Cross Border/ Pro Exhibition

 

   Saturday was a busy day for Windsor Squash.  Many of our players headed over to the Detroit Athletic Club to compete in the Cross-Border.  It was a tough day for Windsor especially since we have been dominating the Cross-Border.  It was all the USA on Saturday as they won a large majority of matches.  Thanks to all players for playing and representing Windsor (or Canada).
     Many players headed back to WSF after the cross-border to watch the pro exhibition between Ben Coleman (WR 50) and Anthony Graham (WR 162).  The players hung around all day, giving lessons and helping with the juniors.  In the evening, the players entertained a crowd of 40 with long rallies, incredible shots and witty banter.  After the exhibition they answered questions, signed autographs and helped the juniors celebrate Jagroop's birthday.  The pictures from the evening can be found here.

Fall Cross Border Challenge

The Cross Border Challenge is Saturday September 17/11 at the Detroit Athletic Club. We won the challenge last time and I would like to keep the streak going. The DAC Guys are always gracious to us and feed us with plenty of beer. We are looking for players of all skill levels. Females are welcome. This is a social event so you must be 19 years of age to participate. Anybody interested in participating in this year's Fall Challenge please contact me dguthrie@windsorsquash.ca.

This is the what we are playing for!!!!!

Cross Border Challenge

I don’t know how it happened to us but we got are ASSES kicked badly during the Cross Border Challenge. I think we were over-confident. In the past all we did was show up for the event and the DAC team would crumble. Our favor trick of adding attractive women to our team to distract their players failed to work this time. They came ready to play. Some of their teammates even went to the wrong club and still beat us. How does this happen?

If you don’t know the history of the Cross Border Challenge, here it is in a nut shell: They won it the first time, but ever since than we have dominated the event. We won 7 times in a row!!!!!! This event has pretty much gone in our favor as long as we showed up. As a result of this dominance I think that this year, Mick Joint in a desperate attempt to regain some creditability in this event, resorted to some questionable tactics. First of all Mick called his buddies at US Customs to make sure that the tunnel was backed up so badly that our players were all late for their matches and were forced to rush on the court with no warm up. Secondly he fixed the beer keg to pour too much foam. This is deeply upsetting to any Canadian. Our guys could not concentrate on their matches knowing that foamy beer was waiting for them when they came off the court. Lastly Mick elected not to add players to his team who have repeatedly lost to our women - not mentioning any names but where were Chip McDaniel, Pat Petz and Jim Stroh? In the past they were regular participatants in the Cross Border Challenge!?!. Due to these reasons, I am protesting the results!!!!

Thank you to everyone who participated and remember that we have 6 months of hard training ahead of us. Congratulations to the DAC. I guest every blind squirrel finds a nut once and a while.

A Desperate Man

Cross Border Challenge

The Cross Border Challenge is Saturday April 17/10 at the Detroit Athletic Club. We have won this challenge so many times in a row I can’t remember the last time we lost. The DAC Guys are such gracious losers it almost breaks my heart when we win especially after they feed you with plenty of beer. Maybe this time around they will form a team that might make us break a sweat. The last few times we placed women on our roster so the matches might be a little closer but that back fired because our women beat them too. Anyhow we still need to form a roster to keep the Cross Border Trophy in Windsor where it belongs. I have attached a photo of the trophy for the DAC guys to show them what it looks like. Players of all levels are welcome to play. Anybody interested in participating in this year's Spring Challenge please contact me dguthrie@windsorsquash.ca. We are looking for players of all skill levels. Females are welcome. This is a social event so you must be 19 years of age to participate

Cross Border Challenge

The Cross Border Challenge on Saturday, October 24/09 was full of many surprises. WSF was looking to extend their long winning streak over the DAC. Unfortunately for them the DAC boys came to Windsor looking to take home the Cross Border Challenge trophy with them.
Early on in the challenge the DAC was quick to build up a lead. After some tough matches Windsor started to find their winning form and pulled even after 12 matches. This meant that the final match would determine the champion of the Cross Border Challenge.
The final match was on the doubles court between Stan Furmanek/ Tom Beneteau (WSF) versus Peter Logan/ Mike Cousnmen (DAC). Neither side wanted to let their team down. Furmanek/Beneteau set the early pace by stealing the 1st game, but Logan/ Cousnmen came back to win the next two. In the 4th game Beneteau/ Furmanek were hanging on and facing a possible defeat when they rallied and stole the 4th game. In the 5th Furmanek/ Beneteau put on a great display of shot making ability that kept finding the nick. Logan/ Cousnmen tried to answer but they had run out of gas. This great victory for WSF kept the trophy at home and the DAC wondering if they would ever retain the trophy again.

For the DAC version of the Challenge Check Out Mick Joint’s Squash Blog

http://thesquashjoint.blogspot.com