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.  

This year, the National Junior Circuit program has been updated to increase access to the National Junior Circuit rankings. An NJC Gold level of events across the country has been added, with 12 NJC Gold events total

The 2024 WSF World Masters has ended, and five Canadians have walked away with medals! The WSF World Masters brings together hundreds of players between the ages of 35 and 80 every two years to compete on the world stage. Held at the Frans Otten Stadion in in Amsterdam, Netherlands from August 15 to 22, the World Masters event saw over 1100 entries from around the world, including 44 Canadian athletes represented from coast-to-coast.  

Squash Canada is hiring a full-time Marketing and Communications Coordinator that is a visionary and knowledgeable storyteller, and an experienced and passionate full-time Program Coordinator to join our team! With Squash’s inclusion into the LA 2028 Olympic program, Squash in Canada is entering a growth stage. It is an exciting time for the sport and the successful candidates will play a key role as Squash Canada enters its Olympic era.

Squash Ontario is pleased to announce several upcoming Coaching Courses for the first half of the 2024/25 season presented by Canadian Insurance Brokers Inc. covering all levels of the coaching pathway. So no matter what your level of experience is, why not sign up and increase your knowledge of the game!

The Ontario Senior Closed and Ontario Masters Championships are now open with a 3-week early bird registration fee option. These two events make up our final senior championships of 2024.

Call for Nominations! If you know any deserving individuals, please nominate them today!

The first half of the 2024-25 season is approaching, and Squash Ontario has now posted all Junior Silver, Gold and Provincial Circuit dates until the new year on our events calendar. The remaining 2025 events will open in September.