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Sixty players, including visitors from Montreal, Kingston, and Stratford, took part in the RA Squash Club’s Winter Open, January 24-27, in -20 degree temperatures (outside!!!). Alan Smith, a past Executive Director of Squash Canada, ran a well organized event, as he has done on so many previous occasions. In the Men’s Open “A”, David Guest forced the teenaged winner, Dominic…
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On the week-end of January 11-13, thirty players, from Montreal and Eastern Ontario, wended their way to the Smith Falls Squash Club for its annual tournament. In an entertaining exhibition match, David Guest of the OAC beat Fernando Hernandez of Montreal 11-7, 11-9, 11-5. In the “B” event, Clark Johnston (RA) beat Scott Tindal (YMCA Kingston) 11-6, 11-7, 11-8, after…
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The 2019 Canadian Masters’ Team Championship was held at La Sportheque, a member of the Ottawa & District Squash Association, January 11-13, and resulted in Ontario regaining the title it lost last year in Moncton. This championship, which attracts teams of 3 women and 4 men,was inaugurated in 2009, when Alberta won on its own turf. This year the top…
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Congratulations to Iman Shaheen (Barrhaven) who was voted Ottawa’s Top Squasher for 2018! Iman continues to show exceptional talent and results in competitive Provincial and Canadian squash circles. During the last year she placed first in her age category (U15) at the Ont Junior Open Championships. Her talent recognized, she was selected to be part of the Canadian Junior Team…
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Calling competitive juniors! The 2019 Ontario regional teams championship is being hosted in Waterloo, ON Mar 1-3. This is an exciting annual event where juniors from across Ontario compete against one another in a team format. The ODSA is sponsoring an Ottawa regional team of 8 juniors, comprised of 4 boys and 4 girls in categories U13, U15, U17, U19….
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On December 7 and 8, the Ottawa Athletic Club hosted their Winter Open, with three men’s and one women’s events. Continuing their rivalry in the Men’s ‘A’ event, David Guest eked out the win over Matt Arkett 11-2, 9-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-4, in a match featuring a great variety of shots and pace, and some great retrieving. It should be…
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The largest Canadian Junior Open with 300 players took place at The Club at White Oaks on Niagara-on-the-lake between December 8-11, 2018. The highly anticipated tournament was attended by many international players making it an extremely competitive event. Many of our ODSA juniors competed in the championships posting great matches and results. Our top finisher was Iman Shaheen (SPOR) who…
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The ODSA was proud to send five of our juniors to the BMO Nesbitt Burns Ontario Junior Closed competition on November 23-25, 2018. They were joined by the Ontario Regional coach Stephen Neal. Mikola Czich also made the trip as one of the official referees. Felix Scholberg, Max Shewchenko, and Mathieu Shillington competed in the boys Under 17 draw, while Barrett Aass…
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