It is the end of an era for squash in Largs.

The courts at Inverclyde Sports Centre are set to be demolished at the end of this year, Sportscotland have confirmed.

In a letter to this week's Largs News, Allan Murray said: "I and several other Largs residents play in the west of Scotland squash leagues, I have done so for the last 35 years.

"We were informed tonight by Graeme Randall and John Kent that the new para development at Inverclyde will have no provision for squash anymore, and that the courts will be demolished circa December 2015.

"These are the last public squash courts in North Ayrshire and a great loss for sporting diversity in North Ayrshire.

"I know that the courts are only 20 percent utilised but it is a great pity that yet another sport will be annexed from our choice of sports."