The Sea to-Sky Tournament cheers, "cheers" and sends thanks
The weekend of February 11 to 13 saw 55 players competing in the annual Sea To Sky Squash Tournament at the
Squamish Squash Club
.
Players chowed down on Friday night Chili, a delicious Saturday dinner and entertained the crowds all weekend long with hard-fought, yet sportsmanlike, battles on the squash court.
BC Jesters Doubles Tournament - an unqualified success!
With 52 players, 23 spares, 10 Jesters and 14 other Jesters officiating matches, everyone was ready to play for bragging rights at the BC Jesters Doubles tournament (February 14-18) . The
Vancouver Racquets Club
(VRC)
,
Vancouver Lawn and Tennis
(VLT) and the
Evergreen Squash Club
(EVE) all supported the event so that everyone was guaranteed four matches with different partners and opponents! The top 4 players on each wall played in the semi finals held at VRC.
Congratulations to Tom Locke (VRC) and Donna Pakaluk (EVE) who defeated Ed Berwick (EVE) and Monica Szpak (EVE) 3-0 in the finals. Catch other VRC semi-finalists Greg Coutts, Julienne Joe, Ed McCorkell, and Rip Peterman in the video highlights below:
The tournament committee (Tony Goodson, Brian Covernton, Greg Desaulniers and Tim Martin) says the revenue from tournament entries and additional donations from Jesters will be donated to the
2020 Fund
.
The estimated donation is $3,000!
Team BC Finishes 5th at 2018 Canadian Men's Championships
On February 16-18 Team BC joined eighteen other teams who represented their home province to make up a total of fifty-nine of Canada's top squash men's and women's competitors at the courts at the Windsor Squash & Fitness Club in Ontario.
The event provided fans with an experience no Professional Squash Association (PSA) world tour tournament had offered to date. The nationally sanctioned tournament showcased Canada's top squash talent altogether competing in a single venue at one event providing the competitive arena for 3 men or 3 women of each provincial/territorial team to play head-to-head, one player at a time, with the team who won the best of three matches being credited with the win.
This year's national tournament also represented an unprecedented move in Canadian squash offering significant prize money that awarded a total prize purse of $21,000.
2018 Jesters PNW
After two and a half days of outstanding squash, the 49th Jesters PNW came to a close at 2:00pm Sunday, February 18, 2018. Ryan Picken and Andrea Toth both brought home the U19 titles. Additionally, Andrea Toth won the George Morfitt Sportsmanship award which is given out each year to an U19 squash player.
Cedar Hill Squash Club sends many thanks to the parents, coaches, volunteers, and sponsors who worked tirelessly to make an event of this size come together. Everyone did an upstanding job!
BC University Championships
The Squash BC University Championships are going on March 9-11 at the beautiful UVic courts in CARSA! This tournament is for all skill levels, including brand new players!
For $30 participants get 3-4 matches, entry package, Friday night pizza, and a social meal night on the Saturday! There will also be a few prizes too.....Make sure to sign-up at the CARSA front desk by March 6th or use program code 62205 and
click here.
The Okanagan invites all to join the fun at the Vernon Op
en
The Rosters Sports Club will be hosting a weekend of fun at the Vernon Open (April 20
to 22
). The event will feature Jonathan Power and Viktor Berg in an exhibition match. And all juniors who enter will get some court time with Power and Berg on the Saturday! The tournament is open to all levels and, with these featured events, the draw is filling up f
ast. Please sign up ASAP by clicking
here
.
