Club Beginnings

Humble Beginnings- The History of the Maketu and Te Puke Squash Club

Kevin Treloar, a farmer from Maketu, five miles from Te Puke, where the Arawa Canoe made landfall in NZ, built a squash court in 1967 for his family and friends to enjoy.

Mr Treloar first played squash in Japan when, as a member of the New Zealand Occupation Force, he was coerced into a game at the 2nd World War Japanese Kamikaze Air Base, where the Japanese pilots spent their last two or three weeks before their last suicide flight.

TIMELINE
1981 - A third court was added.

1997 - upstairs toilet block added.
1999-2003 - Upgrade of the interior and exterior completed.
2012 - The new kitchen installed.

2022 - Roof and cladding replaced.
2023-2024 - Gym upgraded.

As the history shows, the club has always maintained and upgraded its facilities to meet the community’s requirements and needs.

The club is now planning to increase by one more court.