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Camelback Village has been hosting the GCSG since 2004, for 2008 a new format was brought in. The squash tournament was played over 2 week-ends. DC Ranch played host May 30th-June 1st and Camelback June 6-8th. A total if 106 players participated this year, a record entry.

The reason for this was a new format that was played. DC Ranch used an Olympic Draw; this entailed having 2 32 player draws or a maximum of 64 players. The entries for this were all in with a month to spare. These were called A and B, the A event being payers with a rating from 4.5 upwards and the B’s 4.0 Read the rest of this entry »

Age Groups, Novice, Juniors, Women’s 3.0

We will also be holding age groups (40, 50 and 65+) women’s3.0 and novice and juniors June 6 - 8. Held at Camelback Village

From Tina…

Hi Everyone One more reminder to sign up for the GCSG squash hosted by the Village Clubs. We have 5 weeks to go for the cut-off and so far have 69 entries, 58 for the DC Ranch venue May 30th-June1st and 27 players playing both events or just the Camelback event(age groups, women’s and juniors) the following week June 6th-8th. Read the rest of this entry »

First alert. Mail from Tina…

Hi all, it’s that time of year again. The Grand Canyon State Summer Squash Games are just around the corner. We will be using an Olympic format this year. with this, you sign up for the division you think you should be in and we’ll take the top 32 players, and the remaining 32 players to create two draws. This format guarantees you a minimum of 3 matches (5 match maximum), and does a better job of helping you find you actual (correct) rating. Sign up early - we’re limited to the first 64 entries. All matches will be best of 5 games to 9 points.

Dates: May 30 - June 1 (matches start at 3:00pm - please note your earliest availability). Held at DC Ranch Village

We will also be holding age groups (40, 50 and 65+, women’s, novice and juniors) June 6 - 8. Held at Camelback Village

Great prizes this year include massages for every division winner, Head prizes, etc. Don’t forget, top three division winners receive their Gold, Silver and Bronze trophies! For more information, reply to this email, or contact Jim Franklin at DC Ranch (jfranklin@dmbclubs.com).

We lok forward to receiving your early entries.

Tina Fuselli

GCSG Commissioner

Click here for MORE INFO http://www.r2sports.com/tourney.asp?TID=3790 or ENTER ONLINE http://www.r2sports.com/tourney.asp?TID=3790

Dates: May 30 - June 1 (matches start at 3:00pm - please note your earliest availability). Held at DC Ranch Village

We will also be holding age groups (40, 50 and 65+, women’s, novice and juniors) June 6 - 8. Held at Camelback Village

For more information contact Jim Franklin at DC Ranch (jfranklin@dmbclubs.com).

Click here for MORE INFO http://www.r2sports.com/tourney.asp?TID=3790 or ENTER ONLINE http://www.r2sports.com/tourney.asp?TID=3790

The Village Health Clubs & Spas Present the

Arizona Open

February 22, 23, 24 2008

Venues: DC Ranch, Camelback & Gainey Village

Entry Fee: $50 Juniors Fee: $30 - Includes prizes, Sierra Nevada ales, t-shirt, refreshments during the tournament, and Saturday night Party/Dinner.

Saturday Dinner Guest Fee: $15

Entry Deadline: February 19, 2008. Draw available February 20, 2008.

Hotel: Call Roy for options

Tournament Director: Roy Ollier - (602) 350-5173 or rollier@cox.net

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Stefan Myhajlenko - myhajlenko@asu.edu is running a squash league at ASU.

The latest update to the US Squash court survey now has the court at ASU listed properly as a converted racquetball court, not a hardball court. Guess all of you folks who like the skinny courts will have to play down in Tucson

Thanks to Nelson for the update.

From the squash forums -

Everyone is invited to The famous Halloween in the Desert squash tournament played again this year at the beatiful Village Clubs in Scottsdale.

All levels will be catered for including,Mens Pro,5.5,5.0,4.5,4.0,3.5,2.5,Novice,O/50 and junior U/15,U/13.Womens 4.5,3.5,Novice.

If you are interested in experiencing perfect weather,great squash and a halloween party to remember then this tournament is for you.For more details contact Roy Ollier on either 602 350 5173 or e-mail rollier@cox.net

Bring a costume if you are coming.

Ocotillo in Chandler Will Have a Village: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

CHANDLER, Ariz., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ — With final approval received from DMB Executives, another first class Village Health Club and Spa will be built, this one in Ocotillo; the master-planed community in Chandler, Arizona. As of July 31st, the land at the corner of Alma School and Ocotillo Road has closed Escrow, and a club design has been approved. The purchase of the 7.3 acres in this growing part of the Valley provides the perfect location for a new Village Health Club and Spa.

2 new squash courts up in Chandler. Not bad at all.

In the second Arizona Team Squash Match, the team from Tucson/Sedona won the team trophy again. In a series of hard fought matches between the teams of five players each, Tucson/Sedona won 7 matches, Phoenix Lifetime won 5 matches and Phoenix Village won 3.

In the #1 position, Tom Frenkel (Village) beat Larry Kaye (Tucson) in an exhausting 2-1, over one hour match. Larry then came back to beat Alan Knobloch (Lifetime) 2-0 and Alan beat Tom (2-0).

At #2 Don Sheer (Sedona) dominated both matches 2-0.

The #3 slot was won by OV Singh (Tucson) with 2-0 and 3-0 wins in each of his matches.

At #4, Munawwar Khan (Lifetime) went 2-0 in his matches - the same result by Pete Fisher (Lifetime) at #5.

Overall, a good time was had by all and, unfortunately, Lifetime’s Kaleem Beg was hampered by a back injury and had to withdraw after one match. Hurried substitutes had to be found on short notice.

A rematch is planned for Tucson in December! Special thanks to Alan Knobloch (Lifetime) for organizing the event and captains Jay Gould (Village) and Peter Reinthal (Tucson) for getting the teams together.

Hi Everyone

Just a quick update on the Grand Canyon State Games squash tournament. A great week-end was had by everyone, we had a record 77 entries with players ranging in age from 8 to 84, just shows you are never to old or young to take up squash.

All results can be found at this link http://www.r2sports.com/tourney.asp?TID=2405

A very special thanks has to go to the Village for allowing us the use of their facilities, all their staff especially Terry and Clyde for making sure the court floors and walls got cleaned every day. They actually had somebody come in at *4am *over the week-end to make sure the courts would be ready for the first matches. The Village is in contention to win the GCSG venue of the year award, lets hope they do.

Also to Head our sponsors for providing us with tournament balls, I believe we were the first tournament to use the Head squash ball, and prizes for the winners.

Thank you everyone for making a success of the Grand Canyon State Games.

Tina

Grand Canyon State Games 2007

Draws, results, other info.

From Tina Fuselli

Hi all

The tournament is looking good, we are on target to have 16 players in both the A’s and B’s. The C’s are light at the moment as are the 50+. The 65+, Novice men’s, women’s and juniors are all looking good. Read the rest of this entry »

The Grand Canyon State Games have opened registration for the Summer games.

You can find out all of the information on their web pages.

The games will be held at The Village Racquet and Health Club - June 8-10, 2007. Located at 4444 E. Camelback Rd., Phoenix, AZ. 85018 Tel: 602-840-6122

Jonathan Power vs Jon White exhibition - Power, from Canada, is WORLD former #1 and White, from Scotland, is one of the hardest hitting players ever. The match is FREE (thanks to the now defunct AZSRA) and open to everyone. It will be Saturday May 19th at 5:30 PM at the Gainey Club in north Scottsdale (a fabulous facility). Take advantage of this opportunity to see WORLD CLASS SQUASH in Arizona because it probably will not happen again for a long, long time.

Jonathon Power vs. John White

Gainey Village 7477 E Doubletree Ranch Road Scottsdale, AZ

Open to the public Map

The 2007 Arizona State Squash Championships “Springtime in the Desert” Feb. 23rd – 25th Read the rest of this entry »

Info and entry form

“Halloween in the Desert” October 27th – 29th, 2006 Including Pro Invitational