CLUB SERVICES

Squash Ontario Benefits and Services

for Member Facilities

As a member of Squash Ontario, you may access all of the programs 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: $150.00
   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. Abbreviated Rules of Squash Rules Sheet
   Cost to Members: $0.00
   Cost to Non-Members: Not Available
   Member clubs may access a PDF of the Abbreviated Rules of Squash with their club logo/name on it.  The PDF will be emailed upon request to clubs.
   
3. 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.
4. 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. Courting Schools
   Cost to Members: $ 0.00
   Program Cost to Non-Members: $150.00
   This program provides a complete package for the club to market its courts during their down time to neighbouring schools. Package includes sample introductory letter, flyer and a financial statement to show a club how implementing the "courting schools" program can generate new revenues.
   
10. 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.
    
11. 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.
    
12. 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.