Junior Squash Academy and Membership
JUNIOR SQUASH ACADEMY
Our academy is open to all abilities – from complete beginners to nationally ranked players. It provides affordable, high-quality, squash coaching for girls and boys, aged 5 to 18 years. We want all our juniors to develop their game and have fun playing squash. Thanks to our sponsors, 501 Fun (https://www.501fun.com), we are able to offer a fantastic deal to our Tunbridge Wells Juniors.
JOINING OUR SQUASH ACADEMY:
Junior membership of TWSRC is £70 per year, which includes membership of our academy:
Junior Group Coaching
Access to the club facilities for additional junior coaching run by our coach, Zeb.
Off-peak (link to off-peak page) access to courts.
Player Insurance.
Prospective junior members are welcome to a free trial session before committing. For more information contact Zeb, our head coach or email: twsrcjuniors@gmail.com.
To Apply to join our Academy, complete an application form (Junior Membership 2025/26) and submit it to email: twsrcmembership@gmail.com. See link at the bottom of this section.
OUR JUNIOR ACADEMY COACH:
Our head coach, Zeb Young (07737 842542), England Squash Coach of the Year 2022, runs an excellent junior programme consisting of regular coaching within groups of similar ability and encourages access to competitive squash. He is supported by an outstanding team of England Squash qualified coaches. Zeb runs an active junior academy ‘what’s app’ group. All our juniors should be on the group. It is the best way to communicate with Zeb!
JUNIOR GROUP COACHING:
Juniors are divided into 4 groups by ability; copper for beginners through bronze & silver to gold for more advanced players. This ensures coaching is tailored to each individual’s squash standard. The incredible success of our gold players at county and national level is testament to its success.
Members book into these group coaching sessions via our website
501FUN sponsored weekend training: 501FUN sponsor weekend coaching.
At NO charge to our juniors, 501FUN sponsor 1 hour sessions that run 2 - 3 times per month from September to June, on either Saturday or Sunday, between 1 & 4pm. Exact dates and timings are published monthly (LINK TO SCHEDULE)
Friday Group Coaching: 1 hour sessions run weekly, between 4.15 & 8.30pm.
Paid for in bundles on a ‘pay when you play’ basis
£80 for 12 or £45 for 6. Accelerator Coaching: Thursday’s: between 6.20pm & 7pm.
Small group coaching (max. 3 players per coach). Open to Gold and Silver juniors.
£50 for 4x 40 minute sessions on a ‘use or lose’ basis.
School holiday squash camps: Typically run from 10am to 1pm.
Approx £25 per day.
1 to 1 lessons: Zeb’s team of Squash Coaches are available for individual lessons
£30 for 40 mins or £40 per hour
JUNIOR COMPETITIVE SQUASH:
Opportunities to play competitively against similar standard juniors around West Kent
Tournaments – An annual junior championship at TWSRC.
West Kent Junior Box Leagues - A monthly Sunday session at one of 3 participating clubs. Open to players of all abilities https://www.kentsra.co.uk/jl. For more details view the attached introduction or contact Tony Hooper email: WestKentLeagues@gmail.com.
England Squash sanctioned tournaments – Entrants will receive an England Squash ranking. Tournaments are ranked by standard, copper to platinum. Open to our stronger players https://sportmgr.co.uk/. Contact Steve Franks for more details email: elsteveo969@hotmail.co.uk.
Kent County training: https://www.kentsra.co.uk/signup. Selection is by invitation. Talk to Zeb or Steve Franks email: elsteveo969@hotmail.co.uk if you’d like to be considered.
CM Stringers: For our older academy members, tournaments are mixed junior and adult players. Sign up via cmstringers.com.
Aspire: Training run by England Squash, by selection, for our most advanced juniors.
Read about the success of our junior academy in our regular newsletters.
PARTNERSHIPS:
Bennett Memorial Diocesan School: We have a very successful active partnership Link to ES .
WHAT IS NEEDED?
All juniors must be members to take part in the coaching.
All Juniors MUST always wear suitable eye protection on court and gym shoes/trainers with non-marking soles. Squash goggles and squash rackets can be provided by our coaches.
KEEPING OUR JUNIORS SAFE
All our juniors should play squash in a comfortable and safe environment.
You can find details of the code of conduct we expect from our juniors, our adult members and our staff, our safeguarding policies and reporting procedures in the policy section of our club website (acess to members only)
Our policies and procedures are intended to reflect and implement the safeguarding policies and guidance from England Squash which can be found here: https://www.englandsquash.com/safeguarding/policies-and-procedures For more information please contact our Welfare Officer, Craig Bowers at email: craig.bowers@cripps.co.uk.
