The PSC Rally Newsletter on the WEB
Congratulations to Heather and Peter for winning the Main Draw over Finalists Anoop and Fred (subbing for Jonathan) .
Congratulations to Jim and Felipe for winning the Consolation Draw over Finalists Mark and Ganish.
Congratulations to Hazel and Marc for winning the Tinners Draw over Finalists Howie and Deb (subbing for Jey).
See below for the complete draw.
At Ian’s Celebration of Life on Saturday March 30th, Chris’s daughters, Meghan and Shauna gave a wonderful talk based on the philosophy of our great friend Ian. Here it is.
If Ian offered a master class on living your best life, this would be the curriculum:
* You don’t have to grow up if you don’t want to.
* When it comes to ice cream, resistance is futile
* Bugs are your friends.
* Be eccentric now. Don’t wait to be old to wear a Tasmanian devil shirt
* Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will, stay in touch.
* Its never too late to meet your soul mate
* Be you, be genuine.
* Love unconditionally
* Your children only get one childhood. Make it memorable
* Don’t take yourself seriously, no one else does
* Saturday mornings are for monster pancakes and remote control cars
* You are never too young to drive a tractor
* Maple syrup is the 5th food group. Its like franks red hot – you put that shit on everything. Or in everything
* Life is too short to waste time hating anyone
* Collect the souvenirs. One can never have too many mugs, salt and pepper shakers, and figurines
* There is always a purpose for every old vacuum (pause) and teapot
* never believe what you see on the outside
* you can eventually break a dietician to buy chips and eat them
* be an encyclopedia , you’ll need that when you have grandkids. Or keep 4 sets of them in your basement
* Eat the pie – pecan pie. Sorry, pe-caan pie. Pee can is what you keep under the bed.
* Love the earth.
* Pick a former club champion to be your two man partner. To clafiry, Golf two man partner.
* Even when your breaks fail, you can still finish route 66.
* Collect friends, like figurines. Never get rid of them.
* Never blame anyone in life. The good people give you happiness. The worst people give you a lesson. The best people give you memories.
* The key to a good wine deal is to find a rating over 90 under the price of 20 dollars.
* You can find a use for everything. Even tomatoes. Why grow them if you don’t eat them?
* Every problem can be solved. Accept the challenge and surprise everyone.
* Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
* Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift
Ian embodied all of these things. He was kind and caring. He welcomed everyone in to his life and his home. He was compassionate, patient and made you feel at ease.
He makes us want to be a better person.
Our parting words are : be the things you loved most about Ian and put some maple syrup in it.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our good friend and fellow squash player, Ian Parsons. Ian died in a tragic accident at his farm on Monday March 25, 2019.
Ian was a long time member of the Pickering Squash Club serving on the executive eighteen times, nine of which were as President. He was the 1997-1998 recipient of the Chris Doona Award. He is most notably remembered as the driving force that guided the Club during the planning and construction of the Doubles Squash Courts. His hard work over a ten year period resulted in the opening of the courts in 2009.
Ian will be greatly missed by all who came in contact with him on and off the court. He was always a gentleman willing to help anyone learn and improve at the game he loved so much.
Rest in Peace my friend.
Information regarding visitation and funeral arrangements can be found at Ashburnham Funeral Home
Congratulations to all the Finalists in the 2019 Winter Doubles House League. Here are the winners and finalists.
It was a great season and we look forward to September when house league will start again.
Recent SNOW DAYS have resulted in the cancellation of Doubles House League, once on Monday January 28th for DIV2 and once on Tuesday February 12th for DIV1.
To make up the matches missed on these days we are extending the Winter season by one week. The matches originally scheduled for Monday January 28th will be played on Monday March 4th. The matches originally scheduled for Tuesday February 12th will be played on Tuesday February 26th. Below are the revised schedules.
NOTE: The schedule for DIVISION 3 has not changed (Yet).
The Lee Hanebury Annual Tournament concluded on Sunday (Feb 3, 2019) and by all accounts was a resounding success. Everyone had a great time and a tremendous amount of top quality squash (both Singles and Doubles) was played.
NEWS FLASH:
Our resident photographer extraordinaire has compiled a slide show of pictures from the Tournament. You can access that show Here:
Lee Hanebury Tournament Picture Slide Show
To see the results of the weekend you can see the draws on the
SQUASH ONTARIO WEBSITE by Clicking HERE
Congratulations to the winners of the Fall Doubles House Leagues.
The Winter House Leagues (both Singles and Doubles) are now underway.
Click HERE to see the Doubles House League Schedules and Results.
There has been a revision to the Tuesday Doubles House League Schedule. Please CLICK HERE to see the new schedule