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Santa Fe's Kiva Club was home to an exhibition of superior squash over the past few days (Sept. 19-22) -- both professional and amateur.
The Kiva Open featured 16 young professionals vying for a Professional Squash Association title and $6,000 in prize money. The concurrent Taco Tournament saw a couple dozen amateurs from New Mexico and beyond, playing for fun and glory. Michael McCue, a 26-year-old Canadian, won the Kiva Open on Sunday, beating 32-year-old Babatunde Ajagbe, a Nigerian. The tournaments were sponsored by Dan and Ashlyn Perry's Trout Stalker Ranch in Chama, Walter Burke Catering, and Grant Davis's Mile High Sports. Here are Taco Tournament winners and finalists: 5.0 SINGLES Champion: Jess Giron (Chandler, AZ). Finalist: Elliott Adland (Albuquerque) Consolation champion: Scott Ciener (Kiva). Finalist: Jehanzeb Chaudhry (Albuquerque) 4.0 SINGLES Champion: Cameron Cannady (Albuquerque). Finalist: Jeff Pollock (Kiva) HARDBALL SINGLES Champion: Grant Robinson (Kiva) A DOUBLES Champions: Josh Brown and Drewe Williams (Kiva). Finalists: Alex Kalangis and Grant Robinson (Kiva) Third place: Bruce McKenna and Stephen Velie (Kiva) B DOUBLES Champions: Courtney Carswell and Stephen Velie (Kiva). Finalists: Jeff Pollock and Matt Wilson (Kiva) The 28th annual Kiva Classic tournament concluded Sunday (Dec. 3) with final matches in singles, hardball singles and doubles.
About 90 players from around the country -- and from Canada and Mexico -- participated in the tournament which was held at the Kiva Club in Santa Fe. Here are the champions and finalists in all divisions: SINGLES Open -- Champion: William Moore (Delray Beach, FL). Finalist: Busani Xaba (San Francisco). 40s -- Champion: Chris Fontes (Los Alamos). Finalist: Jeff Mayorga (Englewood, CO). 50s -- Champion: Charlie Amm (Estes Park, CO). Finalist: Chris Fontes (Los Alamos). 60s -- Champion: Peter Logan (Milford, MI). Finalist: Charlie Amm (Estes Park, CO). 70s -- Champion: Tefft Smith (Washington, DC). Finalist: Rick Taft (Pepper Pike, OH). HARDBALL SINGLES Open -- Champion: Busani Xaba (San Francisco). Finalist: Phoebe Trubowitz (Portland, OR). 50s -- Champion: Grant Robinson (Kiva Club). Finalist: Phoebe Trubowitz (Portland, OR) 60s -- Champion: Peter Logan (Milford, MI). Finalist: Ted Inbusch (Columbus, OH). 70s -- Champion: Tefft Smith (Washington DC). Finalist: Terry Eagle (Carpinteria, CA). DOUBLES Open -- Champions: Eric Eiteljorg (Denver) and Sean Gallagher (Kiva Club). Finalists: Todd Lopez (Kiva Club) and Drewe Williams (Kiva Club). 40s -- Champions: Eric Eiteljorg (Denver) and T.J. Johnson (Denver). Finalists: Charlie Groves (Denver) and Jeff Mayorga (Englewood, CO). 50s -- Champions: Jim Nelson (Louisville, CO) and Grant Robinson (Kiva Club). Finalists: David Barker (Kiva Club) and Scott Ciener (Kiva Club). 60s -- Champions: Alan Dille (Golden, CO) and Bill Sather (Lone Tree, CO). Finalists: David Barker (Kiva Club) and Walter Burke (Kiva Club). 65s -- Champions: Lynn Broman (West Vancouver, CAN) and Bob Burton (Holland, MI). Finalists: Tony Ross (North York, CAN) and Kit Tatum (New London, NH). 70s -- Champions: Clark Amos (St. Louis, MO) and Bart McGuire (Frisco, CO). Finalists: Bob Brown (Denver) and Rob Piggott (Denver). 75s -- Champions: Mike Tramutt (Arvada, CO) and Randy Waesche (Denver). Finalists: Bart McGuire (Frisco, CO) and Graham Sharman (Kiva Club). 80s -- Champions: Don Mills (Terrace Park, OH) and Graham Sharman (Kiva Club). Finalists: Hank Palmer (Fresno, CA) and Dick Silbar (Santa Fe, NM). The Santa Fe Open tournament wrapped up play on Saturday (April 28) at El Gancho with winners in four divisions.
"We had 23 participants," said tournament director Jeff Pollock, "and everybody had a blast." Here's a list of champions and finalists: 5.0 Singles Champion: Chris Fontes (Los Alamos) Finalist: Jay Salomon (Midtown, Albuquerque) 4.0 Singles Champion: Cameron Canandy (Midtown, Albuquerque) Finalist: Josiah Child (Kiva Club, Santa Fe) 3.0 Singles Champion: Adam Wilson (Midtown, Albuquerque) Finalist: Jake Prishkulik (Santa Fe) Third: Michael Hare (Kiva Club, Santa Fe) Fourth: Christian Platt (Kiva Club, Santa Fe) 70+ Singles Champion: Alan Wicks (Las Vegas, NM) Finalist: Jim Patterson (El Gancho, Santa Fe) The 27th annual Kiva Classic tournament wrapped on Sunday (Dec. 3, 2017) in Santa Fe with finals matches in most divisions.
About 100 players entered singles, hardball singles and doubles divisions. (The winners and finalists in each division are listed below.) The Saturday night party at Peters Projects gallery honored the late Doug Campbell and Charlie Perkins. Kiva Club president Stuart Kirk introduced Don's son, Doug, who attended the party with his mother, Shirley. Doug spoke about how much his father loved squash, the Kiva Club and the Classic. Don was the tournament's official greeter for many years, and Doug took his father's place at the tournament this year. Dave Matthews also talked about what a great friend Don was, and how much Don is missed around the club. Kirk next introduced Ted Perkins, who attended the party with his sister Julie. Ted talked about how squash led his father to Santa Fe, and how it made him many, many friends. Charlie was one of the founders of the Kiva Classic tournament. Ross Brown added a few thoughts about his decades-long friendship with Charlie. Kirk and tournament chairman Walter Burke then surprised Brown with the 2017 Charlie Perkins Sportsmanship Award for Brown's longtime support of the tournament. Past winners of the award include Clark Amos, Michael McBean, Charlie Amm and Graham Sharman. OPEN DOUBLES Champions: Rob Hill (Greenwood Village, CO) and Bart Sambrook (Westmount, CAN) Finalists: Todd Lopez and Drewe Williams (Kiva) 40+ DOUBLES Champions: Rob Hill (Greenwood Village, CO) and Bart Sambrook (Westmount, CAN) Finalists: Alex Dumas (Colorado Springs, CO) and Phil Lane (Colorado Springs, CO) 50+ DOUBLES Champions: Jim Nelson (Louisville, CO) and Joe Tustin (Denver) Finalists: Bob Bolling (Wilmington, DE) and Sean Butler (Denver) 60+ DOUBLES Champions: Gary Johnson (Denver) and Habib Rahman (Portland, OR) Finalists: David Barker and Walter Burke (Kiva) 65+ DOUBLES Champions: Clark Amos (St. Louis, MO) and Jim Gibbons (San Francisco) Finalists: Bart McGuire (Frisco, CO) and Michael Manley (Toronto) 70+ DOUBLES Champions: Michael Manley (Toronto) and Bart McGuire (Frisco, CO) Finalists: Bob Dubeau (Montreal) and Mike Tramutt (Arvada, CO) 75+ DOUBLES Champions: Don Mills (Terrace Park, OH) and Graham Sharman (Kiva) Finalists: Alan Fox (Long Beach, CA) and Dick Silbar (Los Alamos) 80+ DOUBLES Champions: Bill Jones and Dave Matthews (Kiva) Finalists: George Abrams (Kiva) and Dick Silbar (Los Alamos) OPEN SINGLES Champion: Drewe Williams (Kiva) Finalist: Chris Ivsin (Denver) 40+ SINGLES Champion: Chris Fontes (Los Alamos) Finalist: T.J. Johnston (Denver) 50+ SINGLES Champion: Andy Macdonald (Colorado Spring, CO) Finalist: Peter Logan (Missoula, MT) 60+ SINGLES Champion: Walter Burke (Kiva) Finalist: Habib Rahman (Portland, OR) 70+ SINGLES Champion: Bart McGuire (Frisco, CO) Finalist: Courtney Carswell (Kiva) OPEN HARDBALL Champion: Chris Ivsin (Denver) Finalist: John Ehlinger (Denver) 60+ HARDBALL Champion: Habib Rahman (Portland, OR) Finalist: Walter Burke (Kiva) 70+ HARDBALL Champion: Rick Taft (Pepper Pike, OH) Finalist: Neil Ross (Carbondale, CO) It took Eric Galvez 75 minutes, 50 points and five games to win the final match at the Kiva Club Open Professional Squash Association tournament Sunday in Santa Fe.
He beat No. 1 seed Juan Camilo Vargas; Galvez was the No. 5 seed. Galvez, a 33-year-old Mexican, was the tournament's oldest and most experienced player. This was his 176th PSA tournament and his 15th PSA title. The Colombian Vargas is a decade younger than Galvez at age 25, and this was his 15th tournament. He holds one PSA title. This was the third annual Kiva Club Open. The tournament included both professional and amateur play. The professional tournament had a main draw of 16 players and a purse of $5,000. It was sponsored by Gemini Rosemont Commercial Real Estate and the Kiva Club. Previous professional winners of the Kiva Club Open are England’s Jaymie Haycocks (2016) and American Chris Hanson (2015). Haycocks is currently ranked No. 76 in the world; Hanson is No. 84. In the marathon final, Vargas took the first game, 11-6, but the game seemed closer than the score, with rallies that lasted several minutes and required 20 to 30 shots by each player. Galvez came back to take the second game, 11-9, with equally long rallies. In the third game, Galvez jumped out to a 5-0 lead and seemed to have taken control of the match. But Vargas counterpunched his way back to the lead and an eventual 13-11 win. By this point, both players were tiring and gasping for air. But Galvez retook the momentum, winning the fourth game, 11-4, and then the fifth, 11-6. Here are results from the tournament's amateur play: A doubles Champions: Todd Lopez and Grant Robinson (Kiva). Finalists: Don Kirby and Drewe Williams (Kiva) B doubles Champions: Josiah Child (Kiva) and Ben Gillock (Montezuma, NM). Finalists: Chris Fontes and Dick Silbar (Los Alamos). 5.5 singles Champion: Chris Fontes (Los Alamos). Finalist: Tom Abrams (Kiva) 4.5 singles Champion: Neil Solomon (San Francisco). Finalist: Ben Gillock (Montezuma, NM) 3.5 singles Champion: Jon Bender (Dallas). Finalist: Derek Bohannan (Albuquerque) 4.5 hardball singles Champion: Grant Robinson (Kiva). Finalist: Walter Burke (Kiva) The Kiva Club Open tournament started today (Thursday) with the first round of professional play at the Kiva Club in Santa Fe.
The pros will play again Friday, starting at noon with the last quarterfinal match starting about 3 p.m. Amateur play will start earlier in the morning -- singles, hardball singles and doubles -- and continue into the evening. In professional play there were a few upsets on Thursday: No. 3 seed Victor Crouin (France) was knocked out by Sam Fenwick (Wales) and Cameron Seth (Canada) defeated No. 8 seed Andres Herrera (Colombia). On Friday, No. 1 seed Juan Camilo Vargas (Colombia) will face Seth, and Fenwick will take on No. 7 seed Miled Zarazua (Mexico). Other matches will pit No. 4 seed Sebastien Bonmalais (France) against No 5 seed Eric Galvez (Mexico), and No. 2 seed Reuben Phillips (England) against No. 7 seed David Cromwell (USA). The third-annual Kiva Club Open will be held at the Kiva Club in Santa Fe, New Mexico, from Sept. 14 through 17, 2017.
The tournament is a combination professional singles tournament and an amateur doubles and singles tournament. The amateur tournament, which is sanctioned by US Squash, is open to singles and doubles players by skill level. Amateur play will begin on Friday, Sept. 15, and conclude on Sunday, Sept. 17. The professional draw is open to all Professional Squash Association members, and is sanctioned by the PSA. Professional play will begin on Thursday, Sept. 15, and conclude on Sunday, Sept. 17. For more information -- or to enter the tournament -- click here. You can read about last year's tournament by clicking here and here. The 5th annual Santa Fe Open tournament will be held at El Gancho on April 28 and 29, 2017.
The tournament includes singles squash as well as tennis. Entry deadline is Friday, April 21. Entrants will get a free shirt, drinks and snacks at the tournament. The entry fee is $50 and players are guaranteed three matches. For more information, visit www.thesantafeopen.com.
![]() Thursday, Dec. 1, is the first day of the annual Kiva Classic tournament at the Kiva Club in Santa Fe. The first matches begin about noon, and the tournament runs through Sunday afternoon. This is the 26th annual Kiva Classic. Only one player has perfect attendance through the first 25 years: Dick Silbar of Los Alamos. The Kiva Club’s Dave Matthews missed just one year (2000), and has played in 24 of the first 25 Classic tournaments. Here’s a list of players who have played in most tournaments: 25 YEARS: Dick Silbar (Los Alamos) 24 YEARS: Dave Matthews (Santa Fe) 23 YEARS: Mike Tramutt (Arvada, CO) 22 YEARS: David Barker (Santa Fe), JD Morrow(Santa Fe), Bill Palmer (Colorado Springs, CO), Charlie Perkins (Santa Fe) 21 YEARS: Jerry Peters (Santa Fe), Steve Yost (St. Helena, CA), Warren Young (Dallas) 20 YEARS: Curt Castleman (Evergreen, CO), Bill Jones (Santa Fe) 19 YEARS: CT Herman (Santa Fe), Bud Kelly (Santa Fe), Dick Rice (Rochester, NY), John Wentworth (Santa Fe) 18 YEARS: Walter Burke (Santa Fe), Bob Bush (Greenwood Village, CO), Courtney Carswell(Santa Fe), David Dodge (Santa Fe), Dennis Driscoll (Littleton, CO), Ed Helfeld (San Francisco), Bob Weight (Denver) 17 YEARS: Alan Dille (Denver), Ed Lockhart (Santa Fe), Taylor Quick (Lakewood, CO), Doug Schwartz (Santa Fe) 15 YEARS: John Amos (Santa Fe), Ed Biggs (Colorado Springs, CO), Paul Fisher (Austin, TX), Hank Palmer (Fresno, CA), Grant Robinson (Santa Fe), Graham Sharman (Santa Fe) A tournament with a lot of winners! The Kiva Club Open tournament concluded Sunday with a professional champion and many amateur champions in a variety of divisions.
The winner of the Professional Squash Association tournament was England's Jaymie Haycocks. The 32-year-old defeated 22-year-old American Dylan Cunningham in three games to take the championship. You can read more about the professional matches here: Kiva Club Open news. More than 40 players competed in the amateur divisions. Here is a list of winners: 5.5 SINGLES Champion: Nick Platt (Washington, DC) Finalist: Chris Fontes (Los Alamos) Third: Jehanzeb Chaudhry (Albuquerque) Fourth: Charles Amm (Colorado) 4.5 SINGLES Champion: Nick Platt (Washington, DC) Finalist: Thomas Bunn (St. Louis) 2.5 SINGLES Champion: Sloan Swanson (Kiva Club) Finalist: Dick Silbar (Los Alamos) Third: Michael Hare (Kiva Club) Fourth (tie): Jim Fowler (Encinitas), Alexander Timofeev (Los Alamos) A DOUBLES Champion: Todd Lopez and Grant Robinson (Kiva Club) Finalist: Tom Abrams and Sean Gallagher (Kiva Club) B DOUBLES Champion: Thomas Bunn (St. Louis) and Nick Platt (Washington D.C.) Finalist: Charles Amm (Colorado) and Walter Burke (Kiva Club) Third: Tim Farrell and Don Kirby (Kiva Club) Fourth: Courtney Carswell and Michael Munson (Kiva Club) C DOUBLES Champion: Graham Sharman and Matt Wilson (Kiva Club) Finalist: Josh Brown and Josiah Child (Kiva Club) Third: Chris Fontes and Dick Silbar (Los Alamos) Fourth: Jon Bender (Dallas) and David Foley (Phoenix) Fifth: Michael Hare and Sloan Swanson (Kiva Club)
The Kiva Club Open's second day of professional play was Friday. (Amateur singles and doubles play also began Friday; it is round-robin, and we'll post results when those matches conclude on Sunday.) The 16 professional players are competing for ranking points and $5,000 in prize money. Here's what happened in the PSA quarterfinals on Friday:
By Jeff Pollock
El Gancho squash pro What a great two days of squash we had at the Santa Fe Open tournament at El Gancho! And we didn't have to worry about the weather, like the tennis group. Everyone had a great time visiting and eating and playing lots of squash. Just ask the 3.0 guys and gal. We had a good group of newbies this year and they played really well. Congrats to Max and Julia, who played great during the two days. The winners and diehard players in the 3.0 division had to play four matches on Saturday, and it came down to the last match. With Ted, Joe and Dick all within a game of each other, Dick needed to win his final and fourth match of the day. Joe didn't give up easily and it went the distance with Dick outlasting Joe and taking first place. Ted played well after his first match and finished a strong second after we went to the third tie breaker to determine first and second place. Congrats!!!! Our main 5.0 event came down to Chris and Richard playing for first and second place. As always, this was a great match to watch and they didn't disappoint with their stellar play. Chris ended up the winner and Richard took second place. In the 4.0 bracket, John Bunch played his second straight year in the finals and lost to Jeff Pollock. I think John would agree, it wasn't his best game of the tournament and he has vowed to work harder and get into better shape for next year's finals! Look out field. Most of all, thanks to all who participated, to the sponsors and to El Gancho for hosting the tournament! Hope to see you all next time! |
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