Squash Hall of Fame Members
Inducted 2005, raised to Legend 2017
Raised to Legend
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Bio not available.
Raised to Legend
Raised to Legend
Inducted 2015
It would be fair to say, even though Roger Flynn was an outstanding squash player winning numerous events including the 1979 Victorian Men’s Amateur Championship, there is no doubt that it is his immense contribution via the coaching ranks over the past forty (40) years that places him at the pinnacle of our great sport in this country.
Roger has resided in Victoria, excepting from October 2006 to July 2015, when he was working in Scotland as the National Coach for Scottish Squash and Racketball, as well, from 2009 as their National Performance Director.
ROGER’S COACHING HISTORY
- From 1975 to 1983 he was the Club Manager and resident Head Squash Coach at the Northcote and Reservoir Squash Centres where he introduced and coached hundreds of youngsters in the sport of squash.
- From 1983 to1995 he was the resident Head Coach at several Squash Centres located in the Northern, Western and Eastern suburbs of Melbourne where he established or continued the success of club junior development and competition programs.
- From 1982 to 2006 he was the VSRA/VSF State Junior Coach.
- From 1990 to 1995 he was the Victorian Squash Federation’s Squash in Schools Skills Program Director which exposed in excess of 250,000 Victorian Primary and Secondary students to the sport of squash over that five (5) year period.
- From 1990 to 2006 he was the State Coaching Director for the Victorian Squash Federation.
- From 1995 to 2006 he was the Head Squash Coach at the Victorian Institute of Sport.
- From 1995 to 2006 he was Manager and Head Coach of the VIS/VSF High Performance Program.
- For each year over the past forty (40) years he has been planning an annual program of coaching, training and competition activities for hundreds of junior players of all standards, from 6 to 19 years of age.
- He has been heavily involved in designing and implementing athlete pathway plans which has greatly assisted Victorian/Australian Squash in the development of competition, support and coaching programs for junior players from beginner to elite.
- Spent an enormous amount of time in the training and mentoring of squash coaches not just in Victoria but worldwide.
- Has an outstanding history in the tutoring and presentation areas of squash coaching.
- Heavily involved in the designing of promotional and developmental materials (print, video and electronic) for young children, including Mini Squash, SWOT Squash and Totball.
Although Roger was heavily involved in the coaching of the sport’s elite including Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Carol Owens, Anthony Hill, Paul Price, John Williams etc., every player he taught was regarded by him as being special and he gave them as much of his time as the world champions and elite players.
He was able to see how players of all levels and ages had attributes that could contribute to the development of other players. As a result his training methods allowed these players of various ages and abilities to develop and learn from each other not only in their quests on court but in all aspects of their lives.
Every new player to his squads went through the same initiation process and then were welcomed in as an integral component of that group, training with the very best or players at the same level. It was Roger’s goal to get everyone to the highest level possible for them and to retain a long term passion for the sport, so it was a total team effort.
There is no doubt that Eddie French and Roger were opposites in a lot of ways, but they both had enormous respect for each other, working in unison on all things squash, which was a major reason for Victoria’s long running reign as Australia’s top Junior State, plus the enormous loyalty within the Victorian teams.
Throughout Roger’s career he has been actively involved with all facets of the squash community in growing the sport of Squash, assisting wherever, in schoolyard sessions,
squash centre junior programs, regional and state squads, special promotions at events in the public domain such as shopping centres or malls, expos etc.
From 2006 to 2015, Roger was replicating in Scotland, what he was doing in Australia for the previous thirty one (31) years with resounding success, holding numerous positions, including as the National Coach for Scottish Squash and Racketball, as well, as being their National Performance Director, and Head Coach of their Youth and Junior Academies.
There are a lot of squash people out there who have achieved their goals and success both as a player and life in general. as a result of their interaction with Roger Flynn.
Roger’s great legacy is not only the large number of the sport’s very best players he coached, but also the very high number of his pupils who moved in to the coaching ranks and amongst them several national and world renowned coaches.
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Inducted in 2020
Anthony started playing competitive squash at an early age and he knew that was the sport for him. He was trained by Roger Flynn for most of his playing career and spent 4 years at the Australian Institute of Sport under the guidance of Geoff Hunt and Heather McKay.
He spent over 14 years playing at the World Circuit PSA and reached a personal high ranking of 5 in the world in 1995 and stayed in the top 10 for the next 6 years. He’s won various titles throughout the World Circuit.
In 2001, he started his coaching career full time and he started working at the Heliopolis Sporting Club full time in Cairo, Egypt. He worked as Head Coach under various team directors over an 8 year period.
He worked with groups of children, where they had 6 courts and 250 children aged from 7 years to senior squash. Over the years at Heliopolis, he worked with Ramy Shour, Mohamed Reda, Nour El Taib, Kenzy Defawly and most have now gone to secure world senior titles. Those were the top players. Whilst they were away at tournaments, Anthony’s coaching went to bringing the next generation of children through, at times up to 16 children a week.
Privately, he has coached Marwon El Shorbagy, Heba and Nouron El Torky, Amr Khaled and Karim Aly. These kids are well on their way into the senior world rankings.
Lastly, Anthony is a Level 1 & 2 accredited coach and is currently, S&RV’s State Junior Head coach in which he played a pivotal role in the Victorian Juniors’ win at the 2023 Australian Junior Championships after a 34 year drought.
Raised to Legend
Bio not available.
Raised to Legend
Bio not available.
Bio not available.
Raised to Legend
Raised to Legend
Raised to Legend
Inducted 2016
Fifty two years of service as a Player, Professional Coach, Venue Operator, Administrator, Referee and Publicity Officer.
Brendan started playing squash in 1961 coached by Hudson Pitt and played his first pennant match in F Reserve for Gardenvale then remained as a player for twenty-five (25) years rising to State 1 No1 for ten (10) years.
Affectionately known as ‘Arab’ and believes his toughest opponent was Chuck 1.
He became a Professional Coach in 1967 and did not stop coaching until 2013.
A member of the Tournament Committee which ran the inaugural World Men’s Amateur Squash
Championships in Melbourne in 1967.
In 1971 Brendan went to Darwin to conduct coaching clinics to help improve the numbers playing and their level of play, with one of his pupils being Steve Bowditch, who won the 1981 World Amateur Championship and was inducted into the Squash Australia Hall of Fame in 2015.
In 1972 and 73 coached the Victorian Junior Women’s squads.
In 1973 became Victoria’s first full time professional coach, coaching at up to eleven (11) centres.
From 1974‐1977 he conducted coaching clinics and courses for the Victorian Education Department’s Teaching Colleges at Monash and Melbourne Universities.
In 1975 appointed Publicity Officer for the SRAV.
In 1976 went into partnership with Ray Lewis at the Gardenvale Squash Centre, but still fulfilled his coaching commitments at other centres. He then went on to also lease the Malvern Squash Centre until its closure in 2013.
Brendan was President of the Southern Squash League for fifteen (15) years, and a Victorian Squash Federation Board member for five (5) years.
Raised to Legend
Raised to Legend
