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Stephanie Bazin, RA Squash Club, on being elected to the Board of Directors of Squash Ontario. She discovered squash at university in France, and started playing in Ottawa at the Rideau Tennis Club in the late 1990s. She has been active with Squash Ontario’s Masters Committee for 2 years, helping to organize tournaments and road trips, with the ODSA Women’s…
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The final tournament of this year’s ODSA winter season took place at Le Club Sportheque, between April 26 and 29, and attracted 60 players In the Men’s Open final, host pro Maxym Leclair coasted to a 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 victory over Maximilien Godbout, 2nd in the Quebe Boys Under 19 rankings, while David Guest avenged previous losses to Dominic Wren, with a…
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Congratulations to Iman Shaheen who was honoured at the 2017 Ottawa Sports Awards as Ottawa’s Top Squasher! Iman is an exceptional Ottawa squasher with significant natural talent and energy. She has only been playing for 3 years and has advanced to become the top Canadian girl in her age category. Squash Canada recognized her in 2017 as she was selected…
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The 2017/2018 ODSA Open City League season came to a close on April 11, 2018. This year saw 2002 individual matches involving 327 different players. Congratulations to this year’s league champions: RA2. Division 1 standings were tight each session, however RA2 managed to finish first in Session’s 2-5 to capture the overall title in convincing fashion. Congratulations to all of…
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At the Ontario Junior Open Championships, played at the White Oaks Club, St Catherines, March 23-25, our six local players were in great form. Iman Shaheen, just 13 this month, captured the Girls’ Under 15 title, without losing a game. Dominic Wren won the BU 19 Consolation final, after a couple of gruelling 5 game matches, while Barrett Aass took the…
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Congratulations to all the participants and winners at the 2018 Cascades Winter Open, held March 15-18, 2018. Division A Winner: Dominic Wren (Sportheque) Runner-Up: David Guest (OAC) 3rd Place: Nicolas Dupont (Cascades Club) Consolation: Clark Johnston (RA Centre) Division B Winner: Greg Archi (OAC) Runner-Up: Sally Guest (OAC) 3rd Place: Pat Robichaud (NDHQ) Consolation: Stephane Carini (Cascades Club) Division C…
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The Ottawa Athletic Club’s Squash Open, which took place February 16-18, attracted 45 players. In the Div. “A” final, the top two seeds, David Guest and Matt Arkett who are both in their 40s, were very evenly matched, with Matt prevailing 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9. David looked to have the match well in hand, having won the first game and…
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Around 60 boys and girls competed in the Jesters Harrow Junior Silver event at Goodlife – Queensview, February 10-11, with 16 from Toronto, 10 from Sudbury, and 4 from Winnipeg. In the Boys events, Ottawa players took the BU 19 (Barratt Aass), BU 17 (Philippe Shillington), BU 15 (Max Shewchenko), and BU 13 (Benoit Salmon) events, while Nat Chandra of…
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