Jamaica Squash previously referred to as the Jamaica Squash Affiliation revealed its new emblem to an appreciative viewers final week in addition to introduced its staff for the up-coming Junior Caribbean Space Squash Affiliation Championships. The occasion was held on the Liguanea Membership in Kingston.
In response to Karen Anderson, president of Jamaica Squash the design of the brand had been within the making for over a 12 months. It was accomplished not too long ago to the delight of the board. Intensive work was achieved on the transient for the brand by advertising and marketing marketing consultant Natasha Levy whereas the design was achieved by Dr. Rajeev Venugopal who comes from a squash taking part in household.
“I believe it was necessary for us to refresh and rebrand and hold it in keeping with the route that we’re entering into of you already know, sport being a giant enterprise. We’ve to function like a enterprise, and that’s the place a number of the organizations in squash have been going, you already know, working as enterprise, altering their names, taking out associations, and actually specializing in the enterprise aspect of issues. Being extra fiscally accountable and sustainable. And so we felt that the brand new emblem wanted to mirror that. And in order that’s why we went by way of this whole one-year course of. And what we’ve got right here and what we’ve simply unveiled right now is one thing that we’re extraordinarily pleased with.”
“I imply, once you see it and you’ve got in your thoughts what it seems like, and also you like it, you don’t know if everyone else goes to like it, however everyone that I’ve proven it to only completely loves it and so they get it, so we’re enthusiastic about it. After we have been doing it, we all the time discuss one thing with motion. So whether or not it was motion of the racket, motion of the ball, or possibly a bodily particular person however the hummingbird provides us that motion, you already know and it has the racket within the physique of the hummingbird. The ball in there additionally provides us and the ball is distinctive. It’s a squash ball, you already know it’s a squash ball if you already know squash. And so we we’re very excited that it’s uniquely ours” stated Anderson.
Turning to the staff for the Junior Caribbean Space Squash Affiliation championships (CASA) she stated “properly, the staff goes off to the Cayman Islands, June twenty eighth to July fifth, for the Caribbean Junior Championships, Junior CASA, and it might not be considered one of our stronger groups going as a result of we don’t have everyone in all ages group, however whoever are going have labored actually arduous all year long to essentially try to make this staff. And so we’re very excited on the staff that’s going and taking a look at them executing on the day, and it’s a protracted slog as a result of you already know have people first for the primary three days after which you could have staff matches for the subsequent 4 days or three days, so it’s a very powerful competitors. However you already know, they labored arduous, and should you put within the work, you then’ll get the outcomes, you already know, particularly on the day. So it’s only for them to execute.”
Workforce captain Sanjana Nalapati was upbeat about her expectations for herself and the staff. “So for me personally, I would like to go on the market, take house the gold for beneath 19 ladies, in addition to take house the gold for the ladies’s doubles. And regarding the staff, I truthfully hope that we are able to all play extraordinarily properly, our greatest squash at 100%, be there to assist one another [and] hopefully do very properly as a staff altogether. Jamaica has had some powerful battles up to now total to return into the highest three, however we’ve been very shut, we come fourth however I’m certain we are able to do it this time.”
“I imply myself clearly, I wish to carry out very well but additionally I believe, I truthfully assume everybody on the staff has their very own skills on that court docket and they’ll do extraordinarily properly, however for the extra skilled gamers, I believe Mehar Trahan can do fairly very properly, Elle Wilson additionally. Mehar and Elle performed one another within the U17 finals final 12 months. After which additionally Ethan Miller, it’s his second Casa I imagine however he’s placing a number of effort and a number of work so I undoubtedly assume that this CASA will present a few of that.”
The complete staff reads: Boys – Ethan Miller, Max Hanzell, Govind Venugopal, Cole Brown, Judah Tavares-Finson, Jaden Emery, Devedra Stpddart, amd Woman’s – Sanjana Nalapati, Mehar Trehan, Elle Wilson, Priya Stodart, Rihana Stoddart, Varenya Singh, Hinal, Lohana, Isabelle Robinson, and Marley Value.
