squash
Elevate your squash game on our world-class courts with expert coaching. Join our welcoming community and enjoy top-of-the-line facilities for all your squash needs.
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Our story
With the courts and a terrace that can comfortably sit about 80 people and a soon to be ready Massage / Gym wing, the section is the place to be. If truly you wish to know if you are fit, try squash. The section unarguably is one of the social hub in the club.
Squash section
Benin Club 1931 has grown over the years with tremendous success with more than ten sections of which Squash Section is a part. The game of Squash is generally termed the fastest paced sport with great benefits to the players. The story of her success cannot be told without mention of the enormous support from individuals and cooperate donations used to consistently update the facilities of the sections.
The game of squash became well known in the early 1970s with the Lagos state Open Championship in 1973. As early as 1982 Squash Section had been created in Benin Club 1931 with the first Administrator / Captain Mr. D. Modi. Since then, through thick and thin the Section has witnessed the leadership of 19 Captains and have taken strong and confident root for sure growth. The tenacity and consistency of the leadership and members of the Squash Section have been its backbone.
The membership of the Squash section of Benin Club 1931 involves over 40 active members spanning through personalities from all walks of life, who are united together to exploit all the benefits the game has to offer to both the soul and the body, by ensuring that the facilities of play including a fitness gym are effectively maintained.
The unfailing love for the game of Squash by the Past Captains and Patrons of Squash section as consistently expressed in their presence and donations is an indelible testament. The reason is not farfetched from the enormous benefits of the game which gives the impetus to call them “Boyz”. With squash, age is just a number, and members have “energy, day and night” that at 70 years and more they are more agile than 30 year olds. Just a visit will convince you!