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The RA Summer Open (Aug. 23-25) attracted entries from 10 different clubs, including two in Kingston. In the “A” event, Nick James, new-comer to Ottawa from Vancouver, beat Stephane Lussier in 4 thoroughly entertaining games, 11-7, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4. Stephane had beaten Nicolas Dupont in five on Friday night, and then upset top seed David Guest in a come-from-behind 5 setter…
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The 2018 Cascades Summer Open was held on July 5-7. The event attracted 24 players in 4 divisions with David Guest (OAC), Erez Paz (Kingston), Luc Cyr (SPOR), and Craig Harvey-McKean (NDHQ) winning each division. Here are the complete results:
The ODSA, through its junior committee, is pleased to provide financial assistance to five high performance juniors from the region, who will be participating in training camps and competitions this summer. Max Shewchenko, Felix Scholberg, Aidan Somerville and Isabel Smith will be attending the Squash Ontario Talent ID camps. Iman Shaheen will be attending the Battle of the Border training…
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From July 30th to August 5th, 755 players from 59 countries descended on the McArthur Squash Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA hosted the 2018 WSF World Masters Squash Championships. That included 7 players from the ODSA who made the trip to Virginia to take place in this bi-annual event. Results from our players are below as long as personal accounts…
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Greatly respected, both on and off the court, Steve Wren reached the pinnacle of his squash career when, on June 23, he was elected, by his peers across Canada to be President of Squash Canada, a position not filled from the Ottawa/Gatineau area, since the 1930s. Steve left his native New Zealand in 1986, to be a Squash Pro in…
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The OAC Summer Squash Splash event, held June 22 – 23, attracted 27 players in the A, B, and C Divisions, with winners being Matt Arkett (RA), Assad Khan (RA), and Jay Park (Goodlife QV – a newcomer from Vancouver) Division A Winner – Matt Arkett (RA Centre) Runner-Up – Stephen Rush (Goodlife Queensview) Semi-Finalist – Josh Renaud (OAC) Semi-Finalist…
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Stephanie Bazin, RA Squash Club, on being elected to the Board of Directors of Squash Ontario. She discovered squash at university in France, and started playing in Ottawa at the Rideau Tennis Club in the late 1990s. She has been active with Squash Ontario’s Masters Committee for 2 years, helping to organize tournaments and road trips, with the ODSA Women’s…
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The ODSA is always looking to support and grow our sport in the region. We have great ideas and initiatives for the 2018-2019 season focusing on junior programs and bringing new players into the sport from all ages/genders, while enhancing our current programs and events. In order to carry out our plans, we need to raise funds! We are planing…
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