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This post comes as a result of a number of complaints I have received this year and not from one single incident and is not directed towards any individual team or club, but at the league as a whole. Also, this is not relevant when league nights coincide with an incident regarding personal safety (e.g. inclement weather that is preventing…
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Sixty players, including visitors from Montreal, Kingston, and Stratford, took part in the RA Squash Club’s Winter Open, January 24-27, in -20 degree temperatures (outside!!!). Alan Smith, a past Executive Director of Squash Canada, ran a well organized event, as he has done on so many previous occasions. In the Men’s Open “A”, David Guest forced the teenaged winner, Dominic…
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On the week-end of January 11-13, thirty players, from Montreal and Eastern Ontario, wended their way to the Smith Falls Squash Club for its annual tournament. In an entertaining exhibition match, David Guest of the OAC beat Fernando Hernandez of Montreal 11-7, 11-9, 11-5. In the “B” event, Clark Johnston (RA) beat Scott Tindal (YMCA Kingston) 11-6, 11-7, 11-8, after…
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The 2019 Canadian Masters’ Team Championship was held at La Sportheque, a member of the Ottawa & District Squash Association, January 11-13, and resulted in Ontario regaining the title it lost last year in Moncton. This championship, which attracts teams of 3 women and 4 men,was inaugurated in 2009, when Alberta won on its own turf. This year the top…
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Congratulations to Iman Shaheen (Barrhaven) who was voted Ottawa’s Top Squasher for 2018! Iman continues to show exceptional talent and results in competitive Provincial and Canadian squash circles. During the last year she placed first in her age category (U15) at the Ont Junior Open Championships. Her talent recognized, she was selected to be part of the Canadian Junior Team…
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Calling competitive juniors! The 2019 Ontario regional teams championship is being hosted in Waterloo, ON Mar 1-3. This is an exciting annual event where juniors from across Ontario compete against one another in a team format. The ODSA is sponsoring an Ottawa regional team of 8 juniors, comprised of 4 boys and 4 girls in categories U13, U15, U17, U19….
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During the weekend of November 23-25, 2018, twenty-five vets played in the 35+, 55+, 60+, and 65+ events, with the oldest close to 75. In the 35+, Stephane Lussier, who is one of Ottawa’s 20 top ranked players, outlasted fellow clubmate Clark Johnston in 4 games, full of running from corner to corner. In the 55+ RA’s Rob Mulrooney won a…
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