Canadian Women's World Teams Trials To Be Held This Weekend In Toronto
by Danny Da Costa
Sam Cornett
TORONTO, ON (Sept 27th 2012) – This weekend the National Squash Academy will play host to the Squash Canada Women’s World Team Trials. These trials will finalize who will represent Canada at the 2013 Women’s World Team Championships, November 12-17 in Nimes, France.
Play begins Friday night, as the eight women compete in pool play matches. Each participant will play three matches within their pool on Friday and Saturday, followed by one cross over match on Sunday. The winners of each pool will be selected to represent Canada. A playoff match between the second place finishers in each pool will fill the final team spot and determine the non-travelling reserve.
The pool lists are as follows:
Pool A: Alex Norman (Quebec), Nikki Todd (Saskatchewan), Elka Markus (Ontario), Seanna Keating (Ontario)
Pool B: Stephanie Edmison (Ontario), Susie King (Alberta), Hollie Naughton (Ontario), Louise Lefebvre (Quebec)
Samantha Cornett (Ontario) has already qualified for the team based on her second place finish at the 2012 Canadian Squash Championships. Cornett will be making her second appearance at the Women’s World Championships, as she was also a member of the 2010 World’s Team. Alex Norman and Stephanie Edmison were also members of that team, and will be looking for a strong showing so they can represent Canada once again.
The Women’s World Team Championships are held every two years, bringing together the top squash playing nations in the world. New Zealand hosted the event in 2010, where Canada finished in 13th. Canada will look to improve on this finish, and continue to build towards the 2014 Championships, which will be hosted right here in Canada at The Club at White Oaks in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.
The National Squash Academy welcomes any spectators who wish to catch the action and support Canadian squash. Matches begin at 6:15pm on Friday, September 28th. Saturday will feature a morning session of matches beginning at 10am, and an evening session at 5pm. The final group of matches will be played at 11am on Sunday, when the team will be determined.
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