Derek Moore, who owns Of Courts, grew up playing all sorts of sports as a kid: golf, basketball, soccer, and, more competitively, hockey and lacrosse. At 20, he picked up tennis. And at 30? He found squash.
“Squash consumed my life from the first time I played it as an adult,” said Moore. “I quit all other sports to focus on squash.”
He steadily improved, and just three years in he became the squash pro at Goodlife Fitness in London (while also working an engineering job for a defence contractor). And in March 2015, he left his day job and purchased Of Courts to pursue an athletics-related career.
At the same time, Moore became the new coach of Western squash program, the winningest team in Canadian University history. A long and storied program, they’ve won 34 consecutive OUA championships. And Moore is continuing that tradition.
He’s also winning on the court himself.
“My favourite sports moment was finishing second at the Canadian National Championships earlier this year in the men’s open 30+ category,” said Moore.
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