By Paul Growcott, 0275317012
AGM - Christchurch Squash Club
The Annual General Meeting of the Christchurch Squash Rackets Club Inc will be held on Wednesday 22 March 2023 at 6pm in the Christchurch Squash Club lounge.
If you would like to submit any constitutional remits, notices of motion, items of general
business or be nominated for the club committee or officers, please forward these to
manager@christchurchsquash.co.nz by 28 February 2023.
All committee or officer nominations must be in writing and be proposed and seconded by
a financial club member.
Attach a proxy form if you wish to nominate someone to vote on your behalf. Apologies can be forwarded to the above email.
Bring your gear for club night afterwards.
Court Advertising/Sponsorship
A great opportunity has arisen for someone to promote their company or brand on our Squash courts.
Two of our club sponsors Centastone (Warren Stephens) and Stop Digging/Retaining Canterbury (Chris Dalzell) have decided not to renew their sponsorship. I want to
thank them for their support over the past 3 years, it has been gratefully appreciated.
Would you like to advertise on our Squash Courts for only:
Court 2 - $3000 plus GST per year and the additional one off set up cost.
Court 7 - $2000 plus GST per year and the additional one off set up cost.
If you are interested, please contact me direct at manager@christchurchsquash.co.nz
Interclub
Summer Interclub will be starting back up on Monday 13th and Tuesday 14th February.
Men’s and Juniors play on Mondays with the Ladies playing on Tuesdays.
If you don’t have a grade and want to play, please contact one of the club captains.
Entries close this Friday 27th January.
Enter via iSquash under upcoming events NOW.
Club Days
Club days are designed for members to come along for a social hit and get to know other
club members. No booking required, just turn up on the day.
Club days are Wednesday from 7pm and Saturdays from 3pm
Junior Club Night
Junior club night is held during school term on Wednesdays from 4.00 to 4.45pm or 4.45 to
5.30pm. If your child would like to be involved, please contact Tim McVie at
coaching@christchurchsquash.co.nz to see what time would be suitable.
Needing Games
If you are struggling to find someone to play, or need some general information, please
contact one of our Club Captains below.
Senior Women - Eleanor Becker, ellibeckernz@gmail.com
Senior Men - Andy Dopleach, andy@bluefusion.co.nz
Juniors - Di Barr, dianabarr@xtra.co.nz
Chopping & Cheese Boards
The club still have a very limited number of Rimu Chopping and Cheese boards for sale.
These are made from the Squash court flooring from the old club at Chester Street East.
First 6 sold will receive a Free bottle of Wine.
If you like a piece of history, please email orders to manager@christchurchsquash.co.nz
$99 Chopping Boards
$69 Cheese Boards
Thursday Pennant (Singles & Doubles)
This is a great way to meet new players and get some great games.
10 weeks starting 9th February 2023
The aim of this competition is to be fun, social, getting to know club members and having
great games alongside similar graded players. We will have doubles court or courts
running as well as the normal singles or 3 on a court. You need to let me know if you want
to play doubles or singles or don’t mind both upon entering.
Cost is $30 per club member, non-club members pay a pennant fee of $30 plus $30 (total
$60) to play round. Please note the $30 goes to the club. These payments are due within the first 2 weeks of play. The money is used for balls and weekly suppers which we encourage players to stay for.
There are normally 2 rounds of suppers – approx. 7.45pm and 8.45pm.
Times (you can’t pick a time – it is rotated around)
1st session - 6.15pm to 7.00pm
2nd session - 7.00pm to 7.45pm
3rd session - 7.45pm to 8.30pm
Register by email to: wsmith.rsmith@gmail.com or on iSquash with the following details:
Name
Grading points (if any)
Cell phone number
Email address
Please state if you prefer singles or doubles
Entries Close 1st
NOTE: While we encourage you to play all 10 rounds, this competition is designed to be flexible to suit work, home and social life. To cut down on the time spent working out draws your name will automatically go into the draw each week unless you let me know by Tuesday 5pm by email that you are unavailable. Point to remember – time and effort goes into producing a draw that suits everyone for this social night so if you don’t turn up on the night (baring an emergency) then you are letting down all the other people in your time slot.
Looking forward to starting this new round of squash.
Cheers Trish
Coaching at the Club
There is no doubt that your enjoyment of squash goes up the more you improve. The best
way to improve is through coaching. I encourage all of you to book in a session with Tim or
Nick, regardless of what level you are at and see how quickly your game improves.
Some of the programs Tim and Nick can provide:
Individual coaching
Interclub team coaching
Fitness Programs – Squash specific, including on and off court training
Individual performance plans / goal setting
Nick Mita - 021 526 224, mitasquash@gmail.com
Tim McVie - 027 688 0574, coaching@christchurchsquash.co.nz
Group Coaching with Nick Mita
Members - $10 per player per week
Non-Members - $20 per week (includes visitors fee)
Sessions are open to all players, including juniors
Starting weekly from the 31 January
Levels:
600 to 1200 points - Friday 5:00pm - 6:00pm
900 to 2100 points - Friday 6:00pm - 7:00pm
2100+ - Tuesday 7:15pm - 8:15pm
There is some flexibility of moving groups if you are close to the points cut off.
Contact Nick or Andy to confirm.
Sign up now at:
andy@bluefusion.co.nz or 021 255 7403
mitasquash@gmail.com or 021526 224
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