Squash Canada National Squad Athlete – Laura Gemmell’s Squash 2016 Day Blog

Over the past ten years, squash has meant so much to me and given me so many wonderful opportunities. Firstly, I have met so many amazing people all around the world and made lasting friendships. I love keeping in touch with foreign squash players via facebook and seeing them at international tournaments. The squash community is relatively small, but we’re most certainly very close.

I have been playing squash ever since I was 8 years old. My parents had encouraged me to try every possible sport, including tennis, badminton, soccer, gymnastics, skating, snowboarding, and many other ones. The list was seriously endless! However, I felt a passion for squash that I didn’t feel about the other sports. I love the individual competition and I loved having to think of strategies and counter-strategies to defeat my opponents. I loved the challenge associated with every match, and I think those are the reasons why I have spent so much time over the last 10 years working to improve my game. Squash has also given me the opportunity to travel around the world. I have been to Belgium and Hong Kong for the last two junior women’s world championships, and this summer will be competing in India for my third. The experience of traveling around the world to represent your country is a very special and rewarding one. To know that all your hard work has meant something is a great feeling and I definitely enjoy those championships the most as an athlete.

If squash was an Olympic sport, it would mean so much to the squash community. The prestige of the Olympics games is second to none and I think squash players work extremely hard and deserve to represent their respective countries at these games.



Today is Squash 2016 Day and my plans include watching my younger sister Michelle compete in the Junior Women’s National team trials as she tries to make her first junior national team. I encourage every squash player to get on court and play the sport that we love today


Laura Gemmell

For more information on Laura please visit her national squad athlete profile here: http://www.squash.ca/e/high_performance/bios/jrwomen/l_gemmell.htm