ISM March 2017

BARCELONA GLOBAL SQUASH
BARCELONAGLOBALSQUASH
Barcelona Global Squash was established in 2015 by Head Coach
Victor Montserrat and CEO Adrian Blakemore and run out of Barcelona’s
most prestigious sports and wellness centres Club Metropolitan
(associated with previous editions of the PSA Ciutat de Barcelona) and
Club Arsenal is widely acknowledged as one of Europe’s most progressive
squash academies.
Victor Montserrat, a former international player, 1997 Spanish
Open Champion and Spanish No.1 for six consecutive years,
and ex-Scottish junior Adrian Blakemore came together with
a common vision: “to offer world class coaching, in the best
facilities, in a wonderful modern location, all within a playercentred
framework, where pursuit of high performance
in squash can live side by side with academics, wellness,
participation for all, and sustained sports activity”.
Located in the centre of Barcelona, one of Europe’s most
dynamic, smart and colourful cities as well as being an
international landmark for global sport, Barcelona Global
Squash is helping revitalise Spanish squash and aims to become
a reference for European high performance within the sport.
Barcelona was the city that changed the course of the Olympics
and is the European city with the most practitioners of sport,
offering expertise, sports science and training facilities second to
none located within one of Europe’s most attractive destinations.
Barcelona Global Squash comprises the BGS Performance
Academy where a new generation of Spanish talent is being
developed. Amongst its leading players who include all those
making up the Spanish junior team that came third in the 2014
World Junior Championships in Namibia, Victor Montserrat is
coaching and nurturing the talents of Iker Pajares and Edmon
Lopez, two of the youngest players ranked in the world’s top
120. The BGS Performance Academy is aimed at maturing
juniors who wish to make the transition to the Professional
Squash Association (PSA) World Tour.
In addition to its Performance Academy, Barcelona Global
Squash also runs International Elite Junior Summer Camps
which offer intensive in-depth training for advanced highperformance
juniors who are already training and competing
in their own native countries at national or international level.
Optional activities include academia (language, SAT preparation
for the American Universities) and the many attractive cultural
and leisure activities that Barcelona as a city offers.
Furthermore, Barcelona Global Squash also offers weekend
clinics to club and amateur players interested in receiving top
class tuition in combination with the best of the Mediterranean’s
gastronomy. Similar clinics are also organised in other clubs
in and around Spain. To cap the list of services, personalised
programs are also offered to professionals and amateurs alike
looking for customised training programs to improve their game.
For more information, visit
www.barcelonaglobalsquash.com or follow on
www.facebook.com/barcelonaglobalsquash
and www.twitter.com/BgSquash
INTERNATIONALSQUASHMAGAZINE March 2017 | 21
www.isportgroup.com/InternationalSquashMagazine