Welcome to the LBS Squash Club! This post, while rather long I'm afraid, covers everything you’ll need to know thus far to get you started.
MEMBERSHIP & FACILITIES
We have an arrangement with Lord's cricket ground, which is ten minutes walk from campus and has two high quality courts (Google Maps Link: http://bit.ly/90aJ1F) – use the ‘Grace’ gate.
Membership for current students & alumni costs £60 for the year. Please pay the membership fee by registering for our membership event on campus groups here
Court fees are £8 for 40 minute sessions (£4 each) from Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm and £10 during evenings & weekends. Court fees should be paid at the office by the courts when you arrive to play. Lords will keep an up to date list of all paid up members, so please do take your LBS ID card with you, as you may be asked for it at the gates or at the courts.
DRESS
The dress code is full whites (t shirt, shorts & socks) and INDOOR, NON MARKING shoes. This means that you mustn’t wear shoes to play in, that you wear outside. The grit in the treads scratches the floor of the courts and ruins them.
WHITES
Sports Direct on Baker St. and Lillywhites on Piccadilly does sports kit at low prices.
COURT BOOKING
We use a Shared Google Spreadsheet to manage online court bookings. The link to the online booking system will be sent to you as soon as you pay your membership subscription. This is exclusively for LBS, but the Lords management have access to it and will add in any MCC bookings. Please do ensure you delete any cancellations as early as possible, to allow others to book.
LADDER
The LBS Ladder is a simple way to provide everybody with an easily accessible list of suitable opponents. The rules are on the Ladder spreadsheet, but in short, you can challenge anybody & if you win, you go one place above them; if you lose, you stay where you are. The link to the ladder is here: http://bit.ly/ojJhur.
COACHING
We have secured two qualified coaches again this year for coaching sessions on Thursday evenings & Friday mornings - student rates are 15 GBP per session. The LBS club will part of the cost of the professional coaching, until we run out of money. Please contact Alon (afried.mba2013@london.edu) for more details.
TOURNAMENTS
We plan to organize the following tournaments:
- MBAT
- Cranfield
- LBS Handicap Tournament
- And potentially others depending on interest
SOCIAL
We will endeavour to plan social events to meet for drinks at the Windsor for a chance to put names to faces & hopefully find players of a similar level.
We're always looking for ways to improve the club, so please don't hesitate to let us know of any questions, concerns & suggestions. Thank you.
The LBS SQUASH CLUB