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The Smiths Falls Squash Club hosted their annual tournament on the week-end of January 12-14, and attracted players from Kingston, Brockville, Montreal and Ottawa. In an exhibition match between Fernando Hernandez, of Club Sportif MAA in Montreal, and David Guest of Goodlife-Queensview, spectators were treated to a very exciting duel. Fernando, currently ranked #13 in Quebec, won 3 – 2,…
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The Dunlop British Junior Open Championships, held in Birmingham from January 3 – 7, are arguably equivalent to a World Championship, and this year attracted 620 players players in the 10 age groups. The winners came from Egypt – 4(18 semi-finalists), Malaysia -4(7 semi-finalists), and England 2(5 semi-finalists). In this world class field, Iman Shaheen (Barrhaven) excelled with the best result…
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The J.C.Lindsay Scottish Junior Championships were hosted by the Edinburgh Sports Club, December 28 – 30, and attracted over 200 entries. Dominic Wren, of La Sportheque club, was the sole entry from the ODSA area, but what a startling performance he turned in. He was the fifth Canadian to win a Scottish Boys Under 19 title, and the fourth to…
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Squash Ontario is hosting a Masters Team Tourney during the weekend of Feb 23-25, 2018, at The White Oaks Squash Club in Niagara on the Lake. As per last year we are recruiting from the whole ODSA area, including players from both the Ottawa and Outaouais sides of our region. With that in mind ODSA would like to send a…
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The 2017 US Junior Open Squash Championships were hosted by Yale University, Dec. 16 – 19, with over 900 competitors. Once again, Iman Shaheen, of the Barrhaven Squash Club, played brilliantly to reach the semi-finals of the GU 13 Championship where she was beaten by the eventual winner. In the playoff for 3rd place she beat Madison Ho from California…
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The 2017 Canadian Junior Open Championships, held at The White Oaks Club, December 9 – 12, hosted 290 players, including 110 from outside Canada. Seven of the eight titles were won by players from Columbia, Ecuador, Egypt, New Zealand, and the USA, with Emma Jinks of PEI being the sole Canadian winner, in the GU 19 group. The eight competitors…
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Twenty nine players, including five from the Gananoque and Kingston areas, took part in the 5 age groups, at the RA Centre, November 23 – 25. Matt Arkett, of the host club, beat the latest recruit to the 40+ ranks, David Guest of Goodlife – Queensview by a score of 11-6, 11-9, 11-4. Matt achieved this with superior speed and some…
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