This past weekend, @Racquetball Canada held its all-encompassing National championships in Calgary. Unlike other countries where singles, doubles, and Juniors are held separately, Canada now has them all on the same weekend. So we have a ton of titlists to cover.
Congrats to your 2024 Canada National Open Singles winners on the weekend:
– Men’s Singles: Samuel Murray
– Women’s Singles: @Frederique Lambert
Congrats to your 2024 Canada National Open Doubles winners on the weekend:
– Men’s Doubles: @Christian Pocsai and @Trevor Ward
– Women’s Doubles: Frederique Lambert & Michele Morissette
(Canada doesn’t separately compete Mixed Doubles, instead selecting the international Mixed partners from the qualified pool)
And, Congrats to your 2024 Canadian Junior National Singles Champions:
– Boys 21U: Christian Pocsai
– Boys 18U: Leyton Gouldie
– Boys 16U: Raphael Guillemette
– Boys 14U: Oren Gouldie
– Girls 18U: Ofelia Wilscam
– Girls 16U: Kaitlyn Couckuyt
– Girls 14U: Ariana Buller
We’ll do some commentary for each of the groups down below.
Trackie Sports App home page for event: https://secure.racquetballcanada.ca/entry-list/matches/1000485/4657/0/F/
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Men’s Open Singles
PRS report: https://rball.pro/d6m
Murray wins his 6th straight Canadian Nationals title and his 18th Canadian National-level singles event in a walk-over win against his frequent finals rival #2 seed Coby Iwaasa , who couldn’t reschedule some work-related exams and forfeited the final. This event featured the fun return of former Canadian great Roger Harripersad, two-time Canadian champ in 1985 and 1989.
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Women’s Open Singles
PRS report: https://rball.pro/kke
Lambert won her 4th straight Canadian national title, and her 6th overall, with a straightforward tournament where she did not lose a game. #2 seed and finalist Juliette Parent made her 2nd straight national final and seems to have taken the reigns as “next best” female Canadian right now from the likes of Morisste, Key, and Ramsay in the Canadian pecking order.
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Men’s Doubles:
PRS Report: https://rball.pro/fyc
Sam & @Tommy Murray were upset in the finals of Canadian doubles for the 2nd year running, this time by @Trevor Webb and @Christian Pocsai. Webb wins his 2nd ever title while long-time junior champion Pocsai takes his first ever Canadian adult title.
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Women’s Doubles:
Lambert wins her 5th Canadian National title, the first of which came way back in 2010. Morissette also wins her 5th, and the pair have won the last three straight. The Parent sisters return to the final for the first time since 2021 but are still waiting for their big breakthrough.
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Boys Junior Results.
Matrix report of all Canadian Junior boys champs: https://rball.pro/ny4
Christian Pocsai graduates out of 18U and dethrone’s last year’s 21U champ Gauri, and wins his family’s 10th career junior title. Meanwhile, the Gouldie brothers Leyton and Oren take 18U and 14U respectively. Rafael Guillemette repeats as 16U champ, almost 20 years after Francis Guillemette took the 16U title in Canada in 1995.
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Girls Junior Results.
Matrix report of all Canadian Junior boys champs: https://rball.pro/5zu
Ofelia Wilscam wins the Wilscam clan’s 7th junior title in 18U, after a couple of down years on the Canada junior circuilt. Kaitlyn Couckuyt moves up one division after taking last year’s 14U division and wins again. Lastly a debut jr title for Ariana Buller, two years after her older sister won 14U.
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That’s a wrap for Racquetball Canada Nationals for 2024. We’ll be back next fall with their qualifier.
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Next up?
Per our handy master racquetball calendar …
In two weeks time the season ending LPRT event!