EUROPEAN SQUASH NEWS Estonia Hosts First International Squash Championship Estonian Squash has announced details of the first International tournament to be held in the country. The Estonia-Fenestra Open, which will be held in Tallinn from 28-30 March, will offer a prize fund of 10,000 Euro. The organisers are hoping to attract some world class players to participate and show some top class squash to local enthusiasts. The organisers hope that this first event will grow in future years and help to establish Estonia on the international squash scene. Chris Stahl, President of the European Squash Federation (ESF), said that he is delighted that squash is steadily growing in Central Europe and that the tournament scene is also developing well. "Although the Estonia Open is not a PSA event, it is a milestone for Estonian squash and will help to promote squash in Estonia," Stahl explained. "The Russian Championships recently took place in St Petersburg, while the first Latvian Championships - with Men's, Women's, Boys and Girls sections featuring entries from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Italy and UK - were held at the beginning of the month at a new centre with five courts just opened in Liepaja on the Baltic Coast," added Stahl. "Furthermore, the Slovak Championships are being held in Bratislava from 21-23 March." During his first term as ESF President, Stahl has visited Estonia, Yugoslavia and, with the assistance of grant aid from the World Squash Federation (WSF), Russia and more recently Latvia. Based in Warsaw, he has also been personally involved in the development of squash in Poland, Ukraine and the other Baltic states. During visits to these countries, he himself competed in tournaments in St Petersburg (Russia), Tallinn (Estonia), Liepaja (Latvia) and Warsaw and Lodz (Poland). Further details of the Estonia-Fenestra Open can be found on www.squash.ee/open2003