This years COSA Intercity Squash league was another success with 23 teams entered into the A, B, and C division. COSA, which spans the area from Brockville-Port Hope-Peterborough, is split into two regions for Intercity (North/West and East). Each region runs independently during the regular season with the winners of each division playing off for the coveted COSA Championship.
The East region comprised of 14 teams with four in the A and C and six in the B. After a strong and competitive regular season the winners from the East were decided on April 10th at the Garrison Squash Club. The Prince Edward Fitness and Aquatic Center (PEFAC) narrowly won the C division while the Royal Brock (Brockville) won the B. The A division was decided between the two Kingston Garrison Squash Club teams with Team Bell defeating Team Osborne. A special thanks to Eric MacLean for hosting the BBQ/Kegger social after the event
This years COSA championship was held at the Campbellford & District Curling and Racquet club on April 18th. Peterborough GoodLife G Team was the winner over PEFAC in the C division. This was the first time that a team from North/West has won the C Division. Congratulations to team members Richard Stoter, John McGregor, Matt Imeson, Peter Green, and Chris Graham for this historic win.
Both the A and B finals went the distance with the East prevailing in both contests. The Kingston Garrison Squash Club beat Campbellford for the A championship while Royal Brock beat the Peterborough GoodLife Spartans for the B.
A special thanks to Rob Pope for hosting the event and showing once again that squash and beer go hand in hand. COSA was also grateful for the efforts of Ray Kerslake (North/West) and Scott Tindale (East) for managing the two COSA Intercity leagues.
COSA EAST Championships
Congratulations to:
Garrison #2 - A Division Champions
Garrison #1 - A Division Runner-ups
Royal Brock - B Division Champions
Garrison #1 - B Division Runner-ups
Picton - C Division Champions
YMCA #2 - C Division Runner-ups
Central Ontario Squash Open - Garrison - Results
A Champion - Tyler Osborne
A Runner-up - Kyle Ogilvy
A Consolation Winner - Mike Vallejos-Sevilla
A Consolation Runner-up - Cole Osborne
B Champion - Ryan Bertrand
B Runner-up - Dale Garrah
B Consolation Winner - Gord Boyd
B Consolation Runner-up - Edwin Aguilar
C Champion - Hussien Hollands
C Runner-up - Tom Bonser
C Consolation Winner - Jeff Neasmith
C Consolation Runner-up - Dennis Moore
D Champion - Ryan Mahaffey
D Runner-up - Tim Chaplin
D Consolation Winner - Matt Galvin
D Consolation Runner-up - Joe Pelechaty
City League Schedule Corrections/2 week Addition to B Division
There were a couple of errors with the A/B schedule on the COSA web site, and 2 weeks are being added to the B schedule to complete 4 full rotations. The changes are described below, please refer to the COSA web site schedule page to double check upcoming matches for your team, and confirm location and opponent.
- A Division, Feb 24 correction: Garr 1 is at home vs. RB
- B Division, Feb 24 correction and week switch:
- Garr 1 and 2 should be switched, and Y1 is at home: Garr 1 vs. RB, Y1 vs. Garr 2
- to avoid conflict with A team on Y home courts on Feb 24, all B matches from Feb 24 are shifted to Mar 24
- B Division, add 2 weeks to the schedule to complete the 4 full rotations. The two new weeks are on Feb 24, and Mar 31:
- Feb 24:
Gan vs. Garr 2
Garr 1 vs. Y1
RB vs. Y (SLC) 2
- Mar 31:
Gan vs. Y1
Garr 1 vs. Y (SLC) 2
RB vs. Garr 2
City League Playoff Schedule
Top 4 teams in each division make the playoffs.
April 7th (wed) - A semi-finals both at Garrison
April 10th (sat) - COSA East finals for B and C
April 14th (wed) - A finals and 3/4 playoff at Garrison
April 18th (Sun) - COSA finals in Campbellford.
Photo Contest Results!
Thanks for all the guesses! The answer was Mark Garrah.
Other guesses included Ian Sly, Stacy Bell, and Dale Garrah.
Congratulations to Ray Milton for guessing correctly first. Tim Anderson was the other to guess correctly. Hit up Dale Garrah for your prize.
Campbellford Tournament Results
4th Annual Campbellford Open
A Champion - David Sly - Garrison
A Runnerup - Brian Sharp - Campbellford
A Consol Champion - Sterling Gibbons - Cobourg Y
A Consol Runnerup - Jeff Anderson - Campbellford
B Champion - Mike Stoter - GoodLife Valhalla
B Runnerup - James Beavis - Peterborough Y
B Consol Champion - Kevin Gale - Campbellford
B Consol Runnerup - Bill Buys - Peterborough Goodlife
C Champion - Edwin Aguilar - Kingston Y
C Runnerup - Peter Green - Peterborough GoodLife
C Consol Champion - Paul Deguzman - Cobourg Y
C Consol Runnerup - Christian Rutherford - Peterborough GoodLife
D Champion - Tom Fleming - Trenton Seko
D Runnerup - Brian Holland - Peterborough GoodLife
D Consol Champion - Chris Buys - Peterborough GoodLife
D Consol Runnerup - Dave Tugwood - Picton
Congratulations to Tracey Sly - Women's C Champion and Eric Mclean - Men's C Finalist.
Input Your Inter-Squad Matches
You can now input your inter-squad/House League/Challenge matches or just any match between COSA players and have them show up in the COSA Rankings!
Be sure to agree before a match that it will count as a COSA Ranked match and afterward come to the site and input the result. Both players must input the score. You must have a email address of your own and your opponents email address. After the first player inputs the result, an email will be sent to the opponent asking them to input the same result. Once the matching result is input, the score will be added to the COSA Rankings (after it is verified by system administrator).
Stacy Bell - A Divsion Champion
Phil Leonard - B Division Champion
Jean-Francois Moreau - C Division Champion
John Lukezich - D Division Champion
Thanks to Louis and Elizabeth Cyr and the Garrison club for hosting a great tournament!
Squash Rule of the Week
INTERFERENCE
When it is his or her turn to play the ball, a player is entitled to freedom from interference by the opponent.
To avoid interference, the opponent must try to provide the player with unobstructed direct access to the ball, a fair view of the ball, space to complete a swing at the ball and freedom to play the ball directly to any part of the front wall.
A player, finding the opponent interfering with the play, can accept the interference and play on, or stop play. It is preferable to stop play if there is a possibility of colliding with the opponent, or of hitting him or her with racket or ball.
When play has stopped as a result of interference the general guidelines are:
The player is entitled to a let if he or she could have returned the ball and the opponent has made every effort to avoid the interference.
The player is not entitled to a let (i.e. loses the rally) if he or she could not have returned the ball, or accepts the interference and plays on, or the interference was so minimal that the player�s access to and strike at the ball was not affected.
The player is entitled to a stroke (i.e. wins the rally) if the opponent did not make every effort to avoid the interference, or if the player would have hit a winning return, or if the player would have struck the opponent with the ball going directly to the front wall.
If the striker has either followed the ball round, or allowed it to pass around him or her - in either case striking the ball to the right of the body after the ball had passed to the left (or vice-versa) - then the striker has "TURNED".
If the opponent is struck by the ball after the striker has turned, the rally is awarded to the opponent.
If the striker, while turning, stops play for fear of striking the opponent, then a let is played. This is the recommended course of action in situations where a player wants to turn but is unsure of the opponent�s position.
The Referee shall not allow a let if deciding that the act of turning was to create the opportunity to appeal rather than an attempt to return the ball.
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Congratulations
Tracey Sly - Women's C Division Champion - Ottawa Good Life Squash Open.
Ryan Bertrand - Men's B Division Consolation Winner - Ottawa Good Life Squash Open.
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Website Developer
October 23, 2009
City League 2009/2010
The new city league season started on Wed, Oct 21. League schedules have been sent to team captains.
The ranking/league standings system on the COSA web site has been changed to allow each team captain to enter league results directly into the system, upating team standings and player rankings. Instructions for using the new system have been emailed to team captains.
The first few weeks of the schedule are now online, the remaining schedule dates will be updated over the next week.
Many thanks to Ryan Bertand for his work on this new system.
Best of luck to all teams for a good year.
Scott Tindal
Intercity East Coordinator
Playoffs April 2009
That's a wrap!
Hat's off to this years champions ... some startling upsets as well as some great matches were had this past weekend in Campbellford.
A DIVISION: Campbellford
B DIVISION: Peterborough Goodlife
C DIVISION: Kingston YMCA #2
Thanks everyone for a great year - hope to see you all out next year.
And special thanks to David Lee for providing the playoff pics again this year ... click on the the links below to check them out.
