Squash and Racketball
Squash News
Squash – An Exciting Game For All!
Squash has been really buoyant down at the courts – leagues are being played, competitions entered and hotly contested, friendlies are competitively played, mix-ins and courses are well attended and the matches are fiercely battled. We now have 5 teams in the Shropshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire leagues, playing a great standard of squash and giving lots of our club players the opportunity to play different teams from across the various counties.
What a hive of activity, and this is just the adults!
COURTS
GLASS-BACKED COURTS
Welcome to WOW Squash & Racketball! Squash and Racketball have many physical and mental health benefits and we are confident our members enjoy all of these benefits provided by our extensive timetable that suits beginners, intermediate & advanced players and our juniors.
My name is Mike Harris (Head of Squash & Racketball), on behalf of the club, I would like to welcome you to Squash & Racketball at WLTSC. I hope as a member of the club, you’ll enjoy all the facilities on offer and especially the 6 world class courts that are available for to book via our online booking system.
Squash & Racketball are wonderful sociable sports, you’ll keep fit, help your mental wellbeing and they are a great way to meet and make new friends. You’ll find the members are an extremely friendly group of people who welcome all to enjoy these fun and exciting sports.
I have a great team of coaches and volunteers, along with an amazing squash & racketball committee who are always ready to support you. We have an ever-growing weekly program of coaching for adults and juniors of all standards and age, club mix in’s, tournaments, internal & external leagues and social events.
We hope you find all the information you need here but if you have any questions, please contact me mike.harris@wltsc.com or call the club reception 01902 755265.
WLTSC vs POLICE
On Friday the 4th and 5th of February, our men’s, women’s and veteran’s team competed against the police squash team.
Men’s team: WLTSC lost 2-3
Women’s team: WLTSC Won 4-1
Vets team: WLTSC won 3-2
Congratulations to our players as all teams performed amazingly and a huge thank you to everyone who came down to support, to Mike Harris for organising the event and to our catering team who looked after everyone.
We had a fantastic weekend of squash with an awesome police team. We look forward to welcoming them again in the future.
JDA Finals results
Welcome to WOW Squash & Racketball
Getting more people playing more often
MIKE HARRIS
HEAD OF SQUASH AND RACKETBALL
Mike Harris joined Team WLTSC as Head of Squash & Racketball in 2021 where he brought his vision and ideas to develop WLTSC into the best Squash and Racketball Club in the West Midlands. Mike has been a qualified coach for over 33 years and an England Squash Level 4 Elite High-Performance Coach for 25 years. Mike has a huge amount of experience coaching players of all standards from beginners to professionals and all ages as well as being a former England High-Performance Coach and National Coach of Finland and most recently Head of Performance and Community at Edgbaston Priory Club.
Mike also coaches for Squash Wales and is Head of the Commonwealth Games Birmingham 2022 Squash Legacy Programme (Squash United) including community engagement roadshows, introducing outdoor squash courts, creating a sustainable schools programme and the West Midlands Festival of Squash.
Mike is blind in his right eye after having a stroke over 25 years ago, however this has not stopped Mike from playing No.1 for England O45s and being an O45 National Racketball Champion. He is still hoping to win a few more titles and represent England again.
Contact Mike regarding any squash and racketball questions, inductions, or individual or shared coaching sessions:
Email: Mike.Harris@wltsc.com
Mobile: 07826 316065
DARREN LEWIS
SQUASH & RACKETBALL COACH
Darren Lewis is a Level 2 coach. He continues to play competitive Squash and as well as representing WLTSC in the Warwickshire 1st team, he is British Open O35’s and O40’s Champion, National Champion at O35’s & O40’s as well as representing England in the Squash Masters since 2015.
Darren has over 26 years coaching experience and has coached all ages from under 11s to 75+. He has previously coached number one ranked national players, county and world ranked players. Darren is a former world number 107, was on the PSA world tour for three years and has previously won PSA events.
For a 45 minute individual coaching session for members, Darren charges £26 and he can be contacted on 07966 302053 or darrensquash@hotmail.co.uk.
CLASSES
BEGINNER’S SQUASH
We regularly offer beginner’s courses for Squash where you will learn the rules, practice shots and play games in a fun environment. A great way to get fit!
Check our ClubSpark courses for any upcoming beginner’s squash courses. (£3 for members, £7 non-members). No equipment needed, we have it all for you.
Email mike.harris@wltsc.com or call 01902 755265 to find out what course is running now.
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED SQUASH & RACKETBALL
BEGINNER’S RACKETBALL
We regularly offer beginner’s courses for Racketball where you will learn the rules, practice shots and play games in a fun environment. A great way to get fit!
Courses run on Monday evenings led by Mike Harris from 6.45pm-7.45pm (£3 for members, £7 non-members). No equipment needed, we have it all for you.
Email mike.harris@wltsc.com or call 01902 755265 to find out what course is running now.
TEAMS & TOURNAMENTS
Teams – We have teams competing in Shropshire, Warwickshire and Staffordshire leagues, at varying standards from our 1st Team players to lower league level and upcoming juniors. If you are interested in team squash or racketball, please email mike.harris@wltsc.com.
Internal Tournaments - We offer regular internal tournaments for all abilities. Two of our most popular tournaments are our handicapped tournament where players start on different points depending on ability and our graded tournament grouping similar standard players together. All tournaments have a Plate Competition for 1st round losers. Finals Nights for all tournaments are great for spectators to enjoy.
External Tournaments - With 6 glass high quality courts, we are often chosen to hold external tournaments – Junior Bronze and Regional Squash Masters giving our members high quality squash to watch and compete in.
