Podcast appearances and mentions of jenny duncalf

Welcome to the next instalment in the SquashMind Podcast series. Today I'm being joined by Jenny Duncalf. Jenny is one of the greatest players that England has ever produced. She reached world number two in December 2019. She's won ten professional tour titles. She's got 112 caps for England, which is phenomenal. She's also managed to get three silver medals at the Commonwealth Games, only being stopped on most occasions by Nicol David. She was in a generation where Nicol David was playing and arguably Nicol David was one of the greatest players to play the game. So for Jenny to become world number two and be slightly behind Nicol David, is nothing to be sniffed at. As a junior, she was the European Junior champion and she won two individual European titled as a senior as well. She managed to get two British National titles and was also part of the winning England Ladies team at the World Team Championships in 2016. She had a real good period and we talk about it in the podcast a little bit more. In 2009, she won three big titles back to back, which ultimately got her to world number two, the Soho Square Open in Egypt, the US Open and the Qatar Classic. She lost in in the World Open final in 2011 to her nemesis Nicol David. We go into quite a cool discussion about her trying to compete with Nicol and how this was. The conversation is really broad, really wide ranging and one that I think you'll find super insightful. It's so great to hear how she opens up. She is very honest about the mental side of the game, and we go into a lot of discussion around what it was like and her environment, growing up, and being coached by her father in law David Pearson, who was also the national coach in England and was the coach who produced Nick Matthew, Laura Masara, Peter Nicol also. So, you know, having someone like David as your father in law is going to put you in a good place to start a career. It's just such a cool conversation we got on really well and lots of little tips to take from what she has done in her career. She is currently the master of ceremonies for the PSA and she comes across brilliantly. She has been really well received in that. And she's also the junior Australian coach. She lives in Australia, in Brisbane, in particular with her partner, Rachel Grinham, who herself was a world number one. And we have a little discussion around how that was competing with someone you are in a relationship with and her philosophy around the junior squash in regard to Australia is insightful, really opening the mind and really got me to think a little bit about my philosophies and how things are going with the way I coach as well. She has such a wealth of knowledge being world number two, being playing for 17 years on the pro tour, winning loads of junior titles, number one in her age group, all the way through her junior ranks. And it's just a fun conversation. You can tell the passion and enthusiasm in her voice. She enjoys what she does massively and I hope you'll find a lot of takeaways and a lot of nuggets from this really insightful chat between myself and Jenny Duncalf. One small caveat, the sound recording is not great on this in the first 15 minutes of the podcast. There was quite a long delay. She was in Brisbane and I'm not sure if the distance had anything to do with it, but it gets a little bit easier as the podcast progresses, so hopefully you can stick with it because it's really insightful of what we talk about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jenny Duncalf is one of the biggest names in squash, and someone who spent more than fifteen years at the very top of the sport. A former World Number 2 with more than 100 England caps, she competed at four separate Commonwealth Games where she picked up three silver medals to add to her multiple European championships. She's also an all-round lovely individual, and someone we've wanted to have on for a while – and we're delighted we've finally managed to make it happen by linking up with Jenny in Australia. There's lots of great stuff in this conversation – how Jenny got her start in the sport; her memories of her first England call-up; some of her favourite moments, including her experiences of multiple Commonwealth Games; finding love on the tour and her coming out story; and what life is like now after retiring from the sport. We're really grateful Jenny took the time to chat with us for this episode, and we think you'll like her as much as we do. It's a cracker! WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST? @JennyDuncalf WANT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PODCAST? @jack_murley jack.murley@bbc.co.uk

The main Sachvie is getting married!!! #congratsWe speak about the big day and the temptation to get a game of squish in with Big Nico. David Walshes 'The Russian Affair' gets a mention and the fingers crossed but all going well it looks like the PSA world tour may resume next month as a provisional calendar has been released. We welcome back former world #2 Jenny Duncalf to the show and following the news of another college in the US to cut Varsity Squash we welcome on Oisin Logan a former GW player and Alum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

EPISODE 10!! We welcome guest and 3 former world class PSA players in Aisling Blake, Samantha Cornett and Jenny Duncalf who all pay tribute to Raneem El Welily following her recent retirement. Stuart picks the lads up hitting a 6.5 following his departure from the US as Arthurs optimism dwindles and Chris jumps back over the border! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Raneem El Weleily shocked the squash world on June 25th by announcing her retirement from the game while sitting atop the PSA world rankings. Jenny Duncalf speaks about Raneem's incredible career looking back to her world jr. champion days, her early years on tour, Jenny's personal head to head with Raneem, the rivalry with Nicol David, and what makes Raneem such a majestic player and person who always gave back off the court.

Jenny Duncalf played Squash professionally for an amazing 20 years. Jenny chats about how she physically endured the challenges, and the mental toughness needed in order to succeed. www.anygivenrunway.com

Jenny Duncalf is a retired professional squash player with a career-high ranking of 2. She is currently a PSA presenter and the performance pathway coach for Squash Australia. Having represented England in over 100 games, won the Qatar Classic in 2010 and now coaching the game, Jenny shares her breadth and depth of knowledge on the game from working with squash players in Australia, her own battles with Nicol David during her career and the future of English and Australian Squash. You can follow Jenny on Instagram here.

This week Nick Matthew and Daryl Selby are joined by Jenny Duncalf & Laura Massaro.Laura is a former World Champion & World no.1. Jenny is a former World no.2 now living in Australia. Both players came through the Junior ranks together & won 2 Commonwealth Games Silver Medals as a Doubles partnership. Remarkably they retired on the same day in 2019.

The proof is in the pudding, Jenny Duncalf is without question a super talent both on and off the court. Having reached and spent several years at world #2 behind the recently crowned GOAT of ladies squash Nicol David, Jenny continues to play at the highest level and looks to return to the court soon following a summer hip surgery. Jenny took us inside her life on tour which is three-pronged these days as a player, women's president of the PSA, and as MC for several major PSA events.

“I’ve always loved playing team events”. Representing England, Jenny Duncalf won the World Team Championships in 2006 and is this week’s guest on the Best in the World with Richard Parr. The Liverpool FC fan reveals how a Football Association ruling led her to take up squash. Jenny talks about what she learned growing up around squash players. Jenny discusses her relationship with fellow squash player Rachel Grinham. The former World Number Two also talks about starting to commentate and announce at squash events. You can learn more about Jenny on Twitter at @jennyduncalf and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Jenny-Duncalf-320894262021. Please support our podcast at patreon.com/bestintheworld See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.