Home of Squash in Eastern Ontario, The NCR and The Outaouais
Ottawa/Gatineau junior squash was well represented this past weekend, at the Ontario Silver Championship. 13 juniors made the trip to the tournament in Vaughan at Executive Squash and Fitness. For many this was their first tournament in Toronto playing at this level. After overcoming some initial nerves, they made us proud persevering through some very tough matches, sustaining long rallies,…
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All ladies and gentlemen involved in ODSA activities, whether they be Open city league, Women’s city league, junior programs, support to Ottawa district clubs or anything else related to supporting squash in the Ottawa district are welcome. Please come out, enjoy some season ending camaraderie and set yourself up for the squash summer season. No RSVP required. Just show up!…
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Newly crowned US Open Masters Men’s 50+ Champion, Steve Wren (Sportheque), provided an excellent personal account of his experience at this years tournament. Steve outlasted Anders Wahlstedt winning 3-2 (11-5, 10-12, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7). With this win, Steve completed a triple-crown of championships in the last 12 months, winning the Canadian, British and US Open Masters championships in the 50+ division….
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Open to junior between the ages of 9 and 16. Camp will have a more serious, squash-based segments in the mornings to learn about technique and movement patterns. In the afternoon there will be the opportunity to participate in match player, various other club activities, and a daily swim!
On Feb 1, Barrett Aass of the Ottawa Athletic Club was honoured at the 2016 Ottawa Sports Awards as Ottawa’s Top Squasher. The write-up from the Sports Awards website is below: This keen young squash player has all the talent and energy to climb up the ladder fast. Barrett is an active member of the OAC squash club and plays…
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On February 11-12, at Goodlife Fitness (Queensview), 50+ players will converge in Ottawa to contest the 6th Squash Ontario silver junior tournament of the season. At least 15 players are coming from Montreal, Sudbury, Toronto and Quebec, including a 5 player squad from Toronto’s Urban Squash Club. As Tournament Organizer Heather Wallace says ” it is a great opportunity for…
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Congratulations to Jim Kenward who is one of the 2017 inductees into the Squash Ontario Hall of Fame. Jim is being inducted as a builder for his work in preserving and chronicling the history of squash in Ontario. From the Squash Ontario website: Jim Kenward, will be inducted as a builder. The Ontario Squash Hall of Fame has two specific missions –…
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Squash Ontario is hosting a Masters Team Tourney during the weekend of Feb 24-26, at The White Oaks Squash Club in Niagara on the Lake. New this year is that Squash Ontario is allowing us, as the ODSA, to enter a team comprised of players from the Ottawa and Outaouais side of our region. With that in mind ODSA would…
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