Stronger Together: England and US Squash Announce
Historic Partnership
England Squash and US Squash, two of the largest national squash
federations in the world have announced a comprehensive technology
partnership centered on the Club Locker platform.
The Club Locker technology platform, initially developed by US
Squash to serve its domestic needs, and which will now operate
separately from the association, provides the foundation for
membership organisations to offer a compelling participatory
sports-based value proposition.
England Squash is expected to begin use of the mobile-first,
web-based Club Locker app from the autumn for its own events,
migrating its database and operations to the system over time. US
Squash already uses Club Locker for all of its operations including
membership, event registration, tournament and league administration
and management, and its support of clubs, facilities, schools and
districts which organise squash activity.
England Squash’s decision to partner and collaborate with US Squash
on Club Locker was rooted in the fact that the system already
supports every level of the game through an integrated squash
experience, and meets the needs of players, partners including
clubs, facilities, coaches, and players at all levels, as well as
administrators at local and national levels. The fully integrated
end-to-end system is built on an extensible code base that leverages
best-of-breed integrations with services such as Amazon’s
cloud-based Web Services, Oauth 2.0, the Node.js server-side
platform, and the Stripe API payment platform.
England Squash CEO Keir Worth explained, “England Squash clearly
recognises the importance of technology, and the opportunity its
strategic utilisation represents for all national squash governing
bodies around the world. We believe the most viable approach to
delivering the functionality and experience expected of a
technology-enabled sport sits within a fully integrated system like
Club Locker.”
US Squash President and CEO Kevin Klipstein welcomed the
collaborative relationship by adding, “Through technology, national
federations now have the opportunity to provide genuine value and
connectivity across every aspect of the sport, including finding and
matching players, tracking performance and rankings, managing
organised competitive play, and supporting facilities. Using an
integrated system that provides value to our members and partners
such as the College Squash Association and others allows us to be a
valued partner, and to efficiently support the growth of the sport.
We believe the adoption of the system will help England Squash
accomplish the same.”
Klipstein added that since US Squash has invested more than $1
million in Club Locker over the last four years, the cost-barrier to
using the best-in-class service has essentially been eliminated. As
a result, he observed that the sport may have a unique no-cost
opportunity to aggregate participants and fans into an integrated
system, allowing the sport to take advantage of the fact that all
squash federations share the same mission-based focus.