THE RALLY ROUNDUP

Welcome to The Rally Roundup, the first edition of the US Squash Women and Girls Newsletter! This newsletter is for you! We would like to hear from you, give us your feedback.

The Women’s Committee has been busy this summer!

We renewed our mission, which is to extend US Squash’s outreach, with the purpose to grow, promote, and increase women’s participation in the game of squash across the United States at every level, every age, and from every background.

We formed a charter and organizational structure that includes City Ambassadors who are the liaisons between the local community and the Women’s Committee, a Communications Committee to keep you all informed through newsletters and social media, a College Transition Committee to help integrate newly graduated college squash players into their new cities, and a Journey Lines Committee focused on understanding what women want and need from squash at each of the phases of their lives.

We are supporting local communities in organizing Women’s Squash Week (Sept 18-24), planning for Howe Cup (Nov 10-12) in Philadelphia and working to form a renewed US Women’s Individuals Championships (April 12-14) in Philadelphia. Stay tuned for details regarding the Individual Championships.

We will be holding a general meeting for all women squash players on September 28 at 7pm ET to talk more about what we are doing and hear from you. RSVP and we will send you an invite. If you are interested in getting involved in the Women’s Committee, please reach out to me at arango.karen@gmail.com.



Enjoy this first newsletter and please provide your feedback.

Karen Arango

US Squash Women’s Committee Chair

US Squash is dedicated to fostering squash programs for women and girls with the goal of ensuring playing opportunities at all levels and stages of life. Whether you are currently playing or have taken a break from the court, your participation through this quick 5-minute survey will help us understand what support you need to maximize your squash experience. 

Using this information, we will be able to create some best-practice programming that we can send to all squash facilities and coaches across the United States in an effort to grow our women’s squash community.

Click the link below to take our 5-minute survey:

Complete the survey by September 26th and you will be entered into a raffle to receive US Squash Gear. Your time and your feedback are greatly appreciated!

We are here to help!  

The Women’s Committee is connecting recent college graduates to the squash community in their new cities. Moving to a new city and starting a new job is enough to worry about. If you have not had time to figure out where to play squash, find practice partners in your new city, and get set up with your squash community, no worries. We can help! Fill out this brief form and we will connect you to the City Ambassadors in your city and they will help get you started.

The weekend is filled with competition and camaraderie. Women come together to spend a weekend supporting each other, meeting new friends, and reuniting old friendships through competition on the court and the many social events held throughout the weekend.



This year’s Howe Cup will take place at the Arlen Specter US Squash Center in Philadelphia, the weekend of November 10-12, 2023.

You can find details about the weekend, and hotel information and can register via Club Locker.

Here is some key information:

Register early (by Oct 22) to receive the early bird discount:

• Players 30 years old and under - Individual Player Fee: $150 
• Players older than 30 - Individual Player Fee: $195 

Players register individually and indicate which team or city you are playing for. If you do not have a team. Do not fear. We will do player/team matching for those players without a team. If you would like to play doubles as well, let us know on the registration. You can indicate your partner as well.

If you are interested in taking the Women’s Only Start Squash Coaching Course, arrive one day early as it runs from Thursday evening November 9 through Friday morning, November 10.

Whether or not you play in tournaments regularly, the Howe Cup is a great weekend of squash competition, reuniting with old friends and meeting new friends. 

Mark Your Calendars! The 2023-2024 Women’s Tournament Schedule is out!

All Women and Girls Squash Players - 

Join for an informational meeting on Thursday, September 28th at 7 pm Eastern. 



We’ll see you there!

City Ambassadors - Crucial to increasing the participation of women’s squash throughout the United States. City ambassadors are the liaisons between the national association to the local community and are responsible for promotion and participation of events in their local community, communicating what is happening at the national level to their local community, and providing feedback from their community to the committee for what is working, what is not, and providing suggestions for improvement.

If you’re interested in becoming more involved, please let us know by filling out this form. A member of the Committee will reach out to chat with you about your areas of interest and available opportunities.