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Masters News: Team Canada Double Golds

Both the Team Canada Masters National Women 40's team and the Team Canada Masters National Men 70's team won golds at the USA Open National Championships in Denver, Colorado from May 23 to 28, 2025.

Canada's Women 40's team finished with a 7-3 record and won the gold against Brazil coming from behind in the golden set  25-23. Saxony Brown was the MVP while Meghan Brown, Sylvie Pages and Lauren Stockstad were All Americans.

Canada's Men 70's team finished with a stellar record of 9-0 beating  the USA team in the gold final 25-12, 25-8.

Greg Russell was the MVP while Dan Paulsen, Garth Pischke and Alex Seres were All Americans.

Canada Women 40's Roster:

Saxony Brown, Courtney, BC

Meghan Brown, Vancouver, BC

Melanie Desrochers, Verdun, QC

Ana Iuliana Iordan, Laval, QC

Sarah Lamontagne, Saint-Jean, QC

Joanie Lamontagne, St-Norbert dArthabaska, QC

Yvette Mckay, New Boston, MI

Joleen Meservy(injured), Grande Prairie, AB

Sylvie Pages, Sherbrooke, QC

Lauren Stockstad, Surrey, BC

The team is coached by Steve Simmons from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and George Tokarsky from Boyle, Alberta.

Canada Men 70's Roster:

Keith Gallicano, Murrieta, CA

Gilles Lepine, Quebec, QC

Don Michalski, East St Paul, Man

Bernard Pare, Gatineau, QC

Dan Paulsen, Saskatoon, SK

Garth Pischke, Winnipeg, Man

Greg Russell, Surrey, BC

Alex Seres, Port Moody, BC

John Sherstobitoff, North Vancouver, BC

Darryl Tetz, Edmonton, AB

George Tokarsky, Boyle, AB

The team is coached by John Neilson from Coldstream, British Columbia.

 If you would like to represent Canada in one or more of these events or would like more information, please contact the men and women masters national team coordinator George Tokarsky at tokarsky@ualberta.ca 

The next events are the men and women 55's in Loutraki, Greece Aug 20-25 and the men 45's and 56's and the women 34's, 48's and 56's in Benidorm, Spain Oct 6-12.

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