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National Squash Academy in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jonathon Power is giving back to the Canadian Squash Community.  He along with Jamie Nichols and Gary Waite are in the process of creating the National Squash Academy at Downsview Park in Toronto.  I am lucky enough to be in the area and am definitely looking forward to visiting the facility.

Having such a facility in the city of Toronto is great for the local squash community.  There are definitely other good clubs in the city of course but this is geared towards being a high performance center.  To quote the information below it is a “center of squash excellence, combining all of the necessary elements of Long Term Athlete Development to grow the game and it’s athletes from playground to the podium”  Clearly the focus is on training competitive athletes.

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Black Knight – A great squash company

Black Knight is a great squash company.  Not only do they have a great selection of squash racquets they put money back in to the sport.

What I like about Black Knight is where they put their money in to the sport. They sponsor David Palmer one of the hardest working players in history but most of the people that are sponsored are up and coming local players.  Black Knight also is very good at supporting the local club.

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