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General InformationThe Red Beach Squash Club was formed in 1983 when the surf club opened its new clubrooms with two squash courts. The club proved a hit with locals and for a period in the 1980s membership was closed at the maximum 250 playing members.
The Squash Club now has about 100 members, including competitive seniors and intermediates, juniors, off-peak members and associates. Red Beach teams compete in regular interclub competitions run by Squash Auckland, against teams throughout the region. Interclub competitions are held in autumn (single round), winter (double round) and spring (single round). Squash players are graded according to a computerised grading system, enabling interclub teams to be reasonably evenly matched. The Summer Challenge is a different competition, fairly social, with mixed teams, players of different grades in each team and with a doubles match to finish.
Senior interclub is held on Monday and Tuesday nights. Masters squash (over 40) is strong in Auckland and Red Beach teams have competed well in it. Unlike the format for senior squash, each masters division is like a travelling circus, with clubs taking turns to host the whole division each week.
Masters interclub is held on Wednesday nights. Juniors have coaching on Sunday mornings, Intermediates on Mondays after school. Junior interclub is held on Friday nights. The annual subscription includes professional coaching at least once a week and enables Juniors to play in regular competitions, including weekly interclub and tournaments throughout the year. Tournaments: Squash clubs around the country hold tournaments every week of the year and registered players can enter any of them, provided they meet the grading requirements of the particular tournament.
The Red Beach club holds two senior tournaments for players B grade and below, a masters tournament and an end-of-season junior tournament. The SuperChamps are a graded competition for club teams of 7 (5 playing in each round), playing first for the provincial title and the winner going on to the national competition. It’s an event that suits big clubs because of the large number of players of the same standard required to make up a team, but Red Beach has been one of the strongest small clubs in the country performing in this competition in recent years. Coaching: Details coming soon. Club Night: The Club Night competition, run on Thursday nights during the winter, is designed as a social introduction to squash for non-club members. Ray Beacham runs the club night from 6.00 pm onwards. Current members are asked to come down and join in with new and prospective members. Social Squash: Squash is inherently competitive, but there is scope for social squash at Red Beach as well. Booking for the club’s courts are for 45-minute time slots and the courts can be booked at any time of day or night, outside set competition times. The peak period of 4.30-6.45pm is reserved for full members. There’s also an off-peak membership for players not involved in competition. Social Club: Squash is a very social part of the Red Beach club. You can find a fair few members in the lounge on a Friday evening, when both the bar and kitchen are open, and if there’s a big football match on it’ll be televised on the big screen. Bar Opening Hours: The bar is licenced to open Monday-Thursday 12 noon - 11.00 pm. Actual opening times may vary.
On Fridays, the club is open from 4pm and meals are available from 6.00 pm.
On Sundays the club is open for coffee & breakfasts from 9am -12 noon and the bar is open from 12 noon - 10.00 pm.
Membership & Annual Subscriptions for 2012: Family: (includes children up to 18 yrs old): $600 pa or $50 monthly Junior: (up to 18 yrs old): $80 pa or $7 monthly Student: $125 annual or $12 monthly Off-Peak: $200 pa or $20 monthly Summer: $50 for 3 months |