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2018 Calcutta

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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.

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

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

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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

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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.

2011 Calcutta

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Eight teams participated in the 2011 Jesters Doubles Calcutta on June 24th, 2011. Match play started at 4pm at the Vancouver Lawn and Tennis Club and simultaneously at VRC. The finals were held at 8pm at the Lawn with the team of McDougall and Goldsmith losing to Leckie and G Khan in a close 3-1 match.

The finals were followed immediately by the much-anticipated 2-on-1 cut throat match featuring Viktor Berg vs defending BC Open Champions Goldsmith and Leckie. Ryan Haider was offering to take bets in favour of Viktor to win in 5, but the duo proved too much for Canada’s #1 doubles player who lost in 4 games.

The teams that participated with point handicaps shown in brackets after each team:
McDougall / Goldsmith  (0)
Leckie / G Khan  (0)
Martin / Broman  (+2)
Covey / Ben Thomas  (+2)
Gifford / Ozzie  (+3)
T Khan / Heaney  (+3)
Pacey / Ridgeway  (+4)
Harley / Nicolls  (+4)

The event raised $1900 for The 2020 Fund which is an initiative of Squash BC’s whose goal is to raise funds for junior squash. Shown L-R below is Eric Barclay (who along with Rob Forrest, owned the winning team with a bid of $400), Hugh Woolley (BC Jesters Chair), and Robert Pacey (representing The 2020 Fund). There was a great turn out to watch the match play and support the event – a big thank you to all those who participating in the bidding and contributed to the collective donation – Eric Barclay, Rob Forrest, Hugh Woolley, Tarek Khan, Rod Nicolls, Allan Brown, Tony Goodson, Greg Desaulniers, Mark Heaney, and Barry Gifford.