Caymans

Recently, I went to the Cayman Islands twice. Well, once in December I actually went and in George Town had a lovely meeting with Dan Kneipp, the squash coach turned event promotor who lives in the Caymans with his wife and two toddlers. Dan is running the women’s 2012 World Open in December. The rumor was that the Caymans were out as a venue, but Dan explained the situation (the men’s open is out but the women’s open is completely on course).

I also got to chat with Guy Harvey, a keen squash player who has designed the previous Caymans Open tee-shirt, easily the best looking tournament shirt I’ve ever seen. Guy has a few things on his plate besides squash: http://www.squashsite.co.uk/2009/delaware2012.htm

The Cedrus Investments World Open will be held 1-8 December in Grand Cayman. 

The other times I went to the Caymans was in Grand Central in January as the Cayman’s had their tiki bar set up at the ToC. I was talking to Dan there at the finals when he had to peel off to greet the premier of the Caymans, McKeeva Bush, who had come all the way to the U.S. to view the squash matches. A lot has happened in the fifteen years of the ToC but it might have been the first time a sitting head of state literally sat in the bleachers to view a match. 

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