The final tournament of this year’s ODSA winter season took place at Le Club Sportheque, between April 26 and 29, and attracted 60 players
In the Men’s Open final, host pro Maxym Leclair coasted to a 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 victory over Maximilien Godbout, 2nd in the Quebe Boys Under 19 rankings, while David Guest avenged previous losses to Dominic Wren, with a 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4 win in the 3/4 playoff. Meanwhile wife Sally Guest outhit and outwitted the fast improving 13 year-old Iman Shaheen 11-9, 11-8, 11-1 for the Women’s Open crown.
In other action 53 year-old Mario Gagnon, from Quebec City, beat 46 year-old Viano Oghenekevwe of Montreal 3-0 for the Men’s A title, and Patrick McDonnell-Alegre edged Greg Archi in the A Consolation final. The Men’s B was won by 14 year-old Max Shewchenko, who took a game to warm up, but then played a good mixture of drives and drops, to overcome fellow teenager Philippe Shillington 7-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7. The C title went to another teenager, Benoit Salmon, over Michael Veck in 3 straight.
In the Women’s C/D final, 15 year-old Joelle Vega of Montreal’s Physical Park club beat 16 year-old Isabel Smith of the OAC, who battled hard to the end, before succumbing 5-15, 4-15, 15-12, 13-15 against her more powerful opponent.
Men’s Open
- Maxym Leclair (Squash Outaouais)
- Maximilien Godbout (Montreal)
- David Guest (OAC)
- Dominic Wren (Sportheque)
Women’s Open
- Sally Guest (OAC)
- Iman Shaheen (Sportheque)
- Catherine Giachino (OAC)
- Stephanie Bazin (RA)
Men’s A
- Mario Gagnon (Quebec City)
- Viano Oghenekevwe (Montreal)
- Nick Erdody (OAC)
- Stephen Neal (OAC)
Men’s B
- Max Shewchenko (OAC)
- Phillipe Shillington (OAC)
- Felix Scholberg (OAC)
- Lars Roberts (Cascades)
Men’s C
- Benoit Salmon (Sporthque)
- Michael Veck (OAC)
- Tom Scholberg (OAC)
- Alain Beaulieu (Sporthque)
Women’s C/D
- Joelle Vega (Montreal)
- Isabel Smith (OAC)
- Cailyn Edwards (RA)
- Nadia Brault (RA)
Full Results HERE!