Pro Exhibition

Exhibition, Mar 5, 2006

For the third year in a row, under the guidance of chairman Paul Dambmann and his organizing team,  the BSRA sponsored an exhibition between two of the world’s  greatest squash players: Jonathon Power and John White.

The event consisted of a best-of-three match followed by a juniors  clinic and then a best-of-five exhibition match and was hosted at the Saturn Club on Sunday, March 5, 2006.

Using  modified North American scoring (to contain the length of the matches). the second exhibition match was won by Power 7-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, and 11-10. Incidentally, Jonathon Power, with 36 PSA Tour Titles, announced his retirement from competitive squash after the match.

 While the competitors used every shot in the book, from this writer’s perspective the “bread and butter” shots were straight ,tight-to-the-wall, drops, generally to the right front corner, hit quickly off of a volley before the opponent could recover. Both players exhibited fantastic speed, agility and getting ability.

Once again, it was great to see how the game is played at the highest level! Thanks to all who helped make this event a great success-and many thanks to the Saturn Club for hosting this event. Also, a standing ovation for the event’s sponsors.