May 2008
May 9 > Whistler Classic draw online > Whistler DRAW
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Miller and Power win it all!
Congrats to Alanna Miller and Jonathon Power on their Championship titles! See the rest of the results here: Squash Canada
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May 2 > Whistler Classic Info Page updated: Social events, hotel info and sponsor's links.
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The Nationals are here!
You may not have seen the poster (did they not send one to your club either?) and you may not have got the email reminder (they forgot to send me one too) but the Canadian Squash Championships are happening anyway. This week in fact - from April 30 - May 3 @ Whiteoaks in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Send us photos if you go and good luck to all participants.
Visit the website: Squash Canada
Interesting Nats stats:
2005 total # of entrants > 434
2006 total # of entrants > 414
2007 total # of entrants > 338
Total # of BC players > 25 (7%)
2008 total # of entrants > 294
Total # of BC players> 10 (3%) |
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2008 Coastal Contacts Whistler Classic: May 16-19
The Whistler tournament is now open for entries on the Squash BC website. This ultra social tournament will be full of social activities with a focus on fun. Entries are limited due to the fact that we only have 2 courts, so please enter quickly. Deadline is Friday May 9th, but categories will fill up on a first come, first served basis. We'll add more info to the Whistler Classic Info Page as it comes in.
Last year's minisite
Last year's photos
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April 2008
Who you calling "Junior"?
Congrats to all the juniors that hit Vancouver Island this past week. Rumour has it that it was a fabulous affair.
Props to Squash Canada for having the results online. Hopefully they'll post more photos soon.
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Evergreen booth date correction
The S.C.R.U. Squash / Squash Republic mini booth will not be at Evergreen this Thursday but next Thursday, April 24th, from 6pm to 10pm.
Are you hosting a club event and want to add some flava? Drop us a line and we'll bring our booth to your club! Sweet!
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Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Pacey and Nicol David
Oh, come on. Do you blame me for looking like I swallowed the canary? Don't hate:)-
More pics of last night's awesome exhibition coming tomorrow PLUS some vids (including Ryan Herden's match ball against Nicol!) on the Squash Republic Facebook group!
Click HERE to buy the baby tee that Sarah's wearing.
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Nicol David vs. Sarah Fitz-Gerald
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On Monday April 14th the world's #1 women's player, Nicol David, will be competing in an exhibition match against one of the all time greats Sarah Fitz-Gerald. In Vancouver! Tickets are still available - call Jeff Boag @ (604) 763-2624.
Links: Nicole David's website
.........Sarah Fitz-Gerald's website
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PCO's a wrap
Congrats to Melanie Jans and Thomas Brinkman on their Open titles and to VRC for a great "Mostly Triple Knock-out" tournament. It's nice to get more than a couple of "guaranteed" matches for our hard-earned cash. (Can clubs stop "guaranteeing" entrants two matches already like that's something extra special? Jeez.)
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< "Hear no evil" - only the music of DJ BFAD? Click HERE for our "mostly social" pics.
We were promised some court shots and we'll post them when we get them.
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April 1, 2008
Squash Canada announces winners of the inaugural "Squash Team Spirit Award"!
Squash Canada has just sent out a press release declaring the winners of a cross-country contest to determine the city league team that "best exemplifies the desire to encourage personal achievement and character development within the game of squash". Interested clubs were asked to send a brief essay outlining why they felt their team was worthy of this new award. The winning team calls the Vancouver Racquets Club home. . . [MORE]
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March 2008
BC Closed Doubles @ VRC
Enough said. Pics are here.
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Squash on TSN Saturday, March 22, 10am PST
Set your TIVO: TSN is presenting the all-Egyptian finals of the 2008 PACE Classic which saw world #1 Amir Shabana face off against world #2 Ramy Ahsour. We won't tell you who won (in case you're waiting until Saturday to find out) but TSN is promising one hour of squash and the match only lasted 38 minutes. Maybe we'll get to see the WHOLE match instead of the typical programming that has you scratching your head and wondering where entire games disappeared to.
Links:
TSN TV Schedule | Pace Classic
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BC Doubles @ VRC
This tourney is just around the corner: March 25 - 30 and the deadline for registering is Thursday, March 20th. There's $1000 in prize money! Sweet. Steve is looking for volunteers so let him know if you can help. [More info]
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See you at the BC Juniors!
S.C.R.U. Squash will indeed be at the Juniors tournament being held this weekend in West Vancouver at the Hollyburn Country Club. Our booth will be open on Friday from 5-9pm and again on Saturday from noon to 5pm. Good luck to everyone who's playing!
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BC Closed Championships
Congrats to everyone that played! Results are on their way.
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February 2008
Happy Valentines Day squash lovers.
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The DUNDEE Open Photos are up
Click here to see the photos
January 2008
The DUNDEE OPEN Results - Posted Feb 4, 2008
Another fantastic weekend is in the books. Thank you to all the players and all the volunteers. See you next year!
Special thanks to Dundee Wealth Management and all our other sponsors.
Women's A - Debbie Witham def. Maegan Giltrow 3-0
.....CONS: Jennifer McKinley def. Jodi Meacher 3-0
Women's B/C - 1st: Mischa Taylor / 2nd: Louise Fogarty
Women's D - 1st: Denise Lau / 2nd: Karen Wong
Men's Open - Winston Cabell def. Shakiru Matti 3-1
.....3/4: Thomas Brinkman def. Justin Todd 3-2
.....CONS: jeff evans def. Adam Radziminski 3-1
Men's A - Mike Allan def. Ryan East 3-0
.....CONS: Tim Martin def. John White 3-0
Men's B/C - Dave Cluff def. Ben Neville 3-2 (4 extra point games!)
.....CONS: Costa Pangiotakos def. John Granger 3-1
Men's D - 1st: Damon Hall / 2nd: Luc Turcotte
For more info check out the mini-site
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Dundee Open at Denman Fitness!
Entry is only $45 and prize money is guaranteed for ALL division winners in BOTH the men's and women's draws.
If you have ANY problems registering online (link below) just drop us an email: boaster[at]scrusquash[dot]com.
For more info check out the mini-site
Click here to register online at Squash BC
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Congrats to TEAM BC!
The three women that travelled to Moncton to compete in the Women's Team Championships are back and they brought us SILVER! Congrats to Emma Parke, Sarah Parsons and Alicia Haneine for representing us so well. More info at Squash Canada.
A big shout out also to the men's team: Shakiru Matti, Matt Fahey and Thomas Brinkman. They travelled to Winnipeg and battled hard. More info at Squash Canada.
Buy them a beer when you see them next. They earned it:)
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BC Juniors @ Jericho
S.C.R.U. Squash and SQUASH REPUBLIC are pleased to be sponsoring this year's BC Junior Open to be held at Jericho Tennis Club January 25-27. Click here to register.
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Happy New Year !
Howdy folks. Hope you had a great holiday and are ready to get back to the game we love. Lots of news to tell you! S.C.R.U. Squash is expanding and will soon be launching a new website devoted solely to squash apparel. The new company name, if you haven't already heard, is SQUASH REPUBLIC. Cool eh? The website hasn't officially launched yet but you can join our group on FaceBook by clicking the link on the right.
TOURNAMENT UPDATES
There are a bunch of new tournaments coming within the next two months that we'll be either playing in or sponsoring:
Jan 15 - 20 > Singles > 2008 Comfort Inn Open (AAA) @ Evergreen
,,,,,Visit the official website for more info
Jan 25 - 27 > Doubles > Pacific Coast Doubles @ VLTBC
,,,,,Download the entry form. Entry deadline is January 19.
Feb 1 - 3 > Singles > Dundee Open (AAA) @ Denman (Yes, there are still four courts!) Entry deadline is January 26.
,,,,,Check out last year's mini-site
WHAT, ARE YOU NEW?
If you're new to this site, or just want to see what we were up to last year, our 2007 blog archive has been collected into one page and is available here.
INFO WANTED
Got any squash info you want us to post? Just drop us a line: boaster[at]scrusquash[dot]com
Have a great season and see you on court!
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2007 Archive Click here
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