2012 Minutes for planning session - Squash BC

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THE CURRENT SITUATIONOUR STRENGTHS• A strong active squash community particularly in southern BC and Vancouver Island.• Sound financial management.• Many dedicated volunteers at the club level who continue to support squash in their club.• A dedicated core group of volunteers who are committed to squash at the provincial level.OUR WEAKNESSES• Retaining and growing our membership.• A low percentage of squash players and club members who choose to join Squash BC.• A lack of players, coaches and referees in Northern BC.• A lack of a Provincial Coach and Technical Coordinator.• Insufficient funding at the provincial level.• Lack of elite junior athletes and particularly, the lack of female junior athletes in our programs.• Significant dependence on a few dedicated volunteers to deliver the provincial Squash BCprograms.• Retention of clubs and their members with the continued recession affecting club finances• Aging membershipOUR OPPORTUNITIES• The potential to increase the visibility of squash through the hosting of Professional SquashAssociation (PSA) events.• Increase Squash BC’ contribution, presence and influence on the inter-provincial and nationallevel.• Facilitate a club owners association.• Make greater use of technology to benefit Squash BC.• Facilitate the building of a permanent show court facility in BC.• Increase communications with members where members perceive value e.g. tournamentreports, minutes of Board meetings.• Increase our membership by encouraging past members to become members again.• Promote squash to the 20-30 age group, get involved with universities, colleges and otherinstitutions.• Promote squash at the grassroots level, particularly with school aged children.OUR THREATS• Loss of government funding.• Loss of membership revenue.4
ENVIRONMENTAL SCANSquash BC (as of November 2011) has 2301 active individual members of which 73.5% are maleand 26.5% are female. The overall average age of these active players is approximately 41 years.Age Distribution of Active Squash BC Members (2010-2011)Age Range # Members % of membership2006 2010 2006 20100-19 290 303 14.3 13.320-29 112 195 5.5 8.530-39 809 295 39.8 12.940-49 435 828 21.4 36.250-59 321 488 15.8 21.360-69 58 153 2.9 6.770+ 6 24 0.3 1.0The membership of Squash BC is aging in a similar fashion to the general population inthe province of British Columbia. The mean age has increased from 37 to 41 over the past5 years. The percent of members in their 30s decreased by over 50% and the percent ofmembers in their 60s more than doubled.5
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