Edmonton Squash Club 
Mike Fouts from Overhaul Fitness has kindly taken the time to write us a nutrition primer focussed on squash. Learn About Squash Nutrition In it, he breaks down the body’s main energy stores, and how they are used while doing different types of exercise. For squash players who engage in medium to longer rallies, … Read more
For our bi-weekly poll, we are curious whether you stretch before your match, after your match, or not at all. Stretching prior to exercise is controversial, with a number of studies suggesting the static stretching prior to performing decreases power with no real reduction in injury risk, however it is likely that recreational athletes do … Read more
Thank you to everyone who filled in our year-end survey. As a member-owned not-for-profit club, we want to make sure that we’re doing everything we can to the benefit of our members and we want as many voices heard as possible to guide our decisions. Overall we found that people are very positive about the … Read more
Everyone has a different way of warming up during the 5-minute knock-up before a game. What’s your style before hitting the ball over to your opponent? Background reading: http://www.squashgame.info/ Official WSF Rules, section 4: http://www.worldsquash.org Results A few hits and then pass it over was the strong winner – good on ‘ya!
Congratulations to Molli Hay and Antonella Rodriguez who made the Alberta 2018-19 Girls U17 and Girls U13 teams respectively. We’ll keep everyone updated on how things go for them next year. The full team announcement can be found on the Squash Alberta page.
This year we had three intrepid players representing the Edmonton Squash Club at the always fun 2018 Northwest Territories Territorial Squash Championships. Mohammed Elserafy competed in Men’s B, finishing second. John Clarkin played in the Open division and was runner-up. Ibrahim Elserafy played in the Exhibition draw that included the 2017 Canadian National Champion and came … Read more
With the fiscal year winding down, we are starting to make budget plans for the 2018-2019 season. Here are a few of the suggestions floating around for some medium-large ticket items. Please re-order them by dragging the different options around with your most desired additions on top, and least important ones on the bottom. Also, … Read more
Squash is a social game, and as a member-owned club, we would love it if you invited your friends to come play. To encourage everyone to bring their friends out, we credit each one of our members with 2 free guest passes in their account annually. If you refer a new member to the club … Read more
Summer League is starting up next week, which means time to revisit our post-game food ordering menu. Should Hawaiian Pizza be on the menu or banished forever? Background reading for educational purposes: Hawaiian Pizza and Iceland vs the Inventor ******Update May 24, 2018****** The results are in. It was a close race, but Hawaiian pizza … Read more
The 2018 Canadian National Championships were held at the Glencoe Club in Calgary this past weekend, so naturally, Edmonton sent a strong contingent down highway 2 to strut their stuff against the best the rest of the country had to offer. When the dust had settled, Julie Multamaki added to her 2018 US 55+ National title … Read more
