Over the weekend of January 27 to 29, 59 men and 13 women took part in the RA Centre’s Winter Open tournament. Out-of-towners took the Men’s Open, A and C crowns. David Baillargeon (PSA #139), of the Club Sportif MAA defeated fellow Montrealer Pranav Sharma (PSA #405) 3-0 in the Open final. Mario Gagnon, from Quebec City won the A division over Nick Erdody (OAC) 3-1 . Home-clubber Andreas Straathof took the “B” in three close games over 16 year-old Thomas Porter of the OAC. In the C division, Antoine Duplessis of the Cote de Liesse club in Montreal, won 3-0 over Simon Tucker, with Pablo Morales, newly arrived in town from Chile, via Barcelona, taking 3rd spot. The D crown went to Alexander Ross(RA) after a tight 5-setter with club-mate Steven Wallace.
In the Women’s A/B, Allison Verney (Goodlife – Queensview) just edged Stephanie Bazin (RA) in total points in the round robin, despite losing her match with Stephanie. In the Womens C/D, Ella Ross (RA) continued her recent string of victories, with a 13-15,15-8,15-7,15-7 win over Luz Osorio of Carleton University
Open
- 1st – David Baillargeon (MAA – Montreal)
- 2nd – Pranav Sharma (Club Atwater – Montreal)
- 3rd – Maxym Leclair (Squash Outaouais)
- Consolation – Rudy Rodriguez (OAC)
Men’s A
- 1st – Mario Gagnon – (CDSM Quebec City)
- 2nd – Nick Erdody (OAC)
- 3rd – Patrick Duquette (RA Centre)
- Consolation – Evan Van Neste (Goodlife Queensview)
Men’s B
- 1st – Andreas Straathof (RA Centre)
- 2nd – Thomas Porter (OAC)
- 3rd – Khaled Elghayesh (uOttawa)
- Consolation – Lars Roberts (Cascades Club)
Men’s C
- 1st – Antoine Duplessis (CDL Montreal)
- 2nd – Simon Tucker (RA Centre)
- 3rd – Pablo Morales (uOttawa)
- Consolation – Brody Peddle (RA Centre)
Men’s D
- 1st – Alexander Ross (RA Centre)
- 2nd – Steven Wallace (RA Centre)
- 3rd – Daniel Gustin (Barrhaven)
- 4th – Michael Gracequist (RA Centre)
Women’s A/B
- 1st – Allison Verney (Goodlife Queensview)
- 2nd – Stephanie Bazin (RA Centre)
- 3rd – Maya Crisostomo (OAC)
- 4th – Angela Farr (Nepean)
Women’s C/D
- 1st – Ella Ross (RA Centre)
- 2nd – Luz Osorio (Carleton University)
- 3rd – Nadia Brault (RA Centre)
- Consolation – Deletina Jeliazkova (La Sportheque)