The Federal Squash Centre of Riccione is one of the most important in Italy. In 2007 it hosted the European Championship for teams and many other international competitions. A matter of pride for the Perla Verde, the association which can always count on the support of Riccione Committee for Sport and the Italian Sport Federation.
The Centre, which is in Via Forlimpopoli, has seven courts and once a month hosts international events and it is sometimes visited by the heads of the Squash Italian Association
The tournament of 2007 meant for Italy the first time a Squash European competition was played in our Country...a clear sign how much the local association wants Riccione to be recognised soon as the best and most important Squash Centre in Italy.
The national team chooses the CTF in Riccione
After many years without a permanent centre, the national team coached by Vinicio Menegozzi has finally decided to have in Riccione its official centre. This is an important step for the team which can now work constantly with no need of moving. Riccione is an ideal place for training, being a small city but nevertheless equipped with everything these guys may need. According to the Italian Champion Sonia Pasteris, Riccione is a lovely place to work in, able to confer on the team new energy and motivation, beside a very important and renewed spirit of team work.
2007 Squash events in Riccione
 30 march/1st April –  European Championship  Final
13/15 April –  Italian Championship tournament, beginners
 2 / 6 May – European Championship Tournament for teams
 12/ 13 May – Master 2007
 18/20 May – European Championship for team final
 2 /3 June – Students final
 15 /17 June – Italian Junior Open
 23 /24 June – Italian Cup
Squash Rules
Squash is played with a racket slightly smaller than the one used in Tennis. The ball is made of gum and has inside a small quantity of water which, heating up during the game, has the ball going faster. Clothes must be very light and comfortable; shoes must not leave marks on the court.

Squash Court
A quash court must be   9,75m in length and 6,40m.in width. Normally it is wooden floored. Each wall of the court has precise
Marking outs beyond which the ball is considered out
 
The front wall has a limit of a 4,57m and the sidewalls 2,13m
The lower out mark is at 0,48m
THE SCORING
A match is the best of five games. Each game is to nine points, unless the score reaches eight-all. At eight-all the receiver (non-server) has to choose to play either to nine points (known as "Set One") or to ten points (known as "Set Two"). (There is no requirement that a player needs to be two points ahead to win a game).
Only the server scores points. When the server wins a rally, he or she scores a point; when the receiver wins a rally, he or she becomes the server.