Jonah Barrington (squash player) of his ancestors, Sir Jonah Barrington, established an estate in County Limerick called "Glenstal", which was eventually sold in the 1930s to a group of Belgian Benedictine monks who established a boarding school. In 1982 Barrington co-authored the book "Murder in the Squash Court: the Only Way to Win". He has coached Israeli squash player Daniel Poleshchuk. Barrington is the father of professional squash player Joey Barrington. Jonah Barrington (squash player) Jonah Barrington (born 29 April 1941) is a retired Irish/English squash player, originally from Morwenstow, Cornwall, England. A Cornish-born Irish squash player, Barrington won the British Open (which was
Gordon Watson (squash player) competition in Australia, inspired him to travel to contest the British Open (the effective world championship of the sport at the time) in England in 1950; the first Australian male squash player to tour overseas. As a seeded player in his first international competition, Gordon put out Englishman E S Hawes in the first round: 9-1, 6-9, 9-0, 9-4. In the quarter finals he defeated another Englishman, W E J Gordon: 9-1, 9-7, 7-9, 10-9. Gordon met Abdul Bari, a leading Indian player, in the semi final and was defeated: 9-2, 9-2, 10-8. 1950 closed with the world rankings as