Let's Talk Squash - SUSPENDED

bennybucket · Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:08 am Post subject: Squash expenses

I play squash at our local place for $12 an our and if you think squash is expensive try racing motocross

wasted24/7 · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 10:26 am Post subject:

Ottawa, Canada has several community centres that you can play for 5$ a court each. A membership at a club is about $650-800. Thats for unlimited courts within club hours, fitness machine use etc. Not bad actually. Junior membership is way less. The best club in Ottawa, the Rideau Tennis & Squash Club burnt down a few years ago, It was the only purely squash and tennis club in Ottawa. It was so nice. A real racquets club... the membership there was even cheaper and it was the nicest... great squash pros etc.

whitty · Heavy Contributor Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 42

adam i think i might disagree with you about boston being the best club in lincolnshire. lol surley you meant best club after cleethorpes.
i also disagree with bendi, at least were we live. squash is very cheap. too cheap from my point of view as a racket salesman.
my club membership is £35.00 a year. £3.00 light fees split between 2. 3 good courts. a nice bar. top class county cricket. a pro tournament every year usually with james willstrop playing.
the cost of gear is very cheap.
you can get a good graphite racket for £30.00. a good pair of shoes for £25.00 and shorts and shirt for a few pound. happy days. well at least for the buyer.

Adrian19 · Prolific Contributor Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 230

Its really going to be variable what one considers to be a fair price for courts... Yearly, monthly, daily, hourly fees...all are dependable on conditions, access, availabilty etc.

Motocross is way, way, way off the charts compared to squash. I used to have a YZ125 for 3 years never raced it though so never paid out that way, upgrades and gas, plus bike costs were far beyond a squash membership. But it was more fun!!
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Azx · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:06 pm Post subject:

I think compared to the others I am very lucky with what I pay.
At my university (we had 6 squash courts, one of them was changed to a spin studio this year though so down to 5) membership of the recreation centre is 100NZ$ for a year. You can play squash for 1NZ$ for 30 minutes each.
BUT since we started the University Squash Club, members of this club pay half price, imagine 1NZ$ for an hour of squash Very Happy

Sometimes its good being a student.

squashplanet · Newbie Joined: 16 Apr 2008 Posts: 3 Location: M'sia

at M'sia, usually i pay RM10/hr at public court. means around USD2.5/hr. ^^
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alenvers · Newbie Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 2

In Belgium, price for the sports I do or I was used to do :
- Table tennis : 70€/Year unlimited access + interclub free (80 matches on the year !) - Tournaments around 8€- - Rackets/paste around 100€/year (lately my level was suffisient to receive these for free) - Training free - aftermatch cheap
- Football (soccer) : 100€/year (Just have to buy shoes) - training free
- Rollerblading : Around 700€ for skates/wheels by year unlimited outside on the roads in the parks - trained by myself with friends
- Tennis : Unlimitted during summer (4months) for +/-200€ - no training for me but lowcost for children

- Squash : 30€/year + 7,2€/hour + 95€ for interclub + 10€ by tournament + a lot of balls + strings (20€) + social life around the club expensive.

For me, the squash is a total of >2000€/year (with my wife playing too we are around 4000€/year). For most people, it's more than the income of one entire month of work. This is a lot. But I play more than 10h a week.