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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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Between January 13 and 15, 2017, Smiths Falls Squash Club hosted their annual tournament. In addition to locals, the exhibition match between Shady Elkamhawy and David Guest, and the five other events attracted players from Brockville, Gananoque, Kingston, Ottawa, and Timmins to this most enjoyable weekend. Exhibition Shady Elkamhawy (OAC) def. David Guest (OAC) 3-2 A Division Clark Johnston (RA…
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Congratulations to the Quebec #1 team of Alexandra Norman, Runa Reta, and Tara Newman, who beat the favoured Alberta team of Jackie Moss, Kelsey Souchereau, and Jaime Laird in the final of the 2017 Canadian Women’s Team Championship. Played at La Sportheque, January 6 – 8, the tournament attracted eight teams, with final standings as follows: Quebec 1 Alberta Ontario…
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The RA Squash Club hosted the fifth Bob Searle Memorial Masters Open, December 1-4, 2016. The 30+, 45+, and 60+ events were won by Luis Luque (RA) over Catherine Wood (RA), Clark Johnston (RA) over Pierre Goudreault (RA), and Pierre Rainville (Garrison Squash Club, Kingston) over Rex Jung (RA), respectively. There were several exciting matches, including Ella Ross’ 15-13,10-15,15-11,13-15,17-15 win over…
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Between November 10 and 13, 2016, Goodlife Queensview Fitness hosted 16 men in a PSA 10K event and 80 players in events for amateur men and women. The Pro event witnessed the emergence of Michael McCue as a rising young Canadian star. He beat the No. 2 seed from Finland to reach the final, where he took a game off…
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This year’s Oktober Squash Fest was hosted by La Sportheque, between October 21 and 23, and had 54 entries in the five adult events and 9 in the Junior. Host pro, Maxym Leclair, was too fast and too accurate for David Guest of the OAC, whom he beat 11-8,11-8,11-8 in the Men’s A event. Sophie Joubarne, from Club Atwater in…
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We had 30 men and 4 women play in 4 draws Mens A, B, and Mixed C and D. Congratulations to winners! Men’s A Barrett Aass (OAC) Edouard Mordret (RA Centre) Martin Aass (OAC) Men’s B Ryan Kennedy (NDHQ) Paul Bourque (RA Centre) Khaled Elghayesh (Univeristy of Ottawa) Men’s C Jacob Zachariah (Barrhaven) Kurt Rausch (Cascades Club) Stephanie Bazin (RA…
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