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By Pat Beecham-Cooper, Judge, Ontario Provincial FinalsThe Ontario Reach for the Top Championships were held May 15-17 at Centennial College, Progress Campus and Pope John Paul II School.
40 teams (winners of their leagues) vied for the 10 positions that would play in the finals to held on Monday. A round-robin tournament was held on Sunday May 10 to determine these teams. (Click here for the list of the 40 participating teams)
This year, there were many close games, but no tie breakers for the top ten spots as there had been in the last two years. (Tournament Results:
) At Centennial College on Monday, there were 5 elimination games, with the winner of each game and the highest scoring losing team advanced to the quarter-finals. The winners of these three games and the highest scoring losing team advanced to the semi-finals, with the two winning teams playing off for the championship. (Provincial Finals Results:
)Saturday evening at Centennial College, everyone enjoyed a delicious banquet, and Fraser Simpson, coach of UTS led the crowd in a rousing game of “true or false”, with lots of prizes for the winners.
Thanks to Pope John Paul II for their hospitality in staging the round robin. Many thanks to volunteers Moira Ruthralingam, Sam Barron, Sanaya Shetty, Arthy Visayanathan and Marilyn Fernandes. Also, thanks to the coach from JPII; Anthony Hageman. for organizing and hosting. Thanks to the Reach staff for providing an excellent tournament. Thanks to all the teams and coaches for their hard work and success and good sportsmanship. Thanks also to my replacement on Sunday, Ryan Vickers and cojudge, Ravi Lall who always is on top of his game.
Congratulations to the Champion, Gloucester High School; team members Peter McLaren, Sahil Aggarwal, Michael McLaren , Merina Shulist, Darcy Bottomley, Charles Li and Coach: Andrew Jeacle.
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