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Goodlife-Queensview Pulls Off a Highlight of Ottawa Season Between November 1st and 4th, Heather Wallace, former World No. 3, 11 time Canadian champion, and pro at Queensview for more than 30 years, enthusiastically guided Queensview’s hosting of the PSA Women’s World Tour $11,000 event in Ottawa, plus other local events, and an excellent exhibition match. On the last day,…
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The RA Centre courts and gallery were full of activity on Oct 28, as it hosted the 2nd junior prix circuit event of the season. 30 juniors participated, including many new to competitive squash. Juniors enjoyed pizza, prizes, and an exhibition match between Tarun Balaraj and Iman Shaheen. Thank you to Oliver, Manta, and Badger Daylighting for sponsoring our door…
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The Sportheque Oktober Squash Fest took place October 21-23, and attracted 54 competitors, with a sizeable contingent from Montreal. In the Open event, Maxym Leclair won the 4 player round robin, losing only one game in his three matches. Fernando Hernandez placed 2nd by avenging his defeat by David Guest, in September’s ODSA Rust Remover event, in a thrilling 5…
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Squash Gloucester hosted the annual ODSA Rust Remover tournament (Sept. 28-29), which attracted 38 players, including two each from Kingston and Montreal, and the winner of the C-D Division, Lee Miller of Trenton. In the main event final, David Guest resumed his winning ways, with a 13-15, 11-6, 11-3, 6-11, 11-1 victory over Fernando Hernandez of Montreal’s Club Sportif MAA….
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The RA Summer Open (Aug. 23-25) attracted entries from 10 different clubs, including two in Kingston. In the “A” event, Nick James, new-comer to Ottawa from Vancouver, beat Stephane Lussier in 4 thoroughly entertaining games, 11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4. Stephane had beaten Nicolas Dupont in five on Friday night, and then upset top seed David Guest in a come-from-behind 5 setter…
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The 2018 Cascades Summer Open was held on July 5-7. The event attracted 24 players in 4 divisions with David Guest (OAC), Erez Paz (Kingston), Luc Cyr (SPOR), and Craig Harvey-McKean (NDHQ) winning each division. Here are the complete results:
The ODSA, through its junior committee, is pleased to provide financial assistance to five high performance juniors from the region, who will be participating in training camps and competitions this summer. Max Shewchenko, Felix Scholberg, Aidan Somerville and Isabel Smith will be attending the Squash Ontario Talent ID camps. Iman Shaheen will be attending the Battle of the Border training…
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From July 30th to August 5th, 755 players from 59 countries descended on the McArthur Squash Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA hosted the 2018 WSF World Masters Squash Championships. That included 7 players from the ODSA who made the trip to Virginia to take place in this bi-annual event. Results from our players are below as long as personal accounts…
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