6-player teams from San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara across A, B, and C divisions.

The first Annual Bob Hanscom Adult Squash Championships tournament took place on August 13th at LA Squash Academy in South Pasadena. 5 divisions were hotly contested, with winners Jessica Li (2.5), Holly Gottlieb (3.5), Ray Tse (4.5), Louis Sallerson (5.0), and Alex Reynolds (Open) taking home first-place honors.

This Player Spotlight features Frances Burton, a sophomore at Amherst College where she is a member of the women’s squash team. Frances hails from San Marino, learned to play squash at LA Squash Academy, and attended Mayfield Senior School in Pasadena

LA Squash Academy in South Pasadena will host a Women’s Exhibition Match in addition to round robin play on Friday, September 16th, 4:30-6:30pm. Don’t miss the chance to see the match between Ivy Pochoda and Sophie Lee and enjoy food and wine.

Over the course of three days and across three venues, SoCal will have the exciting opportunity to see two rising superstars of women’s pro squash up close and in action: Sabrina Sohby (above right, American, ranked #21 in the world) and Mélissa Alvès (above left, French, ranked #25 in the world).

As we announced in the our previous eblast, Bob Hanscom passed away peacefully on May 31st at the age of 86. The greater squash community treasures his enormous impact on the sport, recapped in US Squash Magazine and SquashMAD. Known as the “godfather of squash in Los Angeles,” Bob did more than anyone to grow the game of squash in Southern California.

There is a new short film about squash in the making! CRACK SHOT is a film by Alex Cohen, a relatively new member of our SoCal squash community.