It has long been the case that a club must be affiliated to England Squash  in order to play in the county leagues and the affiliation cost is calculated from the number of courts you have and the number of players you declare.

Separate from this is the fact that players can register as members of ES. For professional players and coaches, and anyone who has played in ES tournaments, including the Intercounty Championships, this has long been a requirement, so many players in your club will already be members and have their ES Membership numbers.

However, we are now obliged to ensure that all players in our county leagues are members of ES. For a club, this will involve two things:

1) Identify all your currently nominated players, obtain their ES Membership Numbers if they have one, and add this into their player record in League Master.

2) For players who do not know if they are registered or not, look them up on the ES Club Portal and identify their ES Membership Number if they have one. If they are not in the ES system, then you will need to register them.

A document covering this in detail can be found here: England Squash Membership Requirements.

While it might appear to be a time consuming task, and indeed there will some adjustments to be made initially, you are not being asked to take this on by yourselves. Surrey SRA are here to help so please contact us, and we can help with access to the ES Club Portal and how to manage your club players.

Notes:

As mentioned above, the affiliation fee paid by clubs is a COMPLETELY different matter to how many players are registered through the process required above. Your ES affiliation fee is determined by your agreement with ES and will not change by the addition of registered players.