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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!
Enjoying its 40th anniversary, the Ottawa Athletic Club hosted 48 players in 4 events on February 17-19. Rudy Rodriguez, who lead OAC 1 to the ODSA City League title last year, was a comfortable winner of the “A” event over club mate Michael Carneiro. The 16 year-old, 6′ 2″, Thomas Porter won the “B” over club mate Ryan Rourke, while…
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Goodlife Queensview hosted 48 players in five draws, with competitors from Toronto and Sudbury each capturing two titles. Three players from Montreal also took home prizes. Eleven year old Iman Shaheen took the remaining title (GU 17), while other ODSA juniors placed highly in all events. Iman, a product of the Walter Baker Sports Centre’s training program, is currently 9th in the…
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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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Over the weekend of January 27 to 29, 59 men and 13 women took part in the RA Centre’s Winter Open tournament. Out-of-towners took the Men’s Open, A and C crowns. David Baillargeon (PSA #139), of the Club Sportif MAA defeated fellow Montrealer Pranav Sharma (PSA #405) 3-0 in the Open final. Mario Gagnon, from Quebec City won the A division…
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