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30-Sep, Final:
[1] Shelley Kitchen (Nzl) bt [6] Louise Crome (Nzl)
        9/6, 9/0, 9/3 (31m)

Kitchen collects in Calgary
Ken Cross reports

As she had all week, top seed Shelley Kitchen played with relentless pace, pressure and precision, leaving fellow Kiwi Louise Crome little opportunity to attack.

Although Crome played very well, she was unable to match the level of play that Kitchen was able to summon all week here at the Elbow River Casino Open, claiming her tenth career title.



The patrons of The Bow Valley Club were treated to another incredible display of squash today. We look forward to hosting the Second Annual Elbow River Casino Open next season, and based on feedback from sponsors, it should be bigger and better next year!

 
In a further show of support for Breast Cancer charity, organiser Ken Cross shaved his head ...
 let's hope he got more donations than strokes !!!

9/6, 9/0, 9/3 (31m)

Louise
Crome

29-Sep, Semis:
[1] Shelley Kitchen bt [3] Samantha Teran     9/5, 9/1, 9/3
[6] Louise Crome bt [7] Runa Reta         4/9, 9/2, 9/1, 9/0

All-Kiwi final in Calgary
Ken Cross reports

A New Zealand champion is guaranteed in Calgary after convincing wins for the first and sixth seeds Shelley Kitchen and Louise Crome.

Kitchen continued her dominating ways using a combination of relentless pace and well placed shots to the front of the court to keep Mexican number one Samantha Teran, who had survived a marathon quarter-finals encounter the day before, on the defensive for much of the match.

An impressive display of squash by both players none the less left the patrons of the Bow Valley Club duly impressed by the level of squash these Ladies can play.

In a hard fought match Crome came back from a game down to convincingly "squash" Canadian favourite Runa Reta's hopes of advancing to the final.
  

28-Sep, Quarters:
Teran survives
Calgary marathon
Ken Cross reports

The highlight of a fine quarter-finals session at the Bow Valley Club was a marathon match between Samantha Teran and Latasha Khan which lasted an hour and a half.

In a five gamer that saw Teran prevail 3-2 having trailed 0-2, the Mexican showed true composure and determination, playing through what could be referred to as contentious points, to prevail.

The Bow valley Club patrons will never look at women's professional squash the same. An incredible match by both players.

In the all-Canadian clash Runa Reta defeated local favourite Alana Miller 3-0 in a surprisingly lop-sided affair.

Top seed Shelley Kitchen continued with her dominating play winning 3-0 over Amelia Pittock. Kitchen once again proved to be the class act in the field, playing with unrelenting pressure, pace and well placed shots to overwhelm her opponent.

Further Kiwi success followed when Louise Crome recovered from a game down to beat Malaysia's Tricia Chuah, setting up a semi-final with Reta.

A WORTHY CAUSE

With the help of Elise Ng, Samantha Teran, Susie King, Tara Mullins and Margriet Huisman we raised $3,500 in support of Breast cancer over the Friday noon hour.

24 Members played 10 minute matches against the pros in support of the cause and donated $$.

All were extremely impressed by the skill of the players (many sweaty, red faced members stumbling around after their matches) as well as their positive attitudes and great personalities.

It has been a pleasure to host the ladies at our club.

27-Sep, Round One:
Miller ousts Wee in Calgary

The inaugural Elbow River Casino Open got underway at lunchtime at Calgary's Bow River Club, with victories for the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th seeds.

The evening matches saw a big upset as Alana Miller cruised past second seed Sharon Wee to set up an all-Canadian quarter-final against Runa Reta.


      Miller & Reta claim Pan Am medals in Rio