Oyo renovates facilities to boost squash

In a bid to bring back the game of squash from the doldrums, the Oyo State Squash Association, under the leadership of ex-international Adewale Salako, has embarked on a massive revival of the game, with renovations of the abandoned squash court at the Lekan Salami Sports Complex costing more than 100 million naira.

It has been more than 25 years since Oyo State last won any medal in Squash at the national level, necessitating the massive renovations that began with the replacement of the roof, the restoration of electricity and electrical fittings, and the replacement of the court's wooden floor and plumbing with the provision of a motorized well, air conditioners, solar power installations, security lights for a safe environment, and the painting of the court.

The project, according to the Oyo Squash Association Chairman, Adewale Salako,  is being funded with the donations from Southwest Squash Stakeholders. Speaking  on the development,  Salako, who was the state and national junior squash champion in the eighties and also a senior nationally ranked squash player before moving to England in the early nineties, said his aim  was  to bring back the good old days when many won laurels for the old Oyo State and Nigeria.