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The Ottawa Athletic Club’s Squash Open, which took place February 16-18, attracted 45 players. In the Div. “A” final, the top two seeds, David Guest and Matt Arkett who are both in their 40s, were very evenly matched, with Matt prevailing 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9. David looked to have the match well in hand, having won the first game and…
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Around 60 boys and girls competed in the Jesters Harrow Junior Silver event at Goodlife – Queensview, February 10-11, with 16 from Toronto, 10 from Sudbury, and 4 from Winnipeg. In the Boys events, Ottawa players took the BU 19 (Barratt Aass), BU 17 (Philippe Shillington), BU 15 (Max Shewchenko), and BU 13 (Benoit Salmon) events, while Nat Chandra of…
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The RA Winter Open took place Jan. 25-28, and attracted over 50 entrants in the Men’s A, B, C events, and combined Women’s C/D and Men’s D event. Nicolas Dupont (Cascades) fully earned the Men’s “A” title over Brian Eldridge (RA), 10-12, 12-10, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, after surviving an 80 minute five setter over Steve Oakey in the semis. Nicolas…
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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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