Jonah Barrington

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(born 29 April 1941) is a retired Irish/English

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player, originally from

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, Cornwall, England. A Cornish-born Irish squash player, Barrington won the

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(which was considered to be the effective world championship event before the

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began) six times between 1967 and 1973, and was known as "Mr. Squash". Barrington attended

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, and spent two years at

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. The six-time British champion came from an old Anglo-Irish family. Jonah now coaches Egyptian world no.1 and 2015 British Open champion

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. One of his ancestors, Sir Jonah Barrington, established an estate in

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called "Glenstal", which was eventually sold in the 1930s to a group of

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s who established a boarding school. In 1982 Barrington co-authored the book ''Murder in the Squash Court: the Only Way to Win''. He has coached Israeli squash player

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. Barrington is the father of professional squash player and commentator

Joey Barrington Joey Barrington (born 18 January 1979) is a former professional squash player from England and currently the lead commentator for the PSA World Tour. He is the son of the squash player Jonah Barrington. He studied Sport and Exercise Science at ...

British Open titles

Books

*1982, ''Murder in the Squash Court: The Only Way to Win'' (with Angela Patmore), London: S. Paul;

References

External links

*
Sunday Times article 4 April 2010
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrington, Jonah 1941 births Living people British squash players Irish male squash players People from Morwenstow People educated at Cheltenham College Sportspeople from Cornwall