Coastal Challenge 2015 Fundraiser begins!

Portland Community Squash has announced their 2015 Coastal Challenge fundraising effort to support efforts to bring squash programs and a facility to Portland! Please join and help contribute to the future of squash in Maine! From the announcement:

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Portland Community Squash is in the middle of a capital campaign and weeks away from breaking ground on our state-of-the-art community squash facility. Now, more than ever, it’s important that we rally together in the 2015 Coastal Challenge to support the PCS Annual Fund. Sign up before August 1st and find event details on the Coastal Challenge website.

Website: classy.org/cc15

Join a Team:

Team Foreside – Capt. Sandy Spaulding (’14 Coastal Cup Champions)
Team USA – Capt. Andrew Hilboldt (’14 PCS Cup Champions)
Team Brunswick – Capt. Mike Brennan
Team Cape – Capt. Teddy Stoecklein
Team Portland – Capt. Greg Born
Team Biddeford Pool – Capt. Andrew Emmons
Team Boston – Capt. Ripley Hastings

Portland Community Squash website: http://www.pcsquash.com

Local squash player featured in College brochure for Haverford College

We’re always proud of kids that have started playing squash in programs we run at the YMCA in Portland! Here’s a snapshot of Isabel, a junior in the fall, at Haverford College outside of Philadelphia.

Congratulations on all of your hard work!

Isabel Agnew at Haverford College

Holiday hours, Summer hours

YMCA of Southern Maine Portland Branch squash courts availability updates:

  • YMCA will be CLOSED on July 4th, 2015
  • Court 1 (hardball, American sized little court on the left) will be used for storage of materials for the annual Peaks to Portland swim event. It will be out of action for squash until late July.
  • Court 2 (hardball, American sized little court on the right) will be used for summer camp activities for the next few weeks Monday through Friday from 9-5pm.

 

Summer hours

Portland branch of the YMCA of Southern Maine Summer Hours begin on Memorial Day.

  • M-F 6am-8pm
  • S-Su 6am-3pm

Rally At The Alley!

The annual celebration of squash in Southern Maine will be held at BaySide Bowl in early June!

There are plenty of exciting things that have happened over the past year in squash in Maine! After our long winter we planning a party to pause, reflect, honor, update and have fun while celebrating the game of squash! Please join us for an evening of squash, music, bowling and enjoying friends sharing a common interest in squash. All are welcome! Stop by to say hello, stay for fun, awards and updates!

  • What: Rally At The Alley
  • When: Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 from 5:00pm – 9:00pm
  • Where: BaySide Bowl (Google Map)
  • Who: All are welcome!
  • Details: Food, drinks, lanes available, live music. League awards, other awards and honors, Maine Squash Hall of Fame, Portland Community Squash updates
  • Cost: Cash bar, some finger food, some lanes for bowling.
  • Kids are welcome!

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