World Masters Squash Champs

From: Steve Wren (Via Viola)To: mslpbertin@netzero.com ; bmurphy@premieresuites.com ; squash1939@yahoo.com ; dougandviola@sympatico.ca ; vincenttaylor@rogers.com ; ambushbob@shaw.ca ; lmramsay@shaw.caCc: Vaughan UtteridgeSent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:04 AMSubject: World Masters Squash Champs

G’day Barbara, Robbie, Mike, Viola, Vincent, Bob, Laura,Received each of your emails from the Sq. Canada site, Masters page. Congratulations on forming the Masters Committee in Canada, you will likely find it to be a good growth segment of as we all hang in there that bit longer. Masters squash here in NZ is well and truly organized with provincial bodies, National competitions, funding, and international test meets with Australia.

Quick intro to those of you I don’t know, that I am not a spammer from NZ.

Until September 2006 I lived in Toronto, and Gatineau, Quebec, for the last 6 years. Canada was a terrific host to me when I arrived in 1986 for a few months to play tournaments for a few months. Over the next 20 years during my time in Canada I stayed involved in the game, worked in the clubs, played many tournaments around the country, and organized many others over the years. Most notably though I met some of my best mates through squash in Canada who remain there today. Some may be with you there at the Canadian Nationals this week.

In October this year, The 2008 World Masters Squash Championships is on, right here in Christchurch, New Zealand, and I believe Canada can be a force to reckon with at these Champs if we can see more of your entries. So far we have 5 Canadians out of 250+, with total entries expected to climb close to 600.

A visit to the South Pacific for these Championships takes plenty of planning for those considering coming down. Hopefully there are players there at Niagara on the Lake who may be considering coming down to join us for some thunder down under. It’s only 6 months away but not too late to make the commitment.

I’m asking that during the course of the Nationals at White Oaks, your Master committee can promote our event to the Masters fraternity while all there together.

Keep in mind that there are now Vancouver – Auckland/Christchurch direct flights, and what a great time of the year to be here.

A poster of the event is attached and here’s a few important links below to check out…

http://www.worldmasterssquash.com

http://www.tourismnewzealand.com/

http://www.christchurchnz.com/

Anyone interested can stay in touch with me if you require more information, …can point you to a couple of good kiwi pubs worth a drop in too.

All the best for the week at Mark’s joint, no doubt he’ll run an event to be proud of.

Cheers Canucks!!

Regards,

Steve Wren

Attached PDF: World Championships Flyer  (PDF)

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