PSA Appoints Herrick As Honorary Life Member

The Professional Squash Association has named former Chairman Jack Herrick as an Honorary Life Member of the PSA to mark his distinguished service as a Board member for the past 14 years.

The Association's longest-serving Board member announced his retirement this week. Herrick, a businessman and attorney from Cleveland, USA, was a principal architect of the amalgamation of the former World Professional Squash Association (WPSA) and International Squash Players Association (ISPA) into the PSA in 1993.

The former Chairman of the WPSA was elected as Chairman of the new Association in 1994 and served the PSA in that role until succeeded by Mark Chaloner at the beginning of this year.

The PSA achieved unprecedented growth under Herrick's chairmanship. With annual prize money ranging from $1,230,000 to $1,660,000 throughout the 90s and into the new decade, the PSA achieved $3,135,000 in prize money in 2007 - a 28% increase over the previous year. The Association has recorded double digit growth annually for the past four years.

Furthermore, the PSA now has more members than ever before, and the number of tournaments on the PSA calendar has more than doubled to an all-time high.

"Being new to the boardroom in 2002, I found Jack's guidance and knowledge of the governance of our association an invaluable learning experience," said Alex Gough, the PSA President. "PSA has been extremely fortunate to have had his input for an incredible length of time - and his leadership has seen us through some rocky times.

"Jack is retiring with the satisfaction of leaving the Tour in a very healthy state. It is up to the rest of us on the board to continue on with his hard work," added the Welshman, a former world No5.

"Good luck to whoever is going to fill his shoes ...... it's one hell of an act to follow!"