About Us

All sports originate from simple beginnings, for simple reasons, and were played in a simple manner.

All sports people know that in any sport to be good you must master the basics… the same can be said for planning.

The structure of Squash New Zealand's plan for the game is made up of three key elements – Growth, Best Practice and Performance. These elements are intricately linked and for the sport to be successful into the future, each of these elements must be developed.

The Growth of the sport relates to participation – the foundation of the sport – encouraging more people to become and stay involved, thereby increasing the depth of players, coaches and administrators involved in the game. Performance is purely about excellence on and off the court – producing world champions and world class people. These people are the stars of the sport, whose profile encourages greater interest and participation.

Growth and Performance are natural goals for any sport, however the ingredient that ensures that these elements are successful is Best Practice… having the right structures, best management processes, right funding, great planning, direction and an innovative approach.

Understanding the importance of these elements and their link to each other – without one element the other two in time will dwindle – is an important challenge and opportunity. We all must see, understand and support the wider picture.