The top administrator in Scottish squash wants Glasgow 2014 organisers to draw inspiration from the last British city to host the Commonwealth Games and scrap their plans in order to help create a genuine legacy for his sport in the city.

John Dunlop, chief executive of Scottish Squash and Racketball, has praised Glasgow Life for the creation of a complex of championship-standard courts at the Scots-toun campus which will be one of the major hubs for next year's Games.

He believes, though, that £½m will be wasted by creating a temporary glass court for the glamour matches which would be taken down again once the Games are over.

He takes inspiration from the announcement yesterday of a major new elite tournament to be staged in Manchester, which has prompted him to redouble his efforts to get the decision-makers to change plans, even though time is running out.

Glasgow 2014 favour a single-venue policy for the sport which is at odds with those whose job it is to promote the sport to the wider world, as demonstrated by the Manchester announcement yesterday.

Manchester is hosting the early rounds of its new PSA World Championships at the Eastlands complex, the home of Manchester City FC. Yet, even though it boasts a state-of-the-art glass court which can, using hovercraft tech-nology, be moved into the main arena, they are staging the top matches in Manchester Central, a stunning location in the city centre.

That is in line with the proposal Dunlop put forward in January, as outlined in Herald Sport at that time, calling for the Glasgow 2014 squash competition to be staged in one of the city's eye-catching venues, to mutual benefit in terms of promotion.

He stressed that, while he considers the Manchester project to be an example of the best way to stage an event, he would also be happy to see all Glasgow's matches staged at Scotstoun, so long as the long-term benefit of the sport is taken into account.

"I'm worried that we can bring world and European events here but we won't be able to do it if we have to put half-a-million pounds in every time," he said. "We raised these issues for 2014 some time ago and we believe that the current proposal is the least-optimised in terms of events strategy, because we have plans that the Games organisers have known about for some time to bring world and European events to Scotstoun."

Dunlop recognises that Glasgow 2014's priority is not to look after sporting legacy, but to focus on the logistics of staging the Games but he fears that lack of consultation with his organisation means a golden opportunity will be missed if no-one is prepared to look at the bigger picture. He sees an opportunity to promote Scotland's chances of bringing top-level squash to the country on a regular basis rather than just once.

"We have not been part of that discussion so far, so we have not informed the template," he said. "We are looking for a legacy so that we have an events template we can replicate and bring world and European squash events here. One option would be to make the building permanent; the other would be to do what Manchester has done and use a glass court in an iconic location.

"What already has been done at Scotstoun is fantastic. I have no criticism at all of the main facilities and have told Glasgow Life that we consider them to be world- class. However, if we knew we would have a permanent glass court there, or could demonstrate the benefit of staging events in an iconic venue, I  believe we could announce further major events the day after Glasgow 2014."

He prefers either option as vastly preferable to the plan to spend £½m on a temporary venue which would be demolished once the Games competition has finished.