England Squash

England Squash is the national governing body for the racket sports of squash and squash 57 in England, a status granted by Sport England, the government agency that recognises sports for funding and development. Based at the National Squash Centre in Manchester, it works to increase participation in both sports. Its origin is the Squash Rackets Association, founded in 1928 to take over running the game from the Tennis and Rackets Association, with a separate Women's Squash Rackets Association added in 1934. Until 1980 these bodies looked after squash across Great Britain, when Scotland and Wales moved to their own national associations, and the English men's and women's bodies merged in 1989. The Association was also the recognised world authority for the game until the International Squash Rackets Federation was formed in 1967, which became the World Squash Federation in 1992. It was relaunched as England Squash in 2001, took the name England Squash and Racketball in 2009 and dropped the racketball part in 2015.