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I have had an inquiry regarding inexpensive hotel accommodations in Mississauga.
Mississauga, being a large urban centre, has too numerous choices to mention.
Would anyone from last years tournament care to recommend a hotel in Mississauga?
Top Guns
Daniel Abrahams 2189
Jonathan Yu 2168
Richard Chen 2145
Gordon Gooding 2142
Federico Austria 2097
Nikola Brajkovic 2026
Armand Jess Mendoza 2024
Eugene Hua 2013
Sean Lei 2005
Nicholas Vettese 1962
Prateek Sanyal 1838
U2000
Ruperto Frilles 1963
Thomas Bark 1960
Ferdinand Supsup 1911
Mario Moran-Venegas 1807
Justin Quinn D'Souza 1769
Janet Peng 1753
Constance Wang 1699
Richard Wing 1618
Manxuan (Rebecca) Zhang 1582
Florian Bergeron 1578
Anthony Maulucci 1574
Masoud Jizan 1569
Claudio Sottile 1490
U1600
Andrew Colvin 1587
George Stajov 1574
Manojh Sivapathasundaram 1355
Aaron Chen 1263
David Atanasov 1104
Zaynah Bhanji 1091
Liam MacLean 1074
Anthony Atanasov 1027
Areez Bhanji 1006
Rahul Gangolli 966
Joshua Du 940
Austin Xie 897
Joseph Liao 890
Derek Chen 839
Christina MacLean 741
Grant Chen 715
Nithusa Sivapathasundaram 542
Nicholas Henein 533
Yi Feng Wang unr
Brian Bileski unr
Evgeny Kalmanson unr
Last edited by Bob Gillanders; Monday, 8th September, 2014, 03:44 PM.
Biggest section is U1600.
hmmm....interesting.
I guess players really do prefer trophies.
Maybe we should have just trophies for all sections next year!
I have had an inquiry regarding inexpensive hotel accommodations in Mississauga.
Mississauga, being a large urban centre, has too numerous choices to mention.
Would anyone from last years tournament care to recommend a hotel in Mississauga?
Motel Six just off Winston Churchill Blvd at the 333 km mark on the 401.
Mississauga #1910 2935 Argentia Rd Hwy 401 At Winston Churchill Blvd Mississauga, ON, L5N 8G6 Phone: (905) 814-1664
Public Transit Information for getting to U of T campus in Mississauga:
Mississauga Transit
Route 110 - University, Route 101 - Dundas Express, Route 1C - Dundas, and Route 44 - Mississauga Road bus routes include a stop at U of T Mississauga.
GO Transit
Nearest GO Stations: Erindale Station and Clarkson Station
Brampton Transit
Route 8 - Centre stops at Square One Terminal. From there, take Mississauga Transit Route 24 that connects with 1C to U of T Mississauga.
Oakville Transit
Route 24 - South Common Mall travels from Trafalgar VIA and GO Station to South Common Mall. From South Common Mall, take 1C to U of T Mississauga.
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