It is important for any club to support the development of junior squash and this is certainly true in Hart. We are very fortunate to have some skilled and committed coaches who are prepared to commit their time to finding and developing the squash players of the future. To this end there are junior squash sections at both the Fleet and Frogmore sports centres.

Hart - based at the Fleet sports centre.

Gary Hales is a Licensed Level 2 Squash Coach who represented his County Men’s Team and Men’s Over 35 Team for several years. He was a regular member of the Welsh B Team from 1991 and achieved his highest Welsh Ranking of number 7 in 1995. In addition he is the Hampshire Squash Development Officer for England Squash, responsible for developing Mini-Squash in the County.

See more at www.surreya-z.com/squash/about.html

Gary runs coaching sessions every Saturday afternoon as follows:

If you are older then please contact Gary to discuss.

For those youngsters who have never played before, there is an introduction to the game called ‘Mini Squash’ which is great fun and ‘cool’ to play. As youngsters progress they get their own player achievement passport which will be used at every lesson and filled up with “Squashie stamps” to keep a record of what has been learnt.

See www.hampshiresquash.co.uk/msnews.htm for more information.

Frogmore - based at Frogmore Community Campus, Yateley (aka Frogmore School).

The juniors have coaching sessions every Saturday morning throughout the year. David Beardmore is head coach. Below is a rough guide to the ages, though the groups are strictly organised by ability rather than age.

All the coaching is undertaken by England Squash qualified coaches who are regular players at each centre.

New members are always welcome - just come along to the relevant session above and we will get you started. No need for a racquet or balls (you will have to buy some eventually but we can lend them to you to start with), but you will need a T-shirt and shorts and some non-marking sports shoes.