Edmonton Squash Club 
The ESC celebrated it’s 3rd birthday party on December 21st during our regular drop-in time with snacks, eggnog, ugly sweaters, ancient racquets and a Momo Challenge on court 3. There was some serious business afoot as well, with the club trying to raise $3,000 to help fund Momo’s trip to the British Junior Open. With … Read more
With the help of some great fundraising on the part of the Edmonton Squash Club extended family, Mohammed Elserafy will be competing in the British Junior Open in the U11 category from January 2nd-6th. The British Junior Open is considered the most prestigious Junior tournament in the world, with all participants having to be ranked … Read more
With the year winding down, we’d like point out a few major upgrades around the club that have been installed recently, and acknowledge all the members that helped financially and with volunteer work to make it happen. As many of you have no doubt noticed, we installed a new wireless microphone system to power the … Read more
Mike has been chatting with Gary Nisbett who is the main fitness and training expert on SquashSkills about squash appropriate fitness and resistance training. He will be running free clinics on Sunday January 20 and March 10, 2019 for anyone who wants to attend. The only thing left to choose is the time of day. … Read more
Two weekends ago we had an incredible turnout for the ESC open, with 89 players participating making us officially oversubscribed! Next year we might have to consider starting on Thursday for Local players to accommodate everyone. Thank you to Jeff for organizing such a great tournament, Anne for making sure everything was set to go and … Read more
On the heels of a very successful trip to the Canadian Junior Open playing up an age bracket in U13, we are looking to help defray the costs of sending Mohammed Elserafy to play in his natural U11 category at the world’s most prestigious Junior tournament, the British Junior Open, in January. Playing in this … Read more
Beyond our more filling food options, our front desk supplies the following snacks at the moment: Tuna Snacks Cliff Bars Fruit (Banana) Pretzels & Hummus Assorted Chip Flavours Samosas Muffins What else would you like to see available? This poll is now closed. Top picks were: Sandra’s Special Pan Fried Tuna Sliders (these may or … Read more
Refereeing squash is very difficult because there are so many grey areas. Although there are clearly defined rules (You can find the current squash rules here), there are so many situations where people disagree on the right call. Here’s a quote from the crew at PSA Live in answer to an audience question about refereeing. … Read more
We recently had a doubles member ask us how to find contact information for other club members. This is possible both in our court booking system, and our billing portal. Here’s a video to help out. Have any other questions about using our booking or billing system? Let us know, and we’ll make some tutorials … Read more
For every ESC interclub match, the home team receives: 2 game balls and 8 Gatorades. The Gatorades are meant to be shared with the visiting team, and everyone can trade in their Gatorade for a coconut water, water, or G2. A voucher for a free pitcher of beer or non-alchoholic equivalent. Ideally, this is shared with the … Read more
