WORLD MASTERS GAMES HISTORICAL RECORDS

Since 1985, The International Masters Games Association (IMGA), a non-profit organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, and founded in 1995, and its predecessor organization, together with hosting Committees, have organized the (WMG), World Winter Masters Games (WWMG), (EMG), and Masters Games (AMG), with an Asian Pacific Masters Games (APMG) planned for 2018. The Games encompass a wide range of sports. The aim of the IMGA is to support the Olympics movement and promote the 'sport for all' philosophy of the Olympic Charter. Participants compete for themselves - there are no country delegations. Beyond the age requirement and membership in that sport's governing body, there are no competition qualification requirements.

Age categories range from 30+ to 80+ for squash, which has been included as a sport, in every WMG. Toronto staged the first World Masters Games in 1985 (WMG 1), Edmonton staged them in 2005 (WMG 6), Quebec City staged the Winter Games in 2015 (WWMG 2), and put on the in 2016. Squash is always played at the Summer Games.

Medals won by Canadians are as follows:-

Year Location Men Women 2017 Auckland, New Zealand Steven Wren(50+Open) – Silver Laura Ramsay(65+Open) – Gold (WMG 9) Gerald Poulton(70+Open) – Gold Colleen Markides(35+Rec) – Gold Denis Theriault(45+Rec) – Gold Alison Le Ber(55+Rec) – Bronze Teams – Mixed: Steven Wren/Denis Theriault/Julie Kessler(USA)/Susan Lawrence(USA)(45+) – Gold 2016 Vancouver, Canada Nicholas Rodusek(30+) – Silver Thea Wilson-Scorgie(30+) – Gold (AMG 1) Andrew Clements(35+) – Gold Nicola Martin(40+) – Silver Aman Singh(35+) – Silver Julienne Joe(40+) – Bronze Karel Hrazdil(35+) – Bronze Lauren Wagner(45+) – Gold Winston Cabell(40+) – Gold Kelsey Souchereau(45+) – Silver Graham Brown(40+) – Bronze Susan Desa(45+) – Bronze Andrew Lynn(45+) – Gold Cathy Covernton(50+) – Gold Steven Wren(50+) – Silver Julie Hisey(50+) – Silver Simon Dorey(55+) – Bronze Kathryn Cowper(55+) – Gold Thomas Bedore(60+) – Gold Tamara Linklater(55+) – Silver Rick Ng(60+) – Silver Lorraine Tetreault(60+) – Gold Steve Jacobs(60+) – Bronze Lynn Buntain(60+) – Bronze Carlos Barbosa(65+) – Gold Laura Ramsay(65+) – Gold Edward Gornall(65+) – Silver Kathy Lundmark(70+) – Gold Gerald Poulton(70+) – Gold Patricia Penn(75+) – Silver Howard Armitage(70+) – Silver Robert De Valk(70+) – Bronze Vincent Taylor(75+) – Silver James Kinnear(75+) – Bronze Doubles Mixed: Douglas Buchanan/Natasha Doucas(45+) – Gold Deirdre Smith/Steven Wren(45+) – Silver Erin Pope/Leslie Kerluke(45+) – Bronze Cathy Covernton/Mark Heaney(50+) – Gold Ann Kirbyson/Rick Ng(50+) – Silver Bonnie Cooney/Christopher Wallace(50+) – Bronze Laura Ramsay/Edward Berwick(65+) – Gold Patricia Penn/James Kinnear(75+) – Gold 2015 Nice, France Gerald Poulton(60+Open) – Bronze (EMG 3) Gerald Poulton (70+ Open) – Gold 2015 Quebec City, Canada No Squash Events (WWMG 2) 2013 Torino, Italy Steven Wren(45+Open) – Silver Laura Ramsay(60+Open) – Gold (WMG 8) David Sly (45+Open) – Bronze Celine Metraux(35+CO) – Gold Michael Bertin(55+Open) – Gold Vania (Max) Hakh(40+CO) – Gold Robert Grynoch(55+Open) – Silver Brenda Forbes(45+CO) – Bronze Gerald Poulton(70+Open) – Gold Kathryn Cowper(50+CO) – Gold Brian Sawatsky(55+CO) – Bronze Anna-Marie Purvis(55+CO) – Silver Jonathan Ball(60+CO) – Silver Casey Frans(70+CO) – Gold 2011 Lignano, Italy No Squash Events (EMG 2) 2010 Bled, Slovenia No Squash Events (WWMG 1) 2009 Sydney, Australia Rashid Aziz(55+Open) – Silver Lorrie Baildham(45+Open) – Bronze (WMG 7) Thomas Bedore(55+Open) – Bronze Laura Ramsay(55+Open) – Bronze Gerald Poulton(65+Open) – Bronze Ann Kirbyson(40+C) – Gold Vincent Taylor(70+Open) – Bronze Stacy Hall(45+C) – Gold Sean Horton(40+B) – Gold Robert Grynoch(55+B) – Gold Brian McLean(40+C) – Gold Bruce Madu(40+C) – Bronze Tony Sorsak(50+C) – Gold Jay Lundy(50+C) – Silver Peter Blood(50+C) – Bronze Casey Frans(65+C) – Silver Shuan Parsons(70+C) – Bronze Diarmuid Swan(75+C) – Silver Teams – Mixed : Tom Bedore/Robert Grynoch/Laura Ramsay(55+) – Gold Vincent Taylor/3 Foreign members(55+) – Silver 2008 Malmo, Sweden No Canadian Medalists (EMG 1) 2005 Edmonton, Canada David Sly(35+) – Silver Louise Lefebvre(35+) – Silver (WMG 6) Andrew Lynn(35+) – Bronze Julie Multamaki(40+) – Silver Jamie Crombie(40+) – Gold Ann Marie Reinson(40+) – Bronze Robert Ballinger(40+) – Bronze Lorrie Baildham(45+) – Gold Christian Baben(50+) – Gold Kathy Lundmark(60+) – Bronze Larry Armstrong(50+) – Silver Michael Bertin(50+) – Bronze Henry Thiessen(60+) – Silver Gerald Poulton(60+) – Bronze Teams – Mixed : Jamie Crombie/Robert Ballinger/Sara Fitz-Gerald(AUS),(35+) – Gold Andrew Lynn/David Sly/LouiseLefebvre(35+) – Silver Brook Rothwell/Kevin Arnsdorf/Lesley Jewitt(45+) – Silver 2002 Melbourne, Australia Mark Heaney(35+Spec.Plate) – Silver Verna Dalgleish(60+Plate) – Gold (WMG 5) Richard Dunstan(45+Plate) – Silver Harry Pronk(60+Spec.Plate) – Gold 1998 Portland, USA Steve Lawton(30+) – Gold Barbara Cooper(45+) – Gold (WMG 4) Michael Letourneau(40+) – Bronze Susan Wastie(45+) – Silver Henry Thiessen(55+) – Gold James Couse(75+) – Gold Doubles: Lolly Gillen/Catherine Fournier – Silver Doubles: Steve Lawton/Barry Gifford(30+) – Gold

Patrick Richardson/US partner(40+) – Silver David Hetherington/Michael Manley(50+) – Gold Sharif Khan/US partner(50+) – Silver Alan Cherry/Neil Desaulniers(60+) – Gold Mark Heaney/Kevin Johnson(30+Cons.) – Silver Howard Hills/Arun Bakhshi(40+Cons.) – Silver 1994 Brisbane, Australia No Information Available (WMG 3) 1989 Denmark Anne Smith(30+) – Silver (WMG 2) Anne Smith(40+) – Silver 1985 Toronto, Canada Hardball: Hardball: (WMG 1) Gordon Anderson(35+) – Gold Heather McKay(40+) – Gold Sharif Khan(35+) – Silver Sean McDonough(35+) – Bronze Andrew Pastor(40+) – Gold Steve Moysey(40+) – Silver Ron Graham(40+) – Bronze Rick Trumble(45+) – Silver Glynne Jenkins(45+) – Bronze Mortimer Goldhar(50+) – Silver John Wildman(50+) – Bronze Kevin Parker(55+) – Gold Donald Leggat(55+) – Silver William Richards(55+) – Bronze Ken Lane(60+) – Silver

International Ball: International Ball: Sharif Khan(35+) – Gold Joyce Maycock(35+) – Silver Gordon Anderson(35+) – Silver Vicki Gleeson(35+) – Bronze Leo Smitz(35+) – Bronze Heather McKay(40+) – Gold Peter Hall(40+) – Silver Penny Glover(40+) – Silver T. Vanaselia(40+) – Bronze Kathy Lundmark(45+) – Gold Gerald Shugar(45+) – Gold Inge Weber(45+) – Bronze Paul Wilson(45+) – Silver Chris Gray(45+) – Bronze David Cooke(50+) – Bronze Kevin Parker(55+) – Gold Douglas Allen(55+) – Bronze Cecil Yolles(60+) – Silver W. MacLeod(60+) – Bronze

Doubles: Victor Harding/Steve McIntyre(35+) – Gold Rick Trumble/John Boynton(35+) – Silver Andrew Pastor/Peter Hall(40+) – Gold John Fuller/Donald Leggat(50+) – Gold Gordon Guyatt/Eric Wiffen(60+) – Silver Tom Fraser/Ken Lane(60+) – Bronze