National Squash Centre Explained

The National Squash Centre is a squash venue in Eastlands, Manchester, England, which was constructed for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. The National Squash Centre is part of the Sportcity complex.

Costing approximately £3.5m, the facilities include six courts and one glass-walled show court (this alone cost £110,000). The show court is moveable: it floats on air like a hovercraft and can be positioned in the athletics hall for all major tournaments. The show court has a maximum capacity of 1,200.[1]

All of the courts can be converted into either singles or doubles courts.The centre has hosted the British National Squash Championships 17 times since 2003,[2] the Men's World Open 2008, the Women's World Open 2008 and hosts the annual British Grand Prix, a PSA World Series event.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sportcity - Manchester . Sportcity-manchester.com . 2011-11-27.
  2. http://www.nationalsquashchamps.co.uk/archive/history.htm "Full details from recent events", webmaster - Steve Cubbins
  3. Web site: Venue - ROWE British Grand Prix Manchester . Britishsquashgrandprix.com . 2011-11-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120103205921/http://www.britishsquashgrandprix.com/Venue.aspx . 2012-01-03 . dead .