2014 NetSuite Open To Benefit SquashDrive Charity

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 26, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its continued commitment to the future of squash, the NetSuite Open Squash Championships will again partner with SquashDrive, an after-school youth development program that combines education and squash into programs that enrich the lives of Bay Area youth, especially those in underserved neighborhoods.

This week's NetSuite Open, which brings the world's top squash players to San Francisco's Justin Herman Plaza through September 30, will host its first Corporate Squash Challenge in support of its charity partner. The Challenge will bring together executives from Bay Area-based corporations for a friendly squash competition. The participating companies are donating a $5,000 "entry fee" with all proceeds directly benefitting SquashDrive.

"Squash has always been a personal passion of mine," said Evan Goldberg, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of NetSuite. "We are really excited to announce the Corporate Squash Challenge this year, which will not only bring together the local squash community with Bay Area businesses, but will also help play a big part in helping to grow the next generation of squash talent."

The following companies will be participating: NetSuite, KKR, VoxPop Network Corporation, Vista Equity Partners and Cascade Capital Management.

"Making an investment in the future of squash is one of the best parts of my job as tournament director," said John Nimick, President of Event Engine, Inc. & NetSuite Open Tournament Director. "Saturday's clinic with the SquashDrive players is one of the highlights of the tournament for the professional players."

A squash clinic with the top players from the Professional Squash Association Tour will be held on Saturday, September 27 at 1 p.m. for the kids in SquashDrive at the all-glass court at Justin Herman Plaza.

SquashDrive is an after-school youth development program in Oakland that blends squash instruction with academics, tutoring, mentoring and community service. Team members participate in SquashDrive activities three hours a day, three days a week throughout the school year. The squash program consists of on-court instruction and practices. Nutrition and fitness is also an important part of the program.  Each SquashDrive team member will participate in a minimum of 10 hours of community service per year. 

For more information on the NetSuite Open and the Challenge, visit www.netsuiteopensquash.com. Follow the NetSuite Open on Facebook and Twitter.  

About NetSuite
Today, more than 20,000 companies and subsidiaries depend on NetSuite (NYSE: N) to run complex, mission-critical business processes globally in the cloud. Since its inception in 1998, NetSuite has established itself as the leading provider of enterprise-class cloud financials/ERP suites for divisions of large enterprises and mid-sized organizations seeking to upgrade their antiquated client/server ERP systems. NetSuite excels at streamlining business operations as demonstrated in a recent Gartner study naming NetSuite as the fastest growing financial management software vendor on a global basis. NetSuite continues its success in delivering the best cloud ERP/financials suites to businesses around the world, enabling them to lower IT costs significantly while increasing productivity, as the global adoption of the cloud is accelerating.Follow NetSuite's Cloud blog, NetSuite's Facebook page and @NetSuite Twitter handle for real-time updates. For more information about NetSuite, please visit www.netsuite.com.

About Event Engine
Event Engine, Inc. is a visionary event and entertainment marketing company specializing in the creation of unique athletic, musical, corporate and philanthropic events in extraordinary venues.  Founded in 2000 by US Squash Hall of Fame member John Nimick, Event Engine has grown from the management of a single, but unique, annual professional squash championship in Grand Central Terminal to a portfolio of successful events in some of the best known locations in North America and with some of the best-known entertainment celebrities in the world.  The Event Engine mission is to provide an unparalleled, highly valuable, highest quality result for clients, customer and corporate partners.  Event Engine is part of the Welldone Group, a global sports and entertainment agency based in Frankfurt, Germany.

About the NetSuite Open
The NetSuite Open Squash Championships return to San Francisco's South Lawn of Justin Herman Plaza on an all-glass portable squash court for the third year September 24-30, 2014. Sanctioned by the Professional Squash Association, the PSA International 70 NetSuite Open is one of the top 15 professional tournaments in the world as determined by prize money.

Some 450 reserved seats are available for the NetSuite Open, ranging in price from $30 to $250. For tickets, draws, schedule and more information, please visit www.NetSuiteOpenSquash.com. Follow the NetSuite Open on Facebook and Twitter.  

NOTE: NetSuite and the NetSuite logo are service marks of NetSuite Inc.

SOURCE Event Engine