Children’s Health Week is a collaboration between public and private schools, youth organisations, junior sports groups and a host of local sponsors. The ultimate goal is to promote a healthy lifestyle to Bermuda’s youth, and to introduce boys and girls to the excitement of squash. It provides Bermuda’s youngsters with the chance to be a part of one of the biggest and best sporting events on the calendar, not only as spectators but also (hopefully) as players. Indeed, students are given the opportunity to meet the players and to try their hand at the game.
Following the success of the last 3 years, scholarships will again be awarded to outstanding candidates from the Bermuda Squash Racquets Association Junior Programme. These scholarships offer free private weekly coaching, group sessions, equipment and annual membership to the BSRA. Last year’s winners have benefited tremendously from their awards and it is rewarding to see that their squash skills are improving rapidly.
Throughout the week children will command courtside seats, have the opportunity to meet with the players, learn more about squash first hand, and discover how a squash player’s lifestyle, as with any other world-class athlete, enables them to perform at peak levels of fitness. The players on the world professional tour are excellent role models for youngsters and they welcome the opportunity to interact with them.
Special coaching clinics run by the stars will take place throughout the week, while some lucky individuals will have the chance to play against one of the world’s top players on the state-of-the-art, all-glass court in front of capacity crowds.
Squash can provide a valuable stepping-stone to a higher education – something that has been demonstrated by the number of graduates of the BSRA Junior Programme who have used squash to help them gain scholarships and acceptance into top quality North American and British high schools and universities. It is our sincere hope that CHW will introduce to the sport those children who haven’t already participated in our program, and that it will assist them in their efforts to obtain a top-quality education.
To learn more about the BSRA’s vibrant junior programmme, call the BSRA on 292-6881 to find out what’s involved. Join us in helping Bermuda’s youth to live an active, healthy lifestyle.