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2019 BC Jesters Calcutta

Calcutta, Jesters Doubles Tournaments,

The 2019 edition of the BC Jesters summer Doubles Calcutta was held at the Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club on Friday, June 14, 2019

The teams:

16 participants were purchased with bids as low as $150 and as high as $350. Teams were created and a points handicap system was used to level the playing field.  An incredible number of games ended 15-14 and more amazingly, both semi-finals and the final all ended 2-1 with a 15-14 score in the 3rd and deciding game!  Kudos to Morgan Latremouille for organizing this event – finding the 16 players, finding 2 more to replace last minute withdrawals, establishing the points handicaps and making sure the event starts on time and finishes before midnight is a huge challenge.  Not only was Morgan up to the task, but he somehow managed to win for a 2nd year in a row (no doubt because of his partner, Madeline Sava).  Perhaps we need to re-assess letting Morgan set the handicaps😊!Thanks to all the Jesters who played and also to those who bet on the players.  This year nearly $4000 was raised for Squash BC’s Building the Future Fund with the tax receipt for the owners of the winning team going to the all-female conglomerate, C’s Company! 

The draw

Cathy Brown and Andrew Lynn
Ruth Castellino and Mark Robinson
Karen Levine and Robert Pacey
Brian Covernton and Lynn Broman
Carolyn Russell and Kelly Latremouille
Madeleine Sava and Morgan Latremouille
Justin Todd and Russell Smith
Laura Ramsey and Thomas Brinkman

Karen and Robert lost 15-14 in the decider to Madeleine and Morgan

Golf Tournament Saturday saw beautiful sunshine and 20 keen golfers descend on University Golf Course to test their skills and, if you were in my foursome, have a few beverages!  When the dust settled, Michael Jackson walked away with the big trophy for Net Champion with an amazing 65!  Andrew Lynn managed to defend his title as Low Gross champ with a modest 77 much to the chagrin of the others. 

KP winners were Karen Levine, Ruth Castellino and Morgan Latremouille (is there anything this guy doesn’t win?) and the Long Drive winners were Ruth Castellino and Geraint Khan.  There was a repeat champion for the honour of Most Honest Golfer but he shall remain nameless to maintain his dignity!  Many thanks to those who donated prizes, to Tim Bale for booking the tee times and most importantly, to Ruth Castellino for organizing this event (she did win two prizes so don’t feel too bad for her!).

Après-golf Dinner Perhaps the highlight of the weekend was the dinner at Russell and Gillian Smith’s place.  Close to 60 people wined, dined and socialized in what will be our final hurrah at the Smith’s place.  I don’t think we broke anything this year (Barclay was well-behaved) and it was great to see so many Jesters and their guests.  Thanks to Hugh and Sandra Woolley for the wonderful dinner, John and Debbie Hungerford for the tasty dessert, Doug MacDougall for the wine/beer and Paul Stevenson for the non-alcoholic drinks.   There are no words to describe how generous Russell and Gillian have been to our group, hosting numerous Jesters functions at their house – thank you both so much!

Bonus photos courtesy of Natasha Doucas:

2018 Calcutta

Calcutta,

This year’s  annual BC Jesters Doubles Calcutta featured many very close matches yet was completed in record time.

The winning team was Morgan Latremouille and Hugh Woolley.

The event raised $2,900 for the 2020 Fund! The winning bidders were two consortiums (David Goldsmith and Karen Levine; and Greg Desaulniers, Hugh Woolley and John Hungerford).  They will receive tax receipts totaling $2,900.

Players    
Victor Berg, Morgan Latremouille, Mark Heaney, Tim Martin, Brian Covernton, Greg Desaulniers, Robert Pacey, Carolyn Russell, Lynn Broman, Paul Stevenson, Hugh Woolley,  David Goldsmith, Nick James, Caitlin Hungerford, Nicola Martin and Cathy Covernton.

Bidders
Hugh Woolley, Greg Desaulniers, John Hungerford, Paul Stevenson, Tony Goodson, Morgan Latremouille, David Goldsmith, Karen Levine, Carolyn Russell, Ruth Castellino

Also to those who donated prizes:
Caitlin Hungerford, Allan Brown, Morley Jameson, Natasha Doucas, Andrew Lynn, Nina Henriksen, Viktor Berg and Sue Kaffka.

2017 Calcutta

Calcutta, Jesters Doubles Tournaments, Social Events,

This year’s annual fundraiser for Squash BC’s 2020 Fund was played at the newly renovated Vancouver Lawn tennis and Badminton Club on June 16, 2017.

First Round Matches
1) Paul Stevenson and Greg Desaulniers defeated Carolyn Russell and Madeleine Sava

2) Hugh Wooley and Justin Todd defeated Thomas Brinkman and Kelly Latrimouille

3) Lynn Broman and Brian Covernton defeated David Adams and Tim Martin

4) Viktor Berg and Robert Pacey defeated Mark Heaney and Morgan Latrimouille

Second Round Matches
1) Lynn Broman and Brian Covernton defeated Viktor Berg and Robert Pacey

2) Hugh Wooley and Justin Todd defeated Paul Stevenson and Greg Desaulniers

FINALS
Hugh Wooley and Justin Todd defeated Lynn Broman and Brian Covernton

Check out match ball with Todd and Wooley down 7-14:

 

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2016 Calcutta

Calcutta

Jesters Weekend

June 10/11, 2016

As in prior years there was a Doubles Calcutta, a golf tournament and an informal evening gathering.

Calcutta – There were 16 players representing a wide range of age and playing ability (Justin Todd just completed a season on the doubles pro circuit and Bruce Matthews has never played doubles!).

Players involved: Justin Todd, Michael Leckie, Morgan Latremouille, Mark Heaney, Tim Martin, Ingus Silgailis, Ryan Haider, Greg Desaulniers, Carolyn Russell, Steve Jacobs, Cathy Covernton, Nicola Martin, Bruce Matthews, Paul Stevenson, Martin Kaffka and Richard Martin.

The teams were chosen by a draw and some teams were clearly superior to others. However, with the handicapping most matches were very close and exciting. In the final Justin Todd/Steve Jacobs squeaked out victory over Morgan Latremouille/Mark Heaney. Morgan/Mark were relentless in hitting the ball at Steve, Steve responded with consistent returns. At times though his role was simply keeping out of the way of Justin – who managed to cover the entire court.

Bids were received from Keith Clark, John Hungerford, Winston Cabell, Hugh Woolley, Ingus Silgailis, Paul Stevenson, Eric Barclay, Greg Desaulniers, Bruce Matthews, Bill Bowen, Morgan Latremouille, Tony Goodson and Martin Kaffka.

The winning bidders were Keith Clark and Bruce Matthews, who share 50% of the pot. Maintaining a tradition of donating some or all of their winnings back the 2020 Fund will receive $2,075 this year from this event…..well done!

Many thanks to the players and bidders noted above and to Morgan for organizing this event.

2015 Calcutta

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This year’s annual fundraiser for Squash BC’s 2020 Fund was played at the Vancouver Racquets Club on June 18-19, 2015.

Player handicaps:2015 Calcutta

First Round Matches:
1) Brian Covernton and Morgan Latremouille defeated Lynn Broman and Natasha Doucas

2) Tim Martin and Carolyn Russell defeated Nicola Martin and Hugh Wooley

3) Robert Pacey and Mark Heaney defeated Deidre Smith and Cathy Covernton

4) Mike Leckie and Chris Harley defeated Sue Wastie and Greg Desaulniers

Second Round Matches:
1) Brian Covernton and Morgan Latremouille defeated Tim Martin and Carolyn Russell (3-2)

2) Robert Pacey and Mark Heaney defeated Mike Leckie and Chris Harley (3-2)

FINALS:
1) Robert Pacey and Mark Heaney defeated Brian Covernton and Morgan Latremouille (3-2)

Thank you to  the following individuals who pledged funds to the Calcutta and helped raise $2700 for the 2020 Fund:

Winston Cabell
Keith Clark
Deidre Smith
Rashid Aziz
Graham Brown
John Hungerford
Tony Goodson
Doug MacDougall
Paul Stevenson
Allan Brown
Hugh Woolley
Lynn Broman
Cathy Covernton
Eric Barclay
David Goldsmith
Rod Nicolls
Michael Leckie
Sue Wastie
Gavin Cooper
Ruth Castellino
Dave Adams
Carolyn Russell
Natasha Doucas
Steve Jacobs
Tony Goodson
Anonymous Donor #1
Anonymous Donor #2

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

2013 Calcutta

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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.

 

2012 Calcutta > Results

Calcutta, ,

Eight teams participated in this year’s Calcutta with matches being played at both The Vancouver Racquets Club and The Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club. Thanks to both clubs for the use of their facilities.

The first round had it all including an upset with Nicola Martin and Ryan Haider overcoming Adam Radziminski and Brian Covernton in what many considered a clerical error*. (*New rules regarding handicaps were put into place just minutes before match time.) Greg Desaulniers (The Bionic Man) and Ben Thomas put away Rod Nicolls and Mark Ridgeway in 5 and Michael Leckie and Cathy Covernton played an amazing match over a greatly improved Chris Harley and his partner David Goldsmith winning 3-2.

All semi-finals were played at the Lawn with Castellino/Pacey winning in 4 over Thomas/Desaulniers and Covernton/Leckie squeaking out a 3-2 win over Martin/Haider. The latter match had the intensity of a final going right to the last point!

The final saw a differential of 9 points (Castellino/Pacey at +6 vs Covernton/Leckie at -3) and it’s fair share of controversy. With Castellino/Pacey up 2-1 in games, and 13-10 in the fourth, Leckie and Castellino collided and collapsed in the right back corner with Leckie managing to keep the ball in play. While Leckie and Castellino attempted to untangle themselves Pacey and Covernton fought it out at the front of the court with Pacey managing a cheeky (and lucky) drop shot for a winner. Leckie appealed to the crowd for a Let that he was sure he asked for but the ref and the crowd denied it and the point stood. (Henceforth this rally will be known as “The Let NOT heard ’round the world.”) A quick cross court nick off the serve by Pacey ended the match and found Castellino/Pacey in the winners circle hoping their owners would at least buy them a beer from the winnings.

All participants and “owners” retired to the Van Lawn lounge where Mr. Leckie only mentioned “that” rally once or twice and grumbles were heard about handicaps changing next year.

From tournament organizer Michael Leckie: A big thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Jesters Doubles Calcutta – players, bidders, and hecklers. We had a great turnout and managed to raise over $2400 for the 20/20 Fund. We would like to recognize the generosity of the owners of the winning team – Hugh Woolley and Rod Nicolls – for donating the $750 prize as part of the overall donation. John Hungerford was the sole winner of the 50/50 Draw, predicting the result of Castellino/Pacey (+6) over Covernton/Leckie (-3) in the finals. Nice playing Ruth and Pacey!

 

2012 Calcutta

Calcutta

The BC Jesters are holding their annual Calcutta on Friday, June 22, 2012, 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.

The event format has been slightly altered this year as follows:
• 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).

LINK: Read about the 2011 Calcutta.

Poster designed by Mike Leckie of Campos Leckie Studio.