AROUND THE WORLD ON MAY 23rd

We are now making some definite plans to co-ordinate a very simple but hopefully effective publicity programme on May 23rd.

The plan is this: Large groups of squash players gather at iconic locations all over the world and raise banners saying SQUASH FOR 2016.



In London we plan to visit many different locations in the city.

We could start at Greenwich Time Museum on top of the hill, then head to the Dome, Canary Wharf, Tower Bridge, City Hall, Tate Modern, The Globe Theatre, the Gerkhin, St Paul's Cathedral, Covent Garden, then Buckingham Palace (plus a few major railway stations).

If we can get similar events going in major cities all over the world then the response could be phenomenal.

We want organisers to upload the pictures to the Squash 2016 Day website hour by hour (see side panel) as we move through the different time zones and by the end of the day we will have a fantastic collection of images to send to international media.

We will alert the major national and international photographic news agencies (Reuters, Getty, Action Images) to cover the event in the hope that we can generate some significant media attention.



Reuters and the BBC were very supportive during the Canary Wharf tournament and Reuters produced TV programmes on the Olympic bid for three different regions, including their Arab service.

Just imagine the following locations:

Sydney Opera House
Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur
Great Wall Of China
Hong Kong Harbour
Taj Mahal
Pyramids
Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai
Eiffel Tower, Paris
Buckingham Palace, London
Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Niagara Falls
San Francisco
CN Tower, Toronto
Brooklyn Bridge
Grand Central Station, NY
White House
Grand Canyon
Las Vegas

PLUS many, many more all over the world!



It is important that events take place in the four cities bidding to host the 2016 Games - Chicago is already on board in a big way but we need to get things moving in Madrid, Rio and Tokyo.



Alan Thatcher
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