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As you would be aware, the Victorian State Government recently announced that from 22 June 2020 all indoor sport and recreation activities venues may reopen with up to 20 people per space, and up to 10 people per group or activity at any one time. Squash and Racquetball Victoria (S&RV) has prepared a 'Return to Play Squash and Racquetball in a Covid-19 safe Environment Plan' which is detailed here. reference: squash victoria

Missing your squash and racquetball pals? Well so are we! Thanks to Karen Cagliarini for setting up an awesome way for us to stay connected as a community and have a bit of fun with it too - while fundraising for us all. First round (test run) is Tuesday, April 21st

New players and players who attended previous lectures prior to 1/1/16 need to attend one of these sessions. The venues and times for RAP lectures are as follows: Monday 14/10/19 - Grace Park Hawthorn Club 7.00 - 8.30pm; Thursday 17/10/19 - Mulgrave Country Club - 7.30 - 9.00pm; Monday 21/10/19 - Kooyong L.T.C. - 7.00 - 8.30pm; Thursday 24/10/19 - Melbourne University - 7.00 - 8.30pm

Th North West Squash League (NWSL) was well represents in the State 2019 Summer Competition. Players from NWSL Teams: Fitzpatrick (1), Fitzpatrick (2), Epping (1), and Focus GP (1). MVP State 2 - Glendon AND MVP State 3 Luca Zucchi.

Click here to read more to find dates. Players are reminded that in order for a team to be eligible to play in Finals 3 player in a teams must be RAP (Referee Accredited Player).

Who are the premiers for 2019 Autumn season across the grades in the midweek and thursday competitions?

The NWSL competition was a VERY large competition back in 1985. There were a number of competitions: Mens midweek, Womens midweek, Sunday mixed, Masters ( must have been a fairly new addition ), Mens Friday, & Friday Womens. Check out the pictures provided by Garry Gilbertson from Essendon Squash.... thanks Garry! Mostly 10 grade teams . Count the number of grades , 10 teams per grade , multiply by players , ( assuming at least four players per team ). So by my very rough estimate assuming only four players per team , and factoring that some players play more than one comp , I estimate that the player pool was upwards of 3,000. Yes Sunday mixed was a new experience to play with the opposite sex . Previously, men only played against men, ditto for women .

Checkout the 2019 Autumn Final Fixture for Semi/Prelim/GF fixture and REFFing duties.

Back in 1985 the captains book had a lot of venues at which our squash competition was played.

Checkout the fixtures online now for Midweek and Thursday competition are available. Players in teams will be created soon. Have FUN!