On June 23 (Saturday) at 14.00 in Kyiv at 103 Antonovycha (Horkoho) Street in the VIP hall of the O.gorod restaurant a press conference with the world squash stars entitled "The Development of Squash in Ukraine and the World" will be held, after the press conference - a press lunch and communication.

The event speakers:

- legendary multiple world champion Ramy Ashour (Egypt),

- six-time European champion Camille Serme (France),

- CEO of the World Squash Federation Andrew Shelley,

- President of the Sports Committee of Ukraine Illia Shevliak,

- President of the Ukrainian Squash Federation Anastasia Netrebchuk,

- moderator and organizer of the event Maksim Urakin.

The press lunch is held within the framework of the joint three-day project of the Ukrainian Squash Federation and the world squash popularization program "Ambassador of the World Squash Federation." In addition to the press lunch, the project includes educational seminars, coaching and referee trainings, master classes for children, professional sportsmen, and amateurs.

Accreditation for the press lunch is compulsory, the number of seats is limited.

All participants in the event will receive souvenirs from the organizer.

Accreditation is conducted until 10:00 on June 22 (Friday) by phone (067) 232 0042 or e-mail: [email protected]

Squash is a sport with a tennis ball and a racket played indoors. The game is conducted by special rackets on a court surrounded by walls from four sides. In 2003 the Forbes magazine recognized squash as one of the most "healthy sports" both in terms of injury rate and the most energy-consuming sport in the world by the number of calories burned.

Squash courts already operate in Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Uzhgorod, Kherson, Lviv, and Khmelnytsky.

Sponsors and partners of the event:

- Grand Prix sports club,

- Interfax-Ukraine information agency,

- Park Inn hotel,

- MaxEvents company,

- In Vino wine salon,

- Oxy Taxi,

- restaurant O'GOROD,

- Boryspil airport,

- Boryspil Magazine