In its ongoing endeavour to promote squash in India, the JSW Indian Squash Circuit (ISC) presents the Otters International JSW ISC 2016 to be held at the Otters Club, Mumbai from September 29 to October 2. A prize money worth (US $35,000) the W35 Women’s Tournament, is supported by the JSW Group and will feature some of the best women squash players from the Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Tour with confirmed participation from four players from the Top 20 in the World including India's Joshana Chinappa (World No. 11) and Dipika Pallikal (picture above) who is ranked 17th.
The tournament began in 2014 and has been promoted by Ritwik Bhattacharya, a five-time national squash champion and the first Indian to break into the top 50 of the PSA World Rankings in 2006 and Raj Arora of Ivy Sports. "I'm very happy to see the Indian Squash Circuit (ISC) continue to grow in its third year. A BIG thank you to all our sponsors, the PSA community and the entire organising team for making this possible," says Bhattacharya.
According to Arora, "In line with our vision to take squash to a more meaningful scale, this year the JSW Indian Squash Circuit has put together a USD 35,000 event, the highest prize money Women's PSA Tournament in India. We are extremely grateful to our sponsor, the JSW Group for their continued support and are delighted to have K. Raheja Corp on board as associate sponsor."
The ISC will follow up with another biggie - The CCI International JSW ISC 2016 which will be the biggest men's event in the Indian squash circuit to be held at the Cricket Club of India (CCI) from November 24 to 27.
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