Ibibuga bya Squash bya rubanda byafunguwe ku buntu ku ruhande rwo hasi rw'iburasirazuba bwa Manhattan

Alex Wessner na Ryan Wall bari gukina umukino wa squash umunsi umwe. Wessner agira ati: “Wari umunsi mwiza cyane wo mu mpeshyi, ubushyuhe bwa dogere 75, kandi nifuzaga gusohoka gusa.” Ikibazo cyonyine ni ikihe? Squash, nibura mu Mujyi wa New York, ni umukino wo mu nzu gusa. Nyuma y'imyaka ine, Wessner na Wall bafatanyije na bagenzi babo bakunda umukino wa racquetball Brian Staub na Sean Dragann gutangiza Public Squash no kubaka ibibuga bya mbere bya squash ku buntu mu Mujyi wa New York.

Inzugi z'inyubako y'ibirahuri birabagirana, igishushanyo cyayo gishushanya imiterere igezweho ya Apple Store, cyafunguwe ku mugaragaro kuwa kabiri. Ibibuga, biherereye muri Hamilton Fish Park ku ruhande rw'iburasirazuba, biri hafi ya pisine nini y'imikino Olempike, ibibuga bya basketball n'ikigo cy'imyidagaduro cya Beaux-Arts cyashushanyijwe mu 1898 na Carrère & Hastings (ikigo kimwe cyashushanyije Isomero rusange rya New York rizwi cyane ku muhanda wa gatanu wa Manhattan). Abakunzi ba Squash bashobora gukodesha amasasu n'imipira y'ubuntu mbere yo kugera ku bibuga.

Abakunzi b'uyu mukino bazamenya uburyo igitekerezo ari gishya. Ibibuga bya Squash bikunze kugaragara muri Manhattan, ariko inyinshi muri byo ni amatsinda n'ibigo by'imikino bifite abanyamuryango, akenshi ku giciro cyo hejuru. (Uretse amafaranga y'ubunyamuryango, amatsinda menshi yishyuza amafaranga yo gukodesha ikibuga.) Weisner yita iki kibazo cy'uyu mukino "preppy", mu by'ukuri ni ukwibeshya. Ati: "Nubwo ufatwa nk'umukino uhambaye," ariko mu by'ukuri ufite inkomoko iciriritse." (Cyane cyane, uyu mukino wabanje gukinirwa hanze.) Abakinnyi ba mbere ba Squash bari imfungwa zo muri Gereza ya Fleet ya London, batangiye gukubita imipira bakoresheje amasasu ku nkuta za gereza nk'uburyo bwo gukora imyitozo mu ntangiriro z'ikinyejana cya 19. Uyu mukino wateguwe ku mugaragaro muri Harrow School for Boys i Londres, aho ibibuga bine bya mbere bya Squash byubatswe mu 1864. Kuva icyo gihe, uyu mukino wakwirakwiriye ku isi yose ku rwego rutandukanye rwo gukundwa, ariko ku batuye New York n'Abanyamerika benshi, ikibazo cya preppy kiracyari.
Bafite imyumvire y’ikinyagihumbi, abagize Inteko Ishinga Amategeko ya Squash bakoze ubushakashatsi kuri interineti basanga nubwo hashakishijwe kenshi imikino ya squash kuri Google mu Mujyi wa New York, ibisubizo ntibyari byumvikana kuko nta mikino yari ihari. Nubwo hari imikino ya handball ya handball ya 1980 mu turere dutanu, gushakisha kuri interineti kuri izi mbuga ntibyakunze kugaragara. Bizeye gutandukana n’umuco, itsinda ryegereye Ishami rya Pariki n’Imyidagaduro rya NYC rifite igitekerezo cyo guhindura imikino ya handball ya handball yari isanzweho mo imikino ya squash. Batekereje ko kubaka inkuta eshatu z’inyongera byari kuzingira burundu imikino y’imikino ya squash ku rwego mpuzamahanga. Babyizeye, Ishami rya Pariki ryakodesheje imikino ku buntu, ariko inyubako yafashwe na Weisner, Staub, Wall, na Dragan.
Uyu muryango watangije gahunda yo gukusanya inkunga izamara imyaka myinshi. Impano z’ingano zitandukanye, ahanini ziturutse ku nshuti, umuryango n’abakunzi ba squash, ndetse no ku igurishwa rya T-shirt za PS, zaje gukusanya amafaranga ahagije yo kubaka ikibuga cya squash cyo hanze kigezweho.

Iyi mihati ni intangiriro gusa y'umuhate wo kuvugurura inkomoko y'uyu mukino wa Ivy League no kuwugira ahantu horoshye nk'umukino wa basketball wo mu gace utuyemo. Si abakinnyi gusa bumva akamaro ka squash: Bitandukanye na tennis, uyu mukino uboneka ku buryo butangaje kandi washyizwe ku rutonde rw'imipira myiza cyane na Forbes. Imiryango ikorera i New York nka CitySquash imaze igihe kinini yemera ibyiza squash ishobora kugira ku rubyiruko rudafite amahirwe: Urubuga rwayo rugaragaza ko 100 ku ijana by'abanyeshuri barangije amashuri yisumbuye muri CitySquash barangiza amashuri yisumbuye, naho 98 ku ijana bagakomeza kaminuza.

PS ifite intego ku hazaza ha squash mu mikino Olempike. Wall yagize ati: “Ntabwo byigeze biba siporo Olempike, ahanini bitewe n’ingorane zo kugera aho imikino ibera. Twizere ko ubu buryo buzafasha squash kwemererwa kujya mu mikino Olempike.”
Itsinda ribona kandi ahantu nk'ibirenze ikibuga gusa, risobanura ko inkuta z'ibirahure zemerera guhanga udushya, kandi imbere mu cyumba hashobora kwakira ibirori. Nubwo gahunda zo kubaka ikindi kibuga zitarashyirwa mu bikorwa, nta gushidikanya ko ari intambwe ikurikiraho. Ibyo bituma umuntu yibaza ati: Ni iki kibuza umuntu kubaka ikindi kibuga? Weisner agira ati: “Nta kintu na kimwe kibabuza, kandi twizeye ko bazabikora!”. “Intego yacu ni ukugera ku bantu, bityo rero mwumve neza! Turashaka ko buri wese abasha kuza gukina.”