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Squash courts at the club. With the growing squash membership, the club created the Perrier International Squash Open in 1988, won by World No. 1 Jansher Khan. The tournament ran for three years before moving to a larger venue. In 1992, the real tennis French Open moved from Bordeaux to Paris, where it has since been held annually.
The first squash court was built in England in 1865; there are now around 50,000 courts in more than 185 nations worldwide. To harness this growth and to promote and co-ordinate the sport, the International Squash Rackets Federation was formed in 1967, its name being changed in 1992 to the World Squash Federation.
Squash, sometimes called squash rackets, is a racket sport played by two (singles) or four players (doubles) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow, rubber ball. The players alternate in striking the ball with their rackets onto the playable surfaces of the four walls of the court.
The exterior is stone and brick over a structural steel frame. According to the original plans, the interior contained three dining rooms, a billiard room, library, lounge, gymnasium, swimming pool, five squash courts, two court tennis courts, and two racquets courts. Today, there are four singles squash courts, one hardball squash doubles ...
The new building had a space that was too large for a standard squash court but too small for further locker facilities and Tomkins recommended that it be used for squash doubles. [4] [5] The RCOP's racquet sport facilities include 6 international squash singles courts, 1 squash doubles court, 1 court tennis court, and 1 racquets court.
Squash doubles has been played in Canada since the 1920s. There are currently 36 courts in the country (plus one under construction), located in the five provinces which include over 90% of Canada's population. The National Championships were first played in 1934 and have been played every year since, with the exception of 1938.
Renovations were completed in 2021, and the facility reopened as the Arlen Specter US Squash Center. The center was named after former United States Senator Arlen Specter, who was an avid squash player during his tenure in Congress. The Specter Center features 16 singles courts, two doubles courts, and two showcase courts. [5]
The first stage of construction in 2015 saw three new softball diamonds, an artificial football turf and floodlights added to the park. Stage two saw the construction of the building to hold the clubs as well as six squash courts, indoor training facilities, eight changing rooms, a cafe and two bars. [1] [4]