Women's International Squash Players Association Explained

Assocname:	Women's International Squash Players Association
Logosize:	261px
Sport:	Women's Professional Squash
Abbrev:	WISPA
Jurisdiction:	International
Founded:	1983
Location:	London, United Kingdom
Chairman:	Ingrid Löfdahl-Bentzer
Year Closed:	2011
Replaced:	Women's Squash Association (WSA)

The Women's International Squash Players Association (WISPA) was the governing body for the women's professional squash circuit between 1983 and 2011.^[1] The WISPA World Tour involved over 80 tournaments annually worldwide. Over 200 players were registered with the WISPA.

The goals of the association were to:

• Enable more players to consider a career in professional squash economically viable through the development of a world tour;
• Produce and publish world rankings;
• Increase exposure for the sport and its players;
• Encourage professionalism among its members;
• Raise the administrative standards at events;
• Increase the level of support and advice offered to promoters; and
• Improve communication and relationships with other squash organizations and the press.

The new women's squash game is governed now by the Women's Squash Association (WSA).

See also

• Women's Squash Association
• Professional Squash Association

External links

• Official WISPA Website
• Squash Club & Courts

Notes and References

1. Web site: WISPA 2011 - news from the Women's Prosessional Squash Tour.