A very exciting evening is ahead of us as four special contributors to the Ontario squash community will be inducted into the Ontario Squash Hall of Fame as the Class of 2022: Murray Christison, Leslie Freeman, Penny Glover and Patrick Richardson. The induction ceremony will take place at the Granite Club in Toronto on the evening Thursday, April 28th, with a sold out crowd.
The Ontario Squash Hall of Fame Board of Governors have put together a beautiful evening of events and speeches beginning around 7:15 p.m. Anyone wishing to follow along and support the four inductees are welcome to watch the live stream of the event curtesy of Josh Ginou at the button below.
Please visit the Ontario Squash Hall of Fame website next week to view updated member profiles for these four inductees, along with photos and videos from this event.
About the Inductees
The Board congratulates Murray Christison, who will be inducted as a Builder. He had a singular vision of growing the game in Ontario not just through building squash clubs, of which he built 3, but also recognizing very early on in the 1980’s, that Ontario had to bring the world to Ontario. This gave our own athletes an opportunity to measure their game against international players in their home town.
The Board also congratulates Leslie Freeman, who holds 22 Ontario titles, 18 Canadian titles, 3 World titles and one US Open Mixed Doubles title. In addition, for many years, she worked to introduce and develop doubles throughout the province. She served on many tournament committees over a span of 20 years. She will be inducted as a Player/Volunteer.
We also recognize the extraordinary achievements of Penny Glover as a Referee/Volunteer. Penny’s commitment to the refereeing program in both Ontario and Canada spans several decades. She has delivered 100s of rules clinics and refereed at the highest levels of competitive squash. Penny also served on numerous committees.
And we also congratulate Patrick Richardson who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame as a Coach/Volunteer. As the squash professional at the Toronto Cricket, Skating & Curling Club, Pat ran the gold standard of junior programs and many – so many of his young juniors, went on to achieve extraordinary success at the Ontario, Canadian and world levels. Equally impressive are the number of volunteer hours he gave to running a multitude of tournaments, from juniors to world doubles.