Around the Court Squash Podcast

21/10/2021

In honor of the French General retiring, make sure you have a listen to Episode 55 of Around the Court if you missed it. We’re sure going to miss watching Greg’s incredible squash and the legendary celebrations! 🇫🇷

04/07/2021

Sorry we’re late...we were changing lives on the squash court. Your World Series Final Wrap-up is out.

10/06/2021

Episode 61 we have recurring guest Laura Massaro back on to talk about her newly released book - ALL IN. You may remember her talking about wanting to write the book about 1 year ago on her first appearance. Hear Laura talk about the process, some stories and characters featured in the book, and much more on Episode 61. Available for purchase now! Don’t wait...unless you’re like Stu and need to wait for the audio book because he can’t read and run at the same time.

11/05/2021

What a conversation we have with on the freshly released episode 56. Authentic, unapologetic, and hungry to win the biggest titles in the sport - this episode is a must listen. For any haters negatively tweeting him or voting for his opponents on Instagram polls - keep feeding the fire baby!!!

07/04/2021

Around the Court listeners...we are pleased to bring you the French General .gaultier in newly released Episode 55. We talk about Greg’s long process of coming back from injury...twice, his 1 hour core sessions (straight), his rapid improvement between his last few events and what his goals are for the next set of events. All we know is, it’s good to have the General back!!

02/04/2021

Two of these people won the Black Ball Open this weekend. The other is friend of the pod and First Team All-Ranter Jumbo Joe Raho, Head Coach at Tufts University in Boston. was so good we had to give him his own episode helping the guys dissect the men’s Black Ball event. Next ep up: The French General, Gregory Gaultier!

02/03/2021

Check out episode 51 with Jamie Nicholls, the new Director of Athlete Development for Squash Canada. Pictured here in the iconic photo shoot w/ the Sachvie bros re-enacting the event poster for the North American Junior Open (RIP) at the National Squash Academy (RIP).

08/09/2020

JP is betting on Diego to make his run...who do you have winning the first 3 events of the season?

08/09/2020

What are you waiting for!? JP episode is now live. Link in bio! JP sits down with us and chats about his career, why squash tournaments were more exciting than high school urban geography class, and why is the man to bet on to challenge Egypt at the top, and lots more!

08/09/2020

The fellas have Canadian legend JP on to chop it up about his career, why Diego Elias is the horse to bet on, and so much more!

29/08/2020

Episode 15! The fellas are praying for PSA Squash in September! The Manchester Open is still tracking to be the first event starting September 16th. We also have a great interview with Irish squash legend and former world number 22 Aisling Blake. Aisling tells us what it was like to win the Irish National Championship on her 14th finals attempt, talk about getting the monkey off ur back!

20/08/2020

Episode 14 is out! Stuart Davenport, former World No. 3 from New Zealand gives us some awesome insight into what it was like squashin in the 80’s. Lemme tell ya, playing JK doesn’t sound fun but travelling around in an RV drinkin beers and kickin A$$ at local clubs is something I could be into. Link in bio!

12/08/2020

The main man Sachvie is getting married!!! We speak about the big day and the temptation to get a game of squish in with Big Nico.
David Walshes 'The Russian Affair' gets a mention and the fingers crossed but all going well it looks like the PSA world tour may resume next month as a provisional calendar has been released.
We welcome back former world #2 Jenny Duncalf to the show and following the news of another college in the US to cut Varsity Squash we welcome on Oisin Logan a former GW player and Alum.

24/07/2020

Episode 11 is out! We talk high speed and low speed cycling crashes, first sporting memories, and much more! We also have special guest .j91 - thanks again for coming on and talking to about your squash career and future. Sam also gives us some insight into what it’s like living with when playing for team Canada and Nick is on next week to give us his account plus lots more.

20/07/2020

16/07/2020

Episode 10 out now released everywhere you listen to podcasts! We have 3 legends of the game give us some great insight and stories into what being on tour with and competing against newly retired World # 1 Raneem El Welily was like for them. Thanks to Sam Cornett, Aisling Blake, and Jenny Duncalf for coming on, each of them will also be featured on the pod soon for part 2 of those interviews. Arthur, Stuart and Chris chop it up and talk about Stuart fleeing the USA, Raneem falling off the rankings (and not padding her stats), and the state of squash and our optimism. Share with your friends!

07/07/2020

In Episode 9 we welcome back Irish legend Stevie Richardson for part 2 of his interview to talk about his playing career and an all-time wedding story. (Stevie, if you’re seeing this Arthur insisted we use this mug shot!) We also have part 2 of PSA CEO and former world no. 5 Alex Gough where we dig into his squash career and playing for Wales. Great episode with two awesome guys. Let us know what you think in the comments!

03/07/2020

Episode 8! We talk about the career of after her retirement announcement. We also have a chat with an Irish Squash legend Stevie Richardson who year after year continues to be the benchmark for Irish squash’s young up and comers. Stevie talks about the financial impacts the pandemic could have on squash and sport as well as what keeps him going!

24/06/2020

Episode 7 is out now and tons of knowledge is being dropped. We have CEO Alex Gough on to talk about what the tour is working on to get professional squash back up and running ASAP. We also have a very informative conversation with our very own Jamal Callender and Dickinson College Head Coach Chris Fernandez about their experiences in squash. We talk about how they got into squash, navigating the junior squash scene and beyond. We also talk about current barriers to entry in squash and how we can help make squash a more inclusive and accessible game for all.

18/06/2020

The guys debate Squash’s GOAT...tons of legendary names fly around. We also have special guest Co-founder of on to talk about how the newly released documentary ‘A Bronx Tale’ came about. SquashSkills documents and highlights the efforts of and and the positive impact the squash and education programs are having on the lives of so many young student-athletes across the US and the World. If you haven’t watched it, it’s a must see. And if you have the ability to, support alliance or a SEA program near you!

09/06/2020

Episode 5 out now. The guys have a ton of fun talking with World Champ (not a big deal) and husband&coach Danny about their relationship, life on the road, what they’ve been up to recently and more. This is must-hear entertainment! Check out Danny’s book ‘The Winning Parent’ available on Amazon and follow Laura on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube!

04/06/2020

Bonus episode released today - we have 3 former Brown Squash captains on to discuss the University’s decision to demote a number of varsity sports to club status which included men’s and women’s squash. Thanks to the Blasberg brothers and Quincy Beck for their insight. If you have not please sign the petition.

02/06/2020

Episode 3 is a real humdinger. Around the Court is now on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, not a big deal. The NZ boys from .xl call in and break down what it was like quarantining in their squash club together. We discuss Range and why David Epsein thinks we are destined to become great podcasters because of our generalist tendencies. We end with an awesome interview with who brings as much heat to the pod as she does to her forehand kill. Like, subscribe, give us a 5 star review! Link in bio.

01/06/2020

Intro Number 3 goes to Chris Sachvie!
Chris may live south of the border but he bleeds maple syrup and loves himself some Canada. He’s represented Canada as a junior, an under 23, and led his country on the court and the dance floor at multiple Lapham-Grant Can-Am matches. He’s a Cornell Alum and former All-American (they must have made an exception for the Canadian). He was accused of sandbagging by his own brother after winning the 2019 Canadian over 30 nationals. He’s ranked 35 in the world for hardball doubles. He's the current coach at Columbia University after stints at St. Lawrence, Brown, and 4 years at Dickinson as Head Coach.
He’s been part of the National coaching team for Canada since Hector was a pup **a really long time of 10 years and counting. His wealth of coaching experience has made him into one of the best coaches on z planet. He's spending lockdown shaving his golf handicap down courtesy of a few mulligans and 8 foot gimmies and recently got into biking when he heard spandex were involved. Ohhhh Canadaaa 🇨🇦

31/05/2020

Intro Numero Two goes to our main man Stu. Stuart Crawford is a five time Scottish National Champ and collected 86 caps wearing the blue and white jersey. He reached 113 in the world and won a PSA title along the way. Following his playing career Stuart spent over 5 years coaching with Scottish Squash including being named Head National Coach in 2015. Stuart moved to the US in the fall of 2016 and is currently the Assistant Coach at the University of Pennsylvania.
Stuart claims he doesn’t wear those way too revealing tiny running shorts but his personal records suggest otherwise. The rest of the pod wonders if it’s just the banned Nike shoes that make him so quick. He has ran a 17:09 5k, a 35:34 10k, a 1:17:29 (unofficial) 1/2 marathon, and a 2:50:57 marathon. Whatever it is, the guy’s wicked fast. Even Forest Gump would be impressed with the mileage he’s stacked up during quarantine. ‘Run Stuartttt Runnnnnn’

30/05/2020

Meet the Crew Series: We’d like to kick off our intro’s with our main man Arthur Gaskin - In his playing career Arthur amassed 106 caps for Ireland, won 5 PSA titles, and reached #80 on the World Tour.
He’s an 8 time Irish National Champion, in addition to being an all time beauty.
Arthur currently resides in beautiful Providence, Rhode Island with his family where he is the Director of Squash at the Nicol Squash Club.
Arthur enjoys tossing on his favorite spandex and going for a bike ride, a barby on a nice summer night, and a Milk Stout Nitro at the end of a good day of coaching. - care to sponsor the pod?
If you haven’t listened to episode 1 or 2 get on it, episode 3 out early this week! As our great pal Arthur would say, ‘Happy Days’

26/05/2020

https://soundcloud.com/user-873127414/around-the-court-squash-podcast-episode-2

Episode 2 - The panel talks about 'The Last Dance' and how we can relate it to squash.

Following Peters interview with Gerry Gibson -Stuart and Chris talk about the influence Peter and Johnathan had in Scotland and Canada in the 90s and 00s.

Live squash resumes in New Zealand, we review the event and interview John Duggan, owner of club SquashXL and the man responsible for getting these events up and running. Check out their website squashxl.co.nz or Facebook and Instagram page @ Squash XL for more info on their events and the club itself.

Chris catches up with fellow country man - Daniel Tiwana, 10 year old youtube squash player sensation. If you haven't seen it already you have to check out his quarantine training video on the link
www.youtube.com/watch?v=72FA4zWROh8

Episode 2 - The panel talks about 'The Last Dance' and how we can relate it to squash. Following Peters interview with Gerry Gibson -Stuart and Chris talk about the influence Peter and Johnathan had

22/05/2020

https://soundcloud.com/user-873127414
EPISODE 1
Episode 1 of covers current happenings, college squash, online coaching etc.
An interview with PSA Physio Derek Ryan who gives tips to the club players, talks about his unique online squash tournaments and Ali Farag training schedule.
Olivia Fiechter reflects on her US Open and career to date as well as how she's keeping motivated
Peter Nicol blacks-out going back into his 20s and what his mindset would've been if the pandemic happened in his prime.
Hope you enjoy, Cheers

This what you get when you put an Irishman, a Scotsman, an Englishman and a Canadian in the same room talking squash and other topics!

21/05/2020

Check it out!