Free State SquashAssociation · Bloemfontein

Free State Squash Association

Squash in the Free State, from Pitch n Play to the national podium.

We are the provincial body for squash under Squash South Africa: the Winter and Summer Leagues, the Free State Closed, provincial teams, junior development and the largest schools squash tournament in the country, run by volunteers from Bloemfontein to Welkom and Parys.

Leagues & tournaments Results on SportyHQ
Prize-winners at the 2026 Tecnifibre Bloem Junior Open lined up under the marquee with their certificates and trophies
Prize-winners at the 2026 Tecnifibre Bloem Junior Open, February 2026

Notice board

Monday 30 November 2026 · 17h30 · Oud Studente

Annual General Meeting

Notice is given of the 39th Annual General Meeting of the Free State Squash Association. Nominations for Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer close on Sunday 22 November 2026; motions on Sunday 15 November 2026. Notice, nomination and proxy forms, and the 2025 AGM minutes

Summer League 2026/27 · under way since 15 October

Summer League

Fixtures, scorecards and standings are in the league app. League app · Player position list

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entries at the 2025 Tecnifibre Bloem Junior Open, the largest schools squash event in South Africa
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Free State teams at the 2025 SA Country Festivals, U11 to U19
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teams entered in the 2025 SA Schools age-group interprovincials
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Free State players in the final 2026 Squash SA Junior Top 10 rankings

From the courts

Season 2026 so far

Four junior trophy winners with their shields and cups in front of the Tecnifibre backdrop
Tecnifibre Bloem Junior Open, February 2026: the U19 trophy winners.
Free State Closed 2026 finalists on court holding the men's and ladies' trophies
Free State Closed 2026: the men's A and ladies' finalists, May 2026.

Community updates

Newsletters

The Association's community updates cover league dates, tournament results and provincial selections.

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What we run

Four things the Association looks after

Leagues

The Winter League (from first league down to the development leagues) and the popular Summer League, both scored on SportyHQ.

Winter League standings →   History →

Tournaments

The Free State Closed in May, the Southern Free State Closed in September, the Goldfields tournament in Welkom, and the Growthpoint regional event.

Tournaments →

Provincial teams

Free State sides for the Growthpoint (Jarvis and Kaplan) interprovincials, the Masters IPT, and junior teams across every age group.

Provincial teams →

Juniors & development

Schools squash, the Bloem Junior Open, regional squad training under our regional coach, and the weekly Pitch n Play programme.

Juniors →   Coaches →

Honours

Recent results worth knowing about

  • Jul 2026Vivienne van der Schyff at the World Juniors — represented South Africa at the World Junior Squash Championships. Read more
  • Aug 2026SA Top Schools champions — St Andrew's School (boys); Eunice third in the girls' section.
  • Sep 2026Squash SA Junior Top 10 — eight Free State players in the final 2026 rankings, led by Cobus Schimper (2nd, U17 boys) and Duvan du Toit (3rd, U13 boys). Full list
  • Jun 2026Masters Nationals — good finishes for the Free State men's B and D teams and the ladies' team.
  • May 2026Free State Closed — Men's A: Kiran van Eeden beat Tremayne McDonald; Ladies: Sorika Engelbrecht beat Benedette van Tonder. 38 players took part.
  • Apr 2026SA Junior Top 16 Closed — Cobus Schimper won the Boys U17 section in Johannesburg; Vivienne van der Schyff fifth in the girls and selected for World Juniors.
  • Aug 2025Dean Katzin, SA U17 champion — won the Growthpoint SA Junior Nationals on the glass court at the V&A Waterfront. Jasmaine Rust runner-up in the U15 girls.
  • Jun 2025Growthpoint Regional (Bloemfontein) — Luhann Groenewald and Lara Patrick won the men's and women's sections and went on to the finals in Cape Town.
  • May 2025Free State Closed — Men's A: Tremayne McDonald; Men's B: Wiaan Coetzee; Ladies: Amy Greyvenstein.
  • 2025Jarvis IPT (Gqeberha) — Free State A fifth in the B section, Free State B third in the D section.

Documents

Minutes, agendas and the constitution

The Association publishes the confirmed minutes of its general meetings, the chairman's annual report and its governing documents so that every club and player can see what the committee is doing on their behalf.

15 Sep 2026Minutes of the general meeting Minutes pending
03 Aug 2026Minutes of the general meeting
11 May 2026Minutes of the general meeting
17 Nov 2025Minutes of the 38th Annual General Meeting
17 Nov 2025Chairman's Report 2025
04 Nov 2019Constitution of the Free State Squash Association

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