Welcome to the Squash & Squash57 Section

We have a friendly and sociable squash & squash57 (formerly known as racketball) section. This comprises of approximately 350 members offering excellent facilities for players of all standards from juniors and beginners up to national level and full professional players. We offer year-round social and team squash & squash57, a competitive box league, regular tournaments for all levels, junior coaching courses and a team of qualified squash & squash57 coaches who offer group coaching as well as one-to-one lessons.

The Club also regularly hosts England Squash & squash57 sanctioned events, regional squads and County matches.

Facilities

We have six courts - four of which are glass backed with seating for approximately 40 people plus an upper level viewing gallery. All new members will be provided with a new racket grip to avoid the situation where old grips disintegrate when playing and mark the floor. Only clean, indoor non-marking footwear is to be worn on court.

Court Times and Booking

Usually the court fees for adults are £6 peak and £5 off-peak. Peak times are 17:00 onwards Monday to Friday and off peak is all other times, including weekends. Each court session is 45 minutes. For juniors, charges for the courts are £6 peak and just £3 at all other times.

Courts can be booked online or via the booking kiosk in the Clubhouse. If you are a member and want to book a squash court online click here.

Please be aware of our court cancellation policy:

• If a cancellation is made more than 72 hours before a booking, a full refund will be given.
• If a cancellation is made less than 72 hours before a booking a full refund will only be given if the court is subsequently re-booked. Otherwise there will be no refund.
• If a booking is made in error and is cancelled within 15 minutes of it being made a full refund will be given
• If you do not add an opponent to your booking (and therefore your court is auto-cancelled the night before the booking) you will not get a refund. 
• In exceptional circumstances, the Club Manager has discretion to provide a full or partial refund.

Box Leagues

Many members participate in the Club squash & squash57 leagues which offer all players (from novice to first team) the chance to play competitively against men, women or juniors of a similar standard. The leagues operate throughout the year.

For any enquiries or to join the squash leagues please contact Rob Harbron at squashleague@bltsrc.co.uk 

For the squash leagues rules, please click here.

For the squash57/racketball leagues please contact Andrew Bryson at racketballleague@bltsrc.co.uk

Club Teams 

We have Men's and Junior teams participating in the Herts League in both the summer and winter.  Our Vets also play in the Middlesex League in the winter. See our Club Teams & Fixtures page for further information. 

Tournaments & Social Playing Sessions

Several organised social playing sessions and tournaments are held during the year for all ages and standards.  We also host regular England Squash sanctioned open tournaments at the Club.

Coaching

Our Head Coach Adam Fuller (England Squash Accredited Lead Regional Coach for the East Area) and assistant coach, Grace Gear, provide coaching for juniors, beginners and improvers on a group or one-to-one basis.  Grace is currently 85 in the world (England 11) in the women’s game.See our Coaching section for more information and our weekly schedule of additional group training sessions. 

Squash57 (Racketball)

Racketball has been rebranded to squash57. We have a sizeable and growing squash57 division here at BLT&SRC with in the region of 10 boxes in the leagues. For more information on squash57 click here.

Juniors

We have a strong and growing junior squash & squash57 section at the Club with regular group coaching sessions for all levels from minis and beginners through to elites. We also operate junior box leagues. Please contact our Head Coach, Adam Fuller on 07751 239 472 or email adam@best-academy.co.uk. Please note that safety goggles must be worn by all juniors playing at the Club. Goggles are available to borrow from the coaches or the office.

Ladies Squash

We are currently growing our female squash and squash57 memberhip base. We also have a level 2 female coach, Grace Gear, who is currently 85 in the world (England 11) in the women’s game. We have run a ladies session run by a female coach so if you are interested in finding out more please contact us at manager@bltsrc.co.uk. 

Squash Beginners

From November 6th 2024 we are running squash beginner sessions on a Wednesday evening from 6.30 - 7.30pm. To register your interest or book, please email maanger@bltsrc.co.uk.

Balls & Grips

Please note that we sell squash and racketball ball grips at the bar and from the office. We have had some incidences recently where old grips have been disintegrating on court and when trod on leave permanent marks on the floor so please ensure that you have a decent grip on your racket.  

Guests & Visitor Fees

Senior members may bring guests to the club. A member may only bring the same guest up to 6 times a year. It is important that guests are signed in for insurance purposes. You can add and pay for a guest when you make your court booking. Visitor fees for squash are currently £5 per senior guest and £3 per junior guest.