Helsinki Squash Rackets Club proudly presents in collaboration with the Finnish Squash Association and the Talihalli venue: The first, inaugural and spectacular Finnish Racketball Open 2026.
The call is out and Club Locker for entries will be opened soon – then we’ll hit your favourite medias!
Update: February 5, 2026
Tournament info:
- Balls: We’re playing with the excellent black and white balls by tournament sponsor Price of Bath!
- Venue: Talihalli, talihalli.fi Talihalli boasts an all-glass court that we’ll play on with white balls and five glass-back courts. Two additional glass-back courts are being built but we don’t know if they’ll be ready for the Open
- Address: Huopalahdentie 28, Helsinki (https://maps.app.goo.gl/6xwDedXiFF7QswCGA)
- Streaming: We’re planning streaming on two courts
- Sponsors: Please contact Petteri Repo (repozilla@gmail.com) for partnerships opportunities in the inaugural and spectacular Finnish Racketball Open
- Matches are planned to be played between Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon.
- Prizes: Medals for top three’s and certificates of participation in the inaugural Finnish Racketball Open for all!
- Age-groups: Draws every five years and may be combined. We’re planning to play all positions, which would typically guarantee 3 matches.
- We’ll use Club Locker for entries and draws (please see registration instructions at the end of this page; link will open soon at https://clubclocker.com/tournaments/19049/info/)
- Soft recovery massage is offered by professional masseur and former PSA player Petri Levomäki at a special tournament price.
Travel info:
- Moving around: Bolt and Uber serve Helsinki well. There’s a useful planner for public transport: https://www.hsl.fi/en
- We suggest accommodation in the city centre, and taking Bolt or Uber to the venue which is located some 7 km away. Bus number 30 runs frequently and stops next to the venue. The local train stops at the Huopalahti station that is within walking distance from the venue.
- Travel sites such as booking.com, trivago.com and hotels.com serve Helsinki well. AirBnB is also popular and can be a good option for longer stays.
- Budget conscious travelers may wish to think about Hotel Arthur and Eurohostel.
- Helsinki is just as cool as Wikitravel informs: https://wikitravel.org/en/Helsinki
Getting to Helsinki: Helsinki is served well by major airlines and the Helsinki airport is located close to the city: https://www.finavia.fi/en/airports/helsinki-airport
From the airport: The Helsinki airport is served by a local train with tickets to the city costing 4.20€ at the time of writing. Tickets are bought from vending machines at the train stop. You can take the train in either direction and it takes about half an hour to the city centre. The westbound train can take you within walking distance of the venue (Huopalahti station, 1.5 km, one can take a few stops with the same ticket on a bus or tram). Fixed price taxis from the airport to the city centre are available (about 40€). Bolt and Uber can also pick you up.
We’re thinking of a day cruise to Tallinn on Friday the 22nd of May. The ferry is a floating shopping centre that leaves in the morning and returns in the evening. The journey takes about 2.5 hours in each direction and costs about 40€ in total. In Tallinn, we can do unorganised sightseeing and those wishing to play a pre-tournament can visit the exquisite Yolo Club (https://yolosquash.ee/en/).
How to register into Club Locker
- Visit https://finland.clublocker.com.
- Click on “Create Free Account”.
- Enter in your information and your local club. If you don’t have a club in Finland, choose “No Home Club”.
- If you are creating an account for your child, who is under 13 years old, you need to authorize him/her to use Club Locker with your card details.
- If your child does not have an email address, please remove the tick from the ”Use my email address as my username” box, and choose a login name for your child. You can use your own email address.
- Create your account and you will be redirected back to the logon page.• Log in with your username/email address and password.
- Fill out the information wizard to complete your profile, and then you can start using Club Locker to sign up for tournaments, enter results, and manage your squash profile!
How to sign up for a tournament
- On ”My Profile” -page, click ”Tournaments”.
- Click the tournament you wish to sign up for.
- On the right on your screen, you see a “sign up” -button. Click it.
- Choose draw.
- Fill in your details.
- Click “Add”.
- If you wish to enter someone else, click “choose player” and find that player on the list. A player must be registered in the Club Locker.
- If you have registered in the Club Locker e.g. in the USA, please send email to mika.monto@squash.fi
- You are redirected to the page, where you can pay your entry fee. Click “Add Card”, fill in your credit card details.
- Click “Submit”
- If you cancel your registration 10 days before the tournament begins, we will refund your card.