Western Canadian Team Championships (Winnipeg)…

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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