January 27, 2008 by Steph.

Hi ladies,
We are considering our first ever official women’s City League Squash Shirts. A sub committee has decided on a few models and we will proceed as follows. The styles are posted below for you to have a look.

On Thursday I will post the shirts on paper and you can vote for the style that you prefer. We will then have a contest to design a logo and will also vote on the color. The cost should be between 20-25$.

If ANYONE can get sponsors, that would offset the cost. You would simply get the donation from the sponsor and we will ensure that the company name is on the shirts.

After we decide on a shirt, Anita will get samples and we will proceed with further details at that time.

Have a great day!
Barbara Fischer
    

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January 27, 2008 by susan.

Hi everyone -

This is a reminder that we DO NOT play this week, Thursday, January 31st, because the RA is hosting a tournament.  Good luck to everyone who is competing in the RA Open.  

We will resume league on Thursday, February 7th at the Sportheque.  Go the the website to get the directional map.  Play will start at 7:00pm. 

Have a good week.

Susan 

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January 24, 2008 by Steph.

While some were celebrating Barb’s 50th birthday, others were running around a frozen squash court in Winnipeg Being really bad with names (birth defect), i will not attempt to describe all exciting games that were seen or lived. I had the honour of being part of a great team playing amongst people who actually practise 6 or more times than me, play internationally, breath squash every day and drink loads of beers. I must highlight the outstanding performance of John Fredericks (the beerbeared one) who can drink and play amazingly well the next day. His laugh is very communicative and it is still echoing in my brain as i type this message. We fought well, and i must say our numbers #1 never lost a game (David and Julie well done !). After the first round, Ontario was looking pretty strong (we beat Saskatchewan) and then Manitoba’s second team…. Our toughest match was against Alberta’s 1st team: games were tied 3-3, and the deciding match went to 5 ! Chris did his best under the intense pressure of that underground audiance in subzero temperatures… i mean, we were the only eastern province of Western Canada…. imagine that… now that is defying the laws of physics and geography :) So the end result is that Manitoba’s #1 team came first, defeating Alberta’s #1 team in the finals. Ontario came in 3rd… Thanks to you Elka for the precious tips on conservation of energy and basic game strategies…  i definitely need to do something about that if i want to reach the next master’s level alive Mike (our captain) did an amazing job at making sure everyone was at ease and included.

It was a great experience. Next year, it is happening in Saskatchewan… anyone want to go ? oh yeah, i forgot to say that the exterior temperature was about -43 degres celcius (and inside about +O  - the ball was dead)

 Cheers,

Steph-The-Squashed-Master

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January 21, 2008 by susan.

Here are the details for league play this week!

• Location: RA Club
• Order of Play: 3-4-2-1
• Start Time: 7:00 p.m.
• Bye: Team 2 

See you there.  Susan 

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January 18, 2008 by susan.

Hi gals - 

As we have many new players I wanted to remind folks that the first two weeks of each session is OPEN CHALLENGE time - any player may challenge any other player in the league.  Successful challenges will result in the exchange of positions of the winning and losing players.   

It’s sometimes difficult to rank people and place them in the appropriate level.  Challenging gives you a chance to move up a level using the outcome of your match as the objective deciding factor.

We encourage challenges.  So, if you feel you should be playing in a level higher than you were placed, please challenge someone for their position.

To do this:  

- contact the person you wish to challenge and arrange to play a match (you can challenge anyone on any team at this time - OPEN CHALLENGE)

- the player must accommodate a challenger within seven days of the challenge being issued  

- a player may limit the number of challenges accepted to one per seven days

- challenges not accepted within seven days result in default (challenger automatically wins)

- the challenger is responsible for reporting results directly to the league coordinator (me) by email…you only need to contact me if the challenge is successful.  

Deadline for completing challenges is:  January 31st

Ps… Spares can challenge as well.  A successful challenge by a spare will result in the spare assuming the team position and the losing player being placed on the spares list.

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