Commencing last January, some $65M has been plunged into the construction of a doubles squash court at the National Racquet Center on Woolford Avenue in a first for Guyana.
Doubles courts are larger than regular squash courts, and are a necessity if a country is aspiring to host major international squash events.
In a recent update from Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr., it has been revealed that the building for the court has been completed, and internal fittings have already been purchased.
“We completed the building also, for the squash court. We made the investment earlier in the year, last year, late 2022 going into 2023, to build the doubles court, and we also purchased the internal fittings for the courts themselves. That’s already in the country,” the Sport Minister had shared during a press conference.
In explaining the importance of the court, Ramson Jr. revealed what the acquisition of such a resource can do for Guyana and the squash locally when he remarked, “What will that do? This will make Guyana the premier option when it comes to hosting international squash tournaments. In fact, this is the only public facility, I’m advised, for squash anywhere in the Caribbean.
“So it makes Guyana now a premier destination for hosting international Squash,” he added.
In another update during the Budget debates on Tuesday, the Sport Minister divulged to the National Assembly that the persons responsible for installing the doubles court, and thus completing the facility, have arrived in Guyana and commenced their work on the new facility.
The doubles court will complement a singles court at the same facility, and those at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street.
