Across Sydney's north shore, Willoughby Squash has been the home of indoor racquet sports for nearly 50 years. Tens of thousands of locals - from children to retirees, and everyone in between - have benefited from this amazing facility - with 10 courts, including the only doubles courts in all of Sydney. Now the facility is facing likely redevelopment and we need to find a new home for squash - and table tennis, badminton, and racquetball - as a matter of urgency.

Squash - and indoor racquet sports - are the only sporting facilities that local councils haven't supported with allocations of land on which to build facilities. As a result, across Sydney 88% of all squash courts have been lost to redevelopment. This includes multiple facilities in Lane Cove, North Sydney, Mosman, and elsewhere.

Without Willoughby Squash, the large (population: 350,000 and growing) and increasingly multicultural population from North Sydney to Wahroonga will have lost its last indoor racquet sports facility. This includes the growing table tennis club that has made its home at Willoughby over the last 15 years, run by Australian table tennis legend Vivian Tan, who competed in the London 2012 Olympics. 

Not only are the courts a place for community recreation and school sport (with many of the local public and independent primary and high schools offering squash at WIlloughby), they are the home courts for some of Australia's top juniors and masters players. Willoughby Squash Club and its coaches have produced countless state and national junior champions.

Local council elections are just around the corner - on 14 September - and now is the time to let the councils of the North Shore - from North Sydney to Lane Cove, Willoughby and Ku-Ring-Gai - hear from the thousands of local residents who want to preserve such a valuable public amenity. 

Please sign this petition to persuade the councils of the North Shore that they need to provide a permanent home for indoor racquet sports in Sydney's north. For the space of just one or two tennis courts, we can create an amazing facility that will keep residents active and happy throughout their lives.

在悉尼北岸，威洛比壁球馆已经是室内球拍运动的家园近50年。成千上万的当地居民——从儿童到退休人员，涵盖各个年龄段——都受益于这个卓越的设施，这里有10个球场，包括悉尼唯一的双打球场。现在，这个设施面临重建的威胁，我们迫切需要为壁球、乒乓球和羽毛球找到新的家园。 壁球和室内球拍运动是地方议会未能提供土地建造设施的唯一运动项目。因此，在悉尼，88%的壁球场地已经因重建而消失。这包括了Lane Cove、North Sydney、Mosman等地的多个设施。 如果没有威洛比壁球馆，从北悉尼到Wahroonga的庞大且不断增长的（人口：35万）多元文化社区将失去最后一个室内球拍运动设施。这还包括在过去15年中，由澳大利亚乒乓球传奇人物Vivian Tan（参加过2012年伦敦奥运会）经营的不断壮大的乒乓球俱乐部。 这些球场不仅是社区娱乐和学校体育活动的场所（许多当地公立和独立小学和中学在威洛比提供壁球课程），它们还是一些澳大利亚顶尖青少年和大师级选手的主场。威洛比壁球俱乐部及其教练培养了无数州级和全国级的青少年冠军。 地方议会选举即将到来——就在9月14日——现在是时候让北岸地区的议会——从北悉尼到Lane Cove、威洛比和Ku-Ring-Gai——听到成千上万当地居民的心声，即大家希望保留这样一个宝贵的公共设施。 请签署这份请愿书，来说服北岸的议会，他们需要为悉尼北部的室内球拍运动提供一个永久的家园。只需一两个网球场的空间，我们就能创建一个卓越的设施，让居民们一直都能保持活跃和快乐。