A large group of players gathered Wednesday, April 30th, for a fun night of squash,
beer, pizza and powerade...and they were not disappointed as the club
championship finals could not have been more exciting!

The evening started with the doubles final, Tedd Hoyt and Jon Dettman playing
Jeff Ali and Arturo Manzur.  Since the beginning Tedd and Jon's strategy was
very clear, blast the ball and hit everything to Jeff, but Jeff was determined
not to let down his partner after all those hours of practice witch certainly

Hey squash players,

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59 squash players turned up over the Feb 29-March 2 weekend to vie for the coveted title of MN State Squash Champion. The tournament, sponsored by the Minnesota Squash Association, offered players in seven skill-level and age divisions the opportunity to compete.

Tedd Hoyt emerged the winner of the 50+ division by virtue of his three games to two victory in the finals over Wayne Miller. Hoyt and Miller engaged in a spirited match that featured high quality play throughout. It was an impressive display of squash.

Riding the good form that took him to a second place finish in the recently completed Winternational Tournament, Hannu Koho dispatched all comers on his way to first place in the final MSA-sponsored 1-day event of the 2007-08 season.

Tomas Gutierrez coordinated the event which took place at the University of MN Rec Center. A handicap system was utilized by Gutierrez to assist lower division players when competing against an opponent from a higher division. Matches were best of three games utilizing traditional scoring to nine.

A strategic approach, one not employed in years in the Midwest, to seeding its players proved ingenious as Lief Erickson, Tedd Hoyt, and Carlos Gutierrez won the MSA three- person team squash event played at the U of MN. Captain Erickson placed Gutierrez, who conventionally would have been seeded in the number three position, as the team’s number one seed in both the semi-finals and finals match.

In the 5.0 final, Hannu Koho outlasted Arturo Manzur 3 - 2 in a tough five game match to take the top honors at the University of Minnesota Fall Classic Tournament on Saturday, December 8th. Hannu started strong taking the first game only to see Arturo come back and take the lead. The long fifth game went down to the wire, with Arturo playing great defense to stay even before Hannu prevailed in the match which lasted more than an hour. The 5.0 Consolation went to Richard Prince in a 3 – 1 victory over Pat O’Shea.

The MSA sponsored the first one day tournament at the brand new Lifetime Fitness facility in Lakeville, MN. Four very nice regulation size courts that are snuggled into two corners of this huge facility are going to stimulate squash in this community that had previously been largely enjoying Racketball.

Only one year removed from having to cancel the tournament for a lack of players, Kick-off Tournament Director Arturo Manzur this year was forced to start