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News Archives: February 2008
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Tennis Manitoba
Seeking Program Coordinator
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Thu Feb 26'08 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– Tennis Manitoba invites applications for the position
of Program Coordinator for the new Sargent Park tennis
facility. Responsibilities
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Implement
and oversee all programs at the new Sargent Park
tennis facility
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Manage
the operation of the facility on a daily basis
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Establish
relationships with the Physical Education teachers
in the Sargent Park area
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Manage
court availability for members, non-members and
Tennis Manitoba programs
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Teach
lessons, clinics and camps as required
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Organize
a minimum of one tournament during the summer season
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Be
accountable to and take direction from the Executive
Director of Tennis Manitoba
Qualifications
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Minimum
Instructor level certification from Tennis Canada
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Committed
to the goals and objectives of the Tennis Manitoba
Building Tennis Communities initiative
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Demonstrate
a high level of enthusiasm and dedication
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Strong
verbal and written communication skills
The Sargent Park Tennis Program Coordinator is a
term position from April, 2008 to September, 2008. The
successful candidate will be paid $9 per hour for off-court
duties, which will include organization of programs
and management of the facility. Supplemental income
is available through teaching tennis lessons and racquet
stringing.
Application deadline is Monday, March 10, 2008. Please
forward resume with references to:
Tennis Manitoba – Selection Committee
303-200 Main Street
Winnipeg, MB R3C 4M2
Tennis Manitoba is the official governing body for
tennis in Manitoba.
See also
Instructor Course
Scheduled for April
Tennis Manitoba Coaching
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Coaching Manitoba
Excellence Awards
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Thu Feb 21'08 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– Do you know a tennis instructor or coach that is worthy
of recognition by Coaching Manitoba? The Coaching Manitoba
Excellence Awards (CMEA) recognize the outstanding achievements
and significant contributions coaches have made to both
their athletes and sport. Coaches can be nominated in
several different categories, including Grassroots,
Developmental, School System and High Performance. The
nomination deadline is Friday, February 29th. For more
details
click here. See also
Instructor Course
Scheduled for April
Tennis Manitoba Coaching
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Bailey and Trstenjak
Claim Two Titles at Kids Dental Junior Open
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| U18 girls singles
champion Anita Paskvalin (left) with finalist
Clarissa Chen at the 2008 Kids Dental Junior
Open Tennis Championships. To view photo gallery
click here. |
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Tue Feb 19'08 (Updated
Feb 21'08) |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– Sean Bailey made it clear that he is the top junior
player in Manitoba after winning the U18 Boys Singles
championship at the Kids Dental Junior Open with a convincing
6-2, 6-3 victory over Alex Lesiuk. He added the U18
Boys Doubles crown, teaming up with Lesiuk to defeat
Eric Pollard and Igal Mostkov 6-1, 6-0.
Katie Trstenjak was also a double winner, partnering
with Lea Savatic to win the U14 Girls Doubles title
by defeating Emily Fridrik and Kylie Waschuk 6-3, 1-6,
12-10. This came after a hard fought 7-6(3), 7-5 victory
over Lana Tennenhouse in the U12 Girls Singles final.
The 2008 Kids Dental Junior Open Tennis Championships
was a qualifying event used for selection to the 2008
Junior Nationals for junior players residing in Manitoba.
It was the last opportunity for juniors in Manitoba
to earn qualifying points for the Manitoba Junior Indoor
National Qualifier scheduled February 28 - March 2,
2008. The final results were as follows:
Singles
U12 Girls:
Katie Trstenjak def. Lana Tennenhouse 7-6(3),
7-5
U14 Girls:
Kylie Waschuk def. Alexia Cholakis 5-7, 6-3,
6-2
U16 Girls:
Jessica Silva won round robin
U18 Girls:
Anita Paskvalin def. Clarissa Chen 6-2, 6-0
U12 Boys:
Chazla Simonyola def. Michael Corrigan 5-7, 6-3,
6-4
U14 Boys:
J.J. Gerstein def. Shane Nicholls 6-1, 7-5
U16 Boys:
Muzeen Ismath def. Igal Mostkov 7-6, 1-6, 6-2
U18 Boys:
Sean Bailey def. Alex Lesiuk 6-2, 6-3
Doubles
U14 Girls:
Katie Trstenjak / Lea Savatic def. Emily Fridrik
/ Kylie Waschuk 6-3, 1-6, 12-10
U18
Girls: Clarissa Chen / Anita Paskvalin def. Erika
Fridrik / Evann Waschuk 1-6, 6-3, 10-8
U14 Boys:
Shane Nicholls / Eagan Peters def. Michael
Corrigan / Ivan Paskvalin 6-0, 6-1
U18 Boys:
Sean Bailey / Alex Lesiuk def. Mostkov Igal /
Pollard Eric 6-1, 6-0.
For complete match results, draws and photo gallery
click
here.
The next stop on the
Tennis
Manitoba Junior Tour is the
Big
Sand Junior Classic at Taylor Tennis March 21-23.
The entry deadline is Friday, March 14th and entry forms
are available
here.
Tennis
Manitoba Junior Tour
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Carter Captures
Pair of Titles in Arizona
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| Lee Carter at
the 2007 Birmingham National Wheelchair Tennis
Championships. |
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Wed Feb 13'08 |
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Toronto, ON (Tennis
Canada) – Last week could not have gone any better for
wheelchair athlete Lee Carter (Winnipeg) as he collected
both the singles and doubles trophies at the USTA Southwest
Desert Wheelchair Classic held in Tucson, Arizona.
Playing in his first tournament of the season, Carter
was dominant from start to finish in the singles event.
The top seed breezed through the draw, dropping only
10 games in three matches to clinch the title. His run
included a 6-1, 6-0 thrashing of No. 2 seed Paul Moran
(USA) in the semis and a solid victory over No. 4 Anthony
Anderson (USA) in the quarter-finals.
Fellow Canadian Corey Blatchford (Saskatoon) also reached
the final four in the singles draw. In the quarters,
he posted a huge 7-5, 6-1 triumph over No. 3 seed Anthony
Lara (USA), a player ranked more than 40 spots higher
in the NEC Wheelchair Rankings but fell to Moran in
the semis to end his title hopes.
In doubles, Carter and Blatchford played together and
won the championship. After a bye in the quarters, the
top-seeded duo faced the determined American tandem
of Marty Anderson and Shane Everitt-Sharpe in the semis.
The Canadians were a little shaky in the first set,
dropping it 6-4, but rallied to take the match in perfect
fashion as they won the remaining two sets 6-0, 6-0.
They had an easier time in the final, cruising to a
straight-sets victory over Anthony Anderson and Lara.
Over on the women’s side, Annie Morissette (Montreal)
got an unlucky break as she drew top seed Karin Korb
(USA) in the first round and was defeated in straight
sets.
See also
Carter Captures
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Silva Selected
to Represent Tennis Canada on Tour in France
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| Daniella Silva |
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Tue Feb 12'08 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– Daniella Silva has been selected to join 3 other U12
players for the France Tour. The players were chosen
based on their performance in the U12 National Camp
held in January. This is the first time an individual
from Manitoba has represented Tennis Canada in Europe.
Daniella has been a member of Tennis Manitoba’s Provincial
Team for the past 3 years.
This is Daniella’s second year on the National Team
and she is the only player from the prairies (Manitoba,
Saskatchewan and Alberta) on the team. The trip involves
playing in a top international U12 tournament, training
and playing challenge matches with the top British U12
players. She will likely head into the upcoming Indoor
Nationals as the #2 seed in the girls U12 draw. At the
2007 U12 Outdoor Junior Nationals in Mont Tremblant,
Quebec, Daniella finished 7th. She has been participating
in Junior Nationals since 2005, when she was only 9
years old.
Daniella’s coach, Jared Connell, speaks highly of his
prize pupil. “As a player, Dani is a pleasure to work
with,” says Connell. “I have been fortunate to work
with Dani for 4 years now. From my first session with
her she had something special: a true passion and love
for the sport, and she is a tenacious/fierce competitor.
The word to describe Dani on court is feisty. I hope
she never loses that quality. Dani has a work ethic
second to none. Most of the concern I have with her
is that she sometimes works too much. Physical size
will always be an issue for Dani so her game is centered
around solid footwork, smart court positioning (playing
balls early, near the baseline) and variety. She plays
all areas of the game quite well but what separates
her from the rest is her ability to will the big shot
at the big time.”
Daniella will be leaving February 15 and returning March
2. Tennis Manitoba wishes her the best of luck!
Tennis Manitoba
Provincial Team
Tennis
Manitoba Junior Tour
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Calgary to Host
2008 U12 Indoor Junior Nationals
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Mon Feb 11'07 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– Tennis Canada has announced that the Tennis Academy
in Calgary will again play host to the U12 Indoor Junior
Nationals. The event will be held March 29-April 4,
2008 and will feature the top 32 boys and 32 girls from
across the country.
Tennis Manitoba will send two boys and two girls to
the 2008 U12 Indoor Junior Nationals, based on results
of the Indoor Nationals qualifier.
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Ioanidis First
Tennis Player to Enter Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame
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| James Ioanidis
was inducted into the Tennis Manitoba Hall of
Fame in the fall of 2007. |
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Sat Feb 9'08 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM)
– The Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame has announced that
James Ioanidis, a native of Portage la Prairie, will
be inducted into the Hall of Fame at a ceremony on April
26th in his hometown.
Ioanidis was inducted into the Manitoba Tennis Hall
of Fame last October in a moving ceremony attended by
family and friends at the Sun Center at Winnipeg Stadium.
He was one of only two Manitobans ever selected by Tennis
Canada for the Davis Cup trials. He also reached the
second round of the Canadian Tennis Championships in
1964 where he battled one of the greatest tennis players
of all time, Roy Emerson of Australia. He gave Emerson
all he could handle, falling 8-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Ioanidis captured 5 Manitoba Open Singles Championships
and was the dominant player in the province for many
years.See also...
Greats of the past get
call from Hall
Manitoba Tennis Hall of Fame bio
Tennis Manitoba Awards
Banquet
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Greats of the
past get call from Hall
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Wed Feb 6'08 |
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Portage la Prairie, MB (Joey Payeur,
The Daily Graphic)
Joanne Ioanidis flew all the way from Quebec to Portage
la Prairie just for a press conference. She wouldn’t
have missed it for the world and she will be glad to
return to Portage in less than three months.
The widow of former Portager Jimmy Ioanidis was on hand,
along with two of Jimmy’s sisters who live in Manitoba,
for the official announcement of Jim as one of the seven
individuals who will be inducted into the Manitoba Sports
Hall of Fame in the athletes category at the second
annual regional induction ceremonies on April 26 at
the Portage Curling Club and Canad Inns Portage.
Three individuals will be inducted in the builders category,
along with two teams, including the 1972-73 Centennial
Cup national champion Portage Terriers hockey team.
But for all the happy faces at Canad Inns Portage yesterday
for the announcement, Joanne’s shone with arguably the
most pride as she remembered her late husband, who was
the most successful player to ever come out of the Portage
tennis scene.
“It’s unbelievable. I’m speechless. It’s such an honour,”
said Joanne. “He was so dedicated to tennis. But he
was also such a devoted family man to me and our four
kids.
“He was always lending a helping hand to someone ...
and he was famous for his wonderful smile. When he walked
into a room, he lit up the room. He was a unique individual
who left his mark on everyone he met.”
Jimmy, who died on Oct. 23 at the age of 65, first hit
the courts at the Island Park Tennis Club (now Portage
Tennis Club) as an 11 year old in 1948.
He went on to win three consecutive Winnipeg and District
junior singles championships, as well as several mixed
championships before becoming one of the youngest to
ever hold the Manitoba Open men’s singles crown at age
19, a title he won five consecutive years. He also won
numerous doubles and mixed doubles championships during
his time in Manitoba.
Ioanidis, who was also inducted into the Manitoba Tennis
Hall of Fame last year, was eventually selected to attend
trials for the junior Davis Cup squad in Ottawa in 1959
and then the senior trials in 1964 after he and Joanne
moved to Montreal.
But his career highlight may have come in defeat during
that same year.
“Jim went up against Roy Emerson in the first round
of the Canadian Open championships,” recalled Joanne
about her husband facing the Australian, an International
Tennis Hall of Famer and 12-time Grand Slam singles
champion who won 55 straight matches on the way to an
incredible 109-6 record that year.
“Jim was leading 6-5 in the first set, but lost 8-6
and went on to lose the match. But the next day in the
paper, the headlines read, ‘Emerson Extended by Ioanidis.’
That was a pretty great moment.”
Tickets for the induction ceremonies are $60, with a
portion of the amount tax deductible. The tickets can
be bought at the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame offices
at 200 Main Street in Winnipeg; by phoning 925-5735
or by going online at
halloffame@sport.mb.ca.
Only 600 tickets will be available.
See also...
Ioanidis First Tennis
Player to Enter Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame
Manitoba Tennis Hall of Fame bio
Tennis Manitoba Awards
Banquet
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Davis Cup Live
Web Cast from Calgary this Weekend
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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – Go to
www.tenniscanada.com this weekend for the first-ever
web cast of a Davis Cup tie in Canada. The Canadians,
led by Davis Cup veteran Daniel Nestor, will take on
Mexico February 8-10.
The schedule will be as follows:
Friday, February 8th 5 p.m. CT
Saturday, February 9th 3 p.m. CT
Sunday, February 10th 1 p.m. CT
Tennis Canada Davis Cup webcast site
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Children's Fitness
Tax Credit
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Wed Feb 6'08 |
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Winnipeg, MB (TM) – Effective January
1, 2007, the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit will cover
eligible fees of up to $500 a year for parents with
children participating in physical activity programs.
The federal government proposed the credit in part due
to an alarming rise in obesity rates. The number of
overweight and obese Canadian children has nearly tripled
over the past two decades.
The tax credit applies to fees paid for "an eligible
program of physical activity" for children under the
age of 16 and is expected to cost the government $160
million a year.
Eligible activities are those in which "substantially
all of the activities undertaken include a significant
amount of physical activity that contributes to cardio-respiratory
endurance, plus one or more of: muscular strength, muscular
endurance, flexibility, balance."
Eligibility criteria includes:
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For children 10 and younger, activities must last
for at least 30 minutes while those for older children
must last at least 60.
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The eligible program must be at least eight weeks
long and provide for at least one session per week,
as described above.
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For a camp program to be eligible, it would need
to last at least five consecutive days, during which
at least 50 per cent of the activity during the
program hours of each day would involve physical
activity.
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In organizations such as golf clubs or clubs that
sponsor more than just physical activities, only
the portion of the membership fee that is activities-based
would be eligible. For family memberships, only
the part of the fee related to the child or children
is eligible.
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Programs requiring the use of a motorized vehicle
are not eligible.
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Fees charged for regular school phys-ed programs
are not eligible.
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The credit can only be claimed for activities occurring
in 2007. Fees paid in 2006 do not qualify, even
if all or part of the activity takes place in 2007.
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Children must be under 16 at any time in the year
when the parent is claiming the credit.
A child with a disability who is eligible
for the Disability Tax Credit (DTC), is also eligible
for the fitness credit, but the age for claiming it
will be raised to under 18. Parents can also claim "a
separate $500 non-refundable amount for DTC-eligible
children subject to spending a minimum of $100 on registration
fees for an eligible program."
Additional tax credit details
See also...
Kids not active
enough, study says
Tennis: Ranked Top Five Calorie Burning Exercises
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