Club News
ESC Summer Leagues
All of the ESC Summer Leagues are now finished. Thank you to all 104 participants that competed all spring/summer. Here are the winners of the various groups:
Tuesday Night Division 1 Winning Team – Clarke Wiebe, Dave Benterud, Casey McKenzie & Dave Sawchuk
Tuesday Night Division 2 Winning Team – Paul Gutteridge, Trevor Belanger, Kyley Fyculak & Heather Looy
Thursday Night Winning Team – Jim Dawson, Stephen Atkins, Cory Gilliam & Ryan Johnson
If any participants still have not picked up their Summer League shirt, make sure you come by and pick it up!
Shahier Razik Summer Camp
Shahier was here from July 11th – 16th and we had a great time doing detailed technical work. We offered a Junior Squash camp during the work week for our Junior athletes, and then in the evenings there were Women’s and Men’s sessions. Everyone I heard from felt the camp was incredibly valuable and they all learned a lot from our 7-time National Champion. Thank you Shahier for spending a week with us and we can’t wait to have you here again!
How to choose a new racquet
People are always asking me what the best racquet to buy is, and in all cases the answer is: it depends! Are you a power hitter or a finesse player, do you feel more comfortable with a balanced or a head-light racquet, or do you like the large sweet spot of a tear-drop or the accuracy of a hammer-bar head shape? I’ve been working on a video to help explain my process for choosing a new Squash racquet. Let me know what you think in the comments on Youtube if you have a chance!
Power Rack
Our power rack has finally arrived to complete our equipment in the workout room, so now we have everything you need to do squats, bench press, pull-ups and all manner of other exercises. Please see me at the front desk if you would like a demo.
Upcoming Events:
Sportball Kids camp at the ESC on August 8th – 12th
If you’re trying to find something active for your children that week, we are offering half day camps for 6-8 year olds at the ESC. To register click on the following link: ESC Sportball Sign-Up
Women’s Drop-in
We’re down to our last two free women drop-ins for the summer on August 10th and 24th. Attendance has been great, and we hope to see a large turnout in August as well.
ESC Fall League
The Fall Team League will be a great way to get your squash season started right! The Team league will be in a similar format to our Summer Leagues but will run for 6 weeks due to the Interclub season starting in October. We will be offering two groups of teams to make sure we all have good competition for all levels of players. Players will be ranked based on Interclub level & position.Teams will be made of 4 players, 3 players will be expected to play each week.
September 7th – October 12th (6 Weeks)
Wednesday Nights
Time: 6pm-8pm & 8pm-10pm
Maximum Entries: 64
Cost $80 + GST
Non-Member Cost: $120 + GST
Season Opener Squash Tournament
Save the date for the 1st squash tournament in Edmonton for the 2016/2017 squash season! The ESC Season Opener will be taking place on September 30th – October 2nd. All levels of players are wanted and categories available will be:
Men’s Open, A, B, C, D, E
Women’s Open, A, B, C, D, E
Keep an eye on our Event calendar for registration, which will open in the next couple of weeks.
ESC Golf Day
The next ESC Golf day will be Saturday, August 13th in the afternoon. More info will be sent in a separate e-mail to club members soon for all you golfers out there!
Long Weekend Club Staffing Hours
The Club will be staffed the following hours for the long weekend:
Saturday – 10am-2pm
Sunday – 10am-2pm
Monday – 10am-2pm
Squash News
Quick Links
A story of a boy who went deaf, but got his confidence back playing squash
http://www.bbc.com/sport/get-inspired/36676996
Chris Hanebury with some thoughts on when to hit the ball hard and when to take a little off your shot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRkE9HccldU
Daniel Massaro, husband of former world #1 Laura Massaro, talks about parenting and developing young talent https://squashskills.com/blog/-/what_is_winning_parent_220/
Camille Serme leads a fun warm-up session with her brother Lucas
https://www.facebook.com/132079276955782/videos/648504641979907/
Not new, but a great two-part retrospective on Jahangir Khan who once won 555 professional matches in a row
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xllgh20_F04
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obBA8Xeq0_0
Earlier this month, Nicol David set the all-time record for consecutive months in the top 10 – incredible!
http://www.worldsquash.org/ws/news/28352
