League

The National League Finals just came off in Boston. I helped originate the idea a few years ago and was glad to see it finally come to fruition. Not enough teams this inaugural year, but it will come. I was disappointed that none of the teams from my old squash league in Washington made it—for years I was a part of a spirited scene down there that was very competitive on-court and social off.

League now for me is squash doubles. My doubles team at the Racquet Club of Philadelphia managed to win the Philadelphia SRA’s Super B league this past winter. Even though no one has adequately explained why there are B and a Super B leagues (I am guessing that it has do with bruised egos of former A players), the league was great fun. Doubles is inherently more social that singles, and a bunch of RCOP guys drove all the way down from Philly to Wilmington to watch our side take on Vicmead in the finals.

Now if only there were more districts than Philly and New York that had doubles leagues, we could start a National League Final doubles tournament. Maybe we should try that out anyway, with Toronto and Vancouver? Not sure there are any other cities that have bonafide leagues (Greenwich/Rye?) but four is enough to start. 

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  1. Honestly I don’t think the singles team championship will get very far.Adult singles play is moribund. In 1988 you couldn’t get a singles court at prime time at my club when hardball was in its heyday. Today you can walk in off the street at 530 and walk right into a regulation softball court and play no problem. That’s a bad bad sign.Newly minted college grads are AWOL when it comes to playing singles. When I hear from almost all of my son’s fformer teammates and opponents that they don’t enjoy playing singles because their standard of play is dropping like a stone now that they don’t have time to train , I can only conclude that investing in the singles game beyond the junior and collegiate ranks is a losing bet. Doubles, however , at the adult level is rocking and rolling. Such a doubles league tourney could be a great idea.

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