2014 Calcutta

Calcutta,

The BC Jesters are holding their annual Doubles Calcutta on Friday, June 20, 2014, at The Vancouver Lawn & Tennis Club and Vancouver Racquets Club. 2/3 of the monies raised will again go directly to the 2020 Fund which is an initiative of Squash BC that promotes the growth of the game of squash through the development of junior squash. This event is open to the public and admission is FREE.

• Bids are accepted for individual players and each player has a handicap.
• Once the bidding closes players will be randomly assigned to teams and randomly placed in the draw.
• Each team’s handicap will be the sum of the two team member handicaps added together (i.e. it is possible for a team to have a negative handicap.)
• All matches are best of five games.
• ‘Pro-am scoring’ will be in effect – i.e. a team team that loses a game gets 3 additional handicap points for the next game – unless this would bring them automatically to 15 points, in which case the three points are subtracted from the other team’s handicap. If a team loses the first game and then wins the second game, the three points that were awarded after the first game are deducted (rather than added to the other team).

This year’s bid total was $2,680, with 96 total bids being made over 3 days. Thank you to everyone who bid and especially those who ended the auction as high bidders. The full results of the auction can be seen on the website: http://jesterscalcutta.eflea.ca/

The Doubles Calcutta Draw is attached below, with net handicaps indicated after each team.

Please come out and join us tomorrow at VRC and VLTBC for the event. The semis are scheduled at VLTBC at 6PM and 7PM, with the finals planned for 8pm.

PLAYERS / HANDICAPS / BIDS:
LEFT WALL
Brian Covernton 0 ($200 Allan Brown)
Chris Harley -2 ($200 John Hungerford & Bill Bowen)
Mike Jackson +6 ($125 Paul Stevenson)
Morgan Latremouille -5 ($200 John Hungerford & Bill Bowen)
Michael Leckie -6  ($200 Hugh Woolley)
Doug MacDougall +2 ($200 Doug MacDougall)
Mark Ridgeway -4 ($200 John Hungerford & Bill Bowen)
Robert Pacey 0  ($150 Paul Stevenson)
RIGHT WALL
Lynn Broman +4  ($125 Lynn Broman)
Ryan Haider -3  ($125 Tony Goodson)
Mark Heaney -4 ($200 Keith Clark)
Nicola Martin 0  ($130 Eric Barclay)
Rod Nichols +3 ($150 Winston Cabell)
Adam Radziminski -2 ($125 Greg Desaulniers)
Carolyn Russell +2 ($150 Paul Stevenson)
Ben Thomas -2 ($200 Bruce Matthews)
2014 Calcutta PosterPAST WINNERS
2013 – Mark Heaney & Robert Pacey
2012 – Ruth Castellino & Robert Pacey
2011 – Michael Leckie & Geraint Khan
2010 – Brian Covernton & Adam Radziminski

BC Jesters win Ken Cummane Award

Awards,

Squash BC recently announced their annual award winners for 2013/2014 and for the second time in 3 years, the BC Jesters have been awarded the Ken Cummane award. The BC Jesters raised and donated over $2800 to the 2020 Fund last year. The 2020 Fund is an initiative of Squash BC with the goal of protecting the future of squash in British Columbia. As funding from government and other sources becomes less and less predictable, it is important that we find alternative ways to ensure a sound financial future for Squash.

The BC Jesters continue to be a great partner of Squash BC and an advocate for the game across the province. – Jordan Abney, Executive Director, Squash BC

The Ken Cummane Award was donated by the Ken Cummane Foundation and is presented to the club or organization that contributes the most to the Squash BC 2020 Fund throughout the year.

Ken Cummane Award

 

 

Vancouver and Victoria Jesters Fixture

Jesters Fixtures, Social Events

On March 8th, 2014, seven Jesters (Allan Brown, John Hungerford, Chris Harley, Ryan Haider, Mark Ridgeway, Morgan Latremouille and Hugh Woolley) traveled to Victoria for a day of squash and a wonderful dinner.

Victoria had a great turn out.  Mike Greenwood stopped by to watch the matches but unfortunately couldn’t make dinner (or was too paranoid to show-up when he heard that Hungie was planning a roast of Mike’s antics on the infamous BC Chinooks squash tours of Kenya and Thailand).  Thanks to Phil Green, Stu Dixon, George Morfitt, John Roche, Scott MacInnis, Brian MaGaw and Ben Uliana for their hospitality.  Unfortunately, Gerry Poulton was unable to attend as he was in Virginia defending his US National squash crown.

John and Allan provided an update on Jesters activities especially their efforts concerning assisting university squash.

It was great to get the insight of the Victoria Jesters and hopefully we can continue to work together to further squash in our province.  In this regard, we are going to investigate the possibility of a Jesters tour to play matches against the three Vancouver Island private schools that have their own squash courts (SMUS, Brentwood and Shawinigan Lake).

The Victoria Jesters were asked to select a representative to liaise with the Vancouver Jesters on a more regular basis.

Thanks to John Hungerford and Phil Green for making this event possible.

Pacific Northwest Junior Squash Championships

Jesters Juniors,

This year marked the 45th operation of the Jester’s Pacific Northwest Junior Squash Championships.  With 217 entries, it ranked amongst the largest turnouts for any Junior tournament in Canada this year.  As one of four Squash Canada core events for elite Under 19 and Under 17 players, we were treated to a very high standard of play in the senior events.

Check out the final results here.

Given the large number of matches to be played, we have recently started play at the local level on Thursday and on Friday, at 1:00 pm.  This has helped maintain reasonable evening match times for all players and yet still wind up the tournament by 3:00 pm on Sunday.

In addition to the four courts at Cedar Hill, we used nine additional courts at St Michael’s University School and the Victoria Squash Club.  A total of 439 matches were played!

George Morfitt graciously attended our award ceremonies and presented the sportsmanship award in his name to Michele Garceau of the Evergreen Squash Club.

Once again this year, we are very grateful for the support of the British Columbia Jesters. With George’s assistance, a poster was on display at each venue which we hope has informed players, coaches and parents of the role of the Jesters in our Squash community.

Many thanks to Phillip Green, of the Cedar Hill Squash Club, for the following photos from the successful event.

Boys Under 19 Final
Boys Under 19 final – (L) Carter Robitaille (Toronto) and (R) Jarryd Osborne (Kingston)  Robitaille won 3-1

Girls Under 19 FinalGirls Under 19 final –  Michele Garceau in blue (Vancouver) and Madlen O’Connor (Toronto)  O’Connor won 3-1

PNW Crowd

Sunday finals crowd!

Pacific Northwest Junior Squash Championships

 

 

 

2013 Calcutta

Calcutta, , ,

UPDATE – June 16, 2013
An amazing night of doubles squash was had by all that participated in the 2013 Calcutta. The first two matches at Vancouver Racquets Club saw Robert Pacey and Mark Heaney defeat Doug MacDougall and Nicola Martin 3-0 while Brian Covernton and his sister Cathy defeated Tim Martin and Lynn Broman 3-0. Meanwhile at the Vancouver Lawn & Tennis Club, Chris Harley and Ruth Castellino defeated Michael Leckie and Sue Wastie 3-1 and Greg Desaulniers and Katherine Johnson defeated Ryan Haider and Natasha Doucas by a score of 3-1.

2013 Calcutta
Robert Pacey and Mark Heaney – 2013 BC Jesters Calcutta Champions

The second round took place at Van Lawn and in the first semi-final match Robert Pacey and Mark Heaney defeated Chris Harley and Ruth Castellino 3-1. The second semi-final saw the Coverntons defeat Michael Leckie (subbing in for an injured Greg Desaulniers) and Katherine Johnson 3-0. This set up a final between the “0” handicapped team of Robert Pacey and Mark Heaney and the the “+1” Coverntons. It was a well played match that went to five with Pacey and Heaney coming out on top. This was Pacey’s second title in a row and word is that his handicap will be much different next year.

Congrats to all of those who placed bets and helped the BC Jesters raise $2500 for Squash BC’s 2020 Fund.

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The BC Jesters are holding their annual Doubles Calcutta on Friday, June 14, 2013, at Vancouver Lawn & Tennis Club. 2/3 of the monies raised will go directly to the 2020 Fund which is an initiative of Squash BC that promotes the growth of the game of squash through the development of junior squash. This event is open to the public and admission is FREE.

• Bids are accepted for individual players and each player has a handicap.
• Once the bidding closes players will be randomly assigned to teams and randomly placed in the draw.
• Each team’s handicap will be the sum of the two team member handicaps added together (i.e. it is possible for a team to have a negative handicap.)
• All matches are best of five games.
• ‘Pro-am scoring’ will be in effect – i.e. a team team that loses a game gets 3 additional handicap points for the next game – unless this would bring them automatically to 15 points, in which case the three points are subtracted from the other team’s handicap. If a team loses the first game and then wins the second game, the three points that were awarded after the first game are deducted (rather than added to the other team).

TO PLACE YOUR BID:
Email Michael Leckie: mleckie@camposleckie.ca
Bids will be published here at 9am / 1pm / 6pm daily
Bidding closes Thursday June 13th at 5pm

BIDS:
BIDDING IS NOW CLOSED

PLAYERS / HANDICAPS / BIDS:
Sue Wastie (R) +5  ($150 Doucas)
Lynn Broman (R) +4  ($100 Doucas)
Ruth Castellino (R) +3  ($200 Osburn)
Robert Pacey (L) +3  ($150 Silgailis)
Natasha Doucas (R) +2  ($150 Bowen)
Brian Covernton (L) +2  ($200 B/L Armstrong)
Doug MacDougall (L) +2  ($200 Clarke)
Greg Desaulniers (L) +1  ($200 Brown)
Nicola Martin (R) 0  ($100 G Desaulniers)
Katherine Johnson (R)  0  ($200 Hungerford)
Cathy Covernton (R) -1  ($100 Barclay)
Ryan Haider (L) -2  ($100 B/L Armstrong)
Chris Harley (L) -2  ($150 Harley)
Tim Martin (L) -3  ($100 Hungerford)
Mark Heaney (R) -3  ($200 Woolley)
Michael Leckie (L)  -4  ($200 Goldsmith)
 

THE DRAW:


LINKS:
Read about the 2011 Calcutta
Read about the 2012 Calcutta

 

Poster designed by Mike Leckie of Campos Leckie Studio.