The 104 IOC Members

The members of the International Olympic Committee will meet at the Hilton Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina from September 4-10, 2013.

Among other items, the agenda includes selection of the host city for the 2020 Olympic Games, election of a new IOC President, and the possible selection of a new sport to be added for the XXXII Olympiad.

On September 8, 2013, squash fans around the world will be particularly interested in the selection of a new sport as squash, wrestling, and the combined bid of baseball / softball are the three finalists. The other finalists have previously been a part of the Olympics. Squash has not.

This campaign, which was orchestrated by the World Squash Federation, has been squash's finest. Regardless of the result of the IOC vote, the leadership of World Squash, its members, and the global squash community should be proud of the coordinated campaign.

To see the agenda released by the IOC for this meeting, please click here.

Below is a list of the 104 IOC voting members and their home country. For additional information on the IOC and its member, please click here.

	Name	Country	Member Since
1	Dr Gerardo Werthein	Argentina	2011
2	Mrs Nicole Hoevertsz	Aruba	2006
3	Mr Kevan Gosper	Australia	1977
4	Mr John Dowling Coates	Australia	2001
5	Mr James Tomkins	Australia	2013
6	Mr Leo Wallner	Austria	1998
7	Mr Austin Sealy	Barbados	1994
8	Count Jacques Rogge	Belgium	1991
9	Mr Pierre-Olivier Beckers	Belgium	2012
10	Ms Lydia Nsekera	Burundi	2009
11	Mr Issa Hayatou	Cameroon	2001
12	Mr Richard Pound	Canada	1978
13	Mrs Rebecca Scott	Canada	2006
14	Mr Yu Zaiqing	China	2000
15	Mrs Yang Yang	China	2010
16	Ms Li Lingwei	China	2012
17	Mr Wu Ching-Kuo	Chinese Taipei	1988
18	Mr Andrés Botero Philippsbourne	Colombia	2007
19	Mr Reynaldo González López	Cuba	1995
20	Mrs Yumilka Ruiz Luaces	Cuba	2008
21	HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark	Denmark	2009
22	Ms Aïcha Garad Ali	Djibouti	2012
23	General Mounir Sabet	Egypt	1998
24	Dr Robin E. Mitchell	Fiji	1994
25	Mr Peter Tallberg	Finland	1976
26	Mr Saku Koivu	Finland	2006
27	Mr Jean-Claude Killy	France	1995
28	Mr Guy Drut	France	1996
29	Mr Tony Estanguet	France	2013
30	Mrs Beatrice Allen	Gambia	2006
31	Mr Thomas Bach	Germany	1991
32	Mrs Claudia Bokel	Germany	2008
33	HRH the Princess Royal	Great Britain	1988
34	Sir Craig Reedie	Great Britain	1994
35	Sir Philip Craven	Great Britain	2003
36	Mr Adam Pengilly	Great Britain	2010
37	Mr Lambis Nikolaou	Greece	1986
38	Mr Willi Kaltschmitt Luján	Guatemala	1988
39	Mr Timothy Fok	Hong Kong, China	2001
40	HE Mr Pál Schmitt	Hungary	1983
41	Raja Randhir Singh	India	2001
42	Mrs Rita Subowo	Indonesia	2007
43	Mr Patrick Hickey	Ireland	1995
44	Mr Pat McQuaid	Ireland	2010
45	Mr Alex Gilady	Israel	1994
46	Mr Franco Carraro	Italy	1982
47	Mr Mario Pescante	Italy	1994
48	Mr Ottavio Cinquanta	Italy	1996
49	Mr Tsunekazu Takeda	Japan	2012
50	HRH Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein	Jordan	2010
51	Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah	Kuwait	1992
52	Mr Toni Khoury	Lebanon	1995
53	HSH the Princess Nora of Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	1984
54	HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1998
55	HRH Prince Tunku Imran	Malaysia	2006
56	Mr Olegario Vázquez Raña	Mexico	1995
57	HSH the Sovereign Prince Albert II	Monaco	1985
58	Ms Nawal El Moutawakel	Morocco	1998
59	Mr Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	2012
60	HM King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands	Netherlands	1998
61	Mr Barry Maister	New Zealand	2010
62	Mrs Barbara Kendall	New Zealand	2011
63	Mr Habu Gumel	Nigeria	2009
64	Mr Chang Ung	North Korea	1996
65	Mr Gerhard Heiberg	Norway	1994
66	Mr Habib Macki	Oman	2009
67	Syed Shahid Ali	Pakistan	1996
68	Mr Melitón Sánchez Rivas	Panama	1998
69	Mr Iván Dibós	Peru	1982
70	Mrs Irena Szewińska	Poland	1998
71	Mr Richard Carrión	Puerto Rico	1990
72	HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani	Qatar	2002
73	Mr Vitali Smirnov	Russia	1971
74	Mr Shamil Tarpishchev	Russia	1994
75	Mr Aleksandr Popov	Russia	2008
76	Mr Richard Peterkin	Saint Lucia	2009
77	HRH Prince Nawaf Faisal Fahd Abdulaziz	Saudi Arabia	2002
78	Mr Lamine Diack	Senegal	1999
79	Mr Ng Ser Miang	Singapore	1998
80	Ms Danka Barteková	Slovakia	2013
81	Mr Sam Ramsamy	South Africa	1995
82	Mr Lee Kun-hee	South Korea	1996
83	Mr Moon Dae-Sung	South Korea	2008
84	Mr Juan Antonio Samaranch, Jr.	Spain	2001
85	Mrs Marisol Casado	Spain	2010
86	Mr José Perurena	Spain	2011
87	Mrs Gunilla Lindberg	Sweden	1996
88	Mr Denis Oswald	Switzerland	1991
89	Dr René Fasel	Switzerland	1995
90	Mr Joseph S. Blatter	Switzerland	1999
91	Mr Gian-Franco Kasper	Switzerland	2000
92	Mr Patrick Baumann	Switzerland	2007
93	Mr Samih Moudallal	Syria	1998
94	Mr Nat Indrapana	Thailand	1990
95	Dr Uğur Erdener	Turkey	2008
96	Mr Valeriy Borzov	Ukraine	1994
97	Mr Sergey Bubka	Ukraine	2008
98	HRH Princess Haya bint Al Hussein	United Arab Emirates	2007
99	Ms Anita DeFrantz	United States	1986
100	Mr James Easton	United States	1994
101	Mrs Angela Ruggiero	United States	2010
102	Mr Julio César Maglione	Uruguay	1996
103	Mr Patrick Chamunda	Zambia	2002
104	Ms Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2013

More Reaction to Men's World Team Championships

Squash Ezine wrote here on June 19 about a scandalous match at the Men's World Team Championships where Gregory Gaultier appeared  here to be disqualified and was a few moments later allowed to continue the match against Nick Matthew.

On June 26, the World Referee Assessor on site wrote to Squash Ezine here to defend the decision.

Below is a letter from French referee Nicolas Barbeau offering a very different account of the happenings in France.

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Dear Mrs Sinclair

I would like to thank you for giving an analysis of the World Team’s Semi final match between Grégory Gaultier and Nick Mathew.

I would like to ask you a few questions about the match:

1. At 9-6 in the fifth, the referee decides not to proclaim England the winners because you say “ Matthew , as a true sportsman, accepts to go on with the match.” You agree with the referee’s decision since you say ” when the players agree to go against the referee’s decision concerning a ball which is called out , the players’ wish must be respected”.

I don’t agree with you on this point because:

- when a ball is called out, errors are often made due to the distance between the referee and the court. The players being in the heat of the action, if they both agree, it seems common sense that the referee should change his decision.

- However, the decision to proclaim England the winners in case of cramp is in accordance with rules concerning injury during a match. I don’t see why this rule was not applied even if both players agree on the matter. In this case, why not imagine that the player at fault would lose a game ( according to behavior rules ) for having insulted the referee who consequently overrules his decision because his opponent considers the sanction too severe.

2/ I wouldn’t say , like you, that the match took place in a wonderful atmosphere. Several spectators said that it was really embarrassing to see a referee whistled at and continually criticized like he was.

I think if the referee decided to overturn his decision and not proclaim England the winners , it’s due
A - to the fact that Matthew and the English coach agreed on this
B - due to the fact that the French delegation all stood up and contested the decision
C - and ultimately, because he didn’t want to have problems with the patriotic crowd.

3/ Thirdly, there were also moments during the match when the players took time for injury :

Between the 3rd and 4th games, Matthew asked for time off court and got 3 minutes due to a foot injury. It was a legitimate request since he took his sock off to be treated.

At 3-1 in the fifth, Matthew leaves the court for treatment but the referee refuses the 3 minute-time allowance because it was the same injury as before.

However, according to information given by one of the English players sat at the front of the court, Mattthew had cramp then. My question being how can a referee judge whether a player has cramp or another injury ?

At 8-5 for Matthew in the fourth, the referee allows Gaultier to leave the court for 3 minutes for a ‘foot injury”. But, from what we could see, Gaultier had been showing signs of cramp from the beginning of the fourth, at the end of a few long rallies. How can we be sure of the type of injury the player is suffering from to be able to make the correct decision?

At 9-6 in the fifth, Gaultier falls down on the court obviously in pain due to cramp. Does the fact that he is immediately treated by the French team’s physio mean that he loses the game since he is not respecting the rules concerning recuperation time?

4/ Finally, on a larger scale, we were wondering that if a member of the IOC was in the crowd, how would he have reacted to the fact that the referee changed his mind after proclaiming England the winner !

In which other sport do you think we could come across the exact same situation?

Nicolas Barbeau
French referee

ps : i think we met in Honk-Kong a few years ago. I was refereeing at the PSA-WISPA Buller Open.

America's Most Popular Squash Related Websites

As the squash season in the United States draws to a close, Pro Squash Tour ends this season as the country's most visited squash website, according to Alexa.com.

Alexa, "the web information company," is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amazon.com. Alexa's web ranking system tracks over 30 million websites worldwide. The Alexa Rank and other metrics allow site owners to benchmark their sites and give consumers, marketers and advertisers metrics to evaluate websites for media buying, partnerships, and other business opportunities.

Note: This data was collected on May 10, 2013. Data changes daily.  A smaller number indicates higher web traffic. If you know of other squash websites, please add them in the comments section below. Data below include regional rankings based on web traffic in the United States. Worldwide rankings are also available on Alexa's website.

Top 5 Websites and Their American Traffic Rank:
Google                                                               1
Facebook                                                           2
YouTube                                                             3
Yahoo                                                                4
Amazon                                                             5 

Top Squash Related Websites and Their American Traffic Rank

Pro Squash Tour                                       71,853

US Squash                                                80,694

Daily Squash Report                                108,249 
Squash Site                                             108,988

Pro Squash TV                                        146,577

PSA World Tour                                      174,423

College Squash Association                   177,044

NY Squash                                              182,407
Squash Skills                                           187,575 
Squash Ezine                                           228,136 

Squash 365                                             427,350

Cal Squash                                             507,198
Get Squash in the Olympics                      511,272

Squash Info                                            513,426

SiteSquash                                             541,000

Squash Talk                                           548,510

WSA World Tour                                    558,918

PSA Squash TV                                     633,741

World Squash                                        666,661

WDSA Tour                                             675,202

SDA Pro Tour                                          695,941 

No-Let Squash Video Blog                    758,353

Squash 2020                                         No Regional Data

Squash Magazine                                 No Regional Data

Squash Player                                       No Regional Data

Squash UK                                             No Regional Data

Squash Source                                      No Regional Data

Squash: Step by Step                           No Regional Data

Brett's Squash Blog                            No Regional Data

The Squashist                                       No Regional Data

The Squash Joint                                  No Regional Data

Squash Dashers & Bashers               No Regional Data

Millman Squash                                    No Regional Data 

The Squash Life Blog                          No Regional Data

Contol the T                                           No Regional Data

Squash Flash                                         No Regional Data

Squeaky Feet                                         No Regional Data

Blog on the Tyne                                   No Regional Data

Squash Draken                                     No Regional Data

Squash Republic                                   No Regional Data

World Squash Day                               No Regional Data

Squash Word                                        No Regional Data

Squash Game                                        No Regional Data

Squash Ezine Blog                              No Regional Data

Learn How to Play Squash                 No Regional Data

Squash Club                                         No Regional Data

US Open Squash                                 No Regional Data

Tournament of Champions                No Regional Data

LifeTime Squash Tour                       No Regional Data

Top 100 College Recruits (Boys)

American juniors and their parents see squash as a great hook for college admission. And the level of play in college squash is quickly increasing.

Several colleges recruit internationally. But the fast improving American junior squash circuit is catching up quickly. 

The Class of 2018 sounds like it is far off in the distance. However, many of these students will be making early decision choices later this year. Here is our best take at the top 100 recruits from the United States.

1	Shahjahan Khan	Seattle,WA
2	Mason Ripka	New York,NY
3	Pierson  Broadwater	Bronxville,NY
4	Hayes Murphy	Greenwich,CT
5	Zane McGee-Lowdermilk	Seattle,WA
6	Jordan Brail	New York,NY
7	Derek Hsue	Warren,NJ
8	James Watson	Darien,CT
9	R. Cody Cortes	Cambridge,MA
10	Thomas Kingshott	Greenwich,CT
11	Josh Hughes	Malvern,PA
12	Atticus Kelly	Hartford,CT
13	Max Martin	New Haven,CT
14	William Kurth	Tenafly,NJ
15	Jack Harvey	new York,NY
16	Sean Kenny	Villanova,PA
17	Philip Kelly	Philadelphia,PA
18	Arhum Saleem	Alpharetta,GA
19	Ian Rothweiler	Radnor,PA
20	Andrew Stone	Wynnewood,PA
21	Brian Giegerich	Wyndmoor,PA
22	Anders Larson	Brooklyn,NY
23	Jack Herold	Chicago,IL
24	Jamie Havran	Madison,CT
25	Charlie Blasberg	Boston,MA
26	Cameron Bahadori	Great Falls,VA
27	Christian Dorff	Ambler,PA
28	Thomas Walker	Malvern,PA
29	Tucker Hamlin	Dover,MA
30	Mason Blake	Philadelphia,PA
31	Sam McCartney	Chicago,IL
32	Alvin Heumann	Southport,CT
33	William McBrian	Dedham,MA
34	James Pierpont	Rye,NY
35	Tripp Kaelin	Boston,MA
36	Lucas Snyder	Morristown,NJ
37	Oliver Agger	Brooklyn,NY
38	Arhum Siddiqui	Cupertino,CA
39	Jonathan Ruth	Gladwyne,PA
40	Sandeep Rishi	Great Falls,VA
41	Drew Field	Gladwyne,PA
42	Mark Styles	Lincoln,MA
43	Benjamin Bristol	Rocky Hill,NJ
44	Cameron Dewey	Greenwich,CT
45	Campbell Veasey	Philadelphia,PA
46	Garrett Donnelly	Atlanta,GA
47	Arthur Martella	Phoenixville,PA
48	Gregory Vanderhorst	Buffalo,NY
49	Spencer Burt	Portland,OR
50	Zephan  Huang	Fremont,CA
51	Will Rogers	Baltimore,MD
52	Samuel Giddins	Irvington,NY
53	Dylan Sweeney	New York,NY
54	Carlen Veasey	Philadelphia,PA
55	Kingsley Amoako	Bronx,NY
56	Creighton Foulkes	Belmont,MA
57	Andrew Beacham	Short Hills,NJ
58	Kevin Staples	Devon,PA
59	Charles Norfleet	Greenwich,CT
60	Cameron Adams	Baltimore,MD
61	Arvind Ramgopal	Los Altos,CA
62	Terrance Rose	New York,NY
63	Billy Berner	Greenwich,CT
64	Noah Hollin	Gladwyne,PA
65	Sohrab Nawaz	Potomac,MD
66	Joshua Pau	Newtown Square,PA
67	John Wain	Milton,MA
68	Don Hall	Chicago,IL
69	Kevin Bradicich	Riverside,CT
70	Braden Chiulli	Watertown,CT
71	George Cooley	Bronxville,NY
72	John Kacergis	Malvern,PA
73	Maxwell Novick	Andover,MA
74	Webb Hinton	Baltimore,MD
75	Harry Ganek	New York,NY
76	Isaac Easton	New York,NY
77	Ashish Ramachandran	Stamford,CT
78	Ryan Swope	Berwyn,PA
79	Ryan Cody	Buffalo,NY
80	Ryan Voon	Groton,MA
81	David McGrath	Weston,MA
82	Connor Rouan	Cincinnati,OH
83	Peter Woolverton	Chestnut Hill,MA
84	Ryan Leslie	Sylvania,OH
85	Nima Olumi	Newton,MA
86	Derek Lo	Weston,MA
87	Mason Corbett	Farmington,CT
88	Nicholas Struzenski	Wellesley,MA
89	James Fulham	Wellesley,MA
90	Parker Allen	Fredericksburg,VA
91	Jamie Michaelis	New York,NY
92	Dean Hathout	Glendale,CA
93	Christopher Tozzi	Berkeley Heights,NJ
94	Quin Crofton	Laverock,PA
95	Henry Ortmeyer	Gladwyne,PA
96	Michael Kumar	Little Silver,NJ
97	Miguel Nava	Santa Barbara,CA
98	Thornton Uhl	Marblehead,MA
99	Kadeem Murrell	Roxbury Crossing,MA
100	William Fernandes	Roxbury Crossing,MA