This past weekend, Racquetball Canada held its all-encompassing National championships in Burlington, Ontario. National titles and National team spots were handed in in Singles, Doubles, and Juniors. Here’s a quick summary of the winners and a recap of the surprising results in the Adults.
Congrats to your 2026 Canada National Open Singles winners on the weekend:
– Men’s Singles: Samuel Murray
– Women’s Singles: Juliette Parent
Congrats to your 2026 Canada National Open Doubles winners on the weekend:
– Men’s Doubles: Samuel Murray & Tommy Murray
– Women’s Doubles: Frederique Labert & Michelle Morissette
(Reminder: Canada doesn’t separately compete Mixed Doubles as US & Mexico does, instead selecting the international Mixed partners from the qualified pool. There was a Mixed Doubles event in Burlington but it was not a National-level field).
Lastly, Congrats to your 2026 Canadian Junior National Singles Champions:
– Boys 21U: Leyton Gouldie
– Boys 18U: Asher Pocsai
– Boys 16U: Evan Aiello
– Boys 14U: Oren Gouldie
– Boys 12U Friendship: Christopher Martin-Wiens
– Girls 21U: Chloe Jauvin
– Girls 18U: Kaitlyn Couckuyt
– Girls 16U: Ariana Buller
– Girls 14U: Talia King
We’ll do some commentary for each of the groups down below.
Trackie Sports App home page for event:
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Men’s Open Singles
PRS report: https://rball.pro/ce1246
Change comes slowly at the top of Canada Racquetball, as the country’s two top players Sam Murray and Coby Iwaasa met for the title for the 8th straight season. Murray re-took the title after Iwaasa’s big upset in 2025, topping him in four to give him his 7th national crown.
Props to Leyton Gouldie for making the semis at Nationals for the first time.
See https://rball.pro/879898 for a list of all Men’s Canada National finals historically, going back to the mid 1970s.
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Women’s Open Singles
PRS report: https://rball.pro/6e1877
Juliette Parent, who has slowly been working her way up the ranks in Canadian Racquetball, finally broke through for her first ever National title, beating 5-time defending champion @Frederique Lambert for the title. These two met in the last four finals, but on this day Parent dominated, winning 4,6,8. Her younger sister Marjolaine took 3rd place.
See https://rball.pro/5deb35 for a list of all Women’s Canada National finals historically, going back to the mid 1970s. Fun fact: the very first Canadian National Women’s champion was none other than Monique Parent … and this year her daughters came in 1st and 3rd.
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Men’s Doubles:
PRS Report: https://rball.pro/f9b837
Brothers Sam and Tommy Murray returned to the top after several years away with a solid 3-game win over defending doubles champ Coby Iwaasa and his new partner Mitch Brayley.
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Women’s Doubles:
PRS Report: https://rball.pro/3f62a1
Frederique Lambert and partner Michele Morissette won their 5th straight Canadian National title over the Parent sisters7,8,8. It’s the 7th overall Doubles national title for both ladies, who each earned an additional two titles prior to their first title together in 2022 with other partners.
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Boys Junior Results.
Matrix report of all Canadian Junior boys champs: https://rball.pro/ny4
Leyton Gouldie wins in 21U after taking the last two 18U titles; this combined with his semis finish in the Adult bracket portends well for his future in Canadian Racquetball. Asher Pocsai takes 18U, for his first junior title since 2022. Evan Aiello gets his first Canadian title in 16U, while Leyton’s younger brother Oren Gouldie wins 14U for the third year in a row.
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Girls Junior Results.
Matrix report of all Canadian Junior boys champs: https://rball.pro/5zu
Chloe Jauvin takes the 21U title in the absence of last year’s winner, and in doing so completes a rather rare feat: she’s won every possible level of Junior titles. She now owns an 8Umb, two 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, 18U last year, and now a 21U junior title. Amazing. Kaitlyn Couckuyt wins her 4th junior national title in a row in 3 successive age divisions. Ariana Buller’s 16U title his her 2nd career title, while 14U winner Talia King repeats as champion.
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That’s a wrap for Racquetball Canada Nationals for 2026. We’ll be back next fall with their qualifier. Congrats to all the new Canadian National team members, adults and juniors.
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Next up?
Per our handy master racquetball calendar …
June gives us one last pro stop for both the IRT and the LPRT for the 2025-26 seasons; the ladies are in Northern Virginia at an old haunt of mine in Worldgate, while the Men travel to St. Louis to play at the Vetta center. At the end of June, we get the final USAR event of the season in Junior Nationals, being held in Des Moines, Iowa this year.
