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Login: | ESR membership mandatory to play in the leagues - updateUpdate - added second bullet point about costs for leisure centres A number of clubs have been asking about the costs and how they go about checking/joining/re-joining ESR and, as is unfortunately typical, it's not easy to find out/do on the ESR website. The good news is that ESR are working through an IT strategy to overhaul their website and get this sort of thing sorted. In the meantime... we email them. So for the details:
Obviously if your club is all paid up and joined (which most are) then this is just for information - you don't need to do anything. Note that if you like to watch PSA Squash TV, there's a good discount available if you're a member of ESR. Please ask if you want to know more. That's it for now. Next update when I know about the log-ons. Thanks, Richard (on behalf of the committee) From the Avon and BAD squash committee. One of the actions we took from the AGM was to make a definitive decision about ESR membership – should it be mandatory or should we leave it as is with some clubs opting out. This was taken as a topic by the committee and the decision was clear and made very quickly: All players who participate in the Avon/BADsquash leagues, tournaments and coaching, must be members of ESR – England Squash and Racketball. There are a few reasons behind this:
It works out at about 50p per player per league match which isn’t a huge amount – especially if compared to the price of the post-match beers. If the club feels it’s too much to pay from its own budget, it could/should charge a match surcharge for league players to cover it. We also need to be clear of the situation if a club still decides to opt out of ESR membership – it’s still optional after all – and it’s simply that those clubs/players who aren’t members of ESR will not be able to participate in these organised events – including the leagues starting in October. Hopefully this gives enough time for clubs to decide which way they’d like to go – we’d obviously prefer all clubs to continue to play in the leagues but it’s their choice at the end of the day. Note that 97% of the clubs and players are already affiliated with ESR so this message is really only intended for the 3% that aren't. The Avon and BAD squash committee |