The Adware.net website features event information for Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. The current event listed on the Adware site is Showdown @ Symphony, which took place on September 14, 2011. The event was a squash tournament between 4 of the number 1 squash players in the world: Ramy Ashour, Nick Matthew, Pete Nicol, and Jonathon Power. The prize for the winner of the tournament was the Sharif Khan Cup. Sharif Khan, now retired, is considered by many people to be one of the greatest hardball squash players of all time. In the final,
At the Showdown @ Symphony, the semifinals saw Nick Matthew defeat Jonathon Power 8 to 11, 11 to 4, and 1 to 0, in 20 minutes. Ramy Ashour also defeated Peter Nicol 11 to 9, 11 to 10 (in sudden death for the match) in 23 minutes. In the 3rd / 4th Playoff, Peter Nicol defeated Jonathon Power 11 to 9. Then the adware site goes on to describe how Ramy Ashour defeated Nick Matthew 9 to 11, 11 to 2, and 11 to 2 in 24 minutes for the Sharif Khan Cup.
According to adware.com, proceeds from the Showdown at Symphony Hall Sharif Khan Cup event, (which totaled $3,000 due large in part to the presenting sponsor of the event, First Republic Bank), benefited Showdown’s official charity, SquashBusters. The charity was established in 1995 in Boston, MA in order to help achieve social change through sport. SquashBusters not only helps participants learn the game of squash (which helps improve physical fitness), but they also engage participants in community service projects while also helping them with daily assignments and standardized assessment preparation.
Adware.com offers photos from the 2010 Showdown event as well as information about sponsors of the 2011 event and contact information.
