I am in India with the NZ Junior Womens Squash Team competing in the 2009 World Championships.

The individual event is done and dusted and unbelievably the event was won by a 13 year old girl from Egypt. Of course she didn't look 13 and there were lots of raised eyebrows, but who cares? She trounced the best in the world; well not really, all the great players these days seem to come from Egypt, Pakistan and India.

We are now into the quarter finals of the teams' event and NZ plays Hong Kong, China, for a place in the semis. The powerhouses of squash in my day have sadly been left behind by Egypt, India and the Asian countries are quickly following behind. But we did beat (no actually thrash) our friends from across the ditch in the first round.

Despite the heat, the smog, the filth and the threat of Dehli belly, India is an interesting place and there is a huge congregation here of squash delegates from around the world waiting with baited breath to hear the outcome of which two sports will be included in the 2016 Olympic Games.

Rumour has it and it is just that, that rugby sevens will go through and it will be a choice between squash, golf and softball for the next spot. Obviously I am a little biased but I truly believe that entry into the Olympics will enhance the game of squash far more so than for golf.

Squash fits the criteria for inclusion except perhaps the major one that seems to be the determining factor in everything these days and that's money. We can't fill a stadium with 100.000 screaming fans. Sad, but true, it's all about lobbying and playing the political game. Some may call that corruption but hey, I better be careful or I may not get out of India alive.

Let's face it; as soon as a sport is part of the Olympic movement, funding becomes more available at all levels. I have seen that just with squash's inclusion in the Commonwealth Games.

I can't see the Olympic Games having more prestige than the U.S Masters for golfers, but I can see every squash player busting their gut to get to the Olympics. I believe this is squash's third attempt and for a sport on a tiny budget compared to the major sports I sense a "now or never" feeling to this campaign.

I only ever had one regret in my career and that was I never got to experience an event like the Olympics. Fingers crossed I might one day get there, so I better do a good job of managing these girls as they will be just hitting their peak in 2016.
Oh and by the way if you want to see some top squash in action don't forget to head down to Bayfair next week and catch some of the A1 Homes NZ Squash Open.