About Squash Australia

Squash Australia (SQA) is the National Organisation for Squash in Australia.  The company was founded in 1934. SA is focused on the development of the game across Australia, in all its aspects. The organisation has a Federated structure and its members are the State Squash Associations.

Squash in Australia has a long and successful history, with many World, British and Commonwealth Games champions. The organisation took great pride in the success of Squash in the 2006, 2010 & 2014 Commonwealth Games both in terms of raising the profile of the sport and the outstanding performance of the Australian Team, with squash winning 17 medals.

Purpose

Australia will lead Squash’s growth and development by increasing access and awareness, supporting meaningful lifelong engagement in the sport, and encouraging sportsmanship while achieving competitive excellence at the highest levels.

Vision

Education We will help every child in Australia experience squash through the school curriculum. Our volunteers and staff will work alongside teachers to help children experience and enjoy squash.

Recreational
We will promote squash as a key part of a healthy lifestyle that contributes to a positive work/life balance.

Sporting
We will ensure that everyone with athletic talent reaches their full potential by providing the appropriate pathways, funding and coaching. We will also provide the competition opportunities and programmes to assist Australian players to compete with distinction on the world stage.

Mission

To be an innovative & highly respectable sports organisation, the most successful racquet sport in Australia by enabling Australian Players, Coaches and Officials of all ages, cultural background and skill level the opportunity to excel in squash & in life!

Goals

  • Squash will be a thriving participant sport for all Australian
  • Provide an excellent member experience
  • Run world class events for all members
  • Stop the decline of Squash courts, by making facilities attractive, enticing, professionally operated and financially sustainable
  • Win medals that matter for Australia
  • Squash personnel will be competent to deliver the sport through an underpinning professional development programme
  • Squash Australia will have the network required to influence key decisions in its favour
  • Squash will enhance its profile, through media and new technologies
  • Squash will be well administered and focused on local delivery through a shared Australia wide vision

Values

  • Collaborative – Working together as one for the good of the sport.
  • Innovative – Embrace change, be consumer focused and have a growth mindset. 
  • Inclusive – Include all of society. 
  • Respectful – To Listen, empathise, and be considerate of everyone. 
  • Excellence – To strive for the highest standards in everything we do. 

Squash Australia Strategic Plan

Squash Australia, along with its State and Territory Members, are pleased to release the new Squash Australia Strategic Plan: 2022-2026, as the sport embarks on a new era to reinvigorate the game.

With an aim to engage more people in squash, Squash Australia and the State & Territory Members embarked on a collaborative process over the past 12 months to define the framework that will drive business decisions and focus efforts over the next four years.

The plan sets out the sport’s longer-term aspirations aligned with the opportunities that the 10-year runway to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will bring to sports in Australia.

There are four strategic pillars that focus on participation, performance, profile and facilities.

Getting more people playing, more often, is the cornerstone of the plan as Squash Australia looks to increase participation both on and off the court, from grassroots to the elite.

Identifying opportunities for new facilities, as well as improving existing centres will play a big role in achieving this. Identifying, integrating and using technology is also key, with digital innovation at the centre of the future squash experience.

The strategic plan also outlines how the organisation will continue to grow and develop an integrated pathway and high-performance environment, while increasing the sport’s profile for a strong and sustainable future.

View the 2022 – 2026 Squash Australia Strategic Plan


Squash Australia 2021 Marketing and Communication Plan outline

The 2021 marketing and communications strategy is designed to build the sports profile and Squash Australia brand awareness among strategic stakeholders and the wider squash, sporting and non-sporting communities. The strategies align with Squash Australia’s current Strategic Plan.

Squash Australia 2021 Marketing and Communication plan


Annual Reports

Squash Australia publishes an annual report at the end of each calendar year providing full details on all aspects relating to the national body in the given year.

The Annual Report also provides information from all the state and territory associations relating to their activities throughout the past year.

View Annual Reports


Logo

The new Squash Australia logo was unveiled in 2021. It is simple, yet modern and distinctive. It’s built around the iconic outlines of the key pieces of equipment of the sport, such as the ball and the racket. The squash ball in the centre is surrounded by eight moving lines, each representing one of Australian states and territories and combining to make up an abstract shape of the country.

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