Six intrepid ESC members packed their bags and flew up to Yellowknife this past weekend. Along for the trek were Ibrahim Elserafy, his son Mohammed, Molli Hay, Jorge Quintero, Andrew Loden and Duncan Lee. Our team highlight of the tournament was Molli defeating former world #171 Jamie Laird in an exhibition match. It was a … Read more
Melina Turk, former Dartmouth Varsity Squash and Calgary Winter Club assistant pro, would like to invite all Edmonton players to consider flying up to the Northwest Territories for the ever popular Territorial Squash Championships. The tournament is taking place from Monday May 29th to Sunday June 4th with out-of-town play to begin on Friday June … Read more
Another squash season has now wrapped up with our annual ESC club championships taking place the last weekend in April. Ibrahim Elserafy successfully defended his 2016 Men’s open title beating Clark Wiebe (who also made the finals of the Royal Glenora Club champs the same weekend!). Molli Hay won the Women’s Open crown against Julia Multamaki. Other … Read more
Another successful season of the Edmonton Squash League wrapped up last weekend, with the Finals taking place at the ESC. Congratulations to our ESC champion teams! Level 3 Women’s: We are the ESC- Lindsay Buchanan, Heather Sanregret, Angel Yu, Caroline Kirillo, Jennifer Black, Laura Fraser and Brenda Haynes Level 1 Women’s A Pool: Julie Multamaki … Read more
Club News Karim Abdel Gawad – Gregory Gaultier Exhibition Recap On February 11th our club had the unique privilege of hosting the 2016 World Champion and current world #2 Karim Abdel Gawad and the 2015 World Champion and current world #3 Gregory Gaultier. The evening started out with a presentation by Dr. Nadr Johma summarizing … Read more
Calf tears and achilles ruptures are among the most common squash injuries, and serious trauma can result in months off of the court. A recent example is American pro, Amanda Sohby, who suffered a partial achilles tear up 2-0 and 10-5 in the semi-finals of a $70k event in Colombia https://allambritishopensquash2017.com/news/view/4608/amanda-sobhy-out-of-british-open. Often they are caused by sudden … Read more
Club News 2017 Canadian National Masters Team Championships The Canadian Masters Team Championships took place at the Edmonton Squash Club in early January. As the hosting province we had 2 Albertan teams participating. The other provinces that competed were BC, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec & New Brunswick. Congrats to Team Ontario for winning the … Read more
Happy New Year Everyone! 2017 is starting out with a bang, with a full slate of events at the club over the next month. Club News Upcoming Events Canadian Masters Team Championships This is a big week for the ESC as we are hosting the Canadian Masters Team Championships starting at 11:15am on Friday! The … Read more
Club news It’s been a busy and exciting time at the Club. This is the “epicenter “of the squash season in Edmonton with inter-club matches, training camps and tournaments abounding. It is hard to keep up, but here are a few highlights: RAF squash team exhibition match It is not often that a squash club … Read more
Club News ESC Annual General Meeting Our AGM will take place at the club this coming Monday, November 21st. We are still searching for two new board members, so if you are interested then please attend the meeting. All members are encouraged to attend to give feedback and discuss areas they may be willing to … Read more
