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News Archives: December 2005
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Junior League
Begins in January
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Sat Dec 24'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– Tennis Manitoba, in partnership with
Taylor Tennis
and the Winnipeg Winter
Club will be launching a Junior League in January.
The league is open to all players 14 years of age or
under (Tennis Manitoba Provincial Team members are ineligible)
and will allow players to gain match experience in a
team environment. It’s a great way to introduce juniors
to competitive tennis in a friendly environment.
More details |
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2006 Tennis Manitoba
Executive and Board of Directors
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Wed Dec 21'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– Tennis Manitoba would like to announce the new executive
and board of directors for the 2005 – 2006 tennis season.
The executive positions are as follows:
The committee members are as follows:
High Performance
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Dave
McNicol (chair)
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Lev Zentner
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Geoff
Kirbyson
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Jamie
Mercury
Community
Development
Resource
Development
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Michele
Sen (chair)
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Bruce
Waschuk
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Romilyn
LaCap
Please feel free to contact these people directly
should you have any questions or concerns. They will
be happy to address your issues and take it to the board
on your behalf.
Tennis Manitoba would also like to welcome Ryan Rolston
and Geoff Kirbyson who have just joined the team as
new board members. We look forward to seeing what new
perspective they can bring to Tennis Manitoba.
Please note that you do not have to be on the board
to serve as a committee member. If you are interested
in participating in any of these committees please contact
Rick Bochinski.
Contact Tennis Manitoba
Contact Board of
Directors
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Kildonan Tennis
Club Chosen to Host 2006 Manitoba Open
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Kildonan Tennis
Club
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Wed Dec 14'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– Tennis Manitoba has selected the
Kildonan Tennis
Club as the host of the 2006 Arby’s Manitoba Open
Tennis Championships. After a very successful 2005 Manitoba
Open, which attracted 100 players to the Kildonan Tennis
Club and included $10,000 in prize money, Tennis Manitoba
is looking to enhance its showcase tournament in 2006.
Kildonan’s volunteers, staff, clubhouse and brand new
courts make it a very attractive location for the province’s
showcase tennis tournament, which will be held July
7-16. With Arby’s on board as the new title sponsor
and prize money increasing to $12,500, it promises to
be an exciting event.
Arby’s, Tennis Manitoba and the Kildonan Tennis Club
are looking forward to working together in an effort
to make next summer’s tournament the most successful
Manitoba Open ever.
More
on the Manitoba Open |
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Arby’s Named
Title Sponsor of 2006 Manitoba Open
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Grant Tymchuk
of Arby’s presents the 2005 Global Manitoba
Open Men's Singles tournament trophy to Alessandro
Gravina.
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Tue Dec 13'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– Tennis Manitoba is very pleased to announce that
Arby’s is the new Title Sponsor of the Manitoba
Open. Arby’s made a very significant contribution toward
the success of the 2005 Manitoba Open and have increased
their commitment substantially for 2006, allowing tournament
organizers to increase the prize money to $12,500, the
largest sum in the 101 year history of the tournament.
Grant Tymchuk, Arby’s Franchisee, is to be commended
for his desire to contribute to the growth of the tournament
and to the sport in general.
“We are thrilled with the partnership that has been
developed with Arby’s over the last couple of years.
Grant has demonstrated tremendous support for the Rossbrook
House program, the Tennis Futures clinics and now the
Manitoba Open”, exclaimed Rick Bochinski, Executive
Director of Tennis Manitoba. “We are in a position to
attract a very strong field to the Manitoba Open next
summer and this tournament will help showcase our sport
in the province. This is due in large part to the Arby’s
sponsorship.”
The 2005 Men’s Singles Champion, Alessandro Gravina
of Toronto, and 2005 Women’s Singles Champion, Kyla
McNicol of Winnipeg, have both indicated that they plan
to defend their titles next July. That will not be an
easy task in 2006, as the substantial increase in prize
money is likely to bring more top players from across
Canada to Winnipeg next summer.
The dates of the Arby’s Manitoba Open are July 9-16,
2006.
More
on the Manitoba Open |
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Tennis Manitoba
Selects 2006 Provincial Team
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Players pack out
Taylor Tennis Club lounge area during tryout
registration (top). The second day of tryouts
took place at the Winnipeg Winter Club.
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Mon Dec 12'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– After two days of tryouts in early December at
Taylor Tennis Club
and the Winnipeg Winter
Club, the 7 person selection committee named 22
athletes that will form the
2006 Provincial
Team. The Provincial Team selection committee, headed
by the team coach Jared Connell, had teaching professionals
from 5 different clubs who evaluated 48 players during
the tryouts.
The team members selected are:
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Mike Black |
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Clarissa Chen |
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Erica Chen |
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Ahmed Farag |
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Erika Fridrik |
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J.J. Gerstein |
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Muzeen Ismath |
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Jade Kirstein |
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Maya Kirstein |
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Kevin Kylar |
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Chad LaCap |
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Sean LaCap |
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Alex Lesiuk |
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Alex Minuk |
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Catherine Moses |
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Anita Paskvalin |
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Jaime Peterson |
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Eric Pollard |
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Daniella Silva |
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Jessica Silva |
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Jeremy Trinidad |
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Evann Waschuk |
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The Provincial Team will begin training in January,
with on-court practices alternating between the Winnipeg
Winter Club and Taylor Tennis Club.
Team members will also be traveling to out-of-province
tournaments as follows:
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March
3 – 5: Black Hills Junior Open in Rapid City, South
Dakota
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March
30 - April 2: Circuit Canada & Saskatchewan Indoor
Open in Saskatoon
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5 – 7: Capilano Junior Open in Edmonton
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June
30 – July 2: Saskatchewan Open in Regina
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July
(dates TBA) Stanley Park Open in Vancouver.
A complete calendar of on-court and off-court training
sessions and tournaments will be posted soon.
Tennis Manitoba would like to thank those teaching
professionals that provided their evaluation expertise
during the selection process and to all those players
that came out to the tryouts. We are anticipating an
exciting year after receiving such overwhelming support
during the tryouts.
More on the
Provincial Team
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Tennis Canada
to Include U12 Nationals in 2006 Schedule
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2005 U12 Team at
Gray Rocks, Quebec
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Fri Dec 9'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– After a lengthy hiatus, the U12 Junior Nationals will
once again be sanctioned by Tennis Canada in 2006. A
considerable amount of pressure was put on Tennis Canada
by the Provincial Tennis Associations to bring back
the U12 Junior Nationals to the sanctioned tournament
schedule.
In 2004, Tennis Ontario took it upon themselves to organize
an unofficial U12 Outdoor Junior Nationals in St. Catharines
and this past summer Tennis Quebec took the initiative
and hosted a non-sanctioned U12 Outdoor Junior Nationals
in Gray Rocks. With
the momentum generated from these two very successful
events in Eastern Canada, and the addition of a major
sponsor, the U12 Junior Nationals will be a reality
in 2006.
The dates are as follows:
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April
1-8: U12 Indoor Junior Nationals
Toronto, Ontario
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August
11-18: U12 Outdoor Junior Nationals
Gray Rocks, Quebec
As a reminder, the top 4 boys and top 4 girls in
the U12 (born in 1994 or later) point standings will
qualify to represent Manitoba at the Prairie Regionals
to be held February 24-26, 2006 in Saskatoon. These
players will compete against the top 4 boys and 4 girls
from Saskatchewan for the right to represent the Prairie
Region at the 2006 Indoor Junior Nationals. Results
from the following tournaments will be used to determine
the final point standings:
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Wheat City Junior Open
August 20-21, 2005
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World of Water Junior Open
August 25-28, 2005
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Auto Haus Volkswagen Fall Classic
September 16-26, 2005
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Winnipeg Winter Club Junior Open
January 30 – February 5, 2006
* Each player will count their best 3 results from
the 4 tournaments to determine their final point total.
For further information about the U12 Junior Nationals
or the process to qualify to represent Manitoba at these
events, contact Rick at Tennis Manitoba.
Contact Tennis Manitoba
More on
the Junior Nationals
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Winnipeg Winter
Club now a Tennis Canada Tennis Development Centre
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Jared Connell (above)
is the Head Pro at the Winnipeg Winter Club
and Tennis Manitoba’s Provincial Coach. Chris
Yard and Peter Otto (below) help out at the
Winter Club Tennis Academy.
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Wed Dec 7'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– The Winnipeg Winter Club has been named a "High Performance
Tennis Development Centre” by Tennis Canada. This prestigious
designation recognizes and ranks The Winter Club’s junior
tennis programs as among the best in Canada. It is the
first time a Manitoba tennis club has qualified for
the high performance certification.
“This is definitely an honour for our Club,” said Jared
Connell, Head Tennis Professional at The Winter Club.
“There are currently thirty four Tennis Development
Centres across the country that have qualified based
on the commitment that each club is making to bringing
new players into the game as well as developing competitive
young tennis players across Canada and more of them.”
The Winter Club has three indoor courts and four outdoor
summer season courts and a staff of Tennis Professionals
who offer private lessons, conduct group clinics for
all ages and organize league and tournament play. The
club also offers tennis players access to professional
fitness trainers and a well equipped gym and swimming
pool for cross training. More than four hundred Club
members use the tennis and ancillary facilities year-round.
As a result of the Tennis Development Centre designation,
The Winter Club receives some financial support from
Tennis Canada and guidance in establishing and maintaining
state-of-the-sport tennis training and court fitness
programs. More important, according to Connell, is the
benefit of receiving several visits a year from Tennis
Canada’s distinguished international level coaches.
“Tennis Canada’s coaches are recognized at the highest
level of the professional game,” Connell said. “Having
them on court with our elite program kids to run a camp,
conduct training sessions and monitor the progress of
our top players is tremendously important. It exposes
players in Manitoba to the same level of coaching as
the very best junior and professional players in the
country and its proving to be a great motivational tool
for our team.”
While every Tennis Development Centre has a distinct
high performance component, many of the criteria that
the Winter Club had to meet were based on the grassroots
and entry level camps and programs and competitive play
at the recreational level that the Club offers for junior
players. Tennis Canada ranks community and recreational
tennis facilities as the first link along the path to
success at the highest international levels like The
Davis Cup and The Olympics – and higher rankings for
more of Canada’s professional tennis players.
Jared Connell has a high profile in Manitoba tennis.
In addition to his position as Head Pro at the Winnipeg
Winter Club, he is Tennis Manitoba’s Provincial Coach
charged with training the best Under 18 players in the
province for Western Canada Games, Canada Games and
National Championship play. He has also recently opened
his own Tennis Academy at the Winter Club.
“The Tennis Academy is structured to allow serious recreational
players to develop into elite players if they have the
desire and the determination to compete. Our staff of
coaches and instructors is always pleased to evaluate
the potential of any young player who contacts us,”
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Tennis Participation
Is On the Rise
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Tue Dec 6'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– Increases in racquet and tennis ball sales, higher
attendance at professional tournaments and improved
television ratings are all positive signs for the sport
of tennis. Put those factors together with an increase
in participation and player retention and the news is
very positive for the game.
These findings were part of an annual participation
research study conducted in the United States.
Check out the USTA report. |
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Congratulations
to the new 2006 Tuxedo Tennis Club Executive
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Sat Dec 3'05 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– The recent Tuxedo Tennis Club’s Annual General Meeting
was very well attended and was successful in filling
every position on the executive. Their new executive
consists of Brian Wilding (President), Tom Neufeld (Vice-President),
Lana Abbott (Secretary), John Yarema (Treasurer), Brian
Saiko (Membership/Marketing), Hugh Malcolmson (House
& Grounds), Dan Rutherford, Selvi Varathappan and Melissa
Steele (Members-at-Large), as well as Elaine Thompson
(Past-President).
Many thanks to the outgoing executive members, who,
with varying numbers of years of service to Tuxedo Tennis
Club, include Phil Spevack, Jane Leschasin, Arun Ogale,
John & Margaret Childs, Anne and Ash Ashraff, and Bruce
Waschuk.
2005 was a very exciting year for TTC and we all look
forward to seeing what this new executive has in store
for 2006.Club Priorities
A straw vote on the Club’s priorities for 2006 came
up with the need for a new clubhouse. However, before
the funding can be acquired, an agreement with the city
must be worked out. Significant negotiations will need
to take place very soon on the draft agreement received
from the City on October 28th. According to Jan Taylor,
the new clubhouse may be financed in part by a sizeable
grant from the Sport Legacy Trust Fund, whose application
deadline is January 15th. An Ad Hoc committee is working
towards meeting that deadline. The next year should
bring some interesting new developments to the club.
Reported by Elaine Thompson, Past President
For more information on the Tuxedo Tennis Club please
visit their web site at
tuxedotennis.org.
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Tuxedo Tennis Club executive
members Brian Saiko (L to R), Tom Neufeld (back), Selvi
Varathappan, Brian Wilding, Lana Abbott, John Yarema
and Hugh Malcolmson.
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