At team season 2024/25 draws to a close, and after our Dinosaurs League roars back into action, our attention turns towards the club's "pot hunters". The chance to have you name added to the glass honours boards that adorn the atrium staircase is a lure that few can resist.

You can enter as many competition formats as you like. As per previous years those looking to enter the knockout squash main event will be guaranteed three games in a group format before the knockout matches take place. You'll get chance to play new people!

Don't delay, book today 😉

Juniors, no need to book up, you will be entered into your competition through the weekly coaching sessions.

🥇 Club Knockout: Test your mettle in a thrilling group stage and elimination format. Only the strongest will emerge victorious!

🏅 Handicap: A level playing field where strategy reigns supreme. Can you overcome the odds and claim victory?

🎾 Doubles: Team up with a partner and unleash your combined power on the court. It's all about coordination, synergy, and lets!

🌟 Ladies: Ladies, this is your chance to showcase your finesse and prowess. Let's see who reigns supreme on the squash court!

🚀 Racketball: Experience the medium-paced excitement of racketball, where agility and precision are the name of the game!

👴 Over 50s & 👵 Over 60s: Age ain't nothing but a number! Compete with your peers and demonstrate that skill only gets better with time.

🌟 Junior Tournament: Calling all young talents! Compete as part of Thursday and Saturday junior coaching sessions, with the final played alongside the other finals at the main event!

Finals Night & BBQ Extravaganza: Saturday, July 5th, 2024
Mark your calendars for the ultimate showdown! Join us for an evening of thrilling matches, delicious barbecue, and celebration as we crown our champions.

A few details:

• Sign up online, then write your name on the noticeboard sheets.
• Competitions take place from 15th May throughout June.
• Entry fee: £2.50 per event.
• Open to all club members.

Oscar and Finley Brown are both in action representing England today this weekend in Nantes.

Fixtures below and a link to watch if you get chance:

• Fri 4th: 2pm Scotland 
  Courts 6 & 7
• Fri 4th: 6:30pm Ireland 
  Courts 4 & 5
• Sat 5th: 10am Wales 
  Courts 6 & 7
• Sun 6th: 9am France 
  Courts 4 & 5

Bon chance, boys! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💪

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) is the club committee's yearly report on the preceding twelve months. All members are welcome to join us and hear about the progress of the club, presented by our Chairman Steve Gaisford with assistance from other club officers.

We have blocked out the squash courts on Monday 7th April for this event upstairs. Come along for a drink and to hear about the club's progress.

On the 1st April your author here decided to poke a bit of fun at another court-based sport. Apart from the fact that 17 of you tried to sign-up to get some pickleball coaching, it seems word travelled a bit further than intended and I subsequently received the following communique from Hinckley Town Pickeball Club...

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Dear Hinckley Squash Club (and that other sport we have never heard of)!

We recently viewed your fabulous and (mainly correct) April Fool post about pickleball and pickleball players. While we appreciate your post, we must clarify a few things.

Firstly, we may be seasoned, but we are not marinated! Our energy levels are as high as our spirits, and we reckon we could give your members a run for their money in any on court based sport. Name the date and sport!!

Secondly, we understand your preference for playing with small balls. It's cute, it really is. But here at Hinckley Town Pickleball Club, we believe in the philosophy that size does matter. Our larger paddles and balls are just a testament to our larger-than-life personalities and our ability to handle more... substantial challenges.  

So, next time you feel the need to comment on our sport, remember: some of us may be (slightly) older, but with age comes wisdom, and with wisdom comes the knowledge that pickleball is the far superior game. :)

Yours sportingly, 
Hinckley Town Pickleball Club

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I have of course immediately fallen on my sword and offered a grovelling apology, with the added intention of suggesting an inter-club duel at a future date to settle this once and for all. So if anyone wants to be included in this idea to go over to their place and show them some skillz, send me an email at comms@hinckleysquash.com and we shall try and get a gang together.

We've got a lot going on this year as we celebrate our 10th year at Maple Drive and our 90th year as a club. More details will follow in due course, but for now just save the dates!

UK Racketball Skills Camp, Graded Comp & Exhibition
Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th April

Dinosaurs Leagues
Tuesday evenings - 29th April, 6th May, 13th May, 20th May

Teams' End of Season Bash
Saturday 10th May

PSA Challenger Men's & Women's $3k Tournaments
Wednesday 21st May - Sunday 25th May

Hinckley Charity Open 2025 - One-Day Squash Tournament
Saturday 14th June

HSRC Club Competition Finals Night & Summer BBQ
Saturday 5th July

Hinckley Racketball Open 2025 - One-Day Tournament (TBC)
Saturday 13th September

90th Anniversary Exhibition Night - Famous Faces TBC!
Saturday 20th September

Annual Quiz Night
Saturday 18th October

Hinckley Squash Open 2025 - One-Day Tournament
Saturday 8th November

Christmas FREE Club Nights
Friday 19th December & Friday 26th December