Massachusetts Seniors Squash Rackets Association

The Massachusetts Seniors Squash Rackets Association was founded in 1987 as an squash league. The MSSRA is a league for male squash players over the age of fifty-five. It is generally regarded as the top level of squash competition for senior citizens in Massachusetts.

History

The MSSRA begins

The MSSRA was founded in 1987 as an squash league. The league's inaugural year featured only thirty-two players and was generally regarded as a weak alternative to the far more respected NESLA.

In 1990, the NESLA declared bankruptcy and most of the players joined the MSSRA, without the competition from NESLA, the MSSRA became the premier squash association for elderly players in Massachusetts, be they professional players or amateurs.

Ranking system

The MSSRA uses a squash ranking system familiar to those who followed the NESLA and other squash organizations. Players are awarded points for their victories, point values are higher if a player defeats someone ranked above him and are lower if someone defeats a lower ranked player.

Current rankings

Professionals

First place: Rickey D. Hanson

Second place: Dennis Sullivan

Third place: Roy J. Barnett

Fourth place: R. James Vernon

Fifth place: James Bliss

Amateurs

First place: Jack Gibbons

Second place: Mike U. Fife

Third place: Guang Chen

Fourth place: Raymond Bergeron

Fifth place: De Hsia

Professionals over sixty five

First place: Donald I. Roberts

Second place: Noah Ellis

Third place: Thomas Kelley

Fourth place: Ken V. Stevens

Fifth place: Kevin M. Cooper

Amateurs over sixty five

First place: Joeseph B. Peoples

Second place: Robert Cozart

Third place: James T. Yates

Fourth place: Jerome Jackson

Fifth place: Anton Von Massenberg