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The Sportheque Classic, held April 28 – May 1, attracted about 50 players, with some from Quebec City and Montreal, and with several women playing in both men’s and women’s events. In the Men’s Open, Maxime Blouin from Quebec City beat Sebastien Boucley of Montreal for the title. Tournament organiser Maxime Leclair beat Pranav Sharma of Montreal for 3rd place…
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The Province of Quebec Junior Championships played at La Sportheque from April 15 to 17 attracted over 30 boys and 15 girls. Dominic Wren (Sportheque) was pushed to the limit by Tarun Balaraj (RA) in the Boys Under 17 in the morning, and then edged Tommy Scott of Montreal for the Boys Under 19 after lunch. Karim Michael of Montreal…
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A group of 9 Ottawa juniors plus some parents made the long trek to The Club at White Oaks at Niagara-on-the-Lake for the 2016 Ontario Junior Championships the weekend of April 1-3. Everyone reached at least the 1/4s of either the Main, Bronze, Consolation, or Classic event in their age group. Great showing everyone! Congratulations to all of the juniors who competed:…
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The 2016 edition of the Cascades Open was played this past weekend (Mar 17-20) and as usual produced some exciting squash. David Guest (RA Centre) notched another tournament victory this season with a 3-2 victory in dramatic fashion over Shady Elkamhawy (Carleton) in the Division 1 final. After winning the 4th game and going ahead 10-3 in the 5th, Guest seemed…
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Recently (weekend of 4-6 Mar 2016) the Ottawa area was represented at the Ontario Junior Team Championships. Our junior team roster was: Girls U19: Gabrielle Renaud Girls U17: Catherine Giachino Girls U15: Abby Russell Girls U13: Rachel Zachariah Boys U13: Max Shewchenko Boys U15: Barrett Aass Boys U17: Tarun Balaraj Boys U19: Franco Patry Coach: Ian Woodhead Manager: Leah Shaw…
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Here are the results from the 2016 Carleton University Open. David Guest of the RA Centre claimed his 3rd tournament title of the season with a victory over OAC’s top junior Franco Patry. New-comer Michael Che from the University of Ottawa took the division 2 crown and Albert Carmanico of Carleton University rounded out the winners with a victory in division…
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The MAA in Montreal is again hosting some of the world’s top ranked squash players in a PSA M35 ($35,000) squash tournament. Qualifying play starts on Tues March 1, 2016 and ends with the final on Sun Mar 6. All play will be at the newly renovated MAA and seating will be limited to approx 40 spectators for each of the two show courts….
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New RA Centre pro Maxym Leclair not only ran a very successful 89 player tournament, but also won the Men’s Open title with a convincing 3-1 win over Pranav Sharma of Montreal. Youth was served in this tournament, as 16 year-old Tarun Balaraj upset the No. 1 seed in the final of the Men’s A in 5 hard fought games….
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