Answer Andy’s quiz to win some AWsome prizes for your club
By ANDY WHIPP – Squash Mad Columnist

Squash is back! After more than a year of lockdowns caused by Covid, we were finally allowed back on court this week.

To celebrate, I am giving away £100 worth of back-to-squash goodies from AWsome Sports to help any club get back on their feet.

We have endured so many restrictions to our lifestyles during the past year or so and squash players were genuinely fed up with all the extra rules and regulations imposed on a limited return to court.

I could hear the collective sigh echoing across the UK this week as squash players all said: “No more bubbles, no more training games, and no more bl+++y sides!”

During the early months of lockdown, we saw some amazing people playing outdoors and drawing court lines on their garage walls to make sure they continued to get their squash fix.

However, as the winter months dragged on into spring, we were all getting restless, fidgety and desperate to get back on court.

So, if you’ve just come back from a game, put your feet up for 10 minutes and have a crack at the questions below.

Please email your answers back to me, tell me what club you play at, and how you could use a £100 back-to-squash package from AWsome Sports to help your club bounce back after lockdown.

Email your answers to [email protected]

The winner will be announced in next Friday’s column.

1: Name the former world top 10 player who is the current PSA physio at the major events?
Anthony Ricketts
Adrian Grant
Derek Ryan
Laurens Anjema

2: In what country did Nicol David live and train for the majority of her career?
Netherlands
Malaysia
England
France

3: Which former world No.11 player is Karim Darwish married to?
Omneya Abdel Kawy
Salma Shabana
Maha Zein
Engy Kheirallah

4: There are two male twins ranked inside the world’s top 50 who have been playing the PSA for the last decade. What country are they from?
Egypt
Colombia
USA
Mexico

5: Who ended Amr Shabana‘s 33 month reign as World No.1?
Nick Matthew
Karim Darwish
Thierry Lincou
Ramy Ashour

6: Where is the biggest and longest running squash league in the world?
North West of England
Cairo
Yorkshire
New York

7: Nour El Sherbini is a four-time and youngest ever world champion. She is also the youngest player ever to reach a British Open final. How old was she in her first BO final?
13
14
15
16

8: Which former world top 10 player owns a squash club in North Wales?
Alex Gough
David Evans
Peter Nicol
Phil Whitlock

9: Who did David Evans beat in the final of the 2000 British Open?
David Palmer
Paul Price
One Beng Hee
Simon Parke

10: How many World Open titles has Ramy Ashour won?
1
2
3
4

11: Where does Gregory Gaultier live?
Paris
Budapest
Aix Au Provence
Prague

12: Who did hardest hitter Cameron Pilley hit with a squash ball for a YouTube video?
His brother
His dad
Simon Rosner
John Masarella

Entries close at 12 noon on Monday May 24th 2021.

How Andy Whipp can help your club

AWsome Sports creator Andy Whipp is now offering squash consultancy / sports club consultancy. Given his many years’ experience of all things squash at every level of the sport, and after countless people asking for his advice on a range of squash and club matters, he has decided to use his expertise to offer a FREE squash consultancy service.
AWsome Sports are happy to help with league and club committee ideas and decisions, as well as squash advice to parents and professionals.
So if you need some general advice, inspiration, fresh ideas, or a mediator for your club or league committee debates – please contact Andy at [email protected] for more information.

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