CitySquashers had a tremendous day at the Terry Fox Run. They raised over $1000 for cancer research, and ran the race with great spirit. Tenth grader Josue Triburcio was the first CitySquasher to pass the finish line, and Omar Castelan and Harrison Sebring were the first mentor-mentee pair to finish. Congratulations to them all! Special thanks to all the CitySquash mentors and friends who came out!

Andreina Benedith won her first ever tourney at Chatham this past weekend. A wonderful accomplishment for our budding squash star!

This fall, CitySquash hired Esteban Espinal to serve as Squash Professional for the upcoming season. Esteban, the former pro at Club@800, ran CitySquash's summer camp before joining the CitySquash team full-time in September. Esteban brings a wealth of squash experience to our program, and we thrilled that our students have the opportunity to work with him! CitySquash is also excited to announce the creation of a new part-time position: The Director of Elementary School Academics. Domenica Beauford, a Fordham graduate who is currently earning her Masters in ESL, will oversee Book Clubs and academic sessions for our 4th and 5th grade students. Please join us in welcoming them to CitySquash!

Jocelyn McKenzie earned a national ranking of #9 in the GU-13 for the 2008-2009 season - the highest ranking any CitySquasher has ever received! Well done to her, she earned it!

Andrew Cadienhead won the Squash in the Hamptons tourney, his second tournament win of the year! Please join us in congratulating him!

A record 27 families hosted our students for a total of 90 nights this summer. They traveled by plane, train, and automobile to places as close as Rye, and as far as South Carolina. They played squash during the day and manhunt at night; they learned how to horseback ride and swim; they made s'mores and fresh blueberry pies. Across the board, they said they wanted a chance to spend another weekend with their Summer Match family. In addition to hosting students for an entire weekend, seven different families hosted pool parties, providing the chance to cool off after playing squash. Without you, none of this would have been possible for our students. You embraced our students and warmly welcomed them into your families. Because of you, our students escaped the stifling hustle and bustle of the Bronx, made new friends, met new families and experienced so many things they otherwise would not have. So a big thank you, from all of us at CitySquash.

CitySquash was featured in The Scarsdale Inquier. Check out the article here!

This past weekend 49 of our students competed in the Urban Individual Nationals at Williams. It was an amazing weekend. Nearly 300 urban youth participated from nine programs around the country, including San Diego, Denver, Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, New Haven and Boston. We brought players as young as 11 and as old as 18. They reconnected with friends from other programs and made new ones, all while eating meals in the college dining hall, walking through its scenic quads, cheering on their teammates, and playing with a lot of heart and sportsmanship in their matches. And play well they did. For years our students have shown that they are skillfull squash players, but this was their most impressive performance. They won 7 of the tournament's 8 divisions. The results are as follows: GU13 1st Place: Jocelyn McKenzie; BU13 1st Place: Michael Kelly and 2nd Place: Miguel Betances; BU15 1st Place: Andrew Cadienhead, 2nd Place: Kingsley Amoako and 3rd Place: Darrius Campbell; GU17 1st Place: Nina Kelly. BU17 1st Place: Chris Fernandez, 3rd Place: Alija Hogans and 4th Place: Seetreeon Torres; GU19 1st Place: Jesse Pacheco, 2nd Place: Myriam Kelly, 3rd Place: Diana Edwards, 4th Place: Katrina Intal; BU19 1st Place: Freddy Hernandez. Congratulations!!

CitySquash warmly welcomes our summer interns Michael Shrubb, Liz Weintraub, Allison La'Fave and Laura Abrams to assist us in our summer programming!

All five of our graduating seniors are scheduled to enroll in colleges this fall!  Rochell and Bogar will enter the SUNY system, Tanesha will enroll at Wesleyan, and Eggie and Jose will attend Hobart. Congratulations to them on this remarkable achievement!