Winnipeg, MB (TM) – Tennis Manitoba, in partnership with the Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club, will be running the 2nd Annual Junior Tennis League in June 2007. The league provides an opportunity for juniors with limited tournament experience to play in a team environment that includes both singles and doubles play. It's an exciting way for juniors to get introduced to competitive tennis while learning in a supportive and friendly environment.

The Junior League targets players 14 years of age or under that are not members of the Tennis Manitoba Provincial Team. Matches will be held on Sundays at Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club, 1:00pm-4:00pm beginning on June 17th.

The Junior League application form is available here.

For further information please contact Rick at Tennis Manitoba at 925-5660.

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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – Evann Waschuk was the lone player to capture two singles titles at the Kildonan Tennis Club, host of the 2007 World of Water Junior Open. Waschuk defeated Jessica Silva 7-5, 6-4 to earn the U14 Girls Singles crown and upset top seeded Clarissa Chen to take home the U16 Girls Singles championship as well.

Chad LaCap and Anita Paskvalin each won a singles event and a doubles event at the World of Water Junior Open, which was the first of three tournaments on the Junior Tour being used for selection of the top juniors for the 2007 Outdoor Prairie Regionals. LaCap won the U14 Boys Singles title with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Kevin Kylar and then partnered with Ahmed Farag to win the U18 Boys Doubles championship, with a 6-1, 4-6, 10-3 decision over Muzeen Ismath and Saul Shrom. Paskvalin beat Daniella Silva 6-2, 6-3 to win the U18 Girls Singles event and then teamed up with Clarissa Chen to beat the Silva sisters 6-2, 7-6(0) in the U18 Girls Doubles final.

The complete list of event winners is as follows:

U12 Girls Singles Alexia Cholakis def. Kylie Waschuk 6-2, 6-1

U14 Girls Singles Evann Waschuk def. Jessica Silva 7-5, 6-4

U16 Girls Singles Evann Waschuk def. Clarissa Chen 7-6(3), 6-0

U18 Girls Singles Anita Paskvalin def. Daniella Silva 6-2, 6-3

U14 Boys Singles Chad LaCap def. Kevin Kylar 6-3, 6-3

U16 Boys Singles Eric Pollard def. Sean Bailey 6-0, 6-4

U14 Girls Doubles Kirstein/Kirstein def. Em.Fridrik/K.Waschuk 6-2, 6-3

U18 Girls Doubles Paskvalin/Chen def. Silva/Silva 6-2, 7-6(0)

U14 Boys Doubles McPherson/Hollins def. Gardiner/Nguyen 6-4, 6-2

U18 Boys Doubles LaCap/Farag def. Ismath/Shrom 6-1, 4-6, 10-3

For complete World of Water Junior Open results click here.

The final day of the tournament also served as a testing ground for graduates of the Roving Umpire Clinic, which was held on the weekend. Kyoko Kakeshita, Sean LaCap, Ed Lepage and Darrell Minuk received their Roving Umpire certification under the watchful eye of Steve Peers, the Provincial Coordinator of Officials. To get more information on Tennis Manitoba officiating click here.

The next stop on the Tennis Manitoba Junior Tour is the Tuxedo Junior Open, which will be held May 22-27 at the Tuxedo Tennis Club. The entry deadline is fast approaching. Those juniors born in 1989 or later wishing to participate should drop off their completed entry forms before 12 noon, Sunday May 20th. to access entry forms and additional tournament information click here.

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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – Tennis Manitoba is currently accepting bids for the title sponsorship of the 2nd Annual Awards Banquet which will be held on Thursday, October 4th at the Sun Center, located at the southwest corner of Canad Inns Stadium. All funds raised from the Awards Banquet will go toward tennis development in the province.

At the present time CIBC Wood Gundy has set the bar with an initial bid of $1500. The title sponsor of the Awards Banquet receives naming rights to the banquet, a table of 6 tickets, company name and logo on the front of the program, and an advertisement and link on the Tennis Manitoba website for a period of one year. A tax receipt will be provided for the amount of the sponsorship that is greater than $1,000..

For sponsorship information or further details about the 2007 Awards Banquet please contact Rick at Tennis Manitoba at 925-5660.

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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – The University of Alberta Tennis Centre will play host to the inaugural Prairie University and College Tennis Championships on June 8-10, 2007. Event winners, male and female, will receive an automatic berth into the University & College National Championship quarterfinals to be held at the Rexall Center in Toronto during the Rogers Cup final weekend August 16-19, 2007. The entry fee for the qualifying event is $50.00. The male and female champion each will receive a round trip ticket to Toronto provided from the organizers and all ground transportation, accommodation and on site food while in Toronto will be paid for by Tennis Canada.

Eligibility Criteria: Must be a Canadian citizen and full-time student at a post-secondary institution anywhere in the past twelve months, and under 28 years of age as of the date of the qualifying tournament (FISU Rules). Athletes can only enter in one regional qualifying tournament in 2007, but can enter any one of the five regional events: BC, Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic, Alberta/Manitoba /Saskatchewan. Athletes must be prepared to provide proof of full-time student status.

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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – After helping the Golden Knights to a pair of impressive victories, University of Central Florida junior Kyla McNicol of Winnipeg earned Conference USA Women's Tennis Player of the Week honors recently. McNicol was a perfect 6-0 as UCF went 2-1 during the week. For more details on this award click here.

Kyla had a great year with University of Central Florida, finishing with a singles record of 13 – 3 and a doubles record of 13 – 3. For the 2006-07 UCF Women's Tennis season record click here.

Kyla won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 2005 and 2006 Arby’s Manitoba Open. She also represented our province at the Western Canada Summer Games and the Canada Summer Games. Kyla will be returning to Winnipeg in mid-May and will assume the role of Manager for the 2007 Western Canada Summer Games team. She will be assisting her former coach, Peter Otto, in preparing our athletes for the games that will be held in Edmonton, August 3-7.

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Toronto, ON (Tennis Canada) – We are pleased to announce that Tennis Manitoba, Tennis Canada and the Provincial Tennis Associations are unveiling a new enhanced unified national ranking system that will be launched in January 2008. This new enhanced ranking system is a direct outcome of over three years of meetings, research of international and national best practices. The goal was to build a well organized and accurate ranking and events management structure to help promote competition at all levels. The entire country will work from a customized common competitive data base called BASELINE to manage events, integrate schedules, plan calendars and unify rankings.

The new national ranking is based on the innovative and proven CHESS ELO ranking system. Tennis Quebec has been using this framework for over fifteen years with exceptional ranking accuracy. The ELO ranking system has been built into the new BASELINE management system, using head-to-head (quality of wins) results to determine rankings versus rounds won – thus making it so effective.

The BASELINE management system is web based, thus allowing anyone with an internet connection the ability to track their ranking, draws and view historical results as events are being played. All sanctioned matches will now count toward a player’s provincial and national rankings at all levels. The new ranking system will rank all players irrespective of age. Every player competing nationwide will be able to compare themselves to Canada’s top players, such as Frank Dancevic or Aleksandra Wozniak. Rankings will be updated on a weekly basis and the information may be filtered to meet provincial and national needs (i.e. age specific, province and region).

Special thanks are in order to Jean-Francois Manibal, Tennis Quebec’s Executive Director and Tan Qureshi, President of Computan Ltd., in conjunction with Tennis Canada and Provincial Association staff for developing this system. We additionally thank the Ontario Tennis Association for being the first province to adopt the Baseline Events and People Management System.

Stay tuned as more details will be available as we approach the January 2008 launch date!e!

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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – More than 1,000 children in grades 4-6 will be taking part in the Tennis Futures clinics being organized at Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club (WLTC), Kildonan Tennis Club (KTC) and Tuxedo Tennis Club (TTC), May 14-18. Bill Serbin, a physical education teacher at John de Graff School and coordinator of the Tennis Futures, has seen the program grow over the past decade, to the point where three clubs are now needed to host the 21 schools that will participate next week. The growth has been fantastic for the sport of tennis, but it has created some challenges, not the least of which is the need for volunteer instructors.

A minimum of 10 instructors are needed each day and with the large number of participants 20 instructors would be ideal. On May 14-16 the clinics will take place solely at the WLTC. On May 17 the clinics will be held at WLTC, KTC and TTC. On May 18 the clinics will take place at KTC and TTC. The clinics run from 10:00am-2:00pm on each day. It is important to note that previous teaching experience is not necessary. The most important quality is a passion to see children be active and learn the basics of tennis in a fun environment.

If you are able to volunteer your time to assist the children at the Tennis Futures clinics please contact Kris Robins at kris.robins@tennismanitoba.com . Please note that all volunteer instructors will also receive lunch each day courtesy of Arby’s.

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