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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 ODSA Open City League is coming to a close. Spring is also in the air so other squash activities are also winding down. 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 to attend our,…
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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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Check out a classic encounter between Karim Osman and Steve Wren from the 2012 RA Open Semi-Final.
The ODSA’s ranking system, Rankenstein, contains over 46,000 results since Sept 2005. Since that time, 2 individuals have played a total of 80 official matches and have a 40-40 record against each other. These 2 warriors are Brian Eldridge and Jeff Wilson. These matches include club, ODSA city league and Club Championship matches. This rivalry is a great example of…
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Congratulations to Tarun Balaraj, this years recipient of Ottawa’s Top Squasher for 2015. Tarun was recently honoured at the 2015 Ottawa Sports Awards on January 27. Tarun followed up the award by winning the Men’s A draw at the RA Winter Open this past weekend. Check out the Ottawa’s Top Squasher page to see information on all the past winners of the…
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