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News Archives: April 2005
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Have You Won the Manitoba
Open Tennis Championship?
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Fri Apr 29'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – Tennis Manitoba
is busy preparing for the 100th anniversary of the Manitoba Open,
which will be hosted by the
Kildonan Tennis Club. Past winners of the Men’s and Women’s Singles
Championships will be recognized in the tournament program during
the event this summer. Several names on the Women’s Singles trophy
are missing and Tennis Manitoba is looking for those names so that
all past winners are included in the program. If you know who won
the Women’s Singles Championship at the Manitoba Open during the
following years, please contact the Tennis Manitoba office at 925-5660:
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Come out and watch some great tennis at the
Kildonan Tennis Club, July
8-17, 2005!
For further information contact Rick Bochinski at Tennis Manitoba
@ 925-5660.
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Alex Lesiuk Selected for Sport
School Program
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| Photo: B Waschuk |
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Lesiuk receiving an award at the 2004
Tuxedo Open from Roland Burrell.
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Tue Apr 26'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – Alex Lesiuk,
one of Manitoba’s top U16 tennis players and a member of the Winnipeg
Winter Club, was one of 20 grade nine students chosen for the Sport
School Program at Vincent Massey Collegiate for the 2005/06 school
year. The Sport School Program is entering its fourth year of operation
and was established to enable high performance student – athletes
to pursue their sport goals, without forfeiting their academic development.
Students in the program have access to top-rate teachers, a teacher
advisor and a flexible school schedule that allows them to continue
to train and compete.
Alex represented Manitoba at the 2004 Indoor and Outdoor Junior
Nationals. He is a member of Tennis Manitoba’s Provincial Team and
is currently on the 2005 Canada Summer Games training team.
For further information contact Rick Bochinski at Tennis Manitoba
@ 925-5660.
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Sean LaCap Wins Silver at
U18 National Championship
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| Photo: R Sen |
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Sat Apr 23'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – Less than a
week after winning the U16 Doubles National Championship, Sean LaCap
took home the Silver Medal at the U18 Doubles Nationals, narrowly
losing a three set battle in the final. LaCap and his partner, Keziel
Juneau of Repentigny, Quebec, knocked off the #1 seeds in Thursday’s
semi-finals before bowing out 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to the Quebec duo of
Konrad Gasiorek and Sebastien Jacques on Friday in Toronto. LaCap
will stay in Toronto for another week, as he is entered in an ITF
Junior Tournament, featuring some of the top junior players in North
America..
For further information contact Rick Bochinski at Tennis Manitoba
@ 925-5660.
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Jade Kirstein Selected by
Sport Manitoba for Women to Watch Grant
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Wed Apr 20'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (SM) – Jade Kirstein
is a recent recipient of the Women to Watch Grant Program. Working
in partnership with Provincial Sport Organizations and Coaching Manitoba,
Sport Manitoba (www.sportmanitoba.ca)
provides a monthly grant of $500 to a female athlete, team, official
or volunteer to assist them in enhancing their women in sport career.
Jade is a 12 year-old tennis player who has won provincial titles
in both the 12 and under and 14 under age categories. At the 12 and
under nationals last year Jade won the title of “Outstanding Sportsmanship”
award for the females. This year finds her improving her skills as
she earned a spot on the provincial team and the tour team that allows
her the opportunity to play with older more experienced players.
As well as excelling in tennis at such a young age Jade is also
very involved in her writing workshops, being on the honor roll at
school and playing the clarinet. Jade will use her money to play
in the out of province tournaments and Nationals.
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Sean LaCap Wins U16 National
Championship
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| Photo: R Sen |
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Mon Apr 18'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – Sean LaCap
became the first Manitoba tennis player in more than 30 years to
capture a National Junior Championship, winning the U16 Doubles title
this past weekend with his partner Philip Anderson from Nova Scotia.
The duo entered the U16 Junior Nationals in Montreal as the # 2 seeds
and knocked off the top seeded pair of Julien Gauthier of Quebec
and Phil Nemec of Alberta in the final with a tight 6-7(5), 6-4,
6-4 victory. Sean demonstrated great resiliency in bouncing back
from a disappointing showing in singles, where he was defeated in
the round of 16, despite being the # 3 seed. Sean now moves on
to Markham, Ontario where he will be competing in both singles and
doubles at the U18 Junior Nationals, April 18-23.
For further information contact Rick Bochinski at Tennis Manitoba
@ 925-5660.
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Outdoor Junior Nationals Qualifying
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Fri Apr 14'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – Tennis Manitoba
and Tennis Saskatchewan have again agreed to pool the spots for the
2005 Outdoor Junior Nationals, meaning the top 4 boys and top 4 girls
in each age group in the Prairie Region will qualify for Nationals.
Each player will count the best two results from the three tournaments
listed below and the top 4 players in the point standings will qualify
for Nationals. All three tournaments will include feed-in consolations
in all singles events and players will be allowed to enter a maximum
of two events in each tournament.
The dates for the qualifying tournaments are as follows:
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May 5-8, 2005 |
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Auto Haus Volkswagen
Classic
(U10, U12 & U16) |
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Glendale Golf & Country
Club, Winnipeg |
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May 11-15, 2005 |
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Tuxedo Junior
Open
Tuxedo Tennis Club, Winnipeg |
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May 26-29, 2005 |
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Auto Haus Volkswagen
Classic
(U14, U18) |
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Glendale Golf & Country
Club, Winnipeg |
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June 10-12, 2005 |
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Yonex Provincial
Junior Open
Lakeshore Tennis Club, Regina |
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are as follows: |
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August 15-20 |
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U16 Canadian Outdoor
Junior Championships
Dieppe, NB |
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August 21-26 |
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U18 Canadian Indoor
Junior Championships
Laval, QC |
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August 22-27 |
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U14 Canadian Indoor
Junior Championships
Aurora, ON |
Please note that Tennis Ontario has indicated that they will be
hosting the U12 Outdoor Junior Nationals again in 2005, but a host
site has not yet been located.
For further information contact Rick Bochinski at Tennis Manitoba
@ 925-5660.
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