At Hallamshire we a have a thriving squash section and a very popular racketball scene. Young players are encouraged to join in from just 3 years of age. With such a wide variety of standards at the Hallamshire, there is a place for everyone, no matter how new to the sport you are.
Hallamshire is one of the leading squash and racketball clubs in England. With the new Squash & Racketball programme being delivered by Neil Guirey, The Apex Programme, incorporating The Nick Matthew Academy.There has been a massive refurbishment of the nine squash courts (5 glassbacks/4 hardbacks) and viewing areas making them the most up to date in the country.
Squash has taken Nick all around the world, and his journey started right here at the Hallamshire.
Squash Courts
We are able to provide unrivalled court time for all our members with our 5 glass backed courts, all with excellent spectator seating areas and 4 hard back squash courts with viewing galleries.
We have a daily court cleaning programme in place to ensure that whenever you play the courts will be in excellent condition.
Sheffield Bronze & Copper Open Events 2017-2018
The Hallamshire will be hosting 2 England Squash Bronze sanctioned events in the 2017-2018 season and 2 England squash Copper events. The event dates are - TBC
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Hallamshire Squash & Racketball Club Championships 2017
The annual club championships are now available to enter. Sign-up sheets are on the blue notice boards in the bar area (Summer League boards).
Closing dates for entries are 4th December 2016.
This year there will be one general sign-up sheet for the main draws, then separated into A,B,C and D grades.
Age categories (O’45 & O’55’s) will have their own sign-up sheets.
Racketball Doubles has 3 categories Men’s, Mixed and Ladies, 1 draw in each category.
Matches are best of 5, PAR to 11, 2 clear at 10 all.
Final dates are
Racketball Doubles ...................7pm Friday 17th March
Racketball Singles.....................7pm Friday 24th March
Squash Singles..........................7pm Friday 31st March
Winter League Handicap Racketball 2017
Winter league racketball is a handicapped league played on Friday nights. Matches start at 7pm or 7.20pm. It is a team event, the team consists of 2 leagues, men's and women's. 5 players to a team and 3 play on the night. All matches are handicapped so it truly is a tournament for all standards.
Sign up is open.
Entry closes on 4th December 2016.
The league will start in January 2017.
Each team is required to pay £9 for court fees on the night.
Yorkshire League Squash Fixtures 2016/2017
The Hallamshire premier league team is highly competitive and always pushing to win the league. We encourage members and non-members to watch and support this free world class squash. There will be drinks and food offers on premier league match nights.
Home Fixtures (7.40pm start)
Queens 1 Weds 21/09/16
Heaton 1 Weds 28/09/16
Abbeydale 2 Weds 02/11/16
Barnsley 1 Weds 09/11/16
Pontefract Weds 23/11/16
Hull & ER 1 Weds 11/01/17
Abbeydale 1 Weds 01/02/17
Dunnington 1 Weds 01/03/17
Pontefract 1 Weds 15/03/17
Featuring:
Nick Matthews (WR 4)
Ashley Davis (WR 129)
Nick Wall
Jack Alcock
Alex Cutts
Neil Guirey
Booking Courts
All our squash and racketball court bookings are controlled by our state of the art online booking system.
As a member, you will have access to your own, personal, online account (accessed through this website) which enables you to take control of your own court bookings. Courts are released for member bookings 14 days in advance. In addition to the online booking, courts can be booked in person or over the phone at Reception, or by using our booking kiosks at the Club.
Squash and racketball courts are all booked in 40 minute slots, charged at either £6 peak, or £3 off-peak per court for adults (please see the ‘court fees’ document in the ‘useful downloads’ section on the right of this webpage). All our under 18 members can book courts at half price at all times.
Courts are bookable from 7.00am until 10pm on weekdays, and from 8.00am until 10pm on weekends.
For more information on squash and racketball booking rules please see the download on the right hand side of this webpage (Squash & Racketball Court Booking Rules).
