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Squash

Sport - Squash

Sport Description

Squash developed from the game of rackets in England in the mid-19th century. Squash made its debut at the 1991 Canada Winter Games in Prince Edward Island and has been part of every Winter Games since.

Squash will take place during the 2011 Games at St. Mary’s University during week 1.

Fun Facts

Students started a knockabout game which, because it was played in a confined area, required a softer ball than the hard one used for rackets. It was from this ball that could be ‘squashed’ in the hand, that the name derived.

The first squash courts in Canada, built in the early 1900’s, were privately owned and probably made of wood. Today the courts are of prefabricated space-age materials with wooden floors and special kinds of plaster on the walls to ensure a smooth, hard, non-sweating surface.

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