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Due to the current COVID-19 situation, the ODSA Open City League 2020/2021 has been suspended until at least the end of 2020. We will assess the situation at the beginning of December to determine whether or not having a partial season will be possible in 2021, however it seems unlikely this will be possible so there is a good chance…
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The 2019/2020 ODSA Open City League season unfortunately came to an abrupt close on March 11, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shut down of the entire world. This year saw 1415 individual matches involving 274 different players. Congratulations to this year’s league champions: WSQ1. After a slow start in warm-up session finishing 4th, WSQ1 followed it up…
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Every year in January there is a gala dinner where the top Ottawa athletes in their respective sports are honoured. We need some nominees for our top amateur squasher for 2020. One must live or be from Ottawa for this nomination. So sorry, that rules out our stars on the Quebec side of the river for this award. The award covers the 2019/2020…
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Hello ODSA Squashers, We are indeed in challenging times due to the implications of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Governments and organizations are reacting to the situations quickly and with various measures. Besides the various recommendations of governmental health agencies there has been reaction from local municipal administrators that directly effects community activities and us, the ODSA. Most directly is the decision…
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On February 8-9, the Ottawa Athletic Club hosted 40 young players from across Ontario, for the Mortgage Company of Canada Silver #6 tournament, presented by Harrow. In the BU 17 event, Romain Salmon of Gatineau was the winner over Sebastian Singodia, not losing a game in his four matches. Out-of-towners Daniel Kim and Logan Nirenberski battled for the BU 15…
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Between January 30 and February 2, a total of 77 players participated in the six events of the RA Centre tournament, well organized by Assad Khan, who incidentally reached the semis of the “B” event. In the Men’s Open final, Asser Ibrahim, the young Egyptian who is part of the powerful Carleton University team, lost the first game, but then…
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