The Massachusetts Seniors Squash Rackets Association was founded in 1987 as an squash league. The MSSRA is a league for male squash players over the age of fifty-five. It is generally regarded as the top level of squash competition for senior citizens in Massachusetts.
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The MSSRA was founded in 1987 as an squash league. The league's inaugural year featured only thirty-two players and was generally regarded as a weak alternative to the far more respected NESLA.
In 1990, the NESLA declared bankruptcy and most of the players joined the MSSRA, without the competition from NESLA, the MSSRA became the premier squash association for elderly players in Massachusetts, be they professional players or amateurs.
Ranking system
The MSSRA uses a squash ranking system familiar to those who followed the NESLA and other squash organizations. Players are awarded points for their victories, point values are higher if a player defeats someone ranked above him and are lower if someone defeats a lower ranked player.
Professionals
First place: Rickey D. Hanson
Second place: Dennis Sullivan
Third place: Roy J. Barnett
Fourth place: R. James Vernon
Fifth place: James Bliss
Amateurs
First place: Jack Gibbons
Second place: Mike U. Fife
Third place: Guang Chen
Fourth place: Raymond Bergeron
Fifth place: De Hsia
Professionals over sixty five
First place: Donald I. Roberts
Second place: Noah Ellis
Third place: Thomas Kelley
Fourth place: Ken V. Stevens
Fifth place: Kevin M. Cooper
Amateurs over sixty five
First place: Joeseph B. Peoples
Second place: Robert Cozart
Third place: James T. Yates
Fourth place: Jerome Jackson
Fifth place: Anton Von Massenberg