U.S. Squash
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| Sport | Squash |
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| Abbreviation | USSRA |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Regional affiliation | Federation of Panamerica |
| Location | New York City |
| President | Kevin Klipstein |
| Chief Exec | Kevin Klipstein |
| Coach | Paul Assaiante |
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US Squash is the national governing body for the sport of squash in the United States. US Squash was previously known as The United States Squash Racquets Association (USSRA). The organization is headquartered in New York City and is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee. US Squash owns and licenses the U.S. Open, the North American Open and all other U.S. Championships.
Last year the organization held twenty-one championship events for juniors, adults, hardball and doubles. The U.S. National High School Championships, held alternatingly in the Hartford, Connecticut and Philadelphia areas, is the largest squash tournament in the world in terms of overall number of participants (in 2017 over 170 teams comprising 1,400 players took part). The Men's National Championship (the S.L. Green) and the Women's National Championship are held every year at the National Singles. US Squash supports four national teams (Men's, Women's, Junior Men's and Junior Women's) that compete abroad in World Squash Federation and Pan American team tournaments. The current male U.S. Champion is Chris Hanson and the female U.S. Champion is Olivia Blatchford. The organization currently has 21,000 current members.
US Squash was founded in 1904 in Philadelphia to meet the needs of a growing population of squash players. With its creation, US Squash—which at the time was called the "United States Squash Racquets Association"—was the first squash organization in the world. The organization took up the mantle for being the arbiter in all dealings of the sport when concerning rules and regulations by being the first association to define and regulate the sport: this not only included rules about play, but also ball and court specifics/regulations.
By 1923, US Squash had grown in popularity throughout the country. This caused the organization to start to annually gather with an executive board meeting. The board members were to address the ever growing and evolving issues that manifest from such a human enterprise and conceive the new policies, by-laws and goals of the organization (or "mission").
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