CLUB SERVICES

 

Benefits and Services Downloadable Forms

 

Squash Ontario Benefits and Services

for Member Facilities

 

As a member of Squash Ontario, you may access all of the programmes and services which we deliver. Most of these are available to members as part of their membership fees.

  1. Rules Clinics
    Cost to Members: $0.00
    Cost to Non-Members: $140.00
    Rules clinics are informal introductions to the rules of squash and are designed to provide the average club player with a basic understanding of the rules of the game and of the duties of the marker. They are held in a classroom setting and last approximately three hours.
  2. Squash Life Magazine
    Cost to Members: $0.00
    Cost to Non-Members: $20.00 subscription
    Squash Life magazine is the only magazine in Canada devoted solely to squash. Its content is geared to both high performance and recreational players and includes interesting and beneficial articles on the rules, coaching, universities, junior grass roots programmes, nutrition, sports
    injuries and major events. Complimentary copies of the magazine are delivered directly to member clubs 4 times a year.
  3. Rules Books
    Cost to Members: $0.00
    Cost to Non-Members: $5.00 each
    Quantities of the official rules of squash are made available to member clubs upon request. Many clubs include a copy of the rule book as part of their own "new member" package.
  4. Score Pads
    Cost to Members: $0.00
    Cost to Non-Members: $5.00 each
    Quantities of score pads, utilized for in-house or other tournaments, are made available to member cubs upon request.

    Draw Sheets
    Cost to Members: $0.00
    Cost to Non-Members: $5.00 each
    Quantities of draw sheets, utilized for in-house or other tournaments, are made available to member clubs upon request.
  5. Eyeguard Stickers
    Cost to Members: $0.00
    Cost to Non-Members: $4.00 each
    Eyeguard stickers, made specifically for court doors, are available to member clubs upon request. There are three different stickers available: Mandatory, Mandatory for Juniors, Strongly Recommended
  6. Monthly Mailings
    Cost to Members: $0.00
    Cost to Non-Members: Not available
    Each month, Squash Ontario mails flyers promoting all of the sanctioned events being held in Ontario. These are of particular importance to many of the competitive players in the clubs.
  7. Sanctioning of Events
    Cost to Members: $60.00
    Cost to Non-Members: Not available
    The sanction fee includes 5 key components:

    * insurance coverage
    * one dozen official balls
    * design, printing and mailing costs for club's promotional flyer
    * protection of club's tournament date from other tournaments
    * inclusion in the Annual Handbook and on the current fixtures list
  8. Website Listing
    Cost to Members: $0.00
    Cost to Non-Members: Not available
    As more and more people use the internet to source information, your club listing and and link to your website (if applicable) can be an extremely valuable service.
  9. Equipment Loaner:
    Cost to Members: $ 0.00
    Programme Cost to Non-Members: $50.00/week
    Many clubs are filling their court down time by encouraging school participation. Squash Ontario will provide racquets, balls and eyeguards to member clubs upon request. A deposit is required but is refundable upon return of all equipment.
  10. Courting Schools
    Cost to Members: $ 0.00
    Programme Cost to Non-Members: $150.00
    This programme provides a complete package for the club to market its courts during their down time to neighbouring schools. Package includes sample introductory letter and brochure, disk with all local schools listed along with contact names, addresses, etc., and a financial statement to show a club how implementing the "courting schools" programme can generate significant new revenues.
  11. Referrals:
    Cost to Members: $0.00
    Cost to Non-Members: Not available
    The Squash Ontario office receives many, many calls from people looking for a squash club to join. In every case, we refer them only to member clubs.
  12. Inter-Regional
    Cost to Members: Registration
    Leagues: Cost to Non-Members: Not eligible
    League participation is an excellent way in which a club can showcase not only its players but its facility. Very often, league players in a club are the catalyst for successful programming. Club are encouraged to enter both men's and women's teams in leagues which offer competitive levels from A to E to, in some regions, veterans and masters.
  13. Insurance
    All sanctioned events and activities are covered by Squash Ontario's
    $5,000,000 insurance policy which includes bodily injury on court. This
    coverage is very expensive and often prohibitive for smaller clubs to access.
  14. Junior Club Manual
    An exceptional and comprehensive resource on how to design your junior program. It includes commonly asked questions, eight lesson plans, drills and games. In addition there are helpful suggestions on how to build your program by accessing neighbouring schools and how to integrate Squash Ontario's bronze, silver, gold, provincial and games events into your junior program. This Guide has been produced as part of Squash Ontario's partnership with the Ontario Trillium Foundation and Head. $30.00 (tax and shipping inclu.)