WJC Profile | Emmy Lamb

New South Wales rising squash star Emmy Lamb has been around squash for as long as she can remember with her dad introducing her and brother Ken to the game at a young age. This year, Emmy will follow in her brother’s footsteps, and compete at her first World Junior Championships. 

Reflecting on when she first picked up a racquet, Emmy said “Ken naturally picked it up very quickly, it took me about two years until I won my first match.” 

“My dad actually debated if it was the right sport for me, I guess some time between when I competitively started playing 10 years ago and now, I’ve improved!” 

Alongside Squash, Emmy tried her hand at hockey, “I played hockey for a few years, my parents got tired of driving me to multiple practices for multiple sports. Now, I do a lot of cross country but I have mainly been focused on squash from about 15 years old.”

Emmy continues to play and train at her home court of Willoughby Squash Club in northern Sydney under the tutelage of Geoff Davenport. She highlights representing Australia in the Trans Tasman Test she said the experience has been her favourite so far. 

“Playing the 2024 Trans Tasman Test on the glass court at the Melbourne Sports & Aqautic Centre is my best experience so far,” said Emmy. 

“Successfully representing Australia in the 2024 Trans Tasman Test where we won, and I was able to win both my matches is my great achievement at this point.” 

Looking forward to this year’s WJC held in Houston, Texas in July, Emmy will be using her experience from 2023 European Juniors and Dutch Juniors to help prepare.

“After seeing the standard of play in Europe in 2023, I know it will be really, really tough competing on the world stage, but it's truly an honour to play for Australia and I'm looking forward to it,” said Emmy. 

“My goal for the next few months will be to stay injury-free and mentally-positive going into Worlds. Then focus on the HSC!”