{"id":258005,"date":"2025-07-12T04:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T04:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/258005\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T04:30:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T04:30:20","slug":"when-young-shaun-sullivan-had-a-vision-more-girls-playing-squash-squashsite-all-about-squash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/258005\/","title":{"rendered":"When young Shaun Sullivan had a vision \u2013 more girls playing squash \u2013 SquashSite \u2013 all about Squash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"820\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesquashsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-11-22_41_12-Gemini_Generated_Image_bwzoehbwzoehbwzo.png-FastStone-Image-Viewer-8.0.jpg?resize=820%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58453\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thesquashsite.com\/wales-when-young-shaun-sullivan-had-a-vision-more-girls-playing-squash\/2025-07-11-22_41_12-gemini_generated_image_bwzoehbwzoehbwzo-png-faststone-image-viewer-8-0\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesquashsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-11-22_41_12-Gemini_Generated_Image_bwzoehbwzoehbwzo.png-FastStone-Image-Viewer-8.0.jpg?fit=825%2C653&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"825,653\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2025-07-11 22_41_12-Gemini_Generated_Image_bwzoehbwzoehbwzo.png \u2013 FastStone Image Viewer 8.0\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesquashsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-11-22_41_12-Gemini_Generated_Image_bwzoehbwzoehbwzo.png-FastStone-Image-Viewer-8.0.jpg?fit=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thesquashsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-11-22_41_12-Gemini_Generated_Image_bwzoehbwzoehbwzo.png-FastStone-Image-Viewer-8.0.jpg?fit=810%2C641&amp;ssl=1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2025-07-11-22_41_12-Gemini_Generated_Image_bwzoehbwzoehbwzo.png-FastStone-Image-Viewer-8.0.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squashfacilities.com\/post\/squashing-the-gender-gap-how-ynys-m%C3%B4n-squash-club-is-changing-the-game-for-girls?utm_campaign=06f3067f-6ea7-4cfa-b134-049550aea8a4&amp;utm_source=so&amp;utm_medium=mail&amp;cid=aec8851f-e544-495c-bf5b-a77253b30698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thanks to Squash Facilities Network for the link!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When <strong>Shaun Sullivan<\/strong> first set up Ynys M\u00f4n Squash Club in 2018, just two of the <strong>38 members were women.<\/strong> That\u2019s just <strong>five per cent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sport.wales\/images\/custom\/8b\/dba6b5a074e205058f1193089bf151\/w770\/h381\/fx41.7\/fy46.0\/wpojpg\/images\/uploads\/8bdba6b5a074e205058f1193089bf151.webp?w=810&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"A girl takes a shot at playing squash\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/8bdba6b5a074e205058f1193089bf151.webp\"  class=\" jetpack-lazy-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But Shaun had a vision.<\/p>\n<p>A vision where women and girls were just as visible on court as the men. And thanks to support from the National Lottery via Sport Wales, that vision is now becoming a reality.<\/p>\n<p>Squashing the gender gap: How Ynys M\u00f4n Squash Club is changing the game for girls<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thanks to Squash Facilities Network for the link! 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