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Dancevic, Bester & Ferreira coming
to Winnipeg
Canada’s top
player on the ATP Tour, Frank Dancevic, headlines
the group of players coming to the Winnipeg Winter
Club on November 26th for the 3rd Annual Tennis
Manitoba Awards Banquet and Hall of Fame Dinner.
The event is being dubbed Raising a Racquet for
Kids, with all proceeds going toward the development
of junior tennis in Manitoba.
Dancevic, a native of Niagara Falls, will be assisting
with a junior clinic and taking part in a Pro-Am
event, before taking to the court in a Doubles Exhibition,
which will begin at 6:00pm. He will be joined by
fellow Canadian and current ATP player, Philip Bester,
and former ATP doubles standout, Ellis Ferreira
of South Africa. The fourth participant in the doubles
match will be announced at a later date.
His 2007 results reflect a breakout year for Dancevic
as he reached a career-high ranking of 65 on the
ATP Tour and recorded his first victory over a top
10 player, defeating Andy Roddick in the semi-finals
in Indianapolis. He followed that up with a tremendous
tournament on home soil, losing a hard-fought 3-set
match to Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals of the
Masters Series in Montreal. Dancevic’s highlight
in 2008 was a first round upset of world # 7 David
Nalbandian at Wimbledon.
North Vancouver’s Philip Bester is a young player
looking to make his mark on the ATP Tour after a
fantastic final year of junior tennis in 2006, which
saw him reach the final at the French Junior Open.
Ferreira’s career highlights include the 2000 Australian
Open Doubles title with long-time partner Rick Leach,
which led to a career-high # 5 ranking in doubles.
Full bios and career highlights of these players
are available at
www.atptennis.com or by clicking on player images
to the right.
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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Raising a Racquet for Kids
Sponsors
Tennis Manitoba
would like to acknowledge the generous support of
those organizations and individuals that have been
quick to support Raising a Racquet for Kids.
The initial contributors include:
Silver Sponsor:
CIBC Wood Gundy
Junior Clinic Sponsor:
Derksen Group
Table Sponsor:
Rogers
Donations: Bob Akman, Jim Millican, Jared Connell,
Peter Otto, Marcie Saifer, Rufus Nel,
Winnipeg
Lawn Tennis Club and
Tennis Canada.
Sponsorship
Opportunities
There are
plenty of opportunities for those wishing to donate
gifts for the fundraising auctions, provide financial
donations or step up as an event sponsor. Tennis
Canada will be pleased to issue a business receipt
to corporate sponsors as proof of
financial contributions. Individual contributors
will be issued a charitable tax receipt for the
maximum eligible amount.
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Junior Tour Update
Waschuk Sisters Dominate 2008 Junior
Tour
It was a great year on the local
tennis scene for Evann Waschuk.
She was able to lock down the top
ranking positions in both the U16
and U18 junior girls age categories
with just over half a season of
tournament play. In total Evann
earned three championship titles
after taking the top spot on the
2008 Tennis Manitoba Open Tour in
the Women's Open Singles category.
To complete the family sweep, younger
sister Kylie was able to hold on
to both the junior girls U12 and
U14 points race, needing the final
Junior Tour match of the season
to fend off her nearest challenger.
On the boys side, Sean Bailey was
able to establish himself as the
top junior boy in the province while
new comer Igal Mostkov made an immediate
impact in the U16 points race. Both
Jeremy Gunn and Kevin Kylar added
some drama in their age categories,
taking the points lead after the
final Junior Tour tournament recently
held at Glendale Golf & Country
Club.
The 2008 Tennis Manitoba Junior
Tour Champions are:
U12 Girls Kylie Waschuk
U14 Girls Kylie Waschuk
U16 Girls Evann Waschuk
U18 Girls Evann Waschuk
U12 Boys Jeremy Gunn
U14 Boys Kevin Kylar
U16 Boys Igal Mostkov
U18 Boys Sean Bailey
The Tennis Manitoba Junior Tour
experienced superb growth in 2008,
adding a new stop at Sargent Park
Tennis Center and reviving the Auto
Haus Volkswagen Fall Junior Classic
and Manitoba Junior Open. During
the 8 tournaments there were 88
events run with a total of 373 player
registrations – an 82% growth over
the 2007 season.
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Kylar Earns Three Singles Titles
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Pictured from top is Kylie
Waschuk, Evann Waschuk,
Jeremy Gunn, Kevin Kylar,
Igal Mostkov and Sean Bailey.
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2009 Canada Games Training Team Selected
Peter Otto, Head Coach
of the 2009 Canada Games Team, has made his selections for
the team that will train over the winter months in preparation
for the Games next August in Prince Edward Island.
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Anika Campeau
Clarissa Chenn
Alexia Cholakis
Erika Fridrik
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Muzeen Ismath
Chad LaCap
Will McPherson
Igal Mostkov
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The final team, consisting
of 4 boys and 4 girls, will be chosen next June. For further
information about the 2009 Canada Games visit
www.2009canadagames.ca
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Rogers Rankings
– Adding up wins
By now you
have heard the news that Tennis Manitoba will be
teaming up with Tennis Canada and the other provincial
tennis associations to launch the new Rogers Rankings
head-to-head national ranking system on January
1, 2009. The system will award points to players
based on quality of wins, and deduct points in a
similar manner.
How does this impact you, a player that participates
in tournaments on the Tennis Manitoba Open / Junior
Tours? If maintaining a national ranking position
is important to you, then you’ll be happy to learn
that each match can generate ranking points.
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Help us get the word out –
writers needed
Tennis Manitoba
is looking for volunteer writers. If you are passionate
about tennis, have a knack for writing and are willing
to volunteer some of your time, then we could use
your help.
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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
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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
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provide draw details and match results for these
events at
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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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