In 2008 two New York squash players created an initiative to increase the number of women playing the game of squash in New York city. Jessica Green and Emily Steiff created the first “Women’s Squash Night”. This event was so popular that it quickly spread across the United States and became known as Women’s Squash Week (WSW). In 2013 Squash Republic partnered up with the event. We helped with a rebrand and we brought the event to Vancouver.
The first event in Vancouver saw seven clubs participating – The Bayside Club, Bentall Athletic Centre Club, The Bonsor Recreation Club, Jericho Tennis Club, Sport Central, and The River Club. These events hosted over 150 new players and were made possible by the financial support of the Vancouver Squash League.
Barbados and Bermuda joined the initiative in 2014 which gave WSW it’s first international flavour. Whistler, Evergreen in North Vancouver, and Nanaimo all hosted events in 2015. (Since that time there have been events in the UK, Ireland, India, Hong Kong, and Poland!)
In 2017 Women’s Squash Week was taken over by Squash BC and 2019 marks their third year managing the event.
Women’s Squash Week in British Columbia
#WomensSquashWeek takes place in BC this year from September 14 – 22, 2019 and is organized by Squash BC and presented by Promosapien, a Vancouver-based, woman-owned marketing company.
For more information what’s happening in British Columbia visit Squash BC’s official Women In Squash page.
• List of BC clubs participating
Women’s Squash Week in the United States
#WomensSquashWeek takes place in the US from September 23 – 29, 2019. For more information on this US Squash initiative, visit their official page.
Official Hashtags
#WomensSquashWeek #SquashTheGap #squashisfriendship #WomensSquash