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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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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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On Saturday, November 25, 2017, Carleton University will host the first Jesters University League match ever to be held in Ottawa. The Men’s draw will see teams from Queens, McGill, uOttawa and Carleton while the Women’s draw will see teams from Queens (2), McGill and uOttawa. The Jesters University League continues to be one of the most important programs in…
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