BIRMINGHAM: The broadcast arm of the Professional Squash Association (PSA), SQUASHTV will be producing live coverage of one of the most prestigious youth competitions in the sport, the Dunlop British Junior Open and the European Team Championships in 2019 and 2020 in association with England Squash. SQUASHTV will be providing free streaming for all its digital subscribers seeing the success of last year’s British Junior Open.
The tournament takes place every January and makes up part of the newly-created WSF & PSA Satellite Tour which came into effect on August 1 as part of the PSA’s new tour structure. It will be held at various venues in the city of Birmingham, including the Edgbaston Priory Club and the University of Birmingham.
The European Team Championships will take place in the same city from May 1-4 next year. France and England currently hold the men’s and women’s titles respectively and the tournament will be held in England for the first time since 2003.
“We have made continual improvements to our SQUASHTV platform year after year and we are pleased to expand our coverage of squash by broadcasting live action from the Dunlop British Junior Open and European Team Championships,” said PSA COO Lee Beachill.
“SQUASHTV currently showcases the professional game at the highest level. We have ambitions of making the platform the home of squash as a whole and adding these tournaments to the schedule will assist us in fulfilling that goal.
“Junior squash in particular is a breeding ground for the future stars of the sport and we are excited to reach a new generation of squash players and fans with this agreement with England Squash. We are also looking forward to working with Edgbaston Priory Club to make the European Team Championships a success.”
England Squash CEO Keir Worth said: “We are thrilled to have SQUASHTV on board once again to broadcast the Dunlop British Junior Open. This is a great opportunity to showcase the world’s most iconic junior event to new audiences.”
Edgbaston Priory Club Head of Squash and Racketball, Mike Edwards said: “It is superb to have top-level squash here at Edgbaston Priory Club where we will be erecting an all glass court for the first time in history.
“We have held a number of junior national events at the club in the past few years and I have had the pleasure of being the event director for the Dunlop British Junior Open here in 2018. The European Team Championships is special for us as we will be attracting some of the world’s best players to the club and we can’t wait to welcome all of the competitors, volunteers and spectators.”
