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The One Month Summary :)

Shame on me. Yes I said it, Shame…on…me. Just because I go back home to Ottawa for christmas and stuff my face with Beaver tails and poutine, does not mean it gives me the right to slack on my webpage. So my punishment will be to find the equivalent to Beaver tails [...]

Canadian International Quarters Finals

Well my tournaments this year have finally come to an end. My quarter finals in Moncton, Canada was another good result for my Olympic qualification however I wanted to end the year with a bang. My match with Carl Baxter (England) was a very good one. I have been able to play [...]

Canadian International Challenge

After almost 8 months of competing I am back in my home country and very close to being in my home city This week I am in Moncton, Canada, for the Canadian International Challenge. It will be my 3rd year in a row in Moncton and its always a pleasure attending [...]

Joker Takes Over Gotham City

Well here in sunny Miami the expected showdown between our local hero (Stephan the Man and the Villain, Niluka from Sri Lanka (displayed above as Batman and Joker ) played an epic semi finals. The scores were not epic but the confrontation was. I have lost to this guy for the [...]

Welcome to Miami :)

Here I am in sunny Miami and competing in my last tournament of this 5 week tour. Even though it is my fourth tournament in a row and roughly my sixteenth tournament of this olympic qualifying year…..I am pumped. I want this one like it was my last day on earth. But [...]

Pan Am Games Upset to the Santo Domingo Triumph

I give myself a good chuckle sometimes when I re-read my previous articles. I am sure I said something like “I will be updating my webpage everyday at the Pan Am Games”. Well as I am sure some of you noticed I can sometimes be influenced by my moods, which should not affect [...]

Its Show Time!

I have finally arrived in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the 2011 Pan American Games. I must say it is always very special to participate in any kind of Games. The feeling in the air is electric and you are surrounded by so many professional athletes from every kind of sport. Everybody is focused [...]

4 In the Bag and Looking for more at the Pan American Games

My last tour in Guatemala and Brazil ended up with me getting one more result for my Olympic qualifying run. I managed to reach the quarter finals at the Brazil International by beating the number one Brazilian, Daniel Paiola in two straight sets. In my second round I took out the #2 Guatemalan, [...]

Slovak Open and Ukraine….Need To Get the Engines Going!

The past couple weeks I have competed in two tournaments, Slovak Open and the Kharkov International. I have been slowly getting my game back since my dissapointing performance at the World Championships in London. In Slovkia I barely managed to survive a 3 game thriller against Nikolaj Persson in the first round. [...]

Slovak Open 2011 Draw

Well ladies and gentleman after two full weeks of being home in Copenhagen and training I am back on the road….you know what they say….no rest for the weary:) My next stop is in Presov, Slovakia. It was a long time ago that I was in that city for the same tournament. [...]