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2009 Alberta Senior Provincial Racquetball Championships

Women's Singles

Open
1st Place    Veronique Guillemette

19+
1st Place     Ashley Owen

40+
1st Place     Kathy Iwaasa
2nd Place    Noreen Hansen
Consolation Sherri Hiller

Men's Singles

Open
1st Place     Kevin Caouette
2nd Place    Jason Pate
Blue Conso Logan Hordyski
White Cons Brandon Iwassa

19+
1st Place     Mark Persuad

30+
1st Place     Allen Bauman
2nd Place    Stephen Campbell

40+
1st Place     Len Slamko
2nd Place    James Brayley
Blue Conso Marc Caouette
Red Consol Bert Johnson
White Cons Barry Placsko

50+
1st Place     Manny Gregorio
2nd Place    Al Loughlin    
Blue Conso Reg Atkins
Red Consol Roger Roy
White Cons Jerry Haynes

60+
1st Place     Don Lee
2nd Place    Jerry Kwasnitza

Doubles

Open/A

1st Place     Manny Gregorio/Danny Terrabain
2nd Place    Kevin Caouette/Jason Pate
Consolation Len Slamko/James Brayley

B/C

1st Place     Stephen Campbell/Jon Semeniuk
2nd Place    Chad Elliott/Bert Johnson
Consolation Jack McBride/Cliff Sustrik

2009 Alberta Junior Provincial Racquetball Championships

G10U
1st Place     Alexis Iwaasa (Lethbridge)
2nd Place    Bridget Halko (Edmonton)

G12U
1st Place     McKenzie Brayley (Calgary)
2nd Place    Brittni McKenzie (Lethbridge)

G14U
1st Place     Mia Atkins (Calgary)

G16U
1st Place     Dani Slamko (Calgary)
2nd Place    Jennifer Harrington (Edmonton)

B10U
1st Place     Cameron Brookwell (Calgary)

B12U
1st Place     Coby Iwaasa (Lethbridge)
2nd Place    Devin Halko (Edmonton)

B14U
1st Place     Cole Slamko (Calgary)
2nd Place    Issac Hirchfield (Chateau)

B16U
1st Place     Kevin Caouette (Edmonton)
2nd Place    Logan Hordyski (Edmonton)

B18U
1st Place     Chad Elliott (Calgary)
2nd Place    Eric Hazenboom (Calgary)



2008 Kevin Parkhouse Memorials Doubles Results

OPEN
1st Place     Tim Landeryou & Lee Connell (Saskatoon)
2nd Place    James Slamko & Kevin Caouette (Edmonton) 
3rd Place     Veronique Guillmette & Cam Stephenson (Calgary)
Cons.          Jason Pate & Glen Yaretz 

A/B
1st Place    Jack McBride & Cam Bourque (Edmonton)
2nd Place   Greg Sweetnam & James Burrows (Calgary)
3rd Place    Ken Sinden & Daryl Brookwell (Calgary)
Cons.         Wolf Neubauer & Ross Collett (Calgary)

2008 Edmonton Open Results

Division	1st	2nd	3rd	Consolation
Men's Open Singles	Danny Tarrabain (Edm.)	Troy Brooks (Sh. Park)		Logan Hordyski (St. Alb.)
Men's A Singles	Darryl Thomas (Edm.)	Mike Vera (Calg.)		Allen Bauman (St. Alb.)
Men's B Singles	Brandon Iwassa (Leth.)	Barry Ould (Edm.)		Lloyd Edwards (Edm.)
Men's C Singles	Mike Norris (Edm.)	Ed Michielsen (Wet.)		Regis Sevigny (Edm.)
Men's D Singles	Austin Porter (Edm.)	Ken Mergle (Edm.)
Women's B/C Singles	Kathy Iwassa (Leth.)	Marion McBride (St. Alb.)	Dani Slamko (Oko.)
Women's D Singles	Danie Slamko (Oko.)	Gloria Ferguson (Edm.)
Men's Open/A Doubles	Kevin Caouette (Edm.) / Logan Hordyski (Sh. Park)	Marc Caouette (Edm.) / John Halko (Sh. Park)		Len Slamko (Calg.) / Cole Slamko (Calg.)
Men's B/C Doubles	Doug Jones (Sh. Park) / Walter Sawchuk (Edm.)	Brian Malmas (Wet.) / Darren Ware (Wet.)		Noel Reilly (St. Alb.) / Ed Michielson (Wet.)
Junior Singles A	Devin Halko (Edm.)	Emanuel Buttigieg (Edm.)	Brandon Frankish (Leth.)
Junior Singles B	Alexis Iwassa (Leth.)	Bridget Halko (Edm.)

 

2008 Canadian Classic Results

Division	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's Singles Pro	Jack Huczek - USA	Rocky Carson - USA
Women's Singles Pro	Paola Longoria - Mex	Rhonda Rajsich - USA
Men's Singles Open	Tim Landeryou - Can.	Travis Woodbury - USA	Nathaniel Husulak - Can.
Women's Singles Open	Jen Saunders - Can.	Veronique Guillemette - Can.	Genevive Brodeur - Can.
Men's Singles A	Michael Rusak - Can.	Jon Semeniuk - Can.	Allen Bauman - Can.
Men's Singles B	Stephen Campbell - Can.	David Boyd - Can.	Lloyd Edwards - Can.
Men's Singles C	Mitchell Brayley - Can.	Walter Massa - Can.	Dylan Hunter - Can.
Men's Age Singles 30+	Jason Pate - Can.	Glen Yaretz - Can.	Darryl Thomas - Can.
Men's Age Singles 40+	Cam Bourque - Can.	Steve Scagnetti - Can.	John Halko - Can.
Men's Age Singles 50+	Manny Gregorio - Can.	Ross Richardson - Can.	Colum Barry - Can.
Men's Doubles Open	Jamie Slamko - Can. / Kevin Caouette - Can.	Danny Tarrabain - Can. / Manny Gregorio - Can.
Men's Doubles B/C	TBA	TBA

2008 Nationals
Mike Green (On) and Christie Van Hees (AB) captured the men’s and women’s open singles division titles at the 2008 Canadian Racquetball Championships held in Burlington, On in May. Green extracted a little bit of revenge by defeating Vincent Gagnon (QC) in the final. Gagnon and his partner Françoise Viens had claimed victory over Green and his partner Brian Istace (AB) earlier in the week in the men’s open doubles final. Van Hees defeated Jennifer Saunders (MN) in the women’s final.
The women’s open doubles title was awarded to Veronique Guillemette (AB) and her partner Geneviéve Brodeur (QC) who triumphed over Saunders and her partner Josée Grand’Maître. This was the first national doubles titles for Viens, Gagnon, Guillemette and Brodeur.

2008 Pan American Championships
The Canadian National Racquetball team travelled to San Jose, Costa Rica in March for the 2008 Pan American Racquetball Championships and were able to bring back the bronze medal for the team competition.

In the men’s singles division Kris Odegard (Saskatoon, SK) was a perfect 2 – 0 in round robin play which earned him the first seed position in the playoff round. Odegard, who is the current Canadian singles champion, won his first two matches of the playoff round before falling in the semi-finals to the eventual gold medal winner Alvaro Beltran (Mex). Canada’s other men’s singles player was Ryan Smith (Burlington, ON) who also finished pool play at 2 – 0. Smith, playing in his first Pan Am’s, started the playoff round as the third seed but was also defeated in the semi-finals by Leopoldo Gutierrez (Mex). Under International Racquetball rules both semi-final losers are awarded bronze medals.

In the men’s doubles division current Canadian doubles champions, Mike Green (Burlington, ON) and Brian Istace (Calgary, AB) cruised through the pool play round with a 3 – 0 match record and found themselves seeded second in the playoff round. In the playoff round Green and Istace won their first two matches before having to settle for a bronze medal finish with a semi-finals loss to the gold medal winners Javier Moreno and Gilberto Mejio (Mex).

Playing women’s singles for Canada was Jennifer Saunders (Winnipeg, MN) and Veronique Guillemette (Calgary, AB). Saunders was unbeaten in pool play going 3 – 0 and continued her winning streak with 2 wins in the playoff round before being defeated by Paola Longoria (Mex) in the semi-finals and earning the bronze medal.   Guillemette had Canada’s only pool play loss going 2 – 1 and ended her tournament with a loss to first seed Ronda Rajsich (Phoenix, AZ).

Canada’s women’s doubles team consisted of Josée Grand’Maître (Longueuil, QC) and Frédérique T Lambert (Montreal, QC). Lambert was also playing in her first Pan Am’s and has a bronze medal to show for her efforts after she and Grand’Maître took their 3 – 0 pool play record and second seeding into the playoff round which, unfortunately, ended in the semi-finals with a loss to silver medallists Angela Grisar and Fabiola Marquez (Chi).

The next international event for Team Canada is the World Racquetball Championships to be held in Kingscourt, Ireland August 1 – 10, 2008.

National Team
The teams have been announced that will be representing Canada at the 2008 World Racquetball Championships to be held in Kingscourt Ireland Aug 1 – 10 2008.

Men

Michael Green (ON) – Singles
Vincent Gagnon (QC) – Singles
Kris Odegard (SK) - Doubles
François Viens (QC) - Doubles

Women

Jennifer Saunders (MB) - Singles
Josée Grand’Maître (QC) - Singles
Veronique Guillemette (AB) - Doubles
Geneviève Brodeur (QC) –Doubles

Coaches

Ron Brown
Michel Gagnon

Referee

Rick Mattson

Therapist

Isabelle Morneau

2008 Junior Nationals
The 2008 Canadian Junior National Racquetball Championships was held in Brossard, QC in April. Sean Barclay (SK) took first place in the boy’s 18 and under division with a final match victory over Mathieu Messier (QC). The girl’s 18 and under title went to Denise Haynes (NS) who defeated Christine Richardson (SK).   Messier was a champion though when he paired with Jérôme Normand (QC) to win the boy’s 18 and under doubles division with a victory over Conrad Cole (ON) and his partner Mike Rojas (ON). The girl’s 18 and under doubles crown belongs to Frédérique T Lambert (QC) and her partner Brigitte Richard (QC) after claiming victory over Richardson and her partner Carly Bosomworth (SK) in the final.