NorCal Hall of Fame Ceremony, Monday September 30th

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After year's of talk, the Northern California Squash Racquets Association has recently seen fit to create a Squash Hall of Fame.  

The Induction ceremony will be on the evening of Monday Sept 30 at the Oracle Netsuite Open. 

The inductees will be:

Alex Eichmann - the dominant player in the mid 60's and the early 70"s

Peter Gaynor - University Club member

Dick Crawford - former Varsity Coach at Cal

Brett Elebash - dominant player and in 2001 was the National 45+ Women's Singles Champion]

John Lau - 1991, 1992, National 35+ Men's Singles Champion, 1998 National 40+ Men's Doubles Champion w/ Gordon Anderson

Tom Dashiell -  THE upper crust in the 70's

David Tepper -  another good player in the 70's

They will all be there at the ceremony (Eichmann's son Matthew and Gaynor's son Bruce will be attending)Andre

What makes this group special was that in addition to being enthusiastic players, each inductee served NorCal's squash community.  

In fact, during their active storied playing years, they were also administrative leaders - they all served as Presidents of NorCal (except Eichmann who played BEFORE NorCal was formed, and Elebash who served as NorCal Secretary.  One has to understand the context of the time.  The game in NorCal was under the provenance of men because the two major clubs in SF were institutions for ONLY men.  Eventually by the late 80's, both Club's relented and began admitting women.

Crawford was the founder of the Association (circa late 60's). Cal also was the incubator of local squash talent.  Gaynor had a major role in pushing NorCal into the national spotlight by galvanizing it's membership to host the 1983 US National Singles  Championships.

It was a gilded age of squash in Northern California. Well worth celebrating!