6th grade CitySquash boys participated in the BU-13 event at Greenwich Round Hill Club tourney this past weekend. Michael Kelly reached the quarterfinals, and Gabriel lost a hard fought battle in five games in the semifinals of the consolations. Among the new players, William Pantle won a match, and Markel Nunez won a game!

Seven CitySquashers performed bravely at the 2008 Juniors4Juniors Millennium Open, hosted by the Sports Club/LA and managed by Eddie Kapur. Among other results, CitySquasher Jocelyn McKenzie won the GU-13 girls consolation draw. The gold event drew some of the area's best junior players and raised more than $4,000 for CitySquash, courtesy of the efforts of 13 year-old Gabriella Garr.

Melissa Garcia's hard work and dedication to improving her squash game has certainly paid off! This past weekend, she won the GU-13 event at the Westchester Junior Bronze tourney. Elementary school team members are also showing great improvements. In the GU-11, Mellba finished 4th, and in the BU-11, Jeremy finished 4th and Bryson was a finalist in the consolations.

CitySquash high schoolers went down to the new StreetSquash facility in Harlem for the first time yesterday. StreetSquash won the match 6-4. Results were: Criselys 0-3; Christina 0-3; Aime 0-3; Prince 3-1; Anneudy 3-1; Willie 3-0; Benjamin 1-3; Frank 1-3; Josue 1-3. Middle school squash enthusiast Darrius tagged along and won his match 3-1. Thanks to StreetSquash for hosting us and congratulations on the great new facility!

Our high schoolers competed in two tournaments this past weekend. At the Vassar Junior Classic (Gold) tourney, Freddy Hernandez came in third place in the BU-19; Chris Fernandez finished fourth in the BU-17; Jesse finished third in the GU-17. At the Sportsplex (Silver) tourney, Eggie Gonzalez won the consolations in the BU-19; Nina Kelly came in fourth, Diana third, and Myriam won the GU-17.

Three new staff members join CitySquash! Please welcome Supriya Balsekar (Assistant Program Director), Shandar Edwards (Office Manager) and Dora Lubin (Director of High School & Elementary School Academics).

The Bash was a big success! We raised $360,000 to support our program expenses! Our heart-felt thanks to all those who contributed to making this event successful. Special shout-out to The Bash co-chairs and their committee for all their hard work.

CitySquashers dominated at the Urban National Team Championships, winning 3 out of 6 titles. CitySquash teams won the BU-13, BU-15 and GU-15 events. CitySquashers also won 3 out of 8 titles at the Urban Individual Championships. CitySquashers won the BU-13, BU-17 & GU-17 events.

Six more CitySquashers were accepted to independent private schools! Doris Amoako – Canterbury School; Cris Margaret Frias – Loomis Chaffee School; Santiago Moran – Avon Old Farms; Manuela Perez – Blair Academy; Criselys Polanco – Riverdale Country School; Lanique Rhyne – Mercersburg Academy. Congratulations!