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The final tournament in the circuit was hosted by Squash Gloucester, at the Bob Macquarrie Recreation Complex, April 7. Thirty players completed in the three draws. Super Prix Winners: 1st Romain Salmon – Squash Outaouais 2nd Felix Scholberg – Ottawa Athletic Club 3rd Benoit Salmon – Squash Outaouais Grand Prix Winners 1st Sachin Bhatia – Ottawa Athletic Club 2nd Xavier…
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From March 29 to 31, Squash Ontario hosted the 2019 Robert Harder Risk Consulting Ontario Junior Open at The Club at White Oaks, Niagara-on-the-Lake. It was a marathon tournament, with over 180 participants, and a near 50/50 split between the male and female draws, marking the tournament the most successful Ontario Junior Open in recent years. From the ODSA region, three…
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Between March 22 and 24, close to 60 junior players congregated at La Sportheque to compete in the 9 Boys and Girls age categories, and in two Mixed Novice events, at the Quebec Junior Championships. Several players competed in more than one event, with Marat Sargsyan, of Montreal, beating Romain Salmon 12-10,12-10,4-11,11-4 for the BU17 title, and Robert de la…
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Results from the 2019 Cascades Winter Open that took place the weekend of March 15-17. Division A David Guest (OAC) Dan Julien (Goodlife Queensview) Stephane Lussier (RA Centre) Nicolas Dupont (OAC) Division B Pierre-Vincent Daigle (NDHQ) Dale Poirier (OAC) Felix Scholberg (Cascades) Stephane Dubytz (Orleans) Division C Stephane Carini (Cascades) Kurt Rausch
On short notice, the Gloucester Squash Club, of the Orleans Recreational Centre, stepped in to fill a void in the schedule, when another club was forced to postpone it’s event. On February 15 – 17, players from seven different clubs took part in A, B and C events, with competitors from the host club victorious in two finals. In the…
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On February 9-10, 2019, just under 70 junior players converged on the Goodlife-Queensview club in Ottawa, for the playing of the Jesters Harrow Junior Silver #6 event. Separate Gold, Silver, and Bronze events are played in different Ontario cities, leading up to the finals in Toronto in April. The hosts really appreciated the efforts of all the out-of-towners to get…
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Congratulations to John Larabie who is a 2019 recipient of the ODSA’s Volunteer Commendation award. For more than 25 years, John has energized in turn Carleton University Squash teams and the Nepean and Barrhaven Squash Clubs, provided dedicated coaching for budding junior players, developed comprehensive developmental training programs for Club players and has been a cohesive, organizational and social element for Nepean…
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This post comes as a result of a number of complaints I have received this year and not from one single incident and is not directed towards any individual team or club, but at the league as a whole. Also, this is not relevant when league nights coincide with an incident regarding personal safety (e.g. inclement weather that is preventing…
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