Indian Squash has a website, www.squashindia.com Thanks to the initiative shown by Indian Squash Professionals it has beaten practically all other sports barring cricket in getting on to the information highway.

The website was launched with fanfare with leading players, coaches and officials poring over the terminals to see the latest information offered on the site. Mr Subhash Wali, a director of ISP, a nonprofit organisation formed with the promotion of squash as its aim, told a press conference that the website would go a long way in providing a variety of information to the players. An entrepreneur who has helped professionals gain international exposure, Mr. Wali said that the website would be constantly updating data on players and their rankings. In due course, it will also carry articles on the game, coaching tips and training methods. The website is the brainchild of Mr. Mahendra Agarwal, another ISP director, who was disappointed by not finding any information about Indian squash while surfing the Net and decided to fill the lacuna.

Mr. R. K. Bhuta, director, Sonra Net, who helped launch the website, said that in this age of information technology it was essential to get on to the internet as it greatly helped interaction and exchange of news and views. ProSquash can also be read on the website. The response to the site was tremendous with interaction from fans from abroad. Within a week the ISP website was listed by the International Squash Federation, whose earlier listing was merely the name of secretary/ Squash Rackets Federation of India. A few days later there were several visitors to the guestbook and people wanting to link-up with our website. Among the first ones to do so was the United State Squash Racket Association (USSRA), United Condo Squash Clud (Singapore) 8 University of California.

Deepali Anvekar, Kavita Nalavde and Chandrakant Pawar seen surfing ISP's newly-launched squashindia website

The Dewan Housing Classic prize-winners snapped at the prize distribution function at the Haveli.

The Dewan Housing Squash Classic which carried Rs. 1.4 lakhs in prizemoney had a heady climax with Manish Choitrani winning a classic battle against Akhil Behl, the national champion, in an eagerly awaited men’s final.

Choitrani had scored over Behl, at The Leela Switcher but that was about one year ago and Behl had since become India’s top player. Choitrani was thus understandably eager to reassert himself. And Behl as the reigning national champion had a lot at stake. And as he was leaving for the U.S. for studies he would have liked to end on a winning note. The match was fought tooth and nail. Behl did not give up even when Choitrani was two games up. Behl took the third and led 14-12 before Choitrani clinched the fourth and the match at17-16.  

It all boiled down to one point at 16 all in the fourth. In a tactical move, Choitrani set the game at one point realising full well that even if he lost it he still had the fifth. It was not the only tactical manoeuvre by Choitrani. Through the match he cleverly employed the drop to have Behl securing back and fourth. It was possibly the only way Choitrani could have gained the day.