Community Perspectives: How the Athletic Club of Columbus Developed an 80-Player Women’s League

From Squash Magazine

I Love You, But I Wanna Win!
How the Athletic Club of Columbus, Ohio, built an eighty-woman squash league in two years!
By Karen Arango
The Athletic Club of Columbus is different from most other clubs that offer squash. With the building being over a century old, weight-bearing pillars throughout the building constrict the club’s four squash courts to a very nonstandard size – 32’ long by 16’ wide (vs regulation courts at 21’ wide). The size of the courts force the game to become a battle of the lob and most players just play through lets.  As a result, the Club has never developed an elite-focused program; instead, over the past century and especially the past thirty years, volunteer …
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