The Event?
The West Wales Squash Open is bringing World Class squash at the highest level back to Wales on an all glass court for the first time since the British Open in Cardiff in 1997.
The event will take place in Aberystwyth in early 2025 and is split between Plascrug Leisure Centre (Home of Aberystwyth Squash Club) and at the famous Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
The Art Centre will play host to the All Glass Squash Court in the Great Hall and will offer the perfect setting with a capacity crowd of over 1000 seats every day as well as hosting the hospitality of the Open.
Thousands of fans are expected over the 5 day event with an amateur event and other squash events planned around the Open.
Why are we crowdfunding?
We want to bring world class squash back to Wales!!
How we’ll spend the money raised
The West Wales Squash Open offers fantastic opportunities for sponsors and partners great and small to showcase their brand, services or product on a local level, national level or Worldwide.
The event sponsorship and partnership packages can be tailored to your brand needs with use of the venue, stand space, in event branding and digital branding. Want to tailor a package that fits your brand? Just let us know and we can make that work for you.
Community impact
We expect to attract over 3,000 spectators to the West Wales Squash Open over the 5 days of squash, with fans attending more than one day. Over 700 seats will be available on every day of play creating an amazing buzz around the All Glass Court at the Arts Centre. There will a number of locations in the arena to showcase your brand, not just on the court but off it to, on posters, flyers, digital displays and in the event programme.
Before a ball has been struck we are aiming to promote the event and activation events across West Wales and beyond through digital media and marketing as well as on podcasts and producing video content around the event.
We will also be taking a custom build mini squash court around towns and cities in Wales to promote the sport, the players, the event and ticket availability while working with local squash clubs in the area to fully connect with the squash community as a whole.
The ‘Mini Squash Court Tour’ allows for extra brand awareness and there are a number of places on the court for your brand to appear as well as on all the volunteer kit that is worn by the coaches.
The court will be part of the legacy of the event and will be used post event to promote the sport of squash in local communities but to also help with promoting the 2025 edition and beyond..
How you can play your part
There are four simple ways to help us reach our target, and make this project a reality.
1. Make a pledge. Don’t delay if you’re going to support us because momentum is key to our success!
2. Spread the word. Share our project on your social media pages and tell the world to get behind us! The more people we reach, the more support we will get.
3. Offer rewards. Get involved if you are a local business by donating things we can offer to our supporters. We will give you a shout out!
4. Fundraise for us. If you want to run your own fundraiser – maybe a sponsored activity or similar – use the 'contact project' button at the top of our page to let us know. Setting up your own page only takes a few minutes and you won’t need any bank details. Just a fun idea!