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England’s leading squash players are encouraging every club in the country to open their doors to support World Squash Day.
This annual event to promote the game takes place on Saturday October 14th and former world champions Nick Matthew and Laura Massaro are urging clubs to organise events to attract new players to the sport.
Three-times world champion Matthew said:
“World Squash Day is a great opportunity to showcase to a new audience not just the health benefits of squash but how much fun it can be.
“Any initiative that can help to get people through the door of squash clubs to try squash for the first time has to be supported and World Squash Day is doing this on a global scale, which is great. Despite me 'hopefully' being in Philadelphia (for the US Open) I'm sure my local club, Hallamshire, will be supporting the day.”
Massaro, women’s world champion in 2014, added:
“I am very passionate about getting more girls and women to play squash and World Squash Day is a fantastic opportunity for people who may never have tried squash to give it a go.
"I hope every squash club out there will be putting on fun activities on the day to get lots of people to discover how great squash is.”
World Squash Day founder Alan Thatcher, a tournament organiser and author from Kent, is keen to promote the health benefits of playing squash. He said:
“Squash burns around 900 calories per hour and the health benefits can last a lifetime for those who continue playing into their 40s, 50s, 60s and even further.
“Without exception, all of the world’s top players became involved in squash by playing at their local clubs.
“That’s where the journey always starts, and that’s why we need to promote grass-roots squash to keep that pathway open, to grow the numbers of participants, and to provide healthy sporting opportunities for our local communities."
