Squash Ontario May/June E-Magazine

Check Out Squash Ontario's May/ June E Magazine.

Some Headlines:
Annual Charity Golf Tournament - Benefit Junior Squash

New League and Tournament Software Programs
Ontario Champions

http://www.squashontario.com/documents/SquashOntarioE-Magazine-May2010.pdf

For The Kids - Junior Squash

This Junior Program has been specially designed to guide the committed and improving junior squash athlete through a program of skill and fitness development in a supportive, fun environment

Want to know more about Junior Squash Please Check Out This Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkr0mXWuJuY&feature=fvsr

2010 Spring Squash A League - Summary

Well the Spring Squash League historically is a very small event compared to the Winter Squash League. The key reason being of course is that many of the big guns do not play. This year Dan “I Just Want to Play Squash” Van Morsel chose not to play in the Spring League and is instead teaching some of Chatham’s inner city youth kids the finer points of concrete. Mike “Doc” Connelly feared that if he played in the Spring League he might fail his final exams on the female anatomy. And Tim “Behr” Majocha felt that his golf game was primed to break 100 this year before August.

Anyhow, the hard core squash players were in action last night. Andrew “Beavis” Caille was in pretty good form against Shaun “The Franchise” Guay despite the fact that Caille was late for his match. Apparently, Home Depot had a 5 o’clock special on Duct Tape. Caille jumped out to a two game lead before Guay settled down and struck back in the third game. The fourth game proved to be a tight hard fought game but Caille’s patent front corner boast started to frustrate Guay and allowed Caille to escape with a 3 -1 win.

Stefan “Young Gun” Houbtchev has been playing so well that he is destroying all the competition. In this Spring League, Stefan made the big jump into A3A and was looking to draw blood. Houbtchev unfortunately ran into the wily veteran Rod “Rocket” Larson. Larson wanted no part of being Houbtchev’s latest victim. Although Houbtchev played Larson tough and kept the games tight . Larson’s experience in tight games was the determining factor that allowed him to prevail to victory.

Kevin “Kentucky Fried Chicken” Furmanek fresh off his A1 Winter League Championship was looking to continue his winning ways against Andrew “Silk” Little. Furmanek was able to control the flow of the game and constantly kept Little under pressure. As a result, Furmanek prevailed to win but Doug Fields who was watching the match said that he would have handled Furmanek differently.

Total Matches Schedule 20
Total Matches Played 11
Percentage of Matches Played On Time 55%

Top 20 Reasons to Date a Squash Player

1. We have perfect technique, good rhythm, and great leg lunges
2. We're used to having bruises on our knees
3. We're used to performing in minimal amounts of clothing
4. After 90 seconds we're ready to go at it again
5. We don't mind getting hot and sweaty
6. We're always open to new moves & positions
7. We perform to please the crowd
8. We love an audience
9. We show off our legs
10. We like being videotaped to improve ourselves
11. We enjoy doing hard things
12. We're always on top of the ball
13. We hit from any angle
14. We're good with our hands
15. We know how to play doubles
16. We like to be on top of our game
17. We know how to take it up the middle
18. We play the court until we score
19. We can do it forehand and backhand.
20. One word..FLEXIBILITY

How A Racquet Is Made?

Check out this really cool video done by CNN – It shows how a racquet is made and features the HEAD R&D Department in Austria

http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports/2010/04/15/open.court.head.racket.cnn

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

2nd Annual MSRA Junior Benefit

This fun event is also a serious fund raiser. All money raised will be going towards the $100,000 challenge grant secured by National Urban Squash and Education Association ( http://www.nationalurbansquash.org ) that is launching the Detroit program this year!

This program combines squash, academic, mentoring and focuses on changing the lives of Detroit's least advantaged kids and that the program is modelled after nine very successful programs in other U.S. Cities. Truly a dream come true for many of us. Please help us obtain this grant by either buying tickets or making donations. I encourage all MSRA members to support this event by attending, donating, or marketing this event to others. Sponsorships are available starting at $250.This event is also a family event. Beyond seeing the promising juniors playing, there will be Prince door prizes, and beer, pop and snacks will be provided.

Click on the promotion above for all the details of the event. For more information on the junior development program in Michigan and how you can help make a difference, you can contact MSRA president Hugh Stalker at hughstalker@comcast.net