As we close out another incredible year, Squash Ontario is thrilled to recognize and celebrate the achievements of our 2024 Provincial Champions! This past year was full of fierce competition, remarkable displays of skill, and inspiring sportsmanship. Our athletes gave it their all, and their hard work and dedication deserve to be celebrated.

In addition to our donation portal, three different programs are available whereby your participation will directly support Squash Ontario’s growth initiatives. Have a look below!

Squash Ontario is a not-for-profit that relies on the support of donors to enable sport growth and athlete development programs that wouldn’t operate at all without it. All donations made to the Lee Hanebury Junior Squash Fund will receive a tax receipt.

The 2024 Canadian Junior Open, held this past weekend at The Club at White Oaks and secondary venue Ridley College, was an extraordinary gathering of talent, bringing together some of the best junior squash players from Canada and around the world.

Squash Ontario is pleased to share a mid-season update of the 2024-2025 Jesters University League with you all. Our 10 participating Universities face off against each other over 5 competition weekends from October through February.

We are pleased to share that CGG Squash has come on board as a brand new corporate partner for the season, specifically with a title sponsorship of our 2025 Ontario Open Championships to be held in March 2025. This sponsorship will enhance the player experience, contributing to our largest event of the season!

This past weekend, the 2024 Ontario Junior Closed Championships presented by HEAD took center stage at Mayfair Lakeshore in Toronto, where Ontario’s top junior athletes showcased their skills and determination in Boys and Girls U11, U13, U15, U17, and U19 divisions. Known as the pinnacle of provincial junior squash competition, the event brought together high-performance players in a fiercely competitive and exciting atmosphere.

The “Canadian Squash Hall of Fame” has been created under the auspices of Squash Canada, to honour and to preserve the history of all aspects of squash in Canada. Any Canadian citizen or resident, or Canadian organization or entity can submit a nomination for selection/induction consideration.

This past weekend, Movati Athletic Brantford hosted an incredible 2024 Squash Ontario Masters Championships, bringing together passionate squash players from across the province to compete in a wide range of divisions.

Squash Ontario is committed to making squash accessible to everyone, including individuals with physical limitations. Our wheelchair squash program provides clubs and community organizations with access to five sport wheelchairs, available free of charge for rentals.

We are delighted to announce that the best squash players on the planet will yet again be descending upon Toronto for the 2025 SmartCentres Canada Cup, January 14th -16th. The long-time running event will boast an 8 man pro draw with a total purse of $70,000. The 2025 line up will include World #3 Diego Elias, World #5 Mazen Hesham, World #9 Joel Makin, World #14 Miguel Rodtiguez, WR# 21 Nicholas Mueller and more.

We are thrilled to be partnering with the racquet brand HEAD this squash season. This partnership will specifically support our Junior Silver tournaments, our Ontario Junior Closed Championships, and our annual fundraising campaign to support junior squash.

Attention doubles squash players! Please mark your calendars, grab your partners and register for the upcoming doubles events!

On October 28th, we were chosen as one of the community partners to receive a portion of the proceeds from the Canadian Women’s Open event held at Brookfield Place in downtown Toronto to support our female growth initiatives.

The 2024 Heidelberg Materials Ontario Championships Presented by NFP Canada, was the season’s first provincial championship event! This event brought together an energized squash community, featuring exciting competition across Men’s and Women’s divisions, and doubles in the Harvest Hit tournament.

NFP, an Aon Company, has officially partnered with Squash Ontario in the 2024-2025 season as a Corporate Partner and Presenting Sponsor of the 2024 Ontario Championships. This partnership will also continue to offer the 15% home and auto insurance discount to Squash Ontario members. Get started with a quote today! Call from Ontario - 1-877-337-9203 Email - NFPCangroup@nfp.ca

The team at Toronto Athletic Club are partnering with Ferry Path Education to do a squash camp and Sunday seminar for athletes who want to learn about becoming a student-athlete after their junior careers come to an end. Please continue reading for a note from the team at Toronto Athletic Club.

Squash Ontario is proud to be the provincial partner of the 2024 Canadian Women’s Open, an event that not only brings the best female squash players in the world to Ontario but also plays a key role in increasing the sport's visibility. Hundreds of thousands of people will witness squash during this event, and local communities, including Urban Squash Toronto and Squash Ontario participants, will have the opportunity to access the glass court.

Squash Ontario is excited to share that Reese MacLean has joined our team as the Competitions and Programs Coordinator.  Reese will be working on junior and community tournaments, as well as our officiating program. She is well acquainted with the Squash Ontario tournament pathway and programs, having played junior squash for many years, competed in the Jesters University League, and is now coaching at the Ontario Racquet Club. 

The game of squash thrives when there is growth at the local and regional levels. Squash Ontario’s Community Awards program was created by the Board of Directors to recognize the contributions made by volunteers, corporations, officials, coaches and players at all levels of the game. Please join us in celebrating and thanking the following recipients of 2023-2024 Outstanding Achievement Award.

Squash Ontario has now posted all Junior Silver, Gold and Provincial Circuit dates for the remainder of the season on our events calendar. These events up are open for registration on Club Locker from this Friday, October 4th. August 2nd.

Squash Ontario is pleased to welcome CM Concrete into our corporate partner family for the 2024-2025 squash season. CM Concrete will be supporting the Ontario Doubles and Ontario Mixed Doubles event on January 23-26, 2025 at Mayfair Parkway as a Presenting Sponsor.

Register today for the first provincial championship event of the 2024/2025 squash season: The 2024 Heidelberg Materials Ontario Championships.

Dear Ontario Squash Community, we are overjoyed to have received a congratulatory message from the Minister of Sport, Hon. Neil Lumsden, about the inclusion of squash in the 2028 Olympic Games for the first time ever.

Founded in 2023, the Arjun Gupta Foundation (AGF) was created to honour a beloved son, brother, and friend. One of Arjun’s primary passions in life was to help others.

Congratulations to the Ontario athletes named to Squash Canada’s National Squads for the 2024-25 season! Your hard work, dedication, and passion for the sport are inspiring, and we are proud to see Ontario talent recognized on the national stage.

Squash Ontario is seeking interested secondary school students to support two program areas and in return receive volunteer hours towards their required amount of community involment time for their high school diploma. The two different program areas are Retail Sales Associate at Squash Tournaments for the Squash Ontario Merchandise Shop and Sponsorship Research.

At Squash Ontario, we are dedicated to making our sport more inclusive and accessible to everyone. Over the years, we’ve seen a growing gap in female participation, which is something we’re eager to address. To tackle this challenge, we’re launching the Female Squash Ontario Members - Pre Season Survey and are calling on all female members to share their thoughts and experiences.

As the new school year kicks off, Squash Ontario is here to remind you about our exciting School Squash Program! This program is your gateway to introducing the fast-paced, skill-building sport of squash to students from Grades 3-12. Whether in a school gym or at a local squash club, this is the perfect way to bring a fresh, dynamic activity to your students.

Peter Hall, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Ontario Squash Hall of Fame, is pleased to announce the acceptance of two applicants to the Board, namely:  Stephanie Hewitt and James Bentley.