As a provincial sport governing body and member organization, Squash Ontario Board and staff are committed to support the fight to end systemic racism. We trust that our audience will join us in paying tribute to the countless black and racial minority lives that have suffered injustice and disrespect because of failure for our communities to protect each other.

Thanks to a new Squash Canada partnership with worldwide known Squash Player Magazine, Squash Ontario members will now have complimentary access to the most latest electronic issue of the magazine.

Over the past two months, Squash Ontario has featured many of the special corporate partners that form the bedrock of our athlete development programming. This week, we profile Harrow Sports who aside from being a gold level contributor to junior squash in Ontario, are also taking on a larger calling as they help tackle COVID-19.

This week in our Corporate Partner Profile, we feature one of the newest supporters of Squash Ontario in 2019-20, Forthlane Partners. When Martha Simmons agreed to sit on the SO fundraising committee, like all of it’s members, she brought with her a passion for growing the sport and also financial resources to back it up.

Next up in our tour of new squash clubs to introduce to Ontario, we head east to the city of Brockville, where resident real estate rep Matt Boyd took a leap of faith and spearheaded the creation of the Brockville Squash Club which opened its doors in 2019.

This past weekend was scheduled to be the 2020 Canadian Junior Closed Championships in Victoria, BC where many Ontario juniors would have secured National podium finishes to end their seasons. Instead, over 100 junior families and coaches spent their Saturday evening attending the first-ever virtual Junior Awards Banquet, Presented by the Jesters.

Late in 2019, Squash Ontario received a phone call from Melissa Goldmintz-Shah looking for squash equipment to borrow to help with her newly renovated and re-launched gym that had one squash court in the Blue Mountains. This was an exciting phone call to finish off the 2019 busy squash year and to welcome a new club into the Squash Ontario family before year’s end.

As we step away from the courts, we wanted to remind the squash community that there are plenty of ways to stay engaged with sport and the below listings are tailored to athletes - any age and skill level - introducing opportunities off-court. Tap into these resources to help start your next season off stronger.

Dream team duo of actor Ryan Reynolds and hockey sensation Hayley Wickenheiser have partnered to spotlight the Conquer COVID-19 organization that sprang up quickly to help supply healthcare and front line workers with equipment to limit the spread of the virus.