Sherman Dahl, Tournament Director, is pleased to announce that the National Bank Financial Winter Carnival Open Squash Tournament has attracted a full draw of 100 players and has now started a waitlist.

The 2004 tournament has attracted the largest number of open players in the tournaments history. 12 open players will compete for over $3000 worth of prize money. There will be a record total of 26 open matches over the weekend.

Lorne Lillemo of L.L. Enterprises is the entertainment director and he is also a key member of the tournament committee. For Saturday evening Lillemo has organized a mini wallyball tournament. Lillemo stated "It is going to be great to get these elite open players on a court where we local squash players can beat them!"

The total cash prizes is over $3000 for 2004. This could not be possible without the support of the following local business:

National Bank Financial, Raven Traders, Joseph Hattori Law Corp, RB Squash Sales, Royal Lepage, Advertising Works, KPMG, Monahee Surveying & Geomatics, L.L. Enterprises and The Village Green Hotel and Casino.

For further information contact Sherman Dahl at 250 260-4585 or toll free at 1-866-992-8822 or
e-mail -sherman.dahl@nbf.ca