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March 15, 2006

The BC Closed Championships



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The BC Closed Championships were played on March 1st through the 5th. Arbutus Club did a fine job of hosting the event and it’s always a pleasure to play in a tournament there. At the dinner on Saturday night the Squash BC annual awards were handed out to very deserving recipients.

The Jack Larson Trophy is awarded for all round contribution to, and the development of squash in B.C. This years winner of the Jack Larson Trophy is Tim Saunders. Tim has done a bunch of different things in different areas of squash. He coaches, he organizes, he volunteers enormous amounts of time, he promotes squash in both senior and juniors. In fact he has one of the largest and most successful junior programs in the province. He owns a club, he’s been on the board of Squash BC for around 10 – 15 years, (time seems to run together after awhile,) and while on the board he was always a junior zone rep and part of the time a senior zone rep, he was the junior committee chair for many years and he was the president of Squash BC. We think he’s contributed.

The Ernie Rogers Bowl is presented for best international and national play. Lorrie Baildham was chosen for this award for obvious reasons. In the past year she won the Nationals in her age group, and in Edmonton last summer won the World Masters Squash Championships in her age group. She’s been nominated for Sport BC’s master athlete of the year award and won Nanaimo’s master athlete the year award.

The John Burris Memorial Award is presented annually to a squash play who demonstrates sportsmanlike conduct both on and off the court. Eng Khoon Chua is a gentleman on and off the court. Win or lose he does it with grace and style.

There are other annual awards that can be handed out but we didn’t receive any nominations for these awards. Squash BC encourages all members to become involved and let us know about deserving individuals in the squash community.

On Sunday the finals of the BC Closed Championships got underway. There were some spirited matches played and the squash was outstanding. The final results were as follows.

Women’s Open Champion: Melanie Jans Women’s Open Runner Up: Carolyn Russell Women’s Open Consolation: Sharon Miller	Men’s Open Champion: Jason Guiffre Men’s Open Runner Up: Jeff Evans Men’s Open Consolation: Mark Ridgeway
Men’s 40+ Champion: Matt Fahey Men’s 40+ Runner Up: Barry Gifford Men’s 40+Consolation: Tony Duffield	Men’s 50+ Champion: Larry Armstrong Men’s 50+ Runner Up: Rashid Aziz Men’s 50+Consolation: Kevin Kydd
Women’s A Champion: Dawn Dueck Women’s A Runner Up: Alex Goldstein Women’s A Consolation: Stacy Hall	Men’s A Champion: Mark Kazimirski Men’s A Runner Up: Clark Johnston Men’s A Consolation: Tim Martin
Women’s B Champion: Maegan Giltrow Women’s B Runner Up: Bonnie Lone Women’s B Consolation: Tracy Barber	Men’s B Champion: John Irving Men’s B Runner Up: Adam Jinks Men’s B Consolation: Mike Neilson
Women’s C Champion: Rachel Au Women’s C Runner Up: Leslie Layton Women’s C Consolation: Jane MacDonald	Men’s C Champion: Remington Hall Men’s C Runner Up: Sung Van Men’s C Consolation: Jason Pyne
Women’s D Champion: Abby Foster Women’s D Runner Up: Angele Yanor Women’s D Consolation: Erin Watkins	Men’s D Champion: Michael St.Laurent Men’s D Runner Up: Aiden Borle Men’s D Consolation: Josh Buell

The Sportsmanship Award for the tournament was awarded to Mark Kazimirski. This award is sponsored by Justin Stitches, Crystal Clear Training and Squash BC.

A special thanks to our tournament sponsors, Quizam, Lululemon Athletica , Dunlop Sport, Squash BC.

Also to our associate sponsors we thank, Soren Rasmussen, Max’s Deli, Rogers Group Financial, Matthew Fahey and Buntain Insurance.