In the summer of 2017 Squash Ontario was slowly and steadily growing and developing its programs when a group of visionary business leaders came together to form the inaugural SO Fundraising Committee. This passionate and energetic committee dramatically accelerated the organization in a few short months and kick started Squash Ontario 2.0 as we now hurl towards a very promising future.

This week we profile the Jesters of Ontario as we continue to recognize the corporate partners and individual donors that are making a difference in our sport. With decades of support, over $250,000 in financial contributions, passionate enthusiasm and a strong vision for growing the game, this group is the single largest driver of our sport this century.

It is with a heavy heart but a hopeful sense of responsibility that we will officially be cancelling the remainder of the 2019-20 season. As such, Squash Ontario will turn our focus to engaging our members and supporting our amazing professionals and clubs virtually during this time away from the courts. 

Squash Ontario is pleased to announce a draft list of athletes and alternates who have been nominated for Ontario Cards under the 2019-2020 Quest for Gold - Ontario Athlete Assistance Program (OAAP). The athletes nominated were selected using the sport specific selection criteria developed by Squash Ontario and applied by (the) Selection Committee.

Squash Ontario continues to use this time away from the courts to recognize the corporate partners and individual donors that give our community the tools to grow our sport and put Ontario athletes on international podiums. This week we feature Gary Slaight of Slaight Music who over the past decade is the single largest donor to the sport in Canada and a great friend and patron of the game.

In this week’s segment of “We The North” we feature another northern uprising at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, where an injection of youth and enthusiasm is driving the development of our sport.

Greetings to our Squash Ontario family as we settle into this new reality away from the courts for the time being. Over the coming weeks, we will be presenting good news stories from the 2019-20 season celebrating the special people that make our community so wonderfully unique. First up is a feature entitled “We The North” that will chronicle a resurgence of squash activity in Northern Ontario. With a rich tradition of producing top players and for having the best tournament hospitality anywhere, the North is now BACK due to the hard work and dedication of some special folks.

The Squash Ontario junior community is truly where the “leaders of tomorrow play junior squash today”; a very special collection of student athletes and young people making a difference in the world from around the province. With thanks to the vision of the Jesters of Ontario and in particular chair Bert Keene and Jeff Deverill, we will once again recognize the brightest lights of 2019-20 in sportsmanship, on-court excellence, commitment to improvement and coaching achievement.

After careful consideration and in the interest of the health and safety of the squash community, Squash Ontario has postponed all junior and provincial championship events to assist in the prevention of the COVID-19 spread until April 16th at a minimum.

Excitement is building around the province as high school squash teams gear up for the biggest Jim Mason High School Teams Tournament yet which is just 6 weeks away!