Club Atwater - 3 décembre 2011

Black Knight Junior #3 tournament had the biggest turnout this year with 36 players competing at the Atwater club.
 
The U19 category included several of the top-ranked players in the province including U19, U17, and U15 players from both genders.  After an upset win by 13-year old David Baillargeon over top-seed Calvin Wren in the semi-finals the final itself was played by David and Mathieu Diab.  David faced the match with his usual calm and confident that he had a shot at victory.  Mathieu, being 2nd-seed, was also well prepared mentally and physically.  David had his own private coach there to help him through, being Maxym Leclair.  The two players fought a hard battle with David able to compete effectively up to a 2-2 game tie.  In the last game however Mathieu proved that age, experience, and focus all combined together made the difference.  Mathieu won it 3-2.  The result of this U19 draw will  have a noticeable effect on the rankings with Calvin now behind David who himself is now one rank position below Mathieu.

Consolation A was won by Josh Renaud over Sebastien Boudreau 3-1 while consolation B was won by 13-year old Patrick Séguin-Morin over Cedric Coulombe.  Cedric’s age advantage was no match against Patrick who, despite being much younger, made it up with training and experience.                

Ontario player Franco Patry won the consolation A over Olivia Tory 3-2 while Tommy Scott showed lots of promise as future Squash player winning against Patrick McLay in the consolation B by a score of 3-0.
 

The U17/U15 combined draw included players from U17, U15, and U13 also from both genders.  It was apparent that Daniel McLay and Sebastien Boucley had been training hard to make their way to the top of this draw.  Both players met in the final.  Boucley used his speed and agility, likely developed through his soccer experience, to take the match from Daniel 3-0.  Benjamin Brassard lost to Boucley in the semis and defaulted against James Kierans in the 3/4 match.  James gains in the rankings.

In the U13 mixed category it was refreshing to see new faces who are likely to become future stars of the sport in the province.  10-year old newcomers Maximillian Godbout from Montreal and Juan-Mateo Ochoa from Gatineau both had to work hard to reach the final.  Maximillian took out the leather glove, likely due to blisters from his earlier battles, and came in the match showing confidence.  Mateo was ready to give it his 110% as all players from Columbian descent are known to do.  Maximillian won the match 3-1 and both players were all smiles after coming off the court. 
               

There were also noticeable mentions in this category.  Dominic Wren (King Dom, Calvin’s brother) won the consolation B 3-1 against a very young but very talented and promising Cyrus Sarmad (age 7).  Gabrielle Renaud (Josh’s younger sister) showed extremely good racket control, control of the T, and confidence in her skills to take 3rd place against Ben Lalonde by a score of 3-1.

Mario Morin

The Atwater Junior Open was played on November 17th and Club Atwater had a reasonably good turnout from Montreal juniors and a hand full of out of towners.

Quebec’s number 1 under 19 boy’s player Maxym Leclair proved far too strong in the boys under 19 draw but it was great to see Maxym support the event and give some of the other Quebec juniors a go at him. Maxym beat Ken Filgiano 3/0 in the final.

Lindsay Bovaird again proved to be Brigitte Tousignant nemesis winning the under 19 girls 3/0. Jesse Hornstein-Goldberg beat Thomas Sinclair 3/0 to win the under 17 boys and Jesse also competed in the under 19 boys finishing 6th after playing a total of 6 matches on the Saturday.

The boys under 15 title went to Chris Defour who proved too strong for Sebastien Boudreau in the semi finals and then Farokh Sarmad who put up a gallant fight before also losing in 3 games.

Dominique Smith won the girls under 15 division with David Baillargeon  from Quebec City and Marcia Filgiano winning their under 13 divisions.

Glen Wilson

The Atwater Junior Open was held on Saturday Nov 18th and the event held major significance on selecting the Quebec Team for the Winter Canada Games. The event attracted top players from greater Montreal as well as Quebec City, Hull and Ottawa.

On this weekend there were 5 category's BU19, BU15 & BU13 and GU17 and GU15 with a total of 44 players.

The most significant category's were the BU19 and GU17 which would determine the final team placing. In the girls section Lindsay Bovaird (Atwater Club) and Bridgette Tousignant (Hudson Racquet Club) dominated the field and put on a great 5 set final. Lindsay won the final game 9- 4 with the difference being her superb court coverage.

On the boy's side U19's again produced the top 2 dominant players in Quebec and a great 5 set battle was had. In the end the more composed and patient play being Max Leclair was the difference. The quality of squash displayed in this match was impressive for such young players.
The BU15 was won by George Brzozowski-Ryan ( Atwater Club ) over Kyle Ogilvy ( Ottawa ) in 3 straight final and the BU13 was repeat battle of the MAA event between Sebastien Boudreau ( Hudson Racquets Club ) and Farokh Sarmad ( Atwater Club ). These two young men will be rivals for many a year to come. Farokh won a great match in 4 sets.

On the girls side the U13 was a round robin with 6 players in the field. Olivia Tory was too strong in this section and won handily without dropping a set.

Once again it was a great day for junior squash and we look forward to next years event.

Ken Flynn

On Saturday, November 11, 2000, the Montreal Badminton & Squash Club hosted its annual MBSC Junior Open which attracted approximately 50 players from Quebec City and Montreal. (Unfortunately, the Ottawa juniors who have usually participated in this event were tied up in their own coaching clinic that day).  All seemed to enjoy themselves and were well fed as usual at a buffet lunch. Many novice players got their first taste of the tournament scene and are looking forward to future competitions. 
 
Ken Flynn

Results

Rompant avec une longue tradition de rounds robins étalés sur deux jours, le MBSC a accueilli, le 7 novembre dernier, plus de cinquante juniors dont une dizaine ayant traversé la rivière Outaouais. Le nombre record de participants a permis de tenir des tournois mixtes par élimination avec "feed in consolation" et "tinner". Cette formule assurait un minimum de 3 match à chaque joueur et a fourni des matches enlevants pour déterminer les cinq premières positions qui sont allées comme suit:

Results

Un gros merci à Ken Flynn, Howie et Rhonda Schwartz pour l'excellente organisation du tournoi et au club MBSC pour l'accueil et la qualité du buffet qui a été très apprécié par les joueurs et surtout leurs parents. Prochain rendez-vous au Jester Junior, fin mars ou début avril.

Ghislain Lessard

Le tournoi Invitation Junior du Montreal Badmington and Squash Club, tenu le 29 novembre dernier a attiré une trentaire de participants de toutes catégories.

Le format du tournoi (round-robin d'une partie de 9 points) a permis aux joueurs d'affronter le plus grand nombre d'adversaires possibles.

Bien que le grand gagnant du tournoi ait été le squash en général, mentionnons les gagnants et les finalistes dans les différentes catégories.

Results