The Anatomy of a Squash Player: - Squash BC

SQUASH BC MEMBERSHIPThere are two types of membership that are offered by Squash BC,Club Membership and Individual Membership.Squash BC would like to ask you, “Do you think the game of squash is worth supportingfor ten cents a day?”People ask all the time, “why should I join Squash BC?” The benefits to clubs andindividuals are clearly stated below. The benefit to the sport and the business of squashis not always stated. Memberships prove to all sorts of people that squash is a viable,exciting and growing sport. When Squash BC submits requests for funding to thegovernment or gaming, they want to know how many members we have and they basetheir grants on those numbers. When we have somebody interested in building a facility,they ask how many members we have and base their decision on those numbers.Sponsors and advertisers are the same. The Olympic Committee asks the same questionand will base part of their decision on weather squash is in the Olympics on the numbersin the sport.It has been estimated that there are 20,000 squash players in British Columbia. Wehave 10% of those as members of Squash BC. If we had 50% of those 20,000, we wouldincrease our funding from the government and gaming. Sponsors/advertisers wouldtake a much harder look at squash as a place to put their money. The private sector andmunicipalities would certainly be more inclined to build squash courts. With 10,000members in BC and the same percentage across Canada and the rest of the world,squash would have a much better chance of getting in the Olympics. Right now SquashCanada can account for 8,000 squash players in Canada. The Olympic Committee willspend about 30 seconds deciding squash’s fate.You may ask “what can I do about this?”1. For $0.10 a day individuals can join Squash BC.2. Everybody becomes a Squash Pro. (Promoter.) Squash BC members get oneother person to join Squash BC who wasn’t a member the past year. If everymember does this every year, we’ll have 16,000 members in 3 years.3. Clubs with squash courts can join Squash BC.Clubs and leagues can help promote squash by using the Squash BC bulk member signup. Any club or league with 30 or more members can get a $5.00 discount foradministration costs on each member they sign up. Squash BC requires the names,addresses, postal codes, sex, date of birth and playing ability.People have always asked, “what do I get out of a Squash BC membership?” The tangiblebenefits are listed on the web site, in The Squash Book and further on in this book.Squash BC would like to ask you, “Do you think the game of squash is worth supportingfor ten cents a day?”