Nine referees from our continent have been appointed by World Squash Officiating to two of October’s major PSA World Tour events, with an all-Americas panel in San Francisco.
World Squash Officiating (WSO) has released its referee appointments for the biggest PSA World Tour events of October 2026, and the Americas are strongly represented. Nine referees from our continent will officiate at the Silicon Valley Open in San Francisco and the Canadian Women’s Open & Smart Centres Canada Cup in Toronto.
Silicon Valley Open: An All-Americas Panel
Silicon Valley Open 2026 presented by Oracle NetSuite · PSA Gold · San Francisco, USA · 20–24 October
All five referees appointed to the Gold-level event in San Francisco come from the Americas: Daniel Greco · Tammer Alnaggary · Curtis Gillespie · Leo Arozena · Ben Groot.
Canadian Women’s Open & Smart Centres Canada Cup
Canadian Women’s Open & Smart Centres Canada Cup 2026 · PSA Silver · Toronto, Canada · 25–30 October
Five of the six referees in Toronto are from our continent: Leo Arozena · Darrin Manley · Sofia Navadeh · David Fishburn · Viano Oghenekevwe, joined by Andrea Santamaria.
Leo Arozena will officiate at both events, back to back. A member of the WSO Advisory Group, he also serves alongside Sofia Navadeh on the PanAm Squash Refereeing Committee, a sign of the experience our officials bring to the international game.
October’s Other Major Appointments
- Champion Fiberglass Swedish Open 2026 (Silver) · Stockholm, Sweden · 30 Sep–4 Oct: Jason Foster · Marko Podgorsek · Laura Tiemann · Joaquim Rissetto
- CIB Egyptian Squash Open 2026 (Diamond) · Cairo, Egypt · 10–16 Oct: Roy Gingell · Roman Svec · Srikanth Seshadri · Ashraf Hussein · Alex Hewitson · Mayar El Serty · Waleed Yaseen · Mohamed El Naggar
- Venus ABC Open 2026 (Copper) · Karachi, Pakistan · 21–25 Oct: Tahir Khanzada · Muhammad Asim Amin · Kash Khan · TBC
- Czech Open 2026 (Copper) · Brno, Czechia · 29 Oct–2 Nov: Tomas Forter · Miguel Galante
At PanAm Squash, we congratulate all our referees on their appointments. Their presence at PSA Gold and Silver events is the result of years of work, and it is exactly the kind of experience that will matter as World Squash Officiating builds its LA28 referee selection pathway.
Full list of appointments: World Squash Officiating.
