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Raising
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2008 Tennis
Manitoba Awards Banquet
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Manitoba tennis community will be Raising
a Racquet for Kids on Wednesday, November
26th at the Winnipeg Winter Club as we gather
to celebrate the achievements of our top
players and recognize the outstanding contributions
of our 2008 Manitoba Tennis Hall of Fame
inductees.
Continuing on the successes of the 2006
and 2007 Tennis Manitoba Awards Banquets,
the Raising a Racquet for Kids event
will feature a doubles exhibition match
with professional ATP players. Additional
activities include a clinic for Manitoba’s
top junior players and an opportunity for
individuals to participate in Pro-Am doubles
matches. Available positions for the Pro-Am
play are limited and can be purchased from
Tennis Manitoba on a first come basis. Stay
tuned for an announcement of the participating
professional players.
Proceeds from the evening will support junior
tennis development in Manitoba, with funds
going towards junior competition travel
expenses and training camps, as well as
development programs for kids under the
age of 12 years. Those wishing to support
Raising a Racquet for Kids can do so by
donating gifts for the live and silent auctions,
or by becoming an event sponsor. Sponsors
contributions will be acknowledged at the
event and included in the event program,
Tennis Manitoba web site and monthly newsletters.
To contact Tennis Manitoba on how you can
participate
click here.
Tickets are priced at $80 per person with
tax receipt availability for the maximum
allowable amount. The Tennis Manitoba Awards
Banquet has attracted capacity crowds the
past two years. You won’t want to miss out
on Manitoba’s tennis event of the year.
Get your tickets by calling Tennis Manitoba
at (204) 925-5659 or online at
www.tennismanitoba.com\tickets
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Open Tour Update
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2008 Open Tour Champions
The 2008 Tennis Manitoba Open Tour
season is now in the books. After
9 tournaments, 95 events and 601
player registrations later, there
remain 10 champions in the various
tour categories that have boasting
rights as top tournament point leaders.
The final rankings for the Tennis
Manitoba Open Tour, which include
4.5 and 3.5 events, were determined
at the conclusion of the Manitoba
Indoor Tennis Championships recently
held at Taylor Tennis September
2-7.
The top 2008 Tennis Manitoba Open
Tour point leaders are as follows:
Men's Open Singles: Doug DeVriendt
Women's Open Singles: Evann Waschuk
Men's 4.5 Singles: Ion Ursatanu
Women's 4.5 Singles: Lori Mann
Men's 3.5 Singles: Gary Ma
Men's Open Doubles: Jared Connell
Women's Open Doubles: Alexa Zayac
Mixed Open Doubles: Geoff Kirbyson
Men's 4.5 Doubles: Glen Ziprick
Women's 4.5 Doubles: Darlene Lee
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Bailey and
Waschuk Crowned Manitoba Indoor
Champions
Sean Bailey and Evann Waschuk are
the 2008 Manitoba Indoor Tennis
Champions after capturing the singles
titles at Taylor Tennis. Bailey
defeated Stephen Dubienski 6-7,
6-2, 6-1 and Waschuk outlasted Clarissa
Chen 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Bailey claimed
a second title, teaming up with
Dubienski to defeat Hart Pollack
and Jared Connell 6-3, 6-4 in the
Men’s Open Doubles Championship.
Other double winners were Maureen
Diamond, who won the 4.5 Women’s
Doubles and 4.5 Mixed Doubles events,
and Lori Mann, who took home the
4.5 Women’s Singles and the 35+
Women’s Singles Championships.
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Doug DeVriendt, shown here
at the 2008 Tuxedo Open,
repeats as the Open Men's
Singles point leader for
2008.
Other repeat title champions,
pictured below, include
Ion Ursatanu, Alexa Zayac
and Geoff Kirbyson.
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Junior
Tour Update
 LaCaps
Shine on Home Court
Sargent Park Tennis
Center members, Chad and Cole LaCap, were the big winners
at the Sargent Park Junior Cup. Chad captured both the U16
and U18 Boys Singles titles to leap up the Junior Tour point
standings. After a brief hiatus from tennis, Chad has picked
up where he left off, proving to be one of the top junior
players in the province.
Younger brother Cole, who is only 10 years of age, won his
first ever sanctioned tournament, upsetting both the #1
and #2 seeds to take home the U12 Boys Singles Championship.
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 Insights
from U18 Canadian Junior Nationals
Twice a year juniors
from Manitoba compete in the Canadian Junior National Tennis
Championships. Sean Bailey reflects on his recent experience
at the U18's competition held in Quebec this past July.
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See also...
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Chen holds court – Teen looks at future in tennis
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Paralympics
 Carter
looks to serve up winner at Paralympics
Lee Carter
is currently playing some of the best tennis of
his young career — and the timing couldn’t be better.
The No. 1-ranked wheelchair tennis player in Canada,
Carter is fresh off a win at the Canadian Open Wheelchair
Tennis Championships, held Aug. 14 to 17 in Hamilton.
He defeated Jon Rydberg, the 12th-ranked player
in the world, by scores of 7-6, 3-6, 6-4.
The upset victory is a good omen given the fact
the St. Vital product is priming himself for his
first-ever appearance at the Paralympic Games, to
be held Sept. 7 to 16 in Beijing, China.
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National Rankings
Rogers Rankings
to launch in 2009
Tennis Canada
in partnership with the provincial tennis associations
(PTAs), will launch the Rogers Rankings on January
1, 2009. This new and enhanced ranking system is
based on the proven Chess Elo ranking system and
has been developed and used with exceptional accuracy
by the Quebec Tennis Federation for over twenty-five
years.
The Rogers Rankings will allow all competitors to
compare themselves to the nation’s top players.
Similar systems have also been in use in Spain and
France. The Rogers Rankings system will award points
to players based on quality of wins (i.e. head-to-head
results) versus rounds won in a tournament.
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Events
The following are up-coming Tennis
Manitoba events:
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Nov 15 at 10am 2008 Tennis Manitoba
AGM at Winnipeg Winter
Club
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Nov 23-30 Winnipeg Indoor Open
at Winnipeg Winter Club
<Entry deadline: Sun,
Nov 16th at 6pm>
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Nov 26 Tennis Manitoba Awards
Banquet at Winnipeg Winter
Club
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Tournament Schedule
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Event Calendar
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provide draw details and match results for these
events at
www.tennismanitoba.com.
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Contact
Tennis Manitoba is the official
governing body for tennis in Manitoba. For feedback,
comments or submissions for future issues,
click here.
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