Canada Games Slide Show

Thanks to Judy Hansen:

New Photos

Anyone with photos for the Squash PEI Flickr site, just send them my way and I’ll upload them asap. How all those great airport shots from the Canada Games?

Thanks,
Cynthia

(PS. don’t send me every photo you took, just select some of your faves with short descriptions of who is who and what not)

Squash Ball Halo (DWL)

Well now…..I was on the court yesterday and I got in the way of a nice low hard shot (my fault!)…..thought I would share the results with everyone….there is no mistaking the signature halos (purple, A, and red, B) of bruising from being hit with a squash ball! The picture was taken 24 hours after the incident.

 

The last time I was hit that hard was about two years ago when I played Steven Banks in the final of the Rustremover (same spot….my fault again!). I was hit in the first game, and apparently it became quite an attraction to the crowd to watch the bruising develop and change colors as the match went on!….well…..at least they got their money’s worth!

Press Release: Diva Invitational

The 2007 “Just Us Girls Fashion Café” Diva Invitational Squash Tournament is open to women and girls only. It will be a weekend not only of squash playing but of other things “girly” – a “pj party”-themed social, spa treatments, an exclusive night of shopping at Just Us Girls Fashion Café, chocolate and chick flicks.

“Squash has really grown as a sport for women in PEI in the past 10 years and we’d like to see it grow even more”, says Kelly MacWilliams, one of the tournament organizers. “Some of the reasons I started playing are that it’s a huge calorie burner, and works pretty much every muscle you have….and it’s a really social sport, which I like.”

Tournament organizers have added new divisions which they hope will help women who have just started playing to feel more comfortable with the idea of entering a tournament. The “newbie” division is for women who have never entered a tournament before and the junior girls is for girls under 12. As well, this tournament will mark the first time a Squash PEI tournament will have a women’s Veterans division for women over 45.

“The organizers worked to find some sponsors that fit with the theme of attracting women and girls to the sport of squash and we were really pleased that Just Us Girls agreed to be involved as the title sponsor. Another of our sponsors, The Great George, has recently announced ‘The Charlotte Club’, a women-only floor with upgraded amenities like Aveda products and lovely robes,” says Cynthia Dunsford of Squash PEI. “All of our sponsors, including Cox & Palmer, the Queen Street Commons, Avon and UPEI, are helping Squash PEI put together a really fun tournament package.”

To assist in the goal of attracting new women to the sport, a free clinic for beginning women will be held on March 19 from 5:30 – 7:00 at UPEI to teach the basics of the game.

The tournament will be held at UPEI from March 30 to April 1. Registrations will be taken on-line at www.squashpei.org or by calling (902) 368-8612 by March 21.

For further information, please contact:

Kirstin Lund, 569-1894

Squash team with spirit!!

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Whitehorse – Day 1

We had a wonderful send off from the Ch-town airport. Family, friends,
and the media all turned out to wish us well as the early contingent of
week 2 athletes.

Our flight left on time and the adventure was beginning….Our trip of a
lifetime… as we embarked on our journey to the Yukon.

Well, actually we’re still in Halifax!! Our flight out of there was
cancelled before we even left Ch’town! A blunder on Air Canada’s part (
who could have guessed) – at least we got some meal vouchers, good press
coverage ( Steve snoozing while the athletes were interviewed around
him) and eventually when all hope was lost that we might be leaving
Halifax, a trip to the Delta Barrington in the middle of a storm.

The day was a bit of a disappointment to say the least – we knew day one
would be a long travel day. But after eighteen hours, we were supposed to
be in Whitehorse, not Halifax.

In true Canada Games Squash team style, our athletes were undaunted and
found many ways to entertain themselves, us, and the other passengers
(you do the math) during our long layover at the airport.

We are still having fun and still looking forward to Whitehorse.

Back to the airport to try again tomorrow.

Submitted by Michele LeClair