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March 7, 2007

The Squash BC Closed Provincial Championships

Another Provincial Championships is in the books. The first weekend of March saw people come from all over BC to participate in Squash BC’s premier event of the year. Over 150 players pulled out their A game to see who would become provincial champions in their category.

The Championships were hosted at The Arbutus Club and they did a superb job with no little detail being overlooked. Squash BC would like to thank Jim Green, Larry Armstrong, Nancy Bullus, Ron McCaffrey, the volunteer committee, The Arbutus Club and its staff for making this year’s championships one to remember. All the participants were made to feel welcome and at home. This is not an easy thing to do for some clubs when we all invade their club for a weekend. The Arbutus Club pulled it off with ease and dignity. Thank you.

The weekend went well with the majority of matches being played at The Arbutus Club. A few were scheduled at Vancouver Lawn and we thank them for the use of their courts. There were some incredible matches in all categories throughout the tournament. The only notable no shows were the eight juniors who were up in Whitehorse representing BC at the Canada Winter Games. We didn’t hear too many complaints from the adults on that one.

On Saturday night, The Arbutus Club put on a wonderful spread for the Squash BC Awards banquet. (More on the awards later.) After the awards were handed out and a great dinner consumed, a casino night was organized. Everybody played for Arbutus Bucks which you could then buy raffle tickets to go in a draw for some really great prizes. As with most gambling, some did well, others not so well. People did stay till the wee hours of the morning and all seemed to have a very good time.

The final matches were played Sunday afternoon. (The BC Champions and Runner-ups are listed below.) Probably the match of the day went to Carolyn Russell and Melanie Jans. These two have played each other so often they can read each other like a book. There was incredible shot making and an all out gutsy performance from both players. Carolyn narrowly edged out Melanie, 9-7 in the 5th with the match taking an hour and twenty minutes. Great match.

Squash BC would like to congratulate all the players who played in the Championships for giving it their all. We would also like to point out the behaviour was a beautiful thing to watch. While there were appeals to referee’s calls, they were done in a civil manner and then play resumed. Last year we had many complaints about player’s behaviour on court, this year, none. Thank you to all those who are changing and making this sport a great sport to play and watch.

Squash BC would like to thank the following sponsors for making this event possible. Quizam, Lululemon, Dunlop, Buntain Insurance, Rogers Group Financial, Matt Fahey, Soren Rasmussen, Stanley Dee, Jim Green. Without our sponsors, squash could not exist. Please support them as they support you.

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Results are as follows:
Category	Winner	Runner-up
Women's Open	Carolyn Russell	Melanie Jans
Men's Open	Andrew Lynn	Winston Cabell
Women's A	Liz Andrichuk	Stacey Hall
Men's A	Greg Longster	Graham Brown
Women's B	Jennifer McKinley	Madeline Macy
Men's B	Arnie Clark	George Hadjipavlou
Women's C	Cindy Lee	Audra Mudford
Men's C	Zackary Leman	Michael St Laurent
Women's D	Shannon Prael	Alexia Jones
Men's D	Justin Queree	Kirpy Sangara
Women's 40+	Laura Ramsay	Tessa Breukels
Men's 40+	Matt Fahey	Eng Khoon Chua
Men's 50+	Larry Armstrong	Doug MacDougall