The Squash At The Commonwealth Games Infographic captures the journey of the sport since it was first played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1998 to the most recent ones held in Glasgow, Scotland in 2014. Presented as exciting bite-size morsels, the content provides an insight to squash as one of the most exciting sports of the Commonwealth Games and acknowledges both Australian as well as the International stars who have left their mark on the game.
Four of the Commonwealth Games out of the 20 held so far have been hosted in Australian cities. Australian squash players have dominated in the Commonwealth Games, with nine gold medals, followed by England with eight.
At the Commonwealth Games squash competition, players have the opportunity to win five gold medals in men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s singles and mixed doubles, respectively.
The singles matches are played on a knockout format, with the top two players reaching the finals after eliminating others in their respective groups. The eliminated players contest consolation games throughout the tournament.
The doubles tournament is played on a round-robin format, where teams with the most points qualifying for the elimination rounds.
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The East Coast Squash Academy
Founded in 2011 when Aaron Frankcomb retired from the Professional Squash Tour, the East Coast Squash Academy set out to create a business model to expand the presence of squash within local communities surrounding squash centres. The first installation was at Willoughby Squash Club where Frankcomb was the club’s resident squash pro until early 2017.
Since inception, the Academy has produced some stellar results including: Attracting a handful of junior players with aspirations of going on the professional (PSA) tour. Its junior program has the biggest contingent of players on the NSW Squash Junior ranking list, with players on the NSW junior state teams, Australian junior teams and Australian senior players. The Academy has developed NSW and Australian Junior Champions.
The Academy has been home base to two full time senior players that have reached careers highs of top 240 in the world on the Men’s PSA Tour. Its best female professional reached a top world ranking of 130.
The junior program has boasted (pun intended) over 500 children participating in weekly squads and training sessions. Memberships and participation in squads increased by 100% and 300% respectively and tournament registrations reached at an all-time high.
Aaron Frankcomb, The East Coast Squash Academy
Tel: 0424 474 001
Email: [email protected]
Website: EastCoastSquashAcademy.com.au
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Aaron Frankcomb was ranked in the top 100 professional squash players for 8 years, 4 years in the top 50, winning 3 PSA titles. He represented Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, was a Junior Champion in all age groups including 2 times in the Under 19 category and holder of scholarships in the Tasmanian and Australian Institutes Of Sport.
He now coaches professionally and remains Sydney’s top ranked squash player and is still considered within the top 5 players in Australia.
Contact details:
Tel: +61 0424 474 001
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.AaronFrankcomb.com.au
Facebook: East Coast Squash Academy