Commonwealth Sport Canada (CSC) and Squash Canada today announced the athletes who will represent Team Canada in squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham England taking place July 28 to August 8, 2022.

The team of strong athletes will be competing in their first Commonwealth Games, although some are no strangers to large multi-sport Games. Squash Canada is proud to announce Hollie Naughton (Oakville, ON), Nicole Bunyan (Victoria, BC), David Baillargeon (Lévis, QC), and Nick Sachvie (St. Catharines, ON) as the Canadian Commonwealth Team.

After a long wait, the WSF World Junior Squash Championships are back, and Canada is ready! From August 11th to August 21st, the French Squash Federation will host the best players from around the world as they battle it out in Nancy, France. The event will feature a junior men’s and women’s individual event and the men’s junior team championships. Read on for our Team event and Individual event player announcements.

Squash Ontario is seeking a new member to serve on the Board of Directors for 2022 – 2024.

As you are aware, we hosted our premier fundraiser last Thursday - The Grand Golf Bazaar at the Upper Unionville Golf Club in Markham. The event was a huge success courtesy our wonderful golfers, who turned up despite the gloomy weather forecast. Fortunately, the event went ahead as planned and everyone had a day filled with fun, fitness and friendship. The Grand Golf Bazaar was able to raise over $18,000 to support the late Mark Sachvie’s mission to support junior development and grow the game.

Five Ontario Athletes Crowned Canadian Champions

Over 390 of Canada’s top squash players participated in the 2022 Oxford Properties Canadian Squash Championships in Vancouver, BC this past weekend.

This past weekend, over 70 junior athletes switched things up and took to the doubles court at the Granite Club for the 2022 OSDL Ontario Junior Doubles Championships. As always, this event is a great opportunity to introduce our high performance juniors to the game of doubles! It is great to see players who are typically battling it out on the singles court, team up for the weekend.

FINAL CALL FOR SILENT AUCTION BIDS

We are very close to our SILENT AUCTION fund raising goal! Help us reach our target in this one of kind silent auction with some amazing items to bid on, win and thus donate to the sport of squash, putting more racquets into hands. We look forward to seeing you all at the golf course.

New Team Member Introduction - Tania Kumar, Program Coordinator

Joining the Squash Ontario is Tania Kumar who comes from a Sales, Marketing & Communications background and brings with her over 10 years of work experience. She has worked in the fitness industry and is an active squash player playing from Mayfair Parkway and on the TDWSA league. Tania enjoys the outdoors, fishing and is also a certified Yoga instructor. Her passion for the sport of Squash and to support its growth by introducing this game to more people is her goal.

Squash Ontario is excited to announce we are now accepting applications for the Robert Brooks Squash Scholarship, offering financial support to graduating Ontario secondary school students who have excelled in both school and squash. The successful recipients of the scholarship will be individuals (one male and one female) who have continually shown passion and sportsmanship, both on and off the court, and who are entering higher education. Recipients will have demonstrated a long-time commitment to the programming of Squash Ontario.

Urban Squash Toronto’s Canuck Classic Fund Raiser on Wednesday 22nd June,2022 is an event aimed to raise awareness for Urban Squash Toronto and the work they do to support under served youth in the Jane-Finch corridor to reach their full academic, athletic and personal potential. within the Toronto squash community, gain supporters, and raise funds for the organization.

Support UST by purchasing your ticket to the Canuck Classic or by way of donations.