This year, in collaboration with Foundation 4 Sports, squash was offered as part of a late night multi-sport event held during Ramadan. Hosted at the Sport Wales National Centre (SWNC), Sophia Gardens, hundreds of adults descended upon the centre to exercise.
This year Squash Wales coaches aided support and advice across several of the sessions, offering coaching tips, equipment checks and organising mini- tournaments. The event ran on Thursday and Friday nights with the Men attending on the Thursday and ladies attending on the Friday. With all four courts in use from 10:30pm to 12:30pm we were impressed with the uptake and the buzz around the centre and especially the interest in squash.
To quote one of our coaches ‘It was very busy and they were a nice bunch of lads. All courts got full use! A couple of decent hitters too!’
A second coach stated ‘Last week was really good – lots of ladies coming in and out over the 2 hours, for about 20-30 minutes each time. I recon about 50-60 ladies tried it overall. Lots of them wanted to know the rules, a few tips and then just to play with their friends!
Thank you to our coaches for the commitment towards these sessions, you provided a great atmosphere.
We look forward to working with the Foundation 4 Sport during next year’s Ramadan.
