NEWS LETTER OF THE INDIAN SQUASH PROFESSIONALS Vol No.1 Issue No.4 October 1997
WEBSITE: www.ispsquash.com
DIRECTORS: MAHENDRA AGARWAL/ SUBHASH WALI / NARENDRA GOUR (I.R.S.) CHANDRAKANT
PAWAR. OUR HONORARY MEMBERS NAVNEET SONI(I.R.S.) / BHARAT BHUSHAN (I.R.S.) / SAIFEE
JANI (M.D. JANI SALES LTD.) / RAJESH LIHALA( M.D. SHIVA MARKETING LTD) / RAKESH LAKHANPAL
(M.D. S.S.KNITTING IND.) MUKESH BABU(CHAIRMAN, MUKESH BABU SECURITIES LTD)
HONOURED PATRONS:VIVEK NAIR(VICE CHAIRMAN & MD THE LEELA)/SAJJAN JINDAL VICE
CHAIRMAN & M.D.JINDAL GROUP OF COMPANIES)
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Well it could happen in
India if the right people do the right things. That’s the way to sell
the country and its image. If they could get Yanni to perform near the Taj
why not get a world class squash event as Egypt had their event near the
famous pyramids? The Mahindra Open gets hardly two to three hundred
spectators in at the Brabourne. The Gizza pyramids glass courts saw 1,500
people watching during the Al Ahram international. We could see Jansher
Khan make it to India only to be near the Taj and be part of history.
Let’s hope it happens one day. Just as the Indian Squash Professionals
have a dream to produce an Indian Squash world beater. Let’s have a
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Commander K. S. Radhawa is the new president of the Squash Rackets Federation of India. The Other office bearers are Vice presidents: Shiv Hazari (Karnataka), Secretary Gen.: N. Ramachandran (TN), Treasure: Dr. Ravi Santoshan (TN), Jt. Secretary : Bhuvaneshwaei Kumari (Delhi), Manan Mashruwala (Maha), Srivatsan Subramaniam (TN), Executive members: K. J. Vohra (Chandigarh) & Binod Kankaria (Bengal |
| BIKRAM UBEROI | SQUASH PLAYERS UNITE | |||
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Bikram Uberoi is going great guns this season. The 15- year old sensation from Mumbai won the under-16 title in the Hong Kong Open and finished third in the Milo Dunlop Malaysian Open, in August. On both occasions beat city mate Abhijit Kukreja 3-1 Uberoi has improved vastly after his coaching stint with Jansher’s manager, Satinder Bajwa last year. This year Robert Edwards put him through his paces during a three week stint in Wales in June. He is now being coached by Pakistani Rahmat Khan. If Uberoi can keep his head on his shoulders, he will definitely go places. Uberoi, who sports a earring has a wide range of strokes but he needs guidance. In the last six months his game has picked up and he should be a force to reckon with in the Junior National in Delhi.
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Not long after he
won the Videocon Classic title, Udai Singh was seen in a different
role, that of a motivator for players to unite and fight for their
rights. The common
complaint was that the players got the rough end of the stick when
it came to forwarding invitations, entries for tournaments abroad.
The players make the game so they should have a right to call the
shots. The organisations, both at state level and national, had done
precious little to broad base the game. Luckily there were private
people like the ISP with a vision to take the game forward. Subhash
Wali supported the players’ cause. He told of how at the
international level players fought for the right to see the ranking
were fair and that seedings were done with their consultation. He
pleaded for a proper calendar and a fair procedure of selection. So the players body was formed called the Indian Squash Players Association. One hopes there is no recrimination over this. We don't want squash to go the way Indian badminton went with Prakash forming a rival only to fuse with the main body. There’s place for two in squash.
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