Milton has an explicit tennis strategy. There are currently 20 municipal tennis courts in Milton, more under planning. Yet Milton has an explicit policy against building squash courts. That’s partly why you will not see any squash courts added to the Milton Sports Centre as part of its $35 million expansion.

Milton’s opposition for building a squash court is simple: the town does not consider it a ‘core municipal service’. I totally get that, but I don’t see how tennis courts, ice rinks, gyms, skateboard parks etc are ‘core municipal services’.

For various reasons (ability to play year-round, insanely good exercise [much better than tennis], ability to play alone, wallyball , easy to do it casually for drop-ins, etc etc) I am hoping to convince the town to drop its opposition for squash courts.

I am writing a letter that I hope others will sign as well. If you’re interested in signing it then please e-mail me or leave me a comment.  I’ll bring the letter to you. Check it out and sign it if you’re interested. I should’ve done it when the farmer’s market was on but hey, even a few signatures should help (just need to show that I am not the only one interested in squash).  Please only respond if you currently actively play squash or stopped playing because of lack of facilities in Milton and would like to restart.