About

The Mountain District Squash and Racquetball Club plays out of the Victorian Racket Club 20 O'Connor Rd Knoxfield.

If you have an enquiry regarding court hire, opening hours or their other services the VRC's website is https://victorianracketclub.com.au/ or 0452 258 721

Mountain District represents the Squash and Racquetball Section of the VRC. If you want to play pennant we're the destination.

Squash and Racquetball are great ways to get and stay fit. By joining the club you have access to a range of pennant and social competitions and great people who love these games.

Senior Pennant generally runs for two seasons a year, Spring (August to December) and Autumn (February to June).

Monday / Tuesday Night Women’s Squash competition:

Three singles matches, played on Monday or Tuesday nights
Teams are usually 4 people to allow for player rotation and occasional unavailability.
Commencing at 7.30 pm and finishing approximately 10 pm
Grades from relative novice to experienced.
Play at Venues throughout Metro Melbourne (East /SE and City)

For more information contact us via the form in the contact tab

Tuesday / Wednesday Night Open Squash competition:

Three singles matches played on Tuesday or Wednesday nights
Teams are usually 4 people to allow for occasional unavailability
Commencing 7.00 pm and finishing around 9:30 pm
Grades from competent social players to highly skilled
Play at Venues throughout Metro Melbourne (East /SE and City)
There’s also a short, sharp – 6 week – season from Late Jan to late March.

For more information contact us via the form in the contact tab

Friday Morning Squash

Three singles matches
Commencing 9.45 am and finishing around noon on Fridays
No play during school hols
Social Mixed
Novice to competent
Eastern Suburbs Venues

For more information contact us via the form in the contact tab

Masters Squash (Thursday)

Open to Men over 35 and Women over 30
Four singles matches played on Thursday nights
Teams are usually 5 people to allow for occasional unavailability
Commencing at 7.30 or 8 pm and finishing approximately 11.00pm
Grades from relative novice to competent
Played at venues in the East and South East

Contact us via the form in the contact tab

Racquetball

Mixed competition
Generally played on Monday or Wednesday nights
Three singles and a doubles match played each night.
Generally commencing at 7.30 pm and finishing round 10.00
Teams of up to 5
A range of standards
Play at Venues throughout Eastern Metro

Contact us via the form in the contact tab

Juniors

Open to all players under 20
Played Saturday mornings of school terms from 9 am to around 11.00
Two singles and a doubles match
Between 2 and 4 in a team
Match fees are $15 per team ($5 - $7.50 per player)
Local Venues

Contact us via the form in the contact tab

Wednesday Night Social Squash

This is an informal competition. No need to be a club member to join in
Social Mixed
A range of abilities from novice
6:30 pm Start
Warm up court to keep you going
20 minute time slots
Matched up with a Player of your level
$15 per player

Contact the Victorian Racket Club - https://victorianracketclub.com.au/ or 0452 258 721

Social Squash – WhatsApp group.

This group runs informally and allows members and non-members to arrange a hit at any time. To join this group provide your email and mobile number to mountaindistrictsquash@gmail.com with a brief indication of your squash experience and we can sign you up. A range of standards.

Casual Court Hire

No need to be a club member to book and play.

Call the Victorian Racket Club on 0452 258 721

Coaching

Highly recommended that you have a few lessons if you’re just starting or just getting back into squash or racquetball.

The Squash Section is thrilled to have Selena Shaikh and her team from F8Squash as our Squash Coaching crew.

Selena and the F8 crew can be contacted through their website at www.f8squash.com.au or email them at coaching@f8squash.com.au. or call the F8 Squash team on 0412 429 136.

Pennant Fees

A very low nominal club fee is charged annually . In order to play pennant VRC also requires you to join as a social member for $80 per annum. This covers pennant team entry fees, admin, club facilities and kitchen supplies etc as well as the ability to access reduced off peak court hire rates..

In addition, Squashvic registration fees for pennant are $120 for squash players and $80 per year for racquetball players. These fees are calculated and charged when you sign up as a member of the club. (These fees cover registration, insurance, results management etc). You must be registered and a member of the club to play pennant.

Pennant (court) Fees are $20.00 per person, (Friday’s $16 pp) payable each week at the courts where your match is played, and there are between 14 and 17 matches in the average season. Generally, once you’re registered in a team you need to commit to playing at least ¾ of the rostered pennant matches. Juniors pay between $5.00 and $7.50 court fees for pennant matches.

If you’re not interested in playing pennant, there’s no need to be a squash club member or a registered player to just come down and play. VRC court hire fees apply. (If you're a regular player you can choose to take out a Gold or Silver VRC membership which offers fantastic value - Details on the VRC Website.

If you’re just starting out in pennant you can play 2 or 3 matches to see if you like it without paying a club fee, however court fees are still payable.

For more info, or to get started, contact us via the form in the contact tab

May 2024