Team Canada’s Pan Am Championships Comes to a Close

April 9, 2023 WINNIPEG – Although Team Canada is coming home from the Pan Am Championships without a podium finish, the team has much to be proud of, especially considering the adjustments they needed to make after an injury to Sam Murray caused him to withdraw from the tournament. Murray, who is Canada’s top seeded […]

Team Canada Ready for Competition at Pan Am Championships

WINNIPEG, March 22, 2023 – Team Canada members are in their final days of preparation before they depart for the 2023 Pan Am Championships being held in Guatemala City, Guatemala from April 1 to 8, 2023. Led by veterans Sam Murray, Michèle Morissette and Coby Iwaasa, the team has considerable international experience. Combined, the athletes […]

Morissette and Connell Ready for World Games Competition

WINNIPEG, July 8, 2022 – Competition at the World Games gets underway next week for Michèle Morissette of Baie-Comeau and Lee Connell of Saskatoon when the racquetball event begins at the Games in Birmingham, Alabama on July 10.  Both athletes qualified based on their results at the 2021 World Championships held in August 2021. Morissette’s […]

Quest for Medals Over for Team Canada at Pan Am Games

WINNIPEG (August 9, 2019) The quest for medals at the Lima 2019 Pan Am Games is over for Canada’s racquetball team as both the Women’s and Men’s Team were eliminated from competition on Thursday. The Canadian team of Frédérique Lambert of Montréal and Jennifer Saunders of Winnipeg had advanced from the round of 16 after […]

Team Canada Advances in Women’s Team Event

WINNIPEG (August 7, 2019) Canada’s Frédérique Lambert and Jennifer Saunders have advanced to the quarterfinal in the Women’s Team Event at the Lima 2019 Pan Am Games. Lambert of Montreal and Saunders of Winnipeg went into the event seeded 10th. They faced Merynanyelly Delgado and Alejandra Jiménez of the Dominical Republic in Wednesday’s round of […]

Team Canada Eliminated in Doubles Quarterfinals

On behalf of the team, Jennifer Saunders said, “I think it’s safe to say that we were all disappointed with the outcomes today but not with the effort and determination we put out on the court. We spent some time together as a team tonight to regroup and recharge. We are ready to face the challenges ahead of us in the Team Event.

Team Canada Advances in Doubles at Pan Am Games

WINNIPEG (August 6, 2019) Both the men’s and women’s doubles teams have moved on to the quarterfinals at the Lima 2015 Pan Am Games. Frédérique Lambert of Montréal and Jennifer Saunders of Winnipeg, who were seeded 10th in the medal round, had a win in Monday’s round of 16 against the 7th seeded Maria Paz […]

Team Canada Moves on to Medal Round at Pan Am Games

WINNIPEG (August 4, 2019) The medal round in singles and doubles events begin Monday, August 5 at the Lima 2019 Pan Am Games. Preliminary play ran from August 2 to 4. Team Canada has advanced to the medal round in men’s singles and in both men’s and women’s doubles. Samuel Murray of Baie-Comeau and Coby Iwaasa of Lethbridge […]

Racquetball gets underway at Lima 2019 Pan Am Games

WINNIPEG (August 2, 2019) Racquetball competition is underway for Team Canada at the 2019 Pan Am Games being held in Lima Peru. The tournament runs from August 2 to 10. There are three events in the tournament including: men’s and women’s singles men’s and women’s doubles men’s and women’s team event The following athletes are representing Canada and […]