Revelstoke Racquet Den Squash Club
207 Mackenzie Ave Revelstoke, BC, Canada

Hello to all squash players! I hope that everybody is doing well and that you've had an enjoyable summer. Because of the pandemic and the summer holidays, I didn’t see many of you for a while. As a new squash season will start soon (October 1st), it’s time to give you some club updates and to renew your membership for 2020/21. Our board had an annual general meeting August 17th. We had a lot of topics to discuss that we would love to share with you in this newsletter....Continue reading

Nelson Spring Classic Tournament 2020

The floors are sanded and the lines re-painted. The courts look greAt. But the paint requires two days to fully dry. Therefore, the courts will remain closed till Monday at 4:00. Thanks to Zale, Chris, Philipe, Connor and Kevin for doing a great job.

Here is a sneak peak of a few of the new conceptual images of the new club. We will have them all on display at the Farmer’s Market Tomorrow

Please note that the courts will be closed from tonight, Jan 24 at 5:00 pm and all of tomorrow, Jan 25. We are sanding the floors and repainting the lines. The paint on the floor will need time to dry. We ask that all members respect this closure so that we do not need to sand off the red paint that gets tracked on the floor from people playing before the paint is dry. Thank you all for your understanding. Newly sanded floors will greatly enhance the quality of the courts.

The Squash Club is at the Farmer’s Market again. We are selling Raffle Tickets to win RMR Seasons Passes. And open for drop-in squash till 1:00. You can come talk to us about membership option and see all the latest plans of the Multiplex Project our new squash, indoor climbing and indoor track facility we are working hard on.

We are starting to get some exciting images from the designers.

What a great fun event

The Ladies Squash Clinic is tomorrow from 1-4. Contact Kevin for info or to Register

The Golf Tournament is this weekend, July 27th. It is going to be amazing. We are at 60 players registered, and the silent auction is valued at more than $12,000. There will be some great deals. The golf tournament is $75, which includes 18 holes of Texas Scramble (team best ball) golf, dinner and prizes. All proceeds from the tournament will go towards our new squash and climbing facility. Message me for more info or to register.

Hi Everyone, For those of you who missed the match last night, you missed a great event. The guys put on a great show. But I just wanted to remind you of the Adult Clinic tonight from 6 to 8 pm. This is for players of all skill levels. This is a very rare opportunity to get some coaching from players of this caliber. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Junior Squash is back up and running.i am so happy to be back on the court with them. Though it’s not so easy to video and feed at the same time

I am very excited to share the first draft of the main floor plans of the new club. The track and fitness area will be on the second floor. I’ll share those when I get them. There will be some modifications and refinements, but this will give you the gist of what we are looking at

Free Ladies Learn to play Squash Clinic -- As part of Squash BC's Women in Squash Week, the Squash Club is hosting a free ladies learn to play squash clinic on September 14th from 1-4 pm. There are only 12 places available. Please message me to register or for more information. As an added bonus, Tuesday Night ladies night will be FREE in the month of September to any ladies in town that want to come out, Starting on September 3rd. Every Tuesday from 7-9.

It was a great day at the farmer’s market, despite the rain. Sold a few hundred dollars worth of Raffle Tickets and a membership. Welcome to the club Matt.

Its that time of the year to start thinking about the start of squash season. Thursday Squash League will be starting up on September 26th. The Bear's Den Classic will be October 18-20. Ladies night will start up next week and Junior Squash will be getting into full swing. Here is a link to the Bear's Den Classic Facebook Event Page. Please go in and invite any squash players you know who have not already been invited. https://www.facebook.com/events/2423871334564221/?notif_t=plan_user_associated¬if_id=1566412392515514

Our Friends at the Nelson Squash Club are doing a fundraising raffle. I can think of a number of mountain bikers in our club who would love to win this prize!

Sophie has provided us a great reminder on the importance of wearing eye guards. Luckily, she was wearing eye guards. The positive is that a photo opportunity like this rare.

Hi Everyone, I am very happy to inform you all of some very exciting news about our new club project. We have now completed our MOU with the group that is donating the land to our project. So I can now confirm that Revelstoke Mountain Resort is donating land in the Resort’s base area for us to build our new 4 court squash club and indoor climbing tower. Having the land in place is a massive step forward for this project. Now that we can talk openly about the location, we can start to really fundraise. We are working on the building plans and will hopefully have some drawings and images to share soon. This is really exciting news for our club.

The Four Racquet Denners at the Summerland Tournament. Thanks to Adam and the Interior Squash Academy for purring on a great event. Interior Squash Academy@adam TerHeege

We had some very good matches from the 4 of us who went to the Tournament in Summerland this weekend (myself, Sophie, Aiden and Conner). That was a really fun weekend as well. Sophie finished 3rd in the Bronze, Aiden won the Bronze Con final, and Conner and I both played hard and had fun (both won at least one match) in the Gold and Silver divisions. Next up is the Nelson tournament next weekend. Good luck to Zale and Lia who are both headed off to represent our club in that ...event. Also next weekend is the BC Junior Championships. Good luck to Aiden and Sophie who are both heading to the River Club in Richmond. Go get em you two. After that, the next tournament will be the Vernon Tournament April 12-14. As an added bonus, Jonathan Power will again be at the event. He will be playing an exhibition match and having a hit with any juniors at the tournament. Here is a link to the registration Page: https://www.sportyhq.com/tournament/registered/5514 Let’s see if we can get a good sized gang headed to Vernon.

The Nelson Spring Tournament is only a few weeks away. Please see the attached poster for details. Anyone going?

It was a good fight, but Sophie lost the 3/4 final 3 games to 1

Sophie played hard, but lost in the semi finals. Playing for 3rd at noon tomorrow

Sophie has advanced to the Semi Finals at the PNW Junior Open Tonight. Will be a very tough match tonight. Scheduled for 7:20. Our interior teammate Ryan Vest has also advanced to the Semi Finals in U13 Boys

Sophie’s opening round match at the Pacific Northwest Junior Open went very well with a dominant 3-0 win (11-0, 11-3, 11-0). Very sharp performance.

To all Squash Players Everywhere, Our squash club is working on a plan to build a new Squash Facility in Revelstoke. Part of this process is the survey bellow. The stats that we collect in this survey will be used to demonstrate the viability of the facility. We would greatly appreciate it if squash players everywhere could support our club by filling in the survey indicating they would use the courts here when visiting Revelstoke. #squashbc #squashrepublic #interiorsquashac...adamy Revelstoke Athletic & Climbing and Squash Centre Visitor Survey - February 2019 REVELSTOKE, BC: On the heels of the highly successful Resident Survey the Revelstoke Athletic & Climbing Centre (RAAC) Advisory Group, with the support from the City of Revelstoke and the BC Rural Dividend Fund, is announcing a new visitor survey to investigate the needs, benefits and opportunities for a new, non-aquatic, multi-sport recreational athletic facility in Revelstoke. Potential uses identified include an indoor climbing gym, squash and other court space, a 200m indoor running track and athletic development. This survey is targeted to the visitors of Revelstoke year round. The residents and businesses of Revelstoke are kindly asked to help distribute the survey to its visitors and tourists for the month of February. More information and the survey visit the link below; https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/revelstokevisitors Contact - Kevin Dorrius or Ian Tomm

3rd Place Hardware from the Jericho JR Open for Sophie

One more match for Aiden, then we hit the road for home. Aiden playing in Boys u17 Cons Final

Warming up for a big match at the Jericho Junior Open. Playing for 2nd Place in U17 Girls (round robin Format)

We are at the Jericho Junior Open in Vancouver. Sophie and Aiden are playing. Last night, Sophie won her opening match and plays a very tough second round match this morning. Auden list a great opening round match, and will now seek to do some damage in the consolation draw. We also had some wins from our Interior Squash Academy teamsters: Will, Ryan and Christopher. Interior Squash Academy

Hi Everyone, our work on the new squash club has reached a critical point. We are doing a resident survey related to the overall project. it is very important that squash is well represented in the stats collected. Please fill out the survey in the link bellow. It is vital that as many squash players as possible fill in the survey.here is the link to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/survey-taken/

I think this says it all.........

dont forget about the Calcutta / club AGM on Friday. contact Kevin for details

Sophie is on court playing for a spot in the Girls U17 Finals tomorrow in the BC Junior Open

The registration for the Bear's Den Classic Squash Tournament is a little over a week away. we are at 6 locals signed up: Kevin, Sophie, Philipe, Jeff C, Chris B and Aiden. If you want to sign up, please let Kevin Know

Calling all squash players? We are looking for three more players to start league on October 4th. It's a really fun time

Please join our new group that will help facilitate matches, the league and all other events! https://m.facebook.com/groups/1378378405630530

Registration for the 2018 Bear's Den Classic is now open. October 19-21 https://www.sportyhq.com/tournament//Bears-Den-Classic-2018

Here is a story from Shape magazine about how Squash is the best sport in the world for total body health and fitness. Squash Players everywhere should share this. https://www.shape.com/fitne/cardio/squash-worlds-best-sport

https://www.gofundme.com/revelstoke-squash-club-new-courts

Squash BC Our Squash Club is facing a crisis in the next few years as our facility deteriorates. As a result, we are fundraising for a new facilty that will secure the long term viabilty of our club. Please check out our GoFundMe Page and read our story. Please contact us if you have any questions about our club and this project. Any support of any amount will be greatly appreciated.

The Thursday Night Squash League will resume on September 27th. Conatact Kevin to get on the player list

We had a great first day of ticket sales for our new fundraising raffle at the Farmer's Market. We sold a lot of tickets today. if anyone wants tickets, let me know. There are two equal prizes consiting of an RMR Season's Pass and a Racquet Den Full Year Membership. Great Prizes.

After a really sucessful Golf Tournament Fundraiser last weeked, we are about to launch our next fundraiser. We will be raffleling off two great prizes of an Revelstoke Mountain Resort Seasons Pass and a Racquet Den 2018/19 Pass. To be clear, there will be two names drawn, and both get an RMR Pass and a Squash Pass. Tickets will be 1 for $5 or 3 for $10. You can get them from squash club members or from our tent at the Farmer's Market. We will start selling tickets as soon as we get them from the printer. We unfortunately won't have them in time for tomorrow's market, but we will start selling them next week. All the proceeds from this raffle will go towards our new club project.

Thanks to our Sponsors, the Revelstoke Credit Union and Edward Jones, there will be a long drive hole and a closest to the pin hole with prizes. And thanks to RCU Insurance, if you hit a hole-in-one on the designated hole, you will win a cool $10,000. contact Kevin at 250 814-9790 to register. Also, as this is our first golf tournament, we got a little confussed over the format terms "best ball" and "sramble". I can confirm that the format will be a SCRAMBLE. This means that the team will all take thier shots from the best result of the previous shot. Any questions?

The Golf Tournament is in 9 days. Make sure you call/text Kevin at 250 814-9790 if you would like to Register. Special thanks to Revelstoke Credit Union and Edward Jones for sponsoring the tournament. Also to RCU Insurance for sponsoring the $10,000 hole-in-one hole.

Our fundraising golf tournament is coming up soon on July 28th. Call or Text Kevin at 250 814-9790 or email [email protected] for details.

We are all set up to promote the club, sell memberships and talk about the new club project at the farmer’s market. All comfy under our new tent. Thanks to Little Big Works for the tent.

Starting this Saturday, and running through the summer, the squash club will be open for drop-in squash between 8:00am and 1:00pm. Cost is $10 per person for non-members. We are also having a summer membership sale. We are selling our 2018/19 full year Membership, and including summer for free. That is 5 months of free squash if you pick up a membership now. The membership would expire at the end of September, 2019. Adult Memberships are $300/year. We will have a table set-up outside the club durring the LFI Farmer's Market every Saturday. Come talk to us and play some squash.

We are all set up at the Revelstoke Street Market promoting the club and talking about our new club plans. Come down and say hi.

Sophie and former World Champion, Jonathon Power at the Vernon tournament

Our juniors training last night. They all worked really hard. Well done gang