TABLE OF CONTENTS
President’s Message....................................................................................................................................................... 4
NCTA Vision................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Introduction: Organized Tennis in the National Capital Region............................................................................ 6
History of Organized Tennis in the National Capital Region................................................................... 7
Former Association Presidents...................................................................................................................... 8
NCTA Board of Directors .............................................................................................................................. 8
Program Coordinators.................................................................................................................................... 8
OTA Coordinator Transition.......................................................................................................................... 9
NCTA Summer Photographer/Journalist.....................................................................................................12
NCTA New Logo............................................................................................................................................. 12
Orbit Play App................................................................................................................................................. 13
NCTA Sponsors............................................................................................................................................... 13
Tennis Family Tree.......................................................................................................................................... 14
Tennis Clubs in the National Capital Region.............................................................................................. 15
OTA Activity..................................................................................................................................................................18
Capital Kids Tennis Program......................................................................................................................... 19
Little Aces House Leagues.............................................................................................................................. 24
Little Aces in Schools...................................................................................................................................... 26
OTA Junior Competitive Circuit in Ottawa.................................................................................................27
2016 Roman Cup and Ontario Open............................................................................................................30
Ottawa Junior Tennis Update.........................................................................................................................33
Sport Schools and Their Role in Athletic Development.............................................................................36
Coaching Education........................................................................................................................................ 42
Kids’ Tennis Equipment..................................................................................................................................43
City of Ottawa Tennis Programs....................................................................................................................44
Steve Stevens Senior Nationals.....................................................................................................................................46
Steve Stevens Senior Nationals Returned to Ottawa after 24 years!..........................................................47
Ottawa Players Plays at the Steve Stevens Senior Nationals.......................................................................49
Steve Stevens Senior Nationals: From a Club’s Perspective........................................................................50
Tennis in the Community............................................................................................................................................ 52
Tennis Outaouais Performance......................................................................................................................53
St. James Tennis Club Adds 5th Court..........................................................................................................55
A Great Summer at Elmridge Park Tennis Club......................................................................................... 56
Busy Year at the Ottawa Athletic Club!........................................................................................................ 58
OTLBC Comes of Age in its 135th Year....................................................................................................... 59
Manotick Tennis Club Renovations.............................................................................................................. 60
St. James 2016 Court Resurfacing..................................................................................................................61
2nd Anual Rogers Cup Bus Trip!...................................................................................................................63
Tournament and Leagues in Ottawa 2016.................................................................................................................64
A Thank You Letter from the NCTA Tournament Director.......................................................................65
2016 NCTA Leagues........................................................................................................................................67
U12 National Selection Main Draw #2 (July 15th-17th)............................................................................67
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NCTA City Championships........................................................................................................................... 68
NCTA Masters O35/O55 Tournament......................................................................................................... 70
NCTA Masters O45/O65 Tournament......................................................................................................... 71
2016 Kunstadt Open....................................................................................................................................... 72
Tournament Results..................................................................................................................................................... 74
NCTA Adult City Championships................................................................................................................ 75
Pierre Despatie Memorial.............................................................................................................................. 75
Kanata Klassic.................................................................................................................................................. 75
Elmdale Open.................................................................................................................................................. 76
Kunstadt Open................................................................................................................................................. 76
2014 NCTA Junior City Championship....................................................................................................... 76
Adult Masters Over 35/55.............................................................................................................................. 76
Adult Masters Over 45/65.............................................................................................................................. 77
Adult Intermediates........................................................................................................................................ 78
NCTA Ladies Doubles Tournament............................................................................................................. 78
NCTA League Results.................................................................................................................................................. 79
2014 NCTA Summer Leagues........................................................................................................................80
Fall 2014 - Sunday Mixed Singles League..................................................................................................... 82
Fall 2014 - Mixed Team League......................................................................................................................83
Winter 2015 - Sunday Mixed Singles League...............................................................................................83
Winter 2015 - Saturday Mixed Team League at TCWO, Carleton, Rideau............................................. 85
Summer 2015 - Mixed Singles League.......................................................................................................... 85
Summer 2015 - Ladies’ Singles League..........................................................................................................87
Summer 2015 - Mixed Team League.............................................................................................................87
Fall 2015 - Mixed Singles League................................................................................................................... 88
Fall 2015 - Men’s Doubles League.................................................................................................................. 90
Fall 2015 - Mixed Team League..................................................................................................................... 90
Winter 2016 - Mixed Singles League.............................................................................................................91
Winter 2016 - Men’s Doubles League............................................................................................................92
Winter 2016 - Mixed Team League............................................................................................................... 92
Summer 2016 - Mixed Singles League.......................................................................................................... 93
Summer 2016 - Mixed Team League.............................................................................................................94
NCTA Past Champions.............................................................................................................................................. 95
NCTA City Championships......................................................................................................................... 96
NCTA Intermediate Championships.......................................................................................................... 102
NCTA Seniors Over 35................................................................................................................................. 107
NCTA Seniors Over 40................................................................................................................................. 109
NCTA Seniors Over 45................................................................................................................................. 110
NCTA Seniors Over 55................................................................................................................................. 112
NCTA Seniors Over 65................................................................................................................................. 114
NCTA Boys Under 18 Singles – H. S. Southam Trophy........................................................................... 114
NCTA Girls Under 18 Singles – Mrs. H. F. Wright Trophy......................................................................115
NCTA Sponsors.......................................................................................................................................................... 117
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National Capital Tennis Association
Website: www.ncta.ca
E-mail: [email protected]
Address: P. O. Box 4354 Station E,
Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B3
The 2016 yearbook was produced by:
Fei Wu and John Wins-Purdy
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President’s message
“
2016 has been a memorable year for tennis in the National Capital. We have
seen new clubs joining the NCTA and participation in our programs has
increased on multiple fronts. The Capital Kids program is in the final year of the
current funding and we have exceeded the expectations (targets) that earned us
the grant in each of the three years – we are now exploring options that will allow us to sustain this very important initiative. Our Little Aces program is now
well established and recognized by Tennis Canada as one of the best examples of
a program of this kind in the country. Our singles and doubles leagues are full
and well appreciated by our members, and we are delighted to have launched
additional indoor leagues this Fall including our first Ladies’ Doubles league.
Our tournaments have been a great success this year with participation levels
Philip Johnson
continuing their upwards trend in almost all categories. Our tournament season
reached a crescendo this year with the hosting of the Steve Stevens National Senior Championships at 5 of
our member clubs. It has been 24 years since these championships were held in Ottawa and we have high
hopes that this will become a more regular occurrence in the future. What next for us in terms of national
level events – the Davis Cup or the Fed Cup perhaps?
These achievements are cause for celebration but not for complacency. Tennis clubs still need to prepare
themselves for the reality of demographic changes (baby boomers retire from club membership faster than
millennials are joining) and for the disruption caused by the internet making virtual tennis clubs available as
an alternative to the traditional set up. The “value proposition” of tennis clubs, particularly the smaller, municipal clubs needs to be stronger. During the course of the coming months we will be working with the City
of Ottawa to prepare a new 5-year agreement for municipal clubs to help them build a sustainable future.
We remain committed to our vision and firmly believe that the National Capital Region is and will remain
the most vibrant tennis community of any major municipality in the country.
I hope that you enjoy this yearbook and learn more about what is happening in your local tennis community. ”
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NCTA vision
T
he NCTA is first and foremost an association of tennis clubs so our primary objective is to create a
vibrant and growing portfolio of tennis clubs. We aim to partner with the OTA and the City of Ottawa
to create pathways that will encourage people to join tennis clubs. This means engaging youth (and their
parents), introducing them to tennis and then guiding them towards their nearest tennis club to sustain their
interest.
Perhaps the biggest challenge to tennis clubs is technology. It used to be that people would start hitting a ball
on a public park court with a friend but as soon as they wanted to find others to play with or get some lessons or play in a league or ladder or to be able to have guaranteed court time, then they would join a tennis
club. Today it is possible to do all of these things via the internet and to continue to rely on public facilities.
What then is the need to join a tennis club (and pay those membership fees)?
We need to develop a new and compelling value proposition for people to join a tennis club, create more
demand amongst younger generations, and make tennis clubs more accessible. With this in mind, our v2020
(vision for 2020) includes:
• Maintain all current clubs and create at least 3 new clubs of which one will be a year-round facility;
• All tennis clubs in Ottawa are NCTA members through membership of the Ontario Tennis Association
(and clubs in Quebec who wish to participate in NCTA programs are who are members of Tennis Quebec)
and are equal partners & beneficiaries of the tennis community;
• Both the Capital Kids and the Little Aces programs are maintained beyond their current three year basis
with a sustainable funding basis;
• The NCTA is seen as the voice of tennis clubs in the region (for example, in any dealings on behalf of the
community with the City of Ottawa and the NCC); and,
• The City Championships are recognized as the largest and most prestigious tournament in the region.
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Introduction:
Organized Tennis
in the National Capital Region
History of Organized Tennis in the National Capital Region [7]
Former Association Presidents [8]
NCTA Board of Directors [8]
Program Coordinators [8]
OTA Coordinator Transition [9]
NCTA Summer Photographer/Journalist [12]
NCTA New Logo [12]
Orbit Play App [13]
NCTA Sponsors [13]
Tennis Family Tree [14]
Tennis Clubs in the National Capital Region [15]
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History of Organized Tennis in the National Capital Region
T
he game of lawn tennis was still in its infancy when it was first played on the grounds of Rideau Hall in
the late 1870s. With the formation of the Ottawa Lawn Club in 1881 (now known as the Ottawa Tennis
and Lawn Bowling Club), a base was laid for the development of organized tennis in the capital.
The Canadian Lawn Tennis Association was founded in 1890 and
in 1894 the Canadian Championships were held at the Ottawa
Club, which at that time was located on Cartier Square.
Ottawa players competed in a Montreal-based league from 1898
to 1902, and from 1903 to 1909 there was an inter-club league in
the capital. City Championships were inaugurated in 1910.
The game was played on grass until 1913, when the newly formed
Rideau Lawn Tennis Club installed a number of clay courts.
Ottawa Lawn Tennis Club Members, 1894 After the First World War, there was a great increase in the num(photo credit: Public Archives of Canada) ber of clubs and it was then that the present overall organization
had its beginning. The Ottawa District Lawn Tennis Association
(ODLTA) was established in the summer of 1920. By the mid-1920s, it had some 40 member clubs.
In 1910, the Sir Percy Lake Trophy, emblematic of the men’s singles City Championship and the Dr. F. C.
Hanna and Birks Trophies for the Men’s Doubles Championship were first awarded. In 1925, the first Women’s Singles Championship was contested for the P. D. Ross Trophy and the first Mixed Doubles Championship was held for the John Murphy Trophy. The following year, 1926, the Hon. Charles Murphy Trophy,
emblematic of the City Women’s Doubles Championship was awarded, completing all the City Championship events for which competitions are still held.
Shortly after its formation, the ODLTA became affiliated with the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association and
the Ontario Lawn Tennis Association until early in 1958, except for a brief period during the 1940s when it
was affiliated with the Quebec association. In 1958 the ODLTA was granted “provincial” status by the national organization. Its name was changed to the National Capital Lawn Tennis Association in 1960 and the
word “lawn” was dropped in 1979. The NCTA ceased to have “provincial” status in the fall of 1988. In 1991,
it became an autonomous region of the Ontario Tennis Association.
The ODLTA set up an inter-club league in 1922. It had three main sections designated A, B and C, until
1966, when the present four-division arrangement was adopted. In 2004, the now called Mixed League adopted a Box system to promote more competitive matches.
Intermediate championships (for players under the “A” level) were established in 1934. The present Masters’
competition, originally for men 40 and over, began in 1960 when a trophy was given in memory of Jean Rinfret, a colourful player who was fatally injured in a skiing accident.
The Canadian National Tennis Championships were held at the Rideau Tennis and Squash Club in 1977, at
the Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club from 1978 to 1981, and again at the Rideau from 1982 to 1984.
For the past few years, the Rideau Tennis Club has hosted the Ontario Open Championships.
For many years the Rideau Tennis Club was the home of the Canadian Open & Closed Junior Championships. In 1949, the late E. C. Condon established a separate junior tournament, emblematic of the junior city
championship. From 2002 to 2004, the Canadian Under 14 National Championships were held at the Ottawa
Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club.
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Former Association Presidents
Year
2014 – present
2010 – 2013
2009 – 2010
2004 – 2008
2000 – 2003
1998 – 1999
1994 – 1997
1990 – 1993
1988 – 1989
1985 – 1987
1983 – 1984
1980 – 1982
1978 – 1979
1977
1976
1975
1973 – 1974
1971 – 1972
1970
President
Year
President
Philip Johnson
Sean Sweeney
Bruce Ramsay
Peter Sutcliffe
Danielle Smith
Ann Laubstein
Andrew Verney
Fred Gormley
Fred Bossons
Michael Sims
V. M. “Kal” Kalra
Frank Cartwright
Barry Nicoll
Henry Calderon
Barry Darlington
Jack Longhurst
Michael Measures
Ron Mortby
Bill Vant
1969
1968
1966 – 1967
1964 – 1965
1963
1961 – 1962
1960
1958 – 1959
1957
1955 – 1956
1953 – 1954
1948 – 1952
1942 – 1947
1939 – 1941
1926 – 1938
1925
1922 – 1924
1920 – 1922
Keith McAlister
Blair Dunlop
Forbes Munroe
Jim Kent
Phil MacGowan
J. A. “Sandy” Lowdon
Frank Kaszas
Dave Seymour
Frank Creed
Ken Martindale
Victor Hossack
Earl K. Hanlon
Fergus Lothian
W. Arthur Steel
John Murphy
R. A. V. Nicholson
John Murphy
J. Montague Bates
NCTA Board of Directors
Position
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
City of Ottawa Representative
Name
Philip Johnson
Brian Briggs
Bruce Ramsay
Marinus Wins
Ward Cosman
Position
Business Representative
Club Representative
Club Representative
Club Representative
Name
Ron Kunstadt
Paula Jokiel
Gary Eikenberry
Beth Everson
Program Coordinators
Program
Leagues Coordinator and Tournament Director
Photographer and Journalist
OTA Programs Director
Website
Coordinator
Fei Wu
Daniel Prinn (June to September 2016)
John Wins-Purdy (term ended September 2016)
Matt MacKinnon (term started October 2016)
Brooke Stephens, Mona Hafez, Kim Tang
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OTA Coordinator Transition
An Open Letter from John Wins-Purdy
I
have had many wonderful years involved in the tennis community in Ottawa. Starting as a young junior at St. James at age 5, then beginning lessons
at OAC, Rideau and OTLBC, into my teen years working at St. James Tennis
Club and more recently working for the OTA, Tennis Canada and the City of
Ottawa, my journey is going on 26 years. In my time, I’ve fully realized the
value and opportunities that tennis has brought to my life and how fortunate
I am to have made so many great friends through a sport that I love. And I
don’t think that this experience is uncommon. Tennis, while being a social
sport, is quite difficult to learn and even more difficult to master because it
requires a level of mental, physical and character toughness which I believe
compares to no other sport. The relationship one builds with the racquet, the
ball, the court, the environment, and most significantly, with one’s opponents
John Wins-Purdy
is unique to every player but it is the existence of this relationship that all
players share with one another. It brings with it a commonality that is the basis for many friendships and rivalries within our local clubs and competitions. In other words, have you ever
met a tennis player that didn’t like talking about tennis? Even a player who has just lost a match will within
minutes become animated and start talking about their game and how they just didn’t have it that day, and
how the windy conditions affected their toss, or how well their opponent used their slice backhand to a devastating effect. Soon the loss has been forgotten and the excitement of post-game analysis has taken over.
Tennis clubs are the home of our sport, facilitating a great amount of physical activity and maintaining a
broad social network. In an age dominated by smartphones and social media, we are witnessing decreasing
physical activity among youth and adults. In addition, one can observe, in some respects, an eroding connectedness within our local communities. The need to preserve and develop of our collection of tennis clubs
is possibly greater than ever.
Interest in tennis has increased on a national and international level over the past decade. Roger Federer,
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, three of four of the greatest male players of all time, are still competing
for Grand Slams while Serena Williams is poised to break Steffi Graf ’s grand slam singles record at the ripe
age of 35. Canada’s Milos Raonic defeated Federer in the greatest match of his career in the Wimbledon
semifinals this season only to lose in the finals to the surging Scot, Andy Murray who is at the top of his
game. Milos, if he is healthy, will get his chance at revenge against Murray as Canada has drawn Great Britain in the first Davis Cup World Group tie in 2017 which will be hosted in Canada. We are in the twilight
years of the Golden Age of professional tennis and for Canada, with rising stars like Denis Shapovalov, Felix
Auger-Aliassime and Bianca Andreescu, and Milos in the top 8 and steadily improving, many hope that we
might be entering the Canadian Tennis renaissance in the near future. As a fan and player of the game, it
has been a privilege to watch and learn from the living legends and to draw great inspiration from our national heros.
One would hope that as a result of the buzz that these players have created, we would see this correlate to
increased participation and membership at our tennis clubs. In many cases, we have seen growth on both
fronts but it has not necessarily translated into growing memberships and participation across the board.
While we see a healthy, albeit aging, adult membership base in our network of clubs, junior and family
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memberships have not multiplied as one might expect. In this day and age, kids tend to lead overly managed and heavily structured lives and when they are not doing a planned activity or on a “play date”, some
like to unwind on their smartphones either on social media or playing the latest video game. Dropping junior participation is not only happening in tennis but in sport across the board. And the reality can’t simply
be chalked up to technology and “kids these days” because there are other factors at play. Many parents and
coaches overemphasis on competition and achieving results at a young age is a large deterrent for many kids.
As a result, many top coaches are only focused on selecting the very best and weeding out the others at a
very young age. Kids who are not seen to be on at least a scholarship path as early as 8 or 9 can be sidelined
or deemed unfit for a particular program which can be devastating for some kids. This type of process can
very easily kill any desire within a child to play a sport and is a factor which contributes to dropping participation at an early age. Another factor is the rising cost of sports. A Vital Signs/True Sport Foundation study
found that 6 in 10 children from low income families are active in organized sports compared with 8.5 in 10
from families with household income over $80,000. Talking with many parents in Ottawa, the family of an
average competitive junior from Ottawa will spend at least $5,000 a year to finance their training, tournaments and travel with many families shelling out over $10,000 annually. The financial commitment is unreasonable for the vast majority of families which may cause them elsewhere for opportunities in organized
sport. We as tennis coaches, club directors, parents and community leaders have a responsibility to consider
every child and how valuable the role of sport can pay in their lives. This means, in addition to continuing
to support our future Milos Raonic and Serena Williams, we need to ensure that we are offering accessible
and fun opportunities for juniors everywhere, some of whom will go onto to become key members of our
tennis clubs and communities in the near future.
In short, we need to increase the number of opportunities for kids to learn and play tennis in a fun,
low-pressure and engaging environment, at minimal cost. In its essence, tennis can, in fact, be one of the
most inexpensive sports to play. For less than $50 two people can play at a local City of Ottawa tennis court
for the entire outdoor season. If they want to join a local club to meet new players and seek additional programs and services, they can join one of Ottawa’s many community clubs at a reasonable cost where junior
membership is typically around $40 for the season and adult membership is approximately double this cost.
Despite this affordability, many still view tennis clubs as inaccessible. In the not-so-distant past, the vast
majority of tennis clubs were seen as elitist clubs and closed to anyone but it’s members. Many clubs have
worked hard on challenging this reputation by opening up their courts to local schools and their communities at large. This season 5 clubs participated in the Capital Kids program which allowed hundreds of kids
to participate in free tennis lessons at their club. At Craig Henry alone, over 200 kids participated throughout the season. This has gone a long way in changing people’s attitudes towards tennis and tennis clubs as
friendly venues of sport and social activity within their communities.
Compared with most other sports, learning how to play tennis is very challenging and having someone
capable of organizing and leading fun and engaging programs is crucial. Kids especially have a hard time
taking to something if they don’t experience initial success. If they experience frustration in their first lesson or game, they might easily decide to put the racquet down and instead, kick a soccer ball around or do
something that they can handle more easily. For this reason, it is essential that we continue to support Tennis Canada’s Coaching Certification Program which provides local courses in our region. Through strong
advocacy we have managed to recruit course leaders to Ottawa over the past 3 years from Toronto, Montreal
and Vancouver, the homes of our National Training Centres. The leaders delivered an Officiating Course,
Wheelchair Tennis Workshop, 3 Summer Camp Series workshops and two Club Pro 1 courses, which were
not previously held in Ottawa. These types of professional development opportunities keep our coaches current in latest practices and techniques, well informed and serve to inspire them. I think it’s important that
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we encourage our club staff seek these opportunities and remain up to date with their certifications.
As I leave the role of OTA Regional Coordinator for Ottawa, I feel that we have made a lot of progress over
the past 3 years. Junior competitive participation is up 92%, new recreational Little Aces Leagues with hundreds of kids have been established, Parks and Rec programs have improved in both quality and volume, and
tennis coaching education opportunities have multiplied. We have introduced tennis to over 15,000 kids in
elementary schools, delivered over 1,000 free tennis lessons to close to 4,000 kids in Capital Kids, managed
$77,500 worth of Kids’ Tennis equipment, and clubs have access to these programs and other services such
as the Smash Cage and Tennis Tour. The NCTA Board has expanded both in size and operation, and the
relationship between the City, NCTA, OTA and Tennis Canada has never been stronger. Tennis Canada
decided to bring the Steve Stevens Senior Nationals to Ottawa based on a strong network of volunteers and
OTA clubs that were willing to support it and the event was a smashing success. Tennis Clubs have played
a crucial role in supporting the OTA movement in Ottawa and I hope that they continue to do so given the
progress that we have made together. The volunteers within our club system don’t receive enough credit for
the tireless work and energy they put into making our clubs stronger.
I have so many people to thank for all the work they do for tennis in Ottawa and for the help they have
provided me over the past many years. It has been my pleasure and privilege to serve our community and to
have worked alongside and become friends with such a diverse group of individuals. While I am now off to
explore the green pastures of Scotland, I will always hold memories of the Ottawa tennis community close to
my heart.
I wish Matt MacKinnon, our new OTA Regional Coordinator, all the best in continuing to move tennis forward in Ottawa.
Yours
John
An Open Letter from New OTA Coordinator Matt MacKinnon
I’m very excited to take on this new position and to continue to work on
many of John’s initiatives. I’ve come to the position from slowly and steadily
gaining more excitement for tennis through the years. I started playing a little
tennis as a kid at the Elmdale Tennis Club, went to a few tennis camps and
the very occasional tournament. After graduating from Humber College for
music, I started working at Elmdale while pursuing a Bachelor of Education
from uOttawa. I found that there’s nothing that makes you want to play tennis more than watching others play while you’re on shift!
Matt MacKinnon
A key focus of this position will be getting young potential players to try
tennis and to offer them many ways to continue to enjoy tennis in recreational
and competitive settings. Since the creation of this position in 2013, John has
helped to dramatically increase the number of competitive junior tournaments in Ottawa. Sustaining and building on these great opportunities that
have been created for competitive juniors will be a focus for my position.
For the not-as-competitive player, I will be continuing John’s work supporting Little Aces tennis leagues. For
the last ten years Tennis Canada has been promoting league play with progressive equipment which allows
kids to play competitively in a friendly atmosphere. These leagues are very similar to the very successful
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soccer leagues every parent knows well. Currently there are Little Aces leagues at Carleton, TCWO and the
Rideau.
To help recruit potential new, young players I will be working with City of Ottawa’s Parks and Rec tennis
programs. As the programs are often overseen by someone without a tennis background, I will be assisting
them in finding proper instructors for programs, making sure they have the proper equipment, and encouraging them to offer as many tennis programs as feasible.
Schools are a second key focus for trying to get potential players to try tennis. A success I’m proud of at
Elmdale was finding a balance between membership needs, tournaments, camps, and outreach programs.
We sold out both memberships and camps while running tournaments and reaching out to local schools
to bring classes of students to try tennis at the club. In this new position, I will be continuing to reach out
to schools – teaching classes in gyms with portable nets and passing out information at the end of sessions
about the closest clubs and programs.
One quick addition I have made is the NCTA social media accounts. I hope these will be useful throughout
the year for sharing tournaments, leagues, special events, pictures and videos. Links to them can be found at
the top of “www.ncta.ca”.
If you are thinking about starting or re-working a tennis initiative, please reach out me. I’m happy to chat
and help out in any way I can.
Matt MacKinnon
613-263-3786
[email protected]
NCTA Summer Photographer/Journalist
D
aniel Prinn is a graduate of Algonquin College’s journalism program. He was the
photography editor with the student newspaper, the Algonquin Times. For the
summer, he was an intern with the National Capital Tennis Association taking pictures
of the tournaments hosted in the Ottawa area, as well as writing some of the articles
you will see in this Yearbook. He’s a passionate photographer with a love for sports
photography and portraits, and is an avid watcher of films, reviewing them on his
website.
NCTA New Logo
H
ave you noticed our new logo?
We decided that the NCTA’s logo should be something that more recognizably linked to the National
Capital and used colours that work better across the full spectrum of media that we use. We hope that you
like it.
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Orbit Play App
O
ur local friends at OrbitHub have just released a fun new iOS mobile app called OrbitPlay. The free app
allows tennis players (club or public court) to instantly connect and coordinate their play. It can also be
used by club managers to attract prospective new members and promote their memberships and events! If
you’d like to introduce the app to your club, reach out to [email protected].
NCTA Sponsors
T
he NCTA wants to express appreciation to our local sponsors, Beth Everson and Kunstadt Sports, for
their long term support. Beth has wrote us a small piece about her stories with the NCTA. You can read
about Kunstadt Open in our Tournament section and find out more about how our sponsors are helping us
to grow tennis in Ottawa.
A Message from Beth Everson
“I’m proud to be a sponsor of the NCTA and a member of the NCTA board.
I’ve enjoyed the benefits of the NCTA for many years, participating in tournaments and inter-club leagues.
Through these activities I’ve gained a network of wonderful friends across the Ottawa tennis community.
However, it wasn’t until I joined the board that I fully appreciated the extent of the work the NCTA does to
promote tennis in Ottawa.
The NCTA aims to assure a strong future for tennis in Ottawa through programs such as Little Aces and
Capital Kids, which offered free tennis lessons, including use of a racquet, to families across the city. More
than 3000 children participated on Capital Kids in 2014 to 2016 in locations across Ottawa. The Little Aces
program takes tennis to elementary schools each spring, reaching more than 4000 children, and runs leagues
throughout the year. The NCTA also supports the high school and elementary school tournaments. The goal
is to encourage a new generation to enjoy the sport and join one of the many excellent clubs across the city.
The NCTA is committed to helping its member clubs grow, and offers a wide array of services to the clubs.
I’ve just scratched the surface of the NCTA’s contributions beyond tournaments and leagues. So, thanks to
the NCTA coordinators, member clubs and hundreds of volunteers who help make Ottawa a great place to
play tennis.”
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Tennis Family Tree
Men’s Professional Tennis
ATP Tour
International Tennis
Federation
Women’s Professional Tennis
WTA Tour
Tennis Canada in Toronto:
Rexall Centre
1 Shoreham Drive, suite 100
Toronto, Ontario M3N 3A6
http://www.tenniscanada.com
Ontario Tennis Association
1 Shoreham Drive
Suite # 200
Toronto, Ontario M3N 3A7
http://www.tennisontario.com
National Capital Tennis Association
PO Box 4354
Station E
Ottawa, ON K1S 5B3
www.ncta.ca
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Tennis Clubs in the National Capital Region
Club Name & Address
Almonte Tennis Club
152 Wilson St., RR3,
Almonte, ON, K0A 1A0
Barrhaven Tennis Club
(Barr)
Status
# of Courts
Club Telephone
Number
OTA
3 plexi-pave
OTA
8 plexi-pave
613-825-5337
7 plexi-pave
613-749-3754
6 plexi-pave
613-824-0002
www.blackburntennis.ca
4 plexi-pave
613-828-5167
www.byc.ca/tennis-at-byc
4 plexi-pave
613-526-9777
www.tonymilotennis.com
5 plexi-pave
613-225-8599
www.cityviewtennis.ca
8 plexi-pave
613-829-8303
www.craighenrytennis.
com
3 plexi-pave
613-721-2231
www.crystalbeachtennis.
org
3 plexi-pave
613-230-1133
6 Har-Tru
613-729-3644
www.elmdale.ca
OTA
4 plexi-pave
613-748-0490
www.elmridgetennis.com
TQ
4 plexi-pave
www.tennisgatineau.com
OTA
4 plexi-pave
www.generalburnstennis.
ca
www.almontetennisclub.
ca
Larkin Park, 76 Larkin Dr.
OTA
Beacon Hill Tennis Club
(Associate)
2381 Ogilive Rd.
Blackburn Hamlet Tennis
Corresponding
Club
2669 Innes Rd.
Britannia Yacht Club (BYC)
OTA
2777 Cassels St.
Carleton University
OTA
Tennis Centre
(Associate)
85 Univeristy Rd.
City View Tennis Club (CV)
OTA
58 Fieldrow St.Crestview Park
Craig Henry Tennis Club
(CH)
OTA
135 Craig Henry Dr.
Crystal Beach Tennis Club
(CB)
Corresponding
Corkstown Rd.
DARA Tennis Club
Maple Drive, Central Exper- Corresponding
imental Farm
Elmdale Tennis Club (Elm)
OTA
184 Holland Ave. (at Byron)
Elmridge Tennis Club
Elmridge Dr.
Gatineau Tennis Club
Rue de Provence, Gatineau
Website
www.barrhaventennisclub.com
General Burns Tennis Club (GB)
General Burns Park
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Club Name & Address
Glen Cairn Tennis Club
84 Castlefrank Rd.
Glens Tennis Club
Pineglen Park and
Grenfell Park
Hillcrest Tennis Academy
Long Park Tennis Club
Steve McClean Park
Lindenlea Tennis Club
15 Rockcliffe Way
Lynwood Tennis Club
Lynwood Park, 7 Sycamore Dr.
Manotick Tennis Club
5572 Doctor Leach Dr.,
March Tennis Club
2500 Campeau Dr.
Orléans Tennis Club
1257 Joseph Drouin Ave.
Ottawa Athletic Club
2525 Lancaster Rd.
Status
# of Courts
501 Rockcliffe Parkway
613-831-0755
Website
www.glencairntennis.ca
NCTA
4 plexi-pave
NCTA
2 plexi-pave at
each location
OTA
4 plexi-pave
Corresponding
4 plexi-pave
Corresponding
2 plexi-pave
Corresponding
4 plexi-pave
613-820-6852
OTA
6 plexi-pave
613-692-0533
Corresponding
8 plexi-pave
613-592-6269
OTA
4 plexi-pave
613-837-2845
www.orleanstennisclub.ca
OTA
5 (outdoor)
8 (indoor)
613-523-1540
www.ottawaathleticclub.
com
OTA
7 en-tout-cas
4 plexi-pave
613-746-8540
www.onec.ca
OTA
18 Har-Tru
613-730-7207
www.otlbc.com
Corresponding
3 Har-tru
10 plexi-pave
613-824-8171
www.capitalcamps.ca
OTA
4 plexi-pave
OTA
4 plexi-pave
Ottawa New Edinburgh Tennis
Club (ONEC)
Club Telephone
Number
(at Tennis Crescent)
www.glenstennisclub.ca
www.aloveoftennis.org
http://fhaca.wordpress.
com/programs-2/longpark-tennis-club/
www.lindenlea.ca/tennis.
html
https://sites.google.com/
site/lynwoodparktennis/
www.manoticktennisclub.
com
www.marchtennisclub.
com
Ottawa Tennis & Lawn Bowling
Club (OTLBC)
176 Cameron Ave.,
Queenswood-Fallingbrook
Tennis Club (Q-FTC)
Centennial Park, (3 courts)
Kinsella Park (4 courts)
Gardenway Park (3 courts)
Maple Ridge Park (3 courts)
Perth Tay Tennis Club
Conlon Farm, Perth
Renfrew Tennis Club
Na-te-way Park, Renfrew
www.perthtaytennis.ca
613-432-4380
www.renfrewtennis.com
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Club Name & Address
Status
# of Courts
Club Telephone
Number
Website
www.racentre.com
OTA
8 plexi-pave
11 Har-tru
613-749-6126
Corresponding
4 plexi-pave
4 Har-tru
613-749-5494
Ryerson Tennis Club
Corresponding
4 plexi-pave
Smith Falls Tennis Club
OTA
3 plexi-pave
TQ
5 uni-turf
indoor
819-777-5656
www.sportheque.com
OTA
4 plexi-pave
613-237-5469
www.stjamestennis.ca
OTA
7 har-tru
6 red clay
613-828-7622
http://tcwo.ca/
NCTA
4 plexi-pave
613-828-3460
www.tatennis.ca
Corresponding
4 plexi-pave
613-596-1760
Rideau Tennis Club (Rid)
1 Donald St., Ottawa
Rockcliffe Lawn Tennis Club
(Rock)
465 Lansdowne St. N.
Lansdowne St., Smith Falls
Sporthèque de Hull
72 Jean Proulx St. Gatineau
St. James Tennis Club (StJ)
183 Third Ave.
Tennis Club West Ottawa
(TCWO)
Britannia Park
www.rltennis.ca
www.ryersontennisclub.
com
Trend Arlington Tennis Club
(TATC)
Trend Arlington Park
(off Bellman Dr.)
Valley Stream Tennis Club
3412 Richmond Rd.
(near Acres Rd.)
Notes on Status
OTA – Clubs which elect to join the Ontario Tennis Association and are eligible to participate in OTA
programs. These clubs are also automatically members of the NCTA. (The NCTA is one of 10 autonomous regions of the OTA)
NCTA – Clubs which elect to join the National Capital Tennis Association and are eligible for all NCTA
programs
Corresponding –This category is reserved for clubs within the National Capital region, who are not
active members of the NCTA or OTA, but may receive correspondence regarding the association’s activities. There is no fee for this category.
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OTA Activity
Capital Kids Tennis Program
Little Aces House Leagues
Little Aces in Schools
OTA Junior Competitive Circuit in Ottawa
2016 Roman Cup and Ontario Open
Ottawa Junior Tennis Update
Sport Schools and Their Role in Athletic Development
Coaching Education
Kids’ Tennis Equipment
City of Ottawa Tennis Programs
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(Photography by Daniel Prinn)
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Capital Kids Tennis Program
Program Director: John Wins-Purdy
Program Coordinator: Fei Wu
Introduction
C
apital Kids is a community tennis program for the Ottawa region
providing cost-free tennis lessons for children aged 6 to 12. Over 3
years, Capital Kids will introduce the sport of tennis to over 3,750 children,
providing an outlet for regular physical activity. The lessons will take place
on public tennis courts in areas which we have designated as Tennis Hubs.
A Tennis Hub encompasses: publicly owned tennis courts (many of which
are currently underutilized) and at least 2 nearby elementary schools.
Many of the hubs will be created mostly in neighbourhoods in which social/economic challenges make tennis an inaccessible sport, ie: low-income
areas with high concentrations of immigrants/New Canadians, low levels
of physical activity, and high unemployment, particularly among youth.
Four Tennis Hubs will receive programming in the first year, with an additional 3 hubs being added each
year until a total of 10 hubs are delivering tennis programming by year 3.
This initiative, funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, represents a collaborative effort by the Ontario Tennis Association, the City of Ottawa and the NCTA to provide all children with more affordable and
accessible tennis programs.
First year Results: Year 2014
Capital Kids was a great success in its first season. Programs ran at 4 different locations across Ottawa –
Sheffield Glen Park in the East end, Judge Park in the West end, Alta Vista School in Ottawa South, and Jules
Morin/Bordeleau Park in Lowertown, from June 1st to September 28th.
In total, 770 kids registered and participated in the program. Lessons were offered between 3 and 5 times
per week (depending on the location) with over 80% of kids playing twice per week. Across all 4 locations,
approximately 70 % of registrants were visible minorities, of whom many were New Canadians.
The program provided equipment for all the coaches/participants, and racquets and balls were available for
purchase at a subsidized rate. Over 150 racquets were purchased over the course of the summer.
Second year Results: Year 2015
Following from a successful first year, Capital Kids expanded into 4 new locations in year 2 – Tanglewood
Park on Woodfield Drive in Nepean, Owl Park on Owl Drive off Hunt Club, Colonel By High School in
Beacon Hill and Riverain Park in Vanier. We maintained all first year locations except for Bordeleau Park
because these public courts were so busy with regular players that court availability became an issue.
In order to deliver the over 700 tennis lessons across 7 locations, a highly professional and independent team
of Head Coaches was assembled in the winter. New coaches Sean Fowler, Tahir Syed, and Joanne Homza
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were added to our team of returning coaches – Bosco Fernandes, Michael Paduch, Nelson Dordelly-Rosales and Francisco Alvarez. Our team’s backgrounds are quite diverse,
ranging from full-time teaching Pros to school teachers, a
civil servant, a lawyer and an academic. Having a highly
competent staff to lead at each location was crucial to the
success of the program. They are responsible for preparing
the equipment, taking attendance, and delivering each lesson
with relatively high student to coach ratios, around 12:1. In
order to run a quality lesson with such high ratios required
that our Head Coaches engage parents in each lesson, training them to set up progressive tennis nets and courts, feed
balls to kids, supervise and manage courts, scorekeep match(Capital Kids 2015 head coaches)
es and tidy up at the end of each lesson. This is quite a dramatic change for most of our tennis coaches and for the sport of tennis at large but despite this, our coaches
adapted well and parents were very receptive to this concept. Some relished the opportunity to learn alongside our experienced coaches and had a lot of fun participating in the lesson with their children.
Overall, we delivered lessons to a total of 1,478 kids this summer, nearly double the number from year 1.
The program once again provided equipment at a subsidized rate and in total we sold approximately 320
racquets and 740 balls.
Third Year Results: 2016
The program took a new direction in 2016 in hosting the
program at tennis clubs in the area as well as some public
court locations. We offered to any OTA club the opportunity to have the Capital Kids program come to their club.
Rideau TC, Orleans TC, Elmridge TC, OTLBC, Craig Henry and General Burns jumped on this offer and we began to
work out class schedules that catered to existing club programming and needs. The programs ranged in scale from
once a week for a one month duration (General Burns) to
twice a week for 4 months (Craig Henry). This brought
hundreds of news kids into our tennis clubs and introduced
(Capital Kids 2016 at Celebration park location)
them to a new sport. This provided clubs the opportunity
to meet new families interested in tennis and provide further opportunities for programs, camps, events and
membership. A huge thanks to all of our tennis club partners for delivering great lessons and facilitating this
program. We also continued to run lessons at City of Ottawa Parks and including locations in public parks
and local schools, there were 12 locations in all. We had many new Canadians participate in the program
this year including a large group of Syrian refugees who enjoyed the opportunity to play tennis and meet
other families in their communities. Through the Catholic Centre for Immigrants, we were able to distribute
information about the program to many families who didn’t speak English or have easy access to a computer
or internet. Marc Abdelnour, 2016 NCTA Men’s City Champion and former Syrian Davis Cup Team member sponsored two families Syria to immigrate to Ottawa and helped spread the word of Capital Kids. We
hope the very best for our new friends from Syria as the settle into their new homes in Canada. The follow-
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ing table shows how many participants attended at each location:
Location
Total Sessions
Total Participants
Kids Age 6-9
Kids Age 10-12
Colonel By Secondary School
3
105
70
35
Celebration Park
4
270
200
70
Manor Park
3
156
106
50
Judge Park
4
284
184
100
Alta Vista
4
198
140
58
Craig Henry Tennis Club
4
226
151
75
Owl Park
4
214
144
70
Jules Morin Park
1
31
22
9
Orleans Tennis Club
2
99
61
38
Rideau Tennis Club
2
38
23
15
Elmridge Tennis Club
2
45
33
12
OTLBC
2
31
26
15
General Burns Tennis Club
1
33
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The Capital Kids coaching team expanded and included many returning staff, new staff and staff from our
participating tennis clubs. This enabled us to teach at 12 locations total compared with only 7 in 2015 and
reach a total of 1,729 kids this season. This means we have introduced tennis to 3,986 kids, sold over 700
tennis racquets, and employed over 50 staff and countless volunteers over the course of 3 years. Our staff
and volunteers have worked very hard and deserve a huge thank you for all of their efforts. Many thanks
to our community partners for helping to spread the word and helping with things like equipment storage.
And a big thank you to the City of Ottawa for providing tennis courts and storage and continuing to make
this program possible.
We received a lot of feedback from our parent’s survey this year. Here are some of the results:
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Planning for 2017...
Our 3-year funding term has come to an end and which means it is time to plan for succession. John and Fei
worked very hard alongside OTA grant writing staff to put together an application for continued funding for
2017-2019. Unfortunately, this application was not accepted. The NCTA has recognized that this program
is a vital way to introduce new families to the sport of tennis in the Ottawa region. The program has generated great momentum over the past 3 years and it’s not a question of whether it will continue next year but
rather, in what form. A special committee is being assembled to move and restructure the operation and
administration of the program under the supervision of the NCTA. In addition, the Regional Coordinator is
currently seeking avenues of program funding and the NCTA will endeavour to generate a fundraising and
sponsorship plan to support future activities. We will continue to work with our member clubs, City partners and extensive network of staff and volunteers to build this program and increase interest and activity in
Tennis in the National Capital Region.
If you are interested in getting involved with Capital Kids initiatives, please contact [email protected].
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Coaches and Instructors
Head Coach
Affiliated Organization
Location
Michael Paduch
Marc Sukstorf
Sebastien Packer
Sean Fowler
Mark Tyhurst
Alex Harea
Joanne Homza
Francisco Alvarez
Nelson Dordelly-Rosales
Sean Sweeney
Derian Valcourt
Paul Kirijian
Jim Fawcett
Mykell Reifer
Arther Cuenco
Zanna Sowka
Michael Hassar
Head Pro at the Challengers’ Tennis Academy
Coach with the City of Ottawa
Instructor at St. James TC
Pro at Craig Henry TC, TCWO
Pro at Rideau TC and Rideau TC
Pro at St. James TC
Pro at ONEC
Pro at St. James TC
Coach with the City of Ottawa
Coach at Orleans TC and Rideau TC
Pro at Rideau TC
Instructor at Elmridge TC
Junior Chair at OTLBC
Pro at OTLBC
Pro at General Burns TC and OAC
Instructor at OAC
Instructor at Orleans TC
Colonel By Secondary School
Celebration Park, Judge Park
Location
Colonel By Secondary School
Celebration Park
Judge Park
Alta Vista Public School
Craig Henry Tennis Club
Manor Park
Owl Park
Orleans Tennis Club
Rideau Tennis Club
Elmridge Tennis Club
General Burns Tennis Club
Alta Vista Public School
Craig Henry Tennis Club
Manor Park
Owl Park, Alta Vista
Owl Park
Manor Park
Jules Morin Park
Orleans Tennis Club
Rideau Tennis Club
Elmridge Tennis Club
OTLBC
OTLBC
General Burns Tennis Club
Owl Park
Orleans Tennis Club
Instructors
Jecica Joseph
Joe Lloyd
David Wu, Ramin Anam
Nicholas Packer
Tyler Yee
Tony Liu
Samantha Hum, Sacha Spano, Ramin Anam
Christine Houde, Gérard Nina
Mark Tyhurst, Othman Ennaciri
Andrew Mohamedee
Crystal Lam
(Photo credits: Daniel Prinn)
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Little Aces House Leagues
Leagues’ Coordinator: John Wins-Purdy
Head Coaches: Sean Fowler, Alex Harea, Michael Paduch, and John Wins-Purdy
What is a Little Aces House League?
I
t is a tennis program that provides participants with the opportunity to combine practice and play, with
a focus on skill development through match play. Games are played using the Kids’ Tennis format, which
includes appropriate equipment (based on age and skill level) with corresponding court sizes.
Junior Leagues:
Sustainability
• 90% of parents would register their children in leagues again
• 30% of league participants have since registered for other tennis programs
• 80% of players would like to continue playing tennis
Skills Development
• 100% of parents saw improvement
• 90% of coaches saw improvement
• 90% of league organizers observed that their players had more fun in
leagues than other tennis programs
• 100% of league organizers recommend leagues to other clubs/organizers
League Pathway:
Junior tennis leagues will use Kids’ Tennis equipment – age-appropriate
racquets, balls and courts to ensure early success and proper development.
(League play at Carleton, June 2015)
1. Red Ball – 6-8 years old (Half Court)
2. Orange Ball – 8-10 years old (3/4 Court)
3. Green Ball – 11-12 years old (Full Court)
4. Teens/Adults – Regulation Ball (Full Court)
Players are placed on teams in a manner that ensures teams are of
similar strength and the format ensures that players play matches
against others of similar ability. Scores are kept and the results are
counted in the “regular season” towards a team’s overall score to
ensure that every participant’s efforts are rewarded. The league
season ends with the playoffs, a championship and an award ceremony.
Why is the league different from traditional lesson
programs?
(League play at Craig Henry tennis club, Historically tennis has been a sport where it is perceived that
summer of 2016)
a fairly high level of skill is required to compete. This often led
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parents to choose lessons as the method to get their child
involved in tennis. This resulted in many children not
getting the opportunity to play long after being introduced to the sport, the general feeling being “they aren’t
good enough to play yet.”
This house league concept provides the participant the
opportunity to play right away using Progressive Tennis
and be part of a team. The house league introduces tennis
as a game, where playing as part of a team is the main
focus. Children learn as they play and have fun while
improving. As soon as they can start the point with a
feed, they can play. This can be accomplished in the first (Little Aces league at Craig Henry tennis club, 2016)
few weeks of the league before official match play begins.
Once match play begins the practice portion of each day of the league provides children with basic tips on
how to improve their game for match play.
Little Aces Launch in Ottawa - 2014
Little Aces was launched at Tennis Centre West Ottawa (TCWO) on April 24th, with an event seeing approximately 200 kids from 4 local schools with Media, OTA staff, 8 coaches from across the City, 2 City
councillors and City staff were present. This boosted awareness of the league in the community and set the
stage for a successful pilot in the spring.
Follow the link below to see the Little Aces Ottawa launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nx5OegQMxM
2016 League Information
Indoor Leagues:
- Carleton Tennis Centre
Leagues available in the fall, winter and spring on Sundays.
For registration call 613-261-4560, email [email protected] or visit www.capitalkidstennis.com/little-aces-junior-leagues
- Tennis Centre West Ottawa
Leagues available in the fall, winter and springs on Sundays. For registration call 613-828-7622, email info@
littleacesottawa.com or visit tcwo.ca/junior-programs/little-aces-minor-league/
- Rideau Tennis Club
Leagues available in the fall, winter and spring. For registration call 613-749-6126 or email [email protected]
Outdoor Leagues:
Craig Henry Tennis Club
League available in July-August. Contact Sean Fowler at [email protected]
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Little Aces in Schools
Program Coordinator: John Wins-Purdy
Head Coaches: Alex Harea, John Wins-Purdy, Tony Milo and Sean Fowler
L
ittle Aces in Schools provides an opportunity for children in elementary schools across Ottawa to participate
in Kids’ Tennis, a method of introducing kids to tennis
using size and age appropriate equipment. It makes the
game accessible and fun for kids. Through the program,
students learn about the importance of regular physical
activity as part of a healthy lifestyle. Our goal is to attract
new participants at the grassroots level and help surrounding commu-nities raise awareness about opportunities for
students to play.
As a result of strike action within the last few years and
new policies in place in the OCDSB and OCSB, it was hard- (Little Aces schools class at St. James TC)
er to gain access to schools in order to deliver our program
this season. Many teachers were limited in their extra-curricular commitments and were somewhat resistant
and board level coordinators were not as responsive as in previous years. Despite this, mostly using already
established connections, between February and June, tennis was introduced to approximately 4,600 kids
aged 5-12 in 24 different schools across the Ottawa region, with approximately half of these schools scheduling 2 or more days with our coaches. We always attempt to engage with our member clubs and their local
schools either by hosting class lessons on club courts or delivering tennis in school gyms and schoolyards
with club staff or volunteers. A total of 6 head pros, 12 instructors, and 6 volunteers from different clubs
participated in the program this year. Many clubs noted an increase in interest in their after school programs
and tennis camps reaffirming that schools programs like this are effective at generating new interest.
A brand new type of event was piloted this year: an Elementary School Tennis Tournament. Three schools
– Mutchmore Public, Corpus Christi Catholic, and First Avenue Public – were invited to participate on June
20th at St. James Tennis Club which allocated their entire facility for the event. In May, supervising teachers
held tryouts in their gymnasiums and on club courts and selected 18 students from grades 4-6 with the help
of club staff. The event was split into 2 parts: the first was a Red Court team tournament where each 18 player team was split into 9 divisions based on their ranking. Each player played 4 mini matches against players
from the opposing schools within their division. In the end, all points were counted up and Mutchmore
Public School were crowned Champions in this year’s event. The second part was a competitive event where
the top 4 players from each school played in a full court doubles event in the afternoon. Mutchmore Public
again proved too strong for their opponents and were crowned champions. Parent volunteers, spectators,
teachers, Little Aces staff and players thoroughly enjoyed this end of school year event and are looking forward to next year’s competition.
This model of elementary school event is now proven successful and given the lack of competition at the
elementary and middle school ages, there is a huge potential for growth in this area. We believe that if we
can establish more events like this around the City, it will provide incentive for teachers to run tennis in
their gym classes in order to teach the necessary skills to their students and foster a community of tennis
within each school. Tennis is included within the elementary school curriculum but very few teachers
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actually choose to run tennis activities due to difficulty of the sport, lack of equipment, difficulty of teaching
the sport and lack of familiarity with tennis. Through the Little Aces program which provides training for
teachers and supplies equipment and teaching resources for teachers, we hope that this can slowly change
over time.
OTA Junior Competitive Circuit in Ottawa
Circuit Coordinator: John Wins-Purdy
OTA Tournament Manager: Andrew Chappell
nother strong competitive season of junior tennis in Ottawa is coming to a close. For the 3rd straight
year, we saw increases in participation in competitive junior events across the City from a total of 1575
to 1760 registrations in competitive events. Over the course of the past 3 years, our participation has grown
92% with the vast majority of that in the U10-U16 age group. Despite this major success we still have a lot
of work to do. We have seen how participation drops off in the U18 category and we have still yet to build a
strong U9 Future Stars Circuit. We held 2 events this season which were fairly successful seeing 13 players
compete including 2 kids from Montreal and 1 from Ajax whose parents were very grateful for this competitive opportunity. This circuit requires use of the ¾ court with Orange Ball and while the logistics of running
such an event are quite simple, the fact is not many kids in Ottawa are training on a dedicated orange court.
This means that tournament organizers in the area have been resistant to the idea of dedicating tournament
courts to ¾ competition given if their own kids will not benefit. So, it’s a bit of a chicken and egg situation
but we hope to have more U9 opportunities next season. ¾ court Orange Ball competition is a necessary
step for younger competitive juniors to have access too. If and when most of these players enter U10 Future
Stars events they most likely will be beaten quite easily by older more experienced plyers and because they
are on the full court which is unsuitable for their size. This could be a highly negative experience early in
their tennis careers which is a situation we would like to avoid if we hope to retain kids in competitive tennis.
A
We are happy that the U10 Ottawa Future Stars Circuit had another successful year. With 41 competitors
total, 15 of them played over 5 events and a small group competed in more than 10 events this season.
Ottawa U10 Future Stars Points Race as of October 13th, 2016
Name
Vlad Andrei Pirusca
Ryan Fu
Layla Jappert
Alex Zhang
Alex Jordan Williams
Neda Rahimkhani
Cole Michael Thurgur
Ellie Bates
Juliette Aubin
Francesco Carnero
Rank
Point Total
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
9400
7200
6233
5650
5066
4700
5300
3600
3967
3500
Points Total with
Bonus
11600
9400
8433
7850
7266
5900
5800
4800
4467
4000
Total # of Tournaments Played
12
12
13
10
10
7
6
8
6
6
27
Jenna Marlene Jenkins
Lior Waldman
Jakob Henry Zimonjic
Randy Rakotonavahy
10
12
13
14
2800
2950
2683
2900
4000
3450
3183
2900
7
5
5
4
Skyler (Sirui) Liu
Kenneth Chen
Sofia Lortie
Félix Mareschal-Hay
Ava Adibe Moore Conroy
Sebasitien Lemire Comeau
Ariel Liu
Lola Bean
Noah Cozens
Adrian Ian Rafael Palframan
Louis Fortier-Gariepy
Sacha De Maurivez
Dani Farran
Darby Duggan
Vlad Oprea
Marylee Longpré
Samila Jarrah
Alexander Lawrence MacDonnell Doak
Henry Sanderson
Antoine St-Laurent
Ruby Stella Muhl
Mia Zoranovic
Todor Misic
Alexia Campagna
Valentina Ruano Enriquez
Marko Jugoslav Cirovic
Andreas Daniel Balteanu
14
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
25
25
25
29
30
30
30
2400
2500
1900
1850
1500
1400
1333
1200
1066
1000
900
900
900
900
700
600
600
600
2900
2500
1900
1850
1500
1400
1333
1200
1066
1000
900
900
900
900
700
600
600
600
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
33
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
500
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
500
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
400
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
25 events total were run at various clubs, including new hosts at Britannia Yatch Club and OTLBC, which
saw the return of the Junior City Championships. The Roman Cup dropped in participation this year from
430 players in 2015 to 356 players this year. The majority of these players come from out of town to compete
in this premier National Qualifying event. In addition to the Roman Cup, two other premier events were
hosted in Ottawa. First, the OAC held the Under 16 Girls Indoor Provincials in March and in July the Craig
Henry Tennis Club hosted the second of two Outdoor National Selection events. Both events featured some
of the top players in Ontario in their respective age groups and attracted many high calibre players from out
of town. We are glad to announce that the Girls U16 Provincials will be returning to OAC next year and we
are hopeful to attract other events like this as well.
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See the table below, which compares tournament registrations in 2013-2016 by age category.
U8
2016
2015
2014
2013
Growth
% Growth
120
110
0
0
120
/
U9
U10
U12
U14
U16
430
452
299
37
225
317
402
291
36
210
314
451
131
6
125
263
278
184
0
10
37
167
174
115
215
/
63.5%
62.6%
62.5%
2150%
(Growth and % Growth calculated from 2013 to 2016)
U18
197
209
245
183
14
7.7%
TOTAL
1760
1575
1252
918
842
92%
Now that the competitive Future Stars and Provincial
3*** Circuit is very well established in Ottawa, our
main challenge (and our biggest potential growth
area) is to provide regional opportunities for beginner to intermediate level juniors. These opportunities live within our club with rookie tournaments,
High School Tennis and club championships but we
have yet to establish a quality junior circuit within
Ottawa and build a following which is encouraging
players to play against other players in a tournament
format. Orleans Tennis Club and Barrhaven Tennis
Club once again ran successful rookie events which
were open to the region this year and we hope to
build on their success and add a few more events to
(Ottawa junior player Guillaume Williams in action, photo the circuit in the 2017. There is also room to estabby Fei Wu)
lish a Transition Tour 2** circuit in Ottawa. One
issue which is encountered in establishing these events is again, lack of
players that are looking to play in these events. Further awareness is
needed to promote these events and their benefits to potential players and
their families through our network of clubs. We also have had trouble
securing host sites for these events for the very same reasons. Many clubs
are interested in hosting tournaments, in part, because they’re a source
of revenue. When there are fewer potential entries, however, revenue is
affected which make this type of event less appealing for clubs. The last
main reason is limited court time and ability to host multiple events so
when there is a choice to be made, many clubs choose to host 3*** events
because of the almost guaranteed participation.
Many kids are playing in recreational Little Aces Leagues and various
clubs programs who need encouragement to enter a tournament, which
can often be seen as scary to a newcomer to tennis. We will look to clubs
who have many junior players at the beginner-intermediate level to host
more Regional Rookie and Transition Tour 2** events in 2017 and help
(Ottawa junior player Adrian Tudor
build awareness and a following behind these events.
and Jonathan Taylor, photo by Fei Wu)
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2016 Roman Cup and Ontario Open
By DANIEL PRINN
I
n the women’s singles finals of the Gus Morhart Open (July 29-Aug. 1), 27-year-old Hamilton native and
No. 5 seed Taylor Ormond defeated unseeded 17-year-old Ines Milosevic 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.
“When I lost the first set, I told myself that Ines was playing very well,” said Ormond. “I knew I hadn’t quite
played at the level I wanted to play at yet. I started finding my groove toward the end of the first set.”
“I won a few critical games in the second set and that gave me the momentum I needed to reach the next
gear and elevate my game,” said Ormond. “Ines is a young up-and-comer who will continue to improve. I
definitely had to play some of my best tennis to come out on top.”
At 17, Ines Milosevic surely had the option of playing at the
Roman Cup (July 25-Aug. 1), that was also being played at
the Rideau Tennis Club. “I’ve been playing the Roman Cup
since I was 11 years old, and it’s one of my favourite events
in Canada,” said Milosevic, who played the Gus Morhart
Ontario Open a few years ago and reach the semi-finals.
“This year, I’ve tried to focus more on playing higher junior
categories, opens and pro events so I thought that the Ontario Open would definitely be a good challenge for me.”
Milosevic defeated two seeded players en route to the finals,
besting local player Rachel Cruickshank (No. 2 seed) 6-3,
4-6, 6-3 in the quarter-finals, as well as defeating the No. 6
seed Cristina Popescu in straight sets (6-4, 6-4).
(Roman Cup player in action)
“I feel like I compete better against older players,” said Milosevic, who knows how to keep
her composure. “There’s usually no pressure
and I feel like the higher level of play suits my
game style more. You really have to be there
mentally playing against older players, nobody
will give away free errors. In the juniors you
can somewhat rely on your opponents to make
mental mistakes and lose focus in crucial situations.”
Actually playing in the Roman Cup was Ottawa-born 17-year-old Malik Bhatnagar, in his
fourth year playing in the tournament, and he
won his draw last year. “I didn’t play my best
tennis but it’s always fun playing at home in
(Roman Cup players waiting for the One Point Tournament to start)
Ottawa.”
Bhatnagar was the No. 1 seed in the men’s singles U18 category, and lost in the finals (4-6, 6-4, 6-4) to the
No. 3 seed Zac Faveri. Staying focused was one of the tougher parts of the tournament for Bhatnagar.
“I had some easy early matches and I learned that I have to take all matches seriously and work to improve,”
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said Bhatnagar. “I relaxed so much that when I needed to pull my game together I wasn’t able to. I need to
learn from every match.”
For the Ontario Open, Milosevic thought her serve was the best part of her game throughout the tournament. “A lot of the time I was relying on my serve to help me win points,” she said in an e-mail.
“I was happy to have played a good final match against Taylor. I wasn’t so impressed with my game throughout all the matches to get to the final, so to have gotten so far without playing my best is somewhat satisfying
for me.”
“I played a strong first set against and started off well in the second. She changed her tactics a bit and I don’t
think I reacted to that soon enough. Besides the result, I enjoyed playing the final and being able to compete
at such a high intensity.”
She also was the runner-up a few weeks after having a slight shoulder injury and she thinks “as the tournament went on, it just got a little worn out.”
For Ormond, her biggest challenge was getting back into the tournament mindset. “I hadn’t played a match,
let alone a tournament since the Gus Morhart Open last year. The competitive match mindset can get rusty.
The more I played, the more I was able to get sharp and back to a high level of focus.”
Since she hadn’t played a tournament for a year, it was a pleasant surprise for her to still be seeded fifth and
that she could get back into the tournament mindset.
“I know that on any given day I can beat anybody and lose to anybody, within reason,” said Ormond in an
e-mail. “Winning is a lot of fun, a lot more fun than losing, so I was happy. It was especially nice to have my
family in the stands watching.”
Also participating in the Ontario Open was former pro Marc Abdelnour (No. 12), who stopped playing on
the pro tour in 2013 because his body couldn’t handle the excessive movement anymore. He lost in the quarter-finals to Egor Koleganov (No. 2), who went onto win the men’s singles draw.
Rideau Head Pro Zhenya on the Roman Cup
Zhenya Kondratovski, the head tennis pro at Rideau Tennis Club, has been involved with the Roman Cup
since its inception in 2008. The Ottawa tournament is in honour of Roman Kowalski who died at the age of
22 in July 2007.
“He was teaching at Rideau Tennis Club, helping me with the junior and adult programs,” Zhenya said. “Kids
loved him and his presence on the court and energy about him. He used to say, ‘I do what I love and I love
what I do.”’
He explained that an exhibition match had been scheduled at the Rideau one that “one summer night” in
July. “He never came.”
Zhenya said that a few weeks later a doubles match was scheduled in his memory. “He left a huge gap in
there for all of us.”
Roman’s father Mike Cowpland and Nick Patterson, a teaching professional at the Barrhaven Tennis Club at
the time, thought about a memorial tennis tournament in his name.
Since Cowpland has done so much for the sport over the years, an executive director at the OTA got wind
of it and partnered with Tommy and Lefebvre, who were already sponsoring the Ontario Open. The Roman
Cup was held at the same time. The junior event was born and, as well as being a memorial tournament, it
also supports talented junior players.
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A Pro-Am happens on the night before the Ontario Open starts and in the middle of the Roman Cup. “The
Roman Cup and Pro-am has become one of the highlights of the Ottawa tennis scene,” said Nick Patterson.
“It is so wonderful that it is held at the Rideau Tennis Club where Roman grew up and learned the sport and
then passed along his knowledge and love of tennis.”
The first year was a big success and teaching professionals from different clubs in the Ottawa area were invited to play, as well as amateur players regardless of club affiliation. This past year, pros like Zhenya himself, John Wins Purdy, Rachel Cruickshank and Elizabeth Fournier, among many others, participated in the
event.
After the Pro-Am, there’s also a silent auction during the dinner portion. There’s a lot put into the event
every year to make sure “it’s a great event.” Some years are “busy and loud, other years are more quiet and
intimate.”
Over the event’s history, the Roman Cup has grown from 60 to 70 entries to over 425, with participants from
five or six provinces. The age groups are U10 to U18 in the four-star National Selection event. “Juniors are
excited to be a part of it,” said Kondratovski. “There’s lots of fun, great competition. That’s on top of winning
a bursary to offset the cost of training and travel to the tournaments. There are fun things and just hanging
out with your buddies between matches.”
The Roman Cup is special to Zhenya because of his connection with Roman. “He was such a nice boy, full of
life and passionate about the sport.”
He thinks having the Roman Cup at the same time as the Ontario Open is a good opportunity because it’s
also a reunion for some coaches and tennis pros. He likes that some players go on from playing in the Roman Cup to the Ontario Open. It’s the “way it should be,” where they go on to find success in tennis.
“Thank you Roman, for showing them the way.”
Featured Interview: What Does Tennis Mean to You?
Petra Januskova: “I’ve always loved the game since the day I picked up a racquet. I love tennis because when
I’m on the court, I know it’s where I want to be. My mind doesn’t wander off and I’m in the present. One aspect of the game that I really love is that it’s an individual game so you only have yourself to blame at the end
of the day if you lose. It’s also similar to chess where you have to figure out the plays continuously through
out the match which I enjoy.”
Malik Bhatnagar: “It means a lot. It is a sport I obviously love and expect to be playing for my whole life. I
have great memories already and want to build on them to have a great college and professional career. I love
everything about it and enjoy teaching others as well.”
Ines Milosevic: “I love the excitement of the game. I think tennis is one of the greatest sport in the world. It’s
a combination of physical, mental, technical and tactical skills. It’s individual and also a team sport. And it’s
just a great feeling playing well and hitting the ball purely.”
Taylor Ormond: “Tennis is one of the most important aspects of my life. It has kept me active and healthy.
It has taught me the value of working hard and persevering. It has allowed me to travel and see/experience
places I would never have had the opportunity to before. It has taught me to be confident in myself, not just
on the court, but in everything I do. It has introduced me to some of the most wonderful best friends, supporters, and mentors. It helps me maintain lower stress levels! I absolutely love to play.”
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Ottawa Junior Tennis Update
By MICHAEL PADUCH
I
t is without a doubt that popularity of junior tennis in Canada, and in our region in particular, is on the
rebound after a few lean, somewhat stagnant years prior to 2013. There are several reasons behind this
trend worth mentioning in this update.
Increased International Profile and Recognition of Canadian Tennis
Several repeated international successes of Canadian players, both
seniors and juniors, females and males, contributed to public perception that our country - considering its population size, northern
climate, tennis infrastructure, sports funding model and competitive tennis tradition and culture - is doing very well in international
tennis, in fact better than ever before. Many families, particularly
those new to Canada, begun considering tennis as a very attractive
junior sports alternative for their sons and daughters.
(Competitive TDC Player Zenio and his dad
These young athletes often feel much closer affinity to tennis than with Genie Bouchard at Rogers Cup)
to ice hockey, American football, baseball, curling, lacrosse, figure or speed skating or water sports – the disciplines Canada has traditionally been known for. This trend
resulted in having junior tennis programs ethnically much more diverse and interesting, particularly among
young females, at least as far as our Ottawa and regional experiences demonstrate it. While in the past Canadian junior competitive tennis programs in Ontario were dominated by children of parents from Eastern
Europe (mostly Romania, Ukraine, Russia , Poland and former Czechoslovakia) and former Yugoslavia (Serbia and Croatia), these days, merely a few years later, juniors represent almost every ethnicity and represent
more closely our local population.
Another major reason for growth of junior tennis in the region has to do with targeted investments and
better focus. We see coaches now follow certain specializations in their program designs while in the past a
tennis instructor or coach would often take on anyone and everyone, which contributed less than efficient
programming coverage affecting particularly junior programs. Some coaches work with early introductory stream, young pre-competitive progressive stream, competitive stream, high performance stream, adult
recreational stream, seniors and adult women streams including leagues and more. They build a certain
momentum and following in those segments and achieve better results through specialized focus and ability
to compare cohorts and their levels from one season to the next.
Transforming Junior Tennis in Ottawa Region
I had a privilege of working from inception on Capital Kids tennis program. Before the program started I
had been asked to contribute to development of program goals and priorities in the area of tennis curriculum. I relied heavily on a combination of Tennis Canada training and my past experiences with European
model of physical education and training, a model quite different from North American systems and obviously very successful not just in our sport. I emphasized teaching movement fundamentals, an area of
physical curriculum I felt was disproportionally neglected in many early junior development programs and
yet clearly well-developed in young students from Europe and South America. I knew a certain percentage
of students who undergo a subsidized (no-fee) program with focus on movement and tennis basics will result in early identification of certain talent, who will want to pursue tennis more seriously, year-round, with
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competition in mind.
The key question at the time, however, was: if we do well what we set out to do in Capital Kids, where will
these preselected young talent go to train? The issue was two-fold: a) there were not enough spots in yearround young junior programs available in the region at the time, and b) the programs available to students
were often not affordable or not sustainably affordable (considering how long it takes to develop national-level competitive players) to many if not most families, whose children participated in Capital Kids programs. Carleton TDC idea has been born out of that need.
What is a TDC Program?
Tennis Canada defines TDC Program as a “support program”
designed to work with junior competitive development programs across Canada. Carleton TDC is one of many TDCs in
the country and one of only 2 in the region (OAC is the other
one). Not every junior program in Canada is a TDC as there
are certain requirements that need to be met for a program to
qualify for TDC status.
The TDC program is a key component of the overall player development plan of Tennis Canada and its mission of
developing world class players. The TDC Program provides
the key means for how Tennis Canada both works with and
(TDC students training at Carleton Tennis Centre) supports year round junior development programs across
the country. The program annually rewards indoor clubs
and tennis academies meeting specific program requirements and player results with benefits and services.
The program requirements are tied into Tennis Canada’s Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) Model
and only those clubs and academies that are willing, able and have the necessary infrastructure to support
LTAD-based teaching system can attain the TDC status.
The overriding goal of the TDC Program is for indoor clubs and academies to be able to receive support and
be rewarded for their achievements in developing provincial, national, collegiate and international players.
Each TDC is provided with an automated monitoring tool that is closely tied into the LTAD which allows
the TDC to monitor their overall program which includes: coaches, players and competition. Tennis Canada, in conjunction with Provincial Tennis Associations provides various levels of support depending on the
reward level of the TDC. This support can come in various forms including: financial grants, National Coach
visits, free Kids’ Tennis equipment, grants for running Under 9 & 10 Future Stars tournaments, participation
in the TDC Cup Team Competition, Progressive Tennis court lines, Rogers Cup/Coup Rogers grounds passes, recognition on the Tennis Canada and TPA websites, as well as free seminars/conferences.
What is the Impact of Carleton TDC on the Local Tennis Landscape?
After its first year of operation, Carleton TDC, with 26 juniors enrolled into a 10-month programme, received a letter of recognition and the benefits package worth 500 CAD from the Federation. Our aim is to
receive the next level of support in the amount of 1,500 to 2,000 CAD for the training year ending in August
of 2017. The points awarded to the TDC cover such areas as organizational structure, adherence to TDC
principles, dedicated areas of learning such as sports psychology and fitness curriculum, as well as mandatory, minimum levels of participation in sanctioned tournaments by TDC juniors.
From a financial point of view, let’s consider this. On the weekend of October 7th, an OAC hosted a sanctioned U10 – U18 tournament. The single largest group of players, a total of 13, came from Carleton TDC.
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Several others who also train at Carleton in a non-TDC structure also participated in that event. In that single tournament our players contributed in excess of 500 CAD in tournament fees to OAC and with the minimum required number of tournaments set at 10 for all TDC juniors, we estimate our players will generate
8,000 CAD in annual revenues to tournament organizers in the region, a portion of which will flow back to
OTA. Carleton TDC is at the moment the single largest user of Carleton tennis bubble contributing in excess
of 45,000 CAD annually in court fees alone. These children need racquets, strings, tennis shoes and clothing.
Sporting Life and Kunstadt have seen increases in their tennis merchandise as a result of this activity as well.
From a tennis point of view, the single biggest benefit of
having an active TDC is the increase in depth and size of
local tournaments. Beyond a single-action situation in the
past (OAC plus an odd player or two from Gatineau, Rideau
or Carleton), we now have a vibrant competitive landscape
where students from multiple organizations (West Ottawa,
OAC, Carleton TDC, Carleton non-TDC, Rideau Tennis
Club, Gatineau and others) are testing their skills regularly
against each other building rivalries and healthy competitive
tension between multiple centres. This is very good development for the region where so many times in the past we saw
(TDC students after mini tournament)
a situation where certain categories of junior events could
not even be hosted because not enough students signed up
to play (especially on the girls side). Additionally, in our first year, we had 16 players age 4-7 training 3 times
per week on the 1/2 Court (Red Ball) and another 10 kids training 3 times per week on the 3/4 Court (Orange Ball), both in highly competitive environments. This enabled players at a very young age to learn and
implement in a match setting what are still considered as advanced tactics such as serve-and-volley and generally, learning to play all-court tennis. Learning to execute an all-court game style at a very young age will
allow young players to comfortable at the baseline, mid-court and net which will allow them to be successful
later in life.
Last but not least, with the creation of Carleton TDC,
Ottawa juniors are now making regular appearances
at Junior Team Ontario regroupings and at a fairly
competitive TDC Cup events with the most recent
one taking place on Nov 12 / 13 in Toronto for 2 boys
and 2 girls born in 2007 or 2008. Several Carleton
TDC students participated in invitation-only Coach
2 regroupings in Toronto and have been very well
received there. Finally, following a multi-year tradition now, more than a dozen students and twice as
many adults travel with Coach Michael to Montreal
each August to attend Practice Day events at Rogers
Cup to watch top professional players in training. See
(Coaches John and Michael with student Ava at Rogers Cup)
our photos from Montreal, among them one showing
Coaches John and Michael with our junior Ava and a pro female player in the background, and one with our
junior Zenio Arnone and his dad smiling in a big selfie with Genie Bouchard.
After a great first year at Carleton, we look forward to the challenges, hard work, triumphs and fun which lie
ahead in building a successful program.
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Sport Schools and Their Role in Athletic Development
By MICHAEL PADUCH
(Based on the report: http://canadiansportforlife.ca/sites/default/files/resources/Sport%20Schools%20in%20
Canada.pdf)
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n many countries, for many decades, sport schools have played a key role in the athlete development pathway (Radtke & Coalter, 2007). Sport schools have not been part of the Canadian sport system with the exception of the past two decades where Quebec has developed a comprehensive network of ‘Sport-étude’ programs within their school and sport system. In this decade, education policy in many provinces has changed
thus providing more freedom for parents to choose a school for their children. Due to this policy change,
schools and districts have developed special sport programming to make their schools more appealing to
parents. The result has been sport schools created in many sport including hockey, soccer, lacrosse, baseball,
softball and basketball. Quebec, with its Sport-étude programs and BC have become leader in sport schools
with the latter having more than 70 schools offering over 110 ‘specialty academies in sport’ which range
across 21 sports. With one exception, National Sport Organizations (NSOs) and Provincial Sport Organizations (PSOs) have not recognized this emerging opportunity to change the training in their sport. Hockey is
the only sport who has had the capacity to be in front of this trend as they piloted the Hockey Skills Academy Program from 2000 to 2002, which now has over 80 schools across Canada. Other sport NSOs and PSOs
have been watching as new entities (sport schools) have become centrally involved in the Train to Train
stage of their long-term athlete development. It would appear that some NSOs are not ready to act.
While sport schools did not exist in Canada outside of Quebec before the turn of the century since then
there has been a rapid unregulated, disconnected growth in some provinces while in other there is still none
to speak of. The Canadian sport school situation, again with the exception of Quebec, is significantly different than the rest of world. This report will give you a clear picture of how sport schools in Europe form
the backbone of their high performance systems and how Australia has developed a network of ‘sport high
schools’ which link directly into their sport centre system.
Facts:
1. 82% of German Olympic medals from 2001 - 2004 were won by current or former sport school student
athletes
2. Austria ski school athletes won 90% of the Austria ski medals at the Olympic Games from 1992 - 2006
3. National Sport School (Calgary) current or former students made up 10% of Team Canada at 2006 Torino
Winter Olympics
4. 10 INSEP athletes competed for France at the 2004 Olympics in Athens (Radkte & Coalter, 2007)
The idea of linking sport schools into the performance pathway is not new as it was identified by Canadian Sport Centre Pacific (CSC Pacific) in 2005 in their visionary Integrated Performance System (Canadian
Sport Centre Pacific, 2006). While there have been limited resources to act on the CSC Pacific plan, other
nations, such as Australia, are investing significant funds to similar concepts. However, as they say, “It is
never too late to start!”
As reported in the Canadian Sport for Life resources it takes approximately 10,000 hours of training and
practice for an athlete to fully receive their potential. The majority of these hours will occur while the athlete
is attending secondary school (age 13 - 18). The Training to Train stage is identified as critical in development, however for most sports in this country the training and competition environment for those athletes
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does not meet the standards required to allow them to achieve optimal athletic development nor an academic situation which provides balance (Balyi, Way, Cardinal & Higgs, 2005).
While much is being done to own the podium on the international stage with investments in Integrated Support Teams (ISTs) and sport technology and innovation techniques, up and coming athletes have not reaped
the benefits of this increased focus on high performance sport and many student athletes may be “falling
through the cracks” or dropping out of sport because they cannot manage the time demands of both sport
and their educational endeavours. With the expanded infrastructure and flexibility in high school education
at our disposal many provinces are ready to become leaders in the development of new Senior National team
members for Canada. A number of other countries have used and are currently using extensive sport school
programs to allow their young athletes to be successful in academics and in sport.
While Canada has emulated a number of Australian sport strategies, the Sport High School model has not
been used extensively in Canada. Programs have been developed in a number of provinces with little, or no,
formalized structure or standardization. Quebec has been the most successful, developing its Sport-étude
program, which has extensive connections between high schools, sport federations and coaches. Hockey
Canada is the only NSO in Canada that has developed and implemented an official sport school program,
with its Hockey Canada Skills Academies. This program was implemented around 2000 and has now grown
to over 100 programs across the country in both elementary and high schools (Hockey Canada, 2010). These
programs could be models for other provinces and NSOs to follow.
In the past 10 years high school education in most provinces and territories in Canada have undergone
changes which allow for some degree of flexible education options and/or sport school programs. This
change appears to have been led by Alberta which resulted in the Edmonton School District becoming an
early leader in sport schools. It is in that district where there are the most evolved sport schools as they have
been in operation for more than a decade. A tool to facilitate the education of sport school athletes is locally developed courses (LDC). There is an opportunity to use LDCs in most provinces across the country to
varying degrees, see Table 1 for a brief description of each province. These locally developed courses and
other flexible options allow sport school coordinators to develop sport-oriented courses which give student-athletes the chance to train or study a particular sport activity and receive credit towards their graduation.
In Ottawa, we only have one HPAP program in Ottawa at John McRae Secondary School (Barrhaven).
http://www.ocdsb.ca/programs/sec/high_perf_athl_prog/Pages/default.aspx
HPAP is an OCDSB systems program, supporting the unique educational accommodations of students
who are striving to compete at the Provincial, National and International level in their respective sports.
The HPAP was initiated in recognition that these talented student athletes required unique programming
accommodation and flexibility so that they could attain the high standards demanded in their field and still
receive a high quality education. Call John McCrae Secondary School at 613-823-0367.
While each province/territory has its own Ministry of Education, high school educational structure and
graduation requirements, the Hockey Canada Skills Academy program shows that it is possible to develop
courses that can be used throughout the country in any province or territory and allow student-athletes to
receive high school credit while completing sport training.
Quebec Sport-étude Programs
Sport-étude programs have been used in Quebec for the past 20 years. The success of the program has
been evident as Jean Pierre Tibi (Past President - National Multisport Centre Montreal) credits the Sport-
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étude programs as the number one reason that Quebec won the 2003 Canada Winter Games (Repp &
Way, 2003). The goal of Sport-étude programs is to help identified student-athletes achieve the best possible balance between athletics and academics. To facilitate this, the sport federations (PSOs) and potential
sport-etude schools must meet certain criteria set by the Ministry of Education, Leisure and Sport before
being approved. Agreements are also put in place between the high school, sport federation and any local
sport organizations that may be involved in the program. This agreement defines the responsibility of each
stakeholder and provides excellent partnership and collaboration opportunities for both the school and the
sport. Partnerships like this are essential to ensure that the program offers high quality academic and athletic
programs that will benefit the student-athletes. An example of these agreements can be found in Appendix
9. The stakeholders work together to hire appropriate coaches and other staff, and to coordinate the program
and ensure its success. The Ministry of Education, Leisure and Sport also organizes Sport-étude conferences
which allow administrators and coaches to learn best practices from each other and from external sport and
education leaders (Éducation, Loisir et Sport Québec, 2009). This model allows for complete integration between the school and the sport and holds the program to high quality standards to ensure the best possible
environment for the student-athlete. Student-athletes in Sport-étude programs complete the regular Quebec
curriculum in 60% of the regular classroom time, with the remainder of the time spent on sport specific
classes or training. See Appendices 10 and 11 for a list of Sport-étude schools in Quebec and program requirements.
NSOs and PSOs
Hockey Canada is the only NSO that has been able to implement a nationwide sport school program with
their Hockey Canada Skills Academies (HCSA). Currently there are over 100 Hockey Canada Skills Academies operating across the country. This framework has made it extremely easy for the Hockey Branches
(PSOs) and local schools and school districts to run a standardized, high quality sport specialty academy
for student-athletes. Further, now that the HCSA has been in place for almost a decade Hockey Canada
is considering refinements to the program to address the range of players attracted to the program. While
other NSOs have identified the benefit of sport school programs they have not been able to develop a generic
template that can be widely used across Canada.
In many provinces some PSOs have also identified sport school programs as important to the development
of their athletes, the majority do not have the resources to plan or implement province-wide programs.
Many Provincial teams do not centralize and only train together during short-term camps or competitions.
With this lack of contact between the Provincial Coaches and athletes most of the athlete development is left
up to local sports organizations and high school sports programs. In contrast, PSOs work very closely with
the school programs and coaches in the Quebec Sport-Etude program.
Since a number of NSOs are at initial stages of creating national sport school curriculum (not tennis), this
project is timely by creating great efficiency and consistency in sport school development in Canada. The
project will determine which elements are appropriate and transferable across sports and partners will collectively create policy as well as operational and program supports. In this first year, transferable and appropriate elements have been identified. This project supports the SSP objective of: To increase the capacity of
the Canadian sport system to systematically achieve world class results at the highest international competitions; and to contribute to the provision of technical sport leadership within the Canadian Sport System.
Sport schools have been used internationally for over 25 years and with numbers varying widely between
countries: one in Singapore, to 61 in Sweden (see Table 2). Germany has an incredibly comprehensive program with over 11,000 student athletes in its sport school system (Radtke & Coalter, 2007). The majority
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of the sport schools work closely with the NSOs to ensure that proper programs are being offered, and to
validate the selection process. While the NSOs have a say in who is accepted into the sport school programs
only some schools reassess their athletes and require them to re-apply each year. The NSOs are also usually involved in the hiring and/or employment of the coaches. Some schools have the facilities to allow the
athletes and coaches to train at the school, but usually they work out of nearby centres of excellence. Many
different approaches have been used from completely separate educational facilities and programs for student-athletes, to a more integrated approach used by the Sport-étude program in Quebec.
There are varying degrees of integration across international sport schools. Some are wholly integrated,
meaning that student athletes attend regular classes with other students in their school who are not in the
sport program. Proponents of this system feel that this allows the athletes to interact with regular students
and remain connected to the world outside of sport. Other schools are partially integrated, offering some
specialist classes where there is a need or the capacity allows for the classes to be viable. This system allows
for positive connections with the regular students, while providing the added support and individualized
classes that student athletes may benefit from. Specialist schools are completely separated from traditional high schools sometimes by need of a specific sport (i.e. skiing) or by preference (INSEP, France). These
programs offer the most flexibility in educational courses and scheduling, and usually provide a wide range
of support to the student athletes, but it does remove them from a “regular life” setting, which was cited as
detrimental by a number of program coordinators. Flexibility of class and exam scheduling and requirements are essential for a successful sport school. Programs in Australia, Belgium, Germany, Finland, Netherlands and Sweden allow student athletes to extend their secondary studies by one year. Other programs offer
tutorials and distance learning opportunities to make up for missed classed time.
Finally, an additional approach is to have teachers and councillors specifically assigned to the sport school
students to provide enhance support and instruction to the athletes.
Country
Singapore
Belgium
Finland
Netherlands
Germany
Sweden
Australia
Italy
# of Sport Schools
1
10
22
25
38
61
36
10
# of Sport School Pupils
395
590
595
2,500
11,271
1,323
NA
NA
(Table 2)
Australia has developed an extensive “Sports High School” system which began at Westfields High School in
1991 now has over 1,600 students and offers sport programs for athletics, baseball, basketball, cricket, dance,
gymnastics, hockey, netball, rowing, rugby, football, softball, swimming, tennis, touch football, volleyball
and water polo. In addition to the educational staff, the school employs 36 full time professional coaches, a
doctor, two physiotherapists and a Director of Sport. The Australia Institute of Sport also provides a liaison
officer who assists student-athletes in developing academic and study plans around their competition and
training schedules. This program structure has been emulated in a number of major Sport High Schools
in New South Wales and South Australia (see Table 3), and has sparked the creation of smaller sport high
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schools throughout the country (Radtke & Coalter, 2007) and is described as a program that “provides students with an opportunity to attain their optimum potential in their chosen sport. The program also enables
them to hone their special talent and obtain a pathway to the Australian Institute of Sport and State, National and Olympic representation” (The Hills Sport High School, 2010). The success of this structure has been
substantial as over 130 current and former student-athletes from Westfields Sports High School alone have
competed for Australia in the past 8 years.
Analysis: Current Situation
Sport school programs have developed quickly in Canada over the past 10 years, without much structure.
The flexibility and choice in education now allow student-athletes to complete their high school education
and have the opportunity to intensively participate in sport. However due to the less formalized structure,
Canada now has a fragmented system that is not held to any standard of design, instruction, performance, or
evaluation, with the exception of Quebec. International models seem to have been successful in developing
student-athletes both academically and athletically, but not without formalized structure. The Australian and
Sport-étude models show that extensive cooperation between schools and sport organizations are necessary to ensure maximum efficiency and success of the programs. With the Ministries of Education in many
provinces have expanded the choice and flexibility of high school education and opened the door to specific
education programs such as sport schools the onus is now on the sport system to react to support the education system with the emerging challenges and grasp the opportunity with school districts and schools to
give more student athletes the opportunity to experience high quality training environments. Currently,
the majority of sport academies are very disconnected from both the education system and the sport system. Generally, the Ministries of Education and the Ministries of Sport do not have personnel assigned to
the file. Sport funding of organizations do not include sport school in any accountability framework. Many
school sport organizations do not connect to them but rather, regulates against connection. PSOs with the
exception of Hockey do not include sport schools in their LTAD or strategic plans. As well, top aspiring high
school high performance athletes do not derive any benefits from these programs. Quebec’s Sport-étude program stands in stark contrast to the majority of programs in other provinces, with its extensive partnership
agreements and focus on high performance athletes. Further, there is little transfer of knowledge between
existing sport schools nor forums organized to facilitate sharing. The rich knowledge existing in high performance training centres is not made available to the sport academies; and best practices from Quebec are
not being implemented nationally. Thus, due to this situation it is clear there is a fantastic opportunity to
advance a sport schools and long-term athlete development across the country as currently the situation is
vibrant due to the explosion in the numbers of school delivering sport academies and the number of student
athletes, who with their parents want to enrol in these programs of choice.
Key Success Factors
Radtke and Coalter (2007) conducted a study of international sport school models and best practices. Within their report they determined success factors that were common throughout a number of programs. Five
of these factors should serve as guiding principles to advance sport schools in Canada.
1. Quality human resources (i.e. teachers, coaches, sport support services, etc.)
2. Connections - partnerships with LSO, PSO, NSOs
3. Proximity to world class facilities or centres of excellence
4. Flexibility of education requirements
5. Integration with “traditional stream” students
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Radtke and Coalter`s complete list of key success factors should be considered in the design of sport school
programs in Canada.
. The need to integrate young athletes within standard secondary schools for their own educational and social benefit (although this might not always be possible for sports with specific locational requirements, e.g.
skiing)
. The need to cooperate with sports federations to decide on the relevant components of elite pupil status.
. The need to include pupils of all abilities and educational levels.
. The need for flexibility of curriculum (achieved in a variety of ways).
. Possibility of permitting pupil athletes to extend the duration of their studies.
. A variety of flexible educational support systems (e.g. pupil partners; summer schools; distance learning).
. The need to provide boarding facilities. This is especially so where expertise is limited, sports require particular facilities, or to achieve some degree of critical mass in certain sports.
. Close working relationships with sporting federations (e.g. selection of pupils; provision of elite coaching;
assessment of progress). It is worth noting that Belgian research indicates that initiatives to combine education and sports careers were generally developed by academic institutions, rather than by sports federations.
. Close liaison with the elite pupils’ local team/sports club and coaches.
Sport School Options
To categorize sport schools CSC Pacific has defined certain characteristics that make up five separate types
of sport school offerings, seen in Table 4 below. As an example the Bill Crothers High School in Unionville,
Ontario a Type 1, stand-alone school specializing in sport. Student-athletes at the school received their
education in a separate facility with other student-athletes; there are no “traditional-stream” students in the
school, just different levels of sport engagement. However, while the table below gives some guidance to categorize schools it could be said that the only thing these schools have that is similar is they are not similar!
. Type 1 - Standalone public school whose student population are all athletes.
. Type 2 - Sport academies within a traditional school setting linked to PSOs.
. Type 3 - Sport academies within a traditional school setting not linked to PSOs.
. Type 4 - Sport academies in non-school location linked to group of traditional schools.
. Type 5 - Sport academies in a private school setting.
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Coaching Education
T
his spring Club Pro 1 came to Ottawa
which happens only every 3-4 years as
is largely based on demand. This course is
the next level above the Instructors course
and is available to certified Instructors who
play at a 4.5 level or higher, have over 100
hours of teaching experience and provide
recommendations from a supervisory
coach. Andy Sutton and Arthur Cuenco
ran this course which included 8 full days
of training, learning and testing for the 16
candidates. We are very appreciative of
Andy’s work and effort in coming to Otta(Club Pro 1 Course Grad Photo Ottawa 2016)
wa to deliver this great course. This makes
possible an essential certification experience for any aspiring tennis coach who wouldn’t necessarily be able
to commit the time and money to attend a similar course in Toronto. Ottawa Clubs are better for having a
significant infusion of inspired and knowledgeable coaches return, ready to hit the ground running!
The Instructors Course and Summer Camps series workshops were again
run at the OAC this with great success.
28 candidates were certified as Instructors
by Arthur Cuenco and John Wins-Purdy
over the 2 weekend course. We are proud
to have many good quality candidates
become certified and enhance the base of
instructors in the Ottawa region. A new
Facebook Group was created by John this
season called Ottawa Tennis Instructors
with the purpose of uniting all certified
Instructors, Coaches, and Club Leaders
together to provide a forum to post job
(Tennis Instructors Course Grad Photo Ottawa 2016)
opportunities for teaching tennis. This
group was very active and helped place over a dozen instructors with clubs, the City and organizations who
were looking to fill their job openings. This group is a closed group and is only open to certified Instructors
and Coaches as well as Club Presidents and Managers from OTA member clubs.
Andy Sutton, Head Course Facilitator for the OTA was a busy man in Ottawa this season. He once
again delivered a Summer Camps workshop for instructors, coaches and parents from around the region
including many from Western Quebec, Kingston, Kemptville and other surrounding areas. The coaching
community not only finds this workshop very useful in the tune-up phase before summer camps begin but
also loves the energy, clarity and enthusiasm which Andy brings to each session.
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Kids’ Tennis Equipment
Program Coordinator: John Wins-Purdy
W
hether it is a coach from a community club who
needs a new Kids’ Tennis net, or a school that
wants to start a new tennis program, this program is
designed to reach those who are ready and committed to
starting a program but lack the proper equipment. This
season the OTA purchased approximately $19,000 worth
of Kids’ Tennis equipment at close to cost from its retailers. This equipment was used in the Capital Kids program and distributed across the region to various member Community Clubs, Private Clubs, the City of Ottawa
Parks and Recreation, Little Aces Leagues, Elementary
Schools and City of Ottawa Complexes and Community (2016 Capital Kids program at Owl Park, photo by Soo Hum)
Centres. This amounts to approximately 4,000 low compression balls, 600 racquets, and 40 nets.
Over the past 4 years, the OTA and NCTA has invested a combined total
of approximately $77,500 in Kids’ Tennis equipment in the Ottawa region.
This equipment has been used primarily for recreational and grassroots
programs, tennis camps, and private lessons. The balls with low compression, shorter/lighter racquets, and smaller courts are important to allow kids
to play quickly, with very little previous instruction. With the creation of
new TDCs in the region and the expansion of the U10 and U9 Future Stars
Circuits, there will be a growing need for this equipment in junior high performance development and competitions. We are seeing kids starting to play
their first U8 Rookie event as young as 5 years old. As a result, these kids will
be able to compete for 5 years against other competitive juniors using the
various equipment before they begin U12 tournaments on the full court using a regulation ball. This capacity will help tremendously to develop players’
(John and Matt sorting out the attacking/net game but also their maturity and psychological toughness.
OTA storage locker)
John has managed the
equipment and facilitated and stored the equipment at
the St. James Tennis Club as well as the OTA storage
locker downtown. Many thanks to the volunteers and
staff at the club who have helped receive and prepare the
equipment for all the various programs in the past.
We are proud to say that equipment is no longer the limiting factor for most clubs and organizations in deciding
if a proper Kids’ Tennis program or tournament can be
run. If your club has any equipment needs in 2017, please
let us know!
(new tennis balls arrived at St. James tennis club! )
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City of Ottawa Tennis Programs
Parks and Recreation Portfolio Manager: Ward Cosman
Program Director: John Wins-Purdy
City of Ottawa Tennis Stats Comparison 2013 to 2016
Instructional Programs
Session
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
TOTAL
2013
6
279
129
65
479
2014
30
252
146
114
542
2015
44
173
284
87
588
2016
32
355
140
110
637
13’ to 16’ % change
533.0
27.0
9.0
69.0
33.0
Instructional Programs and Camps
Session
Instructional Programs
Camps
TOTAL
2013
479
129
608
2014
542
200
742
2015
588
172
760
2016
637
220
857
13’ to 16’ % change
33.0
71.0
41.0
t’s been another great year for City of Ottawa programs. We saw growth in all seasonal junior and adult
instructional programs and summer camps except for a slight decline in winter programs and a sharp decline in summer numbers (July-August). The biggest area of growth was in spring instructional which more
than doubled this year from last year. This can be attributed to a structural change in City of Ottawa lessons,
one of many which came about as a result of closer collaboration between the City and the OTA.
I
After 2014 and 2015 saw promising increases in tennis participation as a result of new OTA presence and
collaboration with the City, Ward Cosman, Tennis Portfolio Manager with the City was keen to do more!
He enthusiastically proposed increased collaboration with the OTA in 2015 and as a result, in 2016 the City,
NCTA and OTA entered into an official partnership agreement with the vision to provide guidance and
assistance in the areas of program development, new club formation, and staff training. Through a series
of meetings and close collaboration with City of Ottawa program coordinators and staff, we doubled the
number of spring programs on offer, met with representatives from City complexes and started new indoor
programs in the fall. We also assisting them greatly with staffing needs, provided training and assisted in
organizing their equipment needs for the outdoor season while providing indoor facilities running new
programs with equipment on loan. The NCTA as part of its 5-year plan hopes to open 3 new Community Clubs and we have made progress in identifying their locations and some interested parties. Alexander
Grove Tennis Courts in Stittsville and Owl Park Tennis Courts in the Hunt Club/Riverside area are both
recently resurfaced, have lights for night time play and are situated in neighbourhoods with plenty of residents and schools. We hope to work with our partners at the City and people in the tennis community who
are interested in taking on this endeavour, either at one of the locations noted or another set of public courts
where a club is feasible. Our goal here is to support an organization who is willing to hire staff, create junior
and adult programs, and ultimately create a sustainable membership club with a hub of activity within their
community. With Ward’s assistance, a keen group of tennis players in Carp formed the Carp Tennis Club
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which was the first club in over 35 years to be created in the Ottawa Region. This was a promising step in our
goal to see more clubs of this nature formed across our region.
We also provided advice on various public court locations in terms of infrastructure development,
allocations, facilitated permitting for coaches and clubs, programming through the new OrbitPlay app and
helped develop a comprehensive map of all of Ottawa’s courts and Clubs. You can find part of the map below,
or see the full map on this link: https://goo.gl/MZpfwy
(Partial map of Ottawa’s tennis courts and clubs, 2016 version)
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Steve Stevens Senior Nationals
Steve Stevens Senior Nationals Returned to Ottawa after 24 years! [47]
Ottawa Players Plays at the Steve Stevens Senior Nationals [49]
Steve Stevens Senior Nationals: From a Club’s Perspective [50]
(Photography by Daniel Prinn)
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Steve Stevens Senior Nationals Returned to Ottawa after 24 Years!
By IRWIN TOBIAS (National Event Consultant, Tennis Canada)
A
fter a long-awaited return, the Steve Stevens Senior National Outdoor Championships returned to the
Nation’s Capital after 24 years. Over 470 players competed at five premier club locations in the Ottawa
area. The Ottawa tennis community and the following five locations, Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club,
the Rideau Club, Tennis Centre West Ottawa, Ottawa New Edinburgh Club and Elmdale tennis clubs welcomed the players with open arms. The competition was hot and heavy during the week of August 20-26th.
Players enjoyed two fabulous social events, the opening barbecue at OTLBC and the tournament banquet at
the Museum of History.
Local Ottawa natives did extremely well in the event, highlighted by
Colin McAlpin capturing the men’s 55 singles title with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
victory over Stephen Kimoff and Christa Cameron who won the title
in the women’s over-60 category after defeating top-seed Janice Holloway 6-4, 6-2 Saturday at Rideau Tennis Club. Shaheer Mikail, a long
time member of the Rideau Tennis Club, was twice victorious capturing the singles and doubles titles in the over-70 category. Close to 150
local players came out to compete and for many, it was their first time
playing in a National Championships and for a few players, it was the
first time playing in a competitive tournament! Congratulations to all
local Ottawa players for representing well and retaining our fair share
of championship and consolation titles.
Several players in addition to Shaheer concluded the exciting week
of action by capturing titles in both their singles and doubles events.
Beginning with women’s over-55 singles champion Erin Boynton, as
the No. 2 seed captured the title at Rideau Tennis Club with a 6-2, 6-1
(Ottawa local player Colin McAlpin; win over Michelle Karis. Boynton also teamed up with Alison Patricia
photo credits: Kaylea Groover)
Taylor in the women’s over-50 doubles event. The pair defeated Kristen
Bjorn and Ana Maria San Martin 6-3, 6-1 to claim the crown at the
Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club. The Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club also played host to Ben
Woo’s double victory. Woo, the No. 3 seed
in the men’s over-45 draw, won the title 6-4,
6-4 over John Murray. Woo then went on to
secure a doubles win in the same age category with Alexandre Blaettler. The No. 1 seeds
topped Dave Bell and Julien Heine, the No. 2
seeds, 6-0, 6-3 on Saturday.
In the singles event of women’s over-45s, No.
1 Andreanne Martin came through with a
6-3, 6-4 victory over Jennifer Bishop for the
title. Martin also won in 45s doubles alongside Marijke Nel. The second-seeds faced off
against Bishop and Anne Lydon and walked
away with the championship 6-3, 6-2. Paula
(Photo credits: Kaylea Groover)
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Myslivecek, the No. 2 seed in the women’s over-40 category took
the crown with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over No. 1 seed Sherry Buller.
Her second title of the tournament came alongside Leigh Bradwell
over Cristina Popescu and Virginie Villani 6-4, 6-0 in the women’s
over-35 doubles.
In men’s over-35 action, No. 1 seed Simon Tremblay-Larouche
defended his singles title and also won his doubles event. Tremblay-Larouche defeated Dave Rowat 7-5, 6-1 in singles, before pairing up with Rowat to add another trophy to the cabinet with a 6-2,
6-3 win over Cameron Cross and Philippe Pourreaux. Gary Meanchos was another player with twice as much to celebrate. Meanchos
took home the men’s over-50 title with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over
Craig Hiddleston and a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Peter and Paul Bedard
(Player banquet at the Museum of History)
with Hiddleston as a teammate.
The volunteers and the staff at the clubs did a wonderful job organizing the event. A testament to the success
of the event, was that many players were heard to say during the week and post tournament, “when are we
coming back to Ottawa, we had a fabulous time and we better be coming back, sooner rather than later”.
Complete list of Champions: Men’s Categories
Category
Singles
Doubles
Over 35
Simon Tremblay-Larouche
Dave Rowat/Simon Tremblay-Larouche
Over 40
Brian Ahlberg
Jason Christie/Glen Harwood
Over 45
Ben Woo
Alexandre Blaettler/Ben Woo
Over 50
Gary Meanchos
Craig Hiddleston/Gary Meanchos
Over 55
Colin Renwick McAlpin
Stephen Kimoff/Kerry Mitchell
Over 60
Keith Porter
James Cameron/Steve Yesowick
Over 65
James Boyce
James Boyce/Dennis Ing
Over 70
Kenneth William Dahl
Hani Ayoub/Kenneth William Dahl
Over 75
Shaheer Mikhail
Shaheer Mikhail/Guido Weber
Over 80
Robert Paul Bedard
Adrian Grice/Jean-Guy Violette
Over 85
Richard Arnold
No event
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Complete list of Champions: Women’s Categories
Category
Singles
Doubles
Over 35
Cristina Popescu
Leigh Bradwell/Paula Myslivecek
Over 40
Paula Myslivecek
Maryani Lesmana/Jenny Lynn Mitchell
Over 45
Andreanne Martin
Andreanne Martin/Marijke Nel
Over 50
Annabel Anderson
Erin Boynton/Alison Patricia Taylor
Over 55
Erin Boynton
Mary Manley/Brenda Cameron
Over 60
Christa Cameron
Janice Clark/Janice Holloway
Over 65
Louise Moulin
Micheline Berry/Frances Critchley
Over 70
Mary Ann Gaskin
Mary Ann Gaskin/Patricia Mclachlan
Over 75
No event
Rosemarie Asch/Inge Weber
Over 80
Inge Weber
No event
Ottawa Players Plays at the Steve Stevens Senior Nationals
By DANIEL PRINN
A
t the Steve Stevens Senior Nationals (Aug. 21-27) in Ottawa, Ontario, local couple Jim Cameron and
Christa Cameron had a men’s doubles national title and women’s singles national title between the two
of them.
Jim Cameron (No. 1) won the Men’s Doubles 60-category with partner Steve Yesowick against Keith Porter and John Harvey (No. 2) in
three sets 6-4, 6-7(4), 10-3.
Cameron often plays with his opponent Porter in the world team
events, and won the ITF super-seniors men’s doubles with him in
2014.
In the first set, the Cameron-Yesowick pair won their first four games
in games that reached deuce. “When you’re behind, I think you’re
(Ottawa local player Jim Cameron;
better able to focus on the task at hand and raise your level of play,”
photo credits: Daniel Prinn)
said Cameron.
He only played in the doubles this year because he was recovering from muscle inflammation and took a
lighter work load, and he was glad to play in the doubles after having a successful tennis season.
“Any year that I can compete nationally and internationally is a good year,” said Cameron. “This year we had
good results in our Canadian team results in Helsinki (Finland) and as well as a bronze in the individual
world doubles event, so it was a very enjoyable and good year.”
Coming into the doubles draw as the number one seed, Cameron felt little pressure. “By the time you have
reached age 60, you have lost so many times in tennis that you’re not worried anymore about losing,” he said.
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“You’re more concerned about how to win on any given day.”
As for his wife, Christa, she was successful in both the Women’s Singles 60-category and Women’s Doubles
60-category, taking home the title for women’s singles and finished as the runner-up for the doubles.
Cameron (No. 3) defeated the No. 1 seed Janice Holloway in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. “It’s always a good feeling
to win a Nationals singles title especially when you’re playing in your home town,” she said. “One of the best
feelings is to play well and have everything that you practiced over the year come together, win or lose.”
She felt she had her mental game under control in her final match, and wasn’t nervous or afraid to lose.
“During the whole tournament I was struggling with my serve and in the final it was no different,” she said
in an e-mail. “I just made up my mind to get the ball in the service box and take it from there.
She was the No. 1 seed in the doubles and played with partner Michelle Hall, losing in the finals to Janice
Clark (No. 2) and Janice Holloway 3-6, 2-6.
Both Jim and Christa are glad to share their passion for tennis in Ottawa, even if they don’t see themselves
as a dominant couple in senior tennis. “I see us both loving to play tennis and keeping fit,” said Christa. “We
enjoy the friendships and going out to play the best tennis on any given day.”
From a Player’s Perspective
In 2016, the Steve Stevens Senior Nationals tournament returned to Ottawa after 20 years.
Zhenya Kondratovsky was able to see its development first-hand, as a part of the organizing committee and
representing one of the host clubs – the Rideau Tennis Club.
“As a city, we did well on many levels,” he said. “There was a lot of good feedback from out-of-town players.”
Over 150 players competed in senior categories at the Rideau Tennis Club, “including many of our members, which was cool.”
“As a player, it was a really good experience for me,” said Zhenya. “I enjoyed being part of such a great event.
Different age categories playing side by side, so many different game styles. It was great to get to know other
players and share stories and experiences.”
Zhenya played in the over 45 singles and doubles, and for doubles his partner was Colin McAlpin. “It reminds me why I love the game in the first place,” said Kondratovsky. “It was nice to have a break from teaching and step back, play hard and enjoy it.”
Steve Stevens Senior Nationals: From a Club’s Perspective
By MARIA PIERRE-NOEL
T
o kick off the Steve Stevens Senior National Tennis Championships, Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club (OTLBC)
hosted a BBQ for 520 players, guests and officials on August
22nd. Thanks to nearly a year of planning, the event was a smashing success.
Donations from Canadian Linen and Richmond Nursery helped
OTLBC to look its best, while Beau’s Brewery helped to ensure
that no thirst went unquenched. To accommodate diners, the
OTLBC set up a marquee tent and tables on the lawn bowling
green beside the beach volleyball courts and in front of its clubhouse. A special-occasion license was secured for the whole area
(Top caterer Dave Smith BBQing)
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and Ottawa’s top caterer Dave Smith provided the
food, including delicious steaks, baked potatoes
station and salads. The atmosphere was enhanced by
the talented Carl Daniel Quintet, a local jazz band.
Also key to the success of the BBQ—as well as of
the tournament itself—were the efforts of dozens of
volunteers, comprised of both OTLBC members and
non-members. Volunteers assisted at the tournament
and hospitality desks, and handled ticket sales, as
well as many other sundry tasks. On Tuesday night,
the Royal Oak Pub (OTLBC’s partner) hosted a
special trivia night under the tent. On Wednesday
(BBQ at OTLBC, Photo credits: Kaylea Groover)
evening, OTLBC members, tournament players and
guests enjoyed the music of local talent Miguel De
Armas and his Latin Jazz Trio while having a drink on the beautiful balcony of the club house.
This marks the first time in decades that Canada’s national seniors championship was not held in either
Vancouver, Montreal or Toronto. The OTLBC served as the tournament headquarters, while four other clubs
(Rideau, Ottawa New Edinburgh, West Ottawa and Elmdale) also hosted matches. Feedback from Tennis
Canada, as well as competitors, was overwhelmingly positive. Players particularly appreciated being able to
receive treatments from Pro Physio & Sports Medicine Centre, also a partner of the OTLBC. The success
of the BBQ and tournament showcased Ottawa’s vibrant tennis scene to players and enthusiasts across the
country.
“What an awesome experience it was at OTLBC this week for the Senior National event! Your staff,
from the front desk, volunteers, restaurant and maintenance—headed by Chris—was the epitome of
professionalism. They were always there with a smile, and a willingness to help problem-solve.”
----Giovanna Andrews, Tennis Canada Official
Our Very Own Jenny - National Champion!
OTLBC volunteer Jenny Mitchell (Board VP and
Chair of Fundraising Committee) decided to enter
the Steve Stevens tournament without a partner, and
was paired up with Maryani Lesmana of Oromocto, New Brunswick. As serendipity would have it,
the pairing was ideal and the duo marched through
three rounds to claim the national championship for
40+ Ladies Doubles.
“I entered the tournament—my first tournament
ever—because it was in Ottawa,” says Jenny. “Maryani and I hit it off immediately and we had a great
time on the court. Winning our division was such an
amazing Cinderella story. Everyone at OTLBC—as
well as my husband and kids—now teases me about
being a national champion!”
(Jenny Mitchell in action)
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Tennis in the Community
Tennis Outaouais Performance
St. James Tennis Club Adds 5th Court
A Great Summer at Elmridge Park Tennis Club
Busy Year at the Ottawa Athletic Club!
OTLBC Comes of Age in its 135th Year
Manotick Tennis Club Renovations
St. James 2016 Court Resurfacing
2nd Anual Rogers Cup Bus Trip!
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(Photography by Fei Wu)
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Tennis Outaouais Performance (www.toptennis.ca)
Head Coach and DG: Mathieu Toupin President: Sylvain Souligny
Administration: Mélanie Ethier ([email protected])
Introduction
T
ennis Outaouais Performance (TOP) is a unique and ambitious not-for-profit organization based in
Gatineau, QC. It is mandated to provide an enabling structure for the athletic and personal growth of
junior recreational and high performance athletes. Through an established and cherished association with
La Sporthèque (www.sportheque.ca) as well as key partnerships with le Club de Tennis de Hull (www.tennis-hull.com), the City of Gatineau, Tennis Québec and Tennis Canada, TOP offers a wide range of dynamic junior tennis programs. The yearly average enrollment rate for TOP’s structured tennis programs is of
approximately four to five hundred participants.
TOP is a certified Tennis Canada Tennis Development Centre (TDC) and
holds the prized ‘Elite’ mention. The TDC program is a key component
of the overall player development plan of Tennis Canada and it’s mission
of developing world class players. TOP, based on its program and player
performances, receives support towards the development of provincial,
national, collegiate and international players.
TOP not only provides for a variety of recreational and competitive talent detection and development programs, it also offers the only certified
‘Sports-Études’ program in the area whereby selected high performance
athletes can combine both intensive on and off court tennis training with
an adapted elementary or high school schedule.
In striving towards optimal results for its athletes TOP has invested in a
number of services that provide a complete support structure. Through
(TOP players)
a dedicated Physiotherapist, Sports Psychologist, Nutritionist and Physical Trainer, as well as access to industry leading gym and club facilities at
La Sporthèque, TOP drives the development of well-rounded athletes and individuals providing them the
means to reach their ambitions.
TOP and High Performance
Over the past few years, TOP tennis players have achieved impressive results. Four TOP players (Nicolas
Vincent, Tristan Houle, Lissa Pacheco-Brousseau and Éliane Gauvin-Bourdages) made it on the NCAA
circuit through scholarships with one of them, Nicolas Vincent, obtaining the prestigious award of athlete
and student of the year at Southern Illinois University last year. A former TOP athlete, Nicaise Muamba
is currently on Tennis Canada’s National Team, training at the National Tennis Centre and showing strong
promise towards a professional career. On the junior circuit, Mélodie Collard, a TOP and Tennis Canada
hope, is demonstrating strong potential. She has reached new heights, ranking amongst the top 16 in the
world on the biggest stage for players under 12 in Auray, France. Touring with Tennis Canada, she competed
in various tournaments in Europe. She also finished second at the Canadian National Championships under
14 in Vancouver this year. Her brother Sébastien held the top spot on the provincial level a few years ago
and was since selected by Tennis Canada to train for a year with their top prospects at the National Tennis
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Centre back in 2015. After only 3 years of high performance training, Ariane Souligny rose up to the second spot at the provincial level and won a selections tournament
for players under twelve which puts her on the short list of three girls travelling to
Florida with the provincial team to play the prestigious Orange Bowl in December of
this year. This past winter, TOP had 4 players (Mélodie Collard, Sébastien Collard,
Simon Breton and Ariane Souligny) qualified and selected to take part in the Canadian National Championships. All of TOP’s high performance athletes hold rankings
at the provincial and national levels, many in the top 20. On the coaching front,
TOP’s Head Coach, Mathieu Toupin, was ‘talent detected’ by Tennis Canada to be
part of a developmental program for select coaches. He has since coached Canada’s
Junior Federation Cup team at a recent competition in Florida and worked closely
with Nathalie Tauziat, former Wimbledon finalist and now professional coach for
touring players. He is aptly supported by the ever energetic Jean-François Tremblay
who is specifically in charge of developing our younger talent and working on technical abilities with high performing athletes.
(TOP players)
A Vision for Tennis in the NCR
As much as TOP has a clear mission and objective to develop
young, high performing athletes, it has also articulated and
engaged in a vision to further develop the ‘tennis culture’ not
only in Gatineau but across the NCR. A vision for the tennis
community to grow and benefit, for young athletes and the
general population to want to pick up a racquet and where
access to tennis, whether through structured programs, special events, and even media coverage is greater. TOP believes
that we have a chance to make the NCR an unavoidable tennis
destination and that success can be achieved through partner(Challenger Banque Nationale de Gatineau event ) ships between the various clubs and organizations already in
place. It could be said that TOP, as an organization, has family
ties with its sister organization ‘Les Internationaux de tennis de Gatineau’ (www.itgatineau.ca). ‘Les Internationaux’ is the vehicle by which the NCR’s two professional international events: Challenger National
Bank Gatineau (men’s ATP Challenger event and women ITF event) and Gatineau Futures, Turpin Group
National Bank Financial (men’s ITF event) are organized and managed. It is also in charge of the NCR’s only
Canadian National Championship (under 16). These events provide for an incredible showcase of top (no
pun intended!), world class professional tennis. Players such as ATP rising stars Félix Auger-Aliassime and
Denis Shapovalov hit the courts in Gatineau this past summer and established professionals like Alexandra Wozniak, Laura Robson, Peter Polansky and Filip Peliwo have done the same. Through special events
aiming to build stronger ties between the various NCR stakeholders, TOP was able to get thirteen Ottawa
tennis clubs and their representatives to come together this past year and celebrate tennis during the Challenger event. Furthermore, in past years, TOP along with the National Tennis School, Ottawa Athletic Club,
Carleton Tennis, and Rideau Tennis Club, has contributed the the development of the NCR’s junior tennis
circuit by organizing league matches and supporting interprovincial participation in special events and tournaments.
Moving forward, TOP will seek to leverage its partnership with the NCTA and Ottawa tennis leaders to secure strong collaboration and support in ensuring key events are successful and discussions are ongoing.
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St. James Tennis Club Adds 5th Court
By JOHN WINS-PURDY
T
he world is expanding at St. James. After close to 5 years of planning, the tennis club has added a 5th
court across the street in the Corpus Christi schoolyard. Club staff and executive are very pleased to
have offered more opportunities for instructional programs, leagues, school lessons, round robins and free
play for members beginning in the spring this year.
The idea to build a 5th court started over 5 years ago when former Club President, Tom Evans, and Manager, John Wins-Purdy recognized that the club was bursting at the seams with activity. Afterschool programs had grown immensely to occupy all 4 courts, the local elementary schools were taking classes at the
club every day in the spring, and tennis camp participation was on the rise. Staff and members alike could
feel that the club needed more space, something which comes at a premium in the Glebe neighbourhood.
Tom and John walked across the street and started taking some measurements and found that the paved
schoolyard was the size to fit exactly two tennis courts (although only one court was realistic given half of
the schoolyard is on a heavy slant). An expensive renovation had just been completed at the tennis club and
with no money in the coffers, the project was shelved for a few years. Luckily, the club continued to prosper
and the plan was back on the table, starting with meetings with the Principal of Corpus Christi at the time,
Michael Schreider. He was very open to the idea of building on the existing partnership with the club as well
as the potential for investment in the school’s outdoor infrastructure. Working with Michael, our request
was passed up to the Superintendent of Planning and Facilities at the Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB)
with whom negotiations began and the details were planned out. A legal contract, paid for by the club, was
established between the Club and the OCSB which essentially outlined that the Club may build a tennis
court on school property and enjoy priority use of the space outside of school hours. This contract is This
arrangement is quite complimentary given demand on the tennis courts is highest after school, on weekends,
and in the summer time. As a gesture of good will and to build interest in tennis at the school, the Club has
offered free tennis lessons and equipment to Corpus Christi on an annual basis.
In 2014, the project was planned out with a local contractor
to include a full tennis court resurfacing of the very old and
weathered paved surface in the schoolyard. However, upon
a joint inspection with the club contractor and an OCSB facilities representative, the surface was deemed too rough and
generally, hazardous to anyone running or playing on it. As a
result, the OCSB decided that it was time to repave the entire
schoolyard and our project would have to wait until 2015.
Despite the delay, this was very positive given the underlying
playing surface was going to increase substantially, and, at no
expense to the tennis club.
(St. James new tennis court)
In July 2015, the schoolyard was paved and a month later, the Club had net post sleeves installed on the
playing surface. After the snow melted this past spring, fresh lines were painted on by Club staff and volunteers and a new net was strung up for the first time. The Club considered a full resurfacing with a U.S. Open
blue and green plexipave surface but because snowploughs clear and scrape the surface of the schoolyard all
winter, the Club did not want to risk this type of investment in year one. So for now, it will start as a black
asphalt court with white lines but in future could be improved upon and turned into a professional standard
tennis court.
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The Club was very excited to have an extra court to work with
this season. Some kids programming and summer camps were
diverted to the schoolyard court which freed up court space for
members to play. Members also took great advantage of the new
court and were happy to have an option to play when all 4 courts
were in use. Coaches also appreciated the new space as it allowed
them to book private lessons while regular club programming
like round robins and leagues were in session. Membership at
the club over the past 6 years on average has been around 700
and according to Tennis Canada, the Club has one of the highest
member to court ratios in the country at around 175:1. Thanks to
the 5th court, this ratio will now be reduced to around 135:1.
(St. James new tennis court)
A Great Summer at Elmridge Park Tennis Club
By JOSH BEUTEL
The summer smiled down on our club providing us with great weather and lots of activity. We had lots
of area children participating in the Capital Kids program, some of whom continued with our summer
camps. With Ottawa hosting the Senior Nationals, three of our members, Gary Eikenberry, Gilles Lamadeleine and Marc O’Sullivan competed in that tournament.
One of the highlights of our summer is our annual community BBQ prepared by our chef cuisinier, Paul
Kirijian. Our theme this year, Rockin’ Moroccan, showcased North African dishes and our over- capacity crowd of 120 reported very satisfied palates. Offered as prizes in our raffle were a sun umbrella and an
acrylic painting (à la Van Gogh) by one of our members, Bernard Cyr. Incidentally, the latter item was won
by Diane Brazeau of Glen Cairn T.C. We hope to welcome many of you from our fellow tennis clubs to our
2017 community BBQ (theme to-be-determined).
As the 2016 outdoor tennis season winds down for us, we at Elmridge Park Tennis Club look ahead to the
coming year to celebrate Ottawa’s sesquicentennial in style on our courts.
(Photo credits: Emmanuel Ukwu)
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(poster created by: Josh Beutel)
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Busy Year at the Ottawa Athletic Club!
By TONY ROTH
I
t was another busy year at the Ottawa Athletic Club. And a special year, as the club celebrated its 40th Anniversary in October. The milestone was commemorated with special events and membership incentives,
including a wood racquet round robin that was great fun! Over the years, the OAC has been a consistent
leader and hub of tennis in the region, including when it acted as host for major events such as the Davis
Cup and, more recently, the National Wheelchair Tennis Championships.
The junior programs at the club, delivered by the Noble
Tennis School, continued to grow and thrive in 2016.
More than 300 kids participate in the various levels of
the NTS program through the school year, as well as
hundreds more through four levels of summer camps.
Especially encouraging has been the growth in the
Master-Class program, both Annual and Summer versions, designed for players ready to make tennis their
number one sport, committing to an intensive volume
and demanding regimen of training and play. This level
of enthusiasm bodes well for the growth of our game
across the region.
(NTS teaching staff showing off wood racquets and retro Tournament activity was also expanded in 2016 at the
styles as part of the 40th Anniversary events at the OAC) OAC. In addition to our ongoing tradition of big tour-
naments on holiday weekends, now routinely attracting
around 100 participants from the Ottawa-Gatineau region and beyond, and a series of 3-star summer tournaments, we were proud to host the GU16 Provincial Championships over the March Break. Feedback was
really positive and we are hosting again in 2017.
Competitive results amongst OAC players in 2016 has made us proud.
Leading the charge was Corina Spasojevic, finishing 3rd at both the indoor and outdoor U14 Nationals. Corina was crowned U14 Champion
at the Roman Cup, and is already competing well at the U16 level. Vikas
Nibhanupudi cracked the top 20 in Ontario for BU12, and Cole Thurgur
was the dominant player in the U10 Future Stars circuit, while also reaching the finals of the Roman Cup. He has since been selected to participate
in re-groupings at the Provincial Training Centre in Toronto. Veronika
Podobed, Andrej Zoranovic, Connor Hickson and Gena Huang were victorious at various OTA events in 2016, while others, such as Carter Chew,
Julia Tcherkas and Dermott Duggan, qualified for national selections and
provincial championships. A host of other players have entered the competitive structure in 2016, and we look forward to providing them many
homegrown opportunities to play and compete. Lastly, on the competitive
front, we are excited to again be hosting the A-Level High School Championships on October 27, with kids enjoying a great day of competition and (Corina Spasojevic had a great
striving to qualify for OFSAAA Championships in Toronto in the spring. year, finishing 3rd at both the Indoor and Outdoor U14 Nationals)
And the juniors did not have all the fun, as we continued the tradition of
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the “Endless Summer” adult tournament in December, running for the third consecutive year, which saw
Iancu Ghinda repeat as Champion. OAC members competed in NCTA leagues over the summer, one team,
led by Andrew Winder, emerging victorious! We are happy to be running NCTA indoor leagues, for the first
time in many years, through the fall and winter of 2016-17.
The OAC, which is a designated Tennis Development Centre (TDC) by Tennis Canada, was pleased this
year to play host to a number of professional development opportunities, including a TPA Seminar on Team
Tennis, and Certification Courses at both Instructor and Club Pro 1 levels. We are really happy to see the
great turn-out for these things, as it indicates a vibrant interest in the teaching of the game, a crucial ingredient for regional success, as well as playing!
OTLBC Comes of Age in its 135th Year
By MARIA PIERRE-NOEL
O
ne of Canada’s oldest tennis clubs
marked its 135th anniversary by enjoying one of its finest seasons ever. Along with
serving as primary host of the Steve Stevens
Senior National Championships, providing
plenty of playing opportunities to its more
than 800+ members, and building connections with the local community, the Ottawa Tennis and Lawn
Bowling Club (OTLBC) secured an important new partner.
In 2016, the OTLBC contracted the Royal Oak Pub to provide food and beverage service. The partnership
not only generates revenue for both parties, but also helps provide consistent food and beverage service for
OTLBC members and guests. Furthermore, the agreement builds on the multi-year partnership OTLBC
already enjoys with Ottawa Sport and Social Club (OSSC), a company that organizes sporting opportunities
for young adults (generally aged 19 to 40). OSSC rents the Club’s 10 beach-volleyball courts and the Royal
Oak is a key partner. As a result, hundreds of young people get a small taste of what OTLBC has to offer
each week. To take advantage of this exposure, OTLBC created a new level of membership with lower fees
for young adults for the 2017 season.
During 2016, the OTLBC continued to build its connections
with the community by hosting various social and corporate
events, high-school tournaments, inter-club competitions and
leagues, and by staging a series of live music concerts and charity events. The Club benefits from strong staff and volunteers,
and has enjoyed a stable membership.
The OLTBC is proud to announce that the City of Ottawa,
as a finalist city to host the 2021 Canada Games, selected the
OTLBC in its bid as the tennis venue for the games. All of these
help create the conditions needed to undertake the largest project in Club history: Renovation of the historic clubhouse (built
in 1922). Work on the project is well underway; architectural (OTLBC hosting the 2016 NCTA City Chamrenderings are complete and the Board of Directors has begun pionships)
to explore financing options. OTLBC is determined to maintain
the positive momentum and ensure that the community and generations to come will continue to enjoy Our
Cottage in the City.
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Manotick Tennis Club Renovations
By PAULA HADDEN-JOKIEL
T
his year Manotick Tennis Club invested in a couple of major renovations to benefit our members’ experience.
Court Resurfacing
We have 6 courts. However, instead of resurfacing all
courts with the same materials, we opted for a more
expensive rubberized surface on fewer courts. The cost
of the rubberized surface is approximately $12, 500 per
court. So we thought we would try this on 2 courts to
see if the increased cost was warranted. The member
response has been very positive. Members notice the
cushioned surface and enjoy playing on it. There is now
alot of competition at our club to reserve courts 1 and
2. The resurfacing process took longer as 3 extra layers
of healthy rubber base course were applied, and we were
subject as always to weather conditions. We’ve been
playing on them since early July and look forward to
applying this surface to the rest of our courts, as budget
permits.
(Two newly resurfaced courts at Manotick TC)
Lighting
Our club had struggled with poor lighting for many
years which made night playing not particularly
pleasant or popular with some members. We had 30
1000watt bulbs lighting our 6 courts. Lights commonly found in parking lots were around the perimeter and stadium-type lighting was in-between the
courts, but lighting coverage was very uneven. At
the 2015 OTA Annual General Meeting, a member
of our Executive, and NCTA President Phil Johnson,
saw a presentation by Gerrie Electric describing the
benefits of installing LED lighting. Benefits included, more even lighting coverage on court, less light
spillage to surrounding properties, and a substantial
rebate. The SaveOnEnergy Retrofit Program, was
(Manotick TC’s new lights)
offering a rebate of $460/lamp to replace our existing lights with LEDs. We installed 42 300watt LED
lights. A local installer was able to use our existing poles and modify our existing brackets to accommodate
the new bulbs. We have had the lights in place for most of this summer and people are pleased with the
result. Although, a costly investment of approximately $25,000 after the rebate, this is an investment that
we are confident will serve our needs for many years to come. We’re happy to share our experience with any
clubs that are interested in more details.
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St. James 2016 Court Resurfacing
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By JOHN WINS-PURDY
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t. James Tennis Club resurfaced all 4 courts this season after cracks were beginning to spider and lengthen to the point where the quality of play was affected and aesthetics were deteriorating. The club hired
Canada Courts Supply to repair and resurface the courts using the Armor Crack Repair System which
contains expanding fabrics which stretch above the cracks as they move and re-open over time. This will
maintain a smooth and uncracked playing surface and avoids the situation where the club will be investing
every few years in crack repair. The underlying surface in the Glebe is quite soft and contains a lot of clay
which tends to allow for easy subsurface movement and proliferation of cracking on asphalt surfaces. After
a successful resurfacing on our most damaged court using Armor 3 years ago, we were confident that this
technology could be a cost effective solution to the clubs court cracking issues, a solution we hope will last
for at least 10 years.
The project involved a multistep
process which started with chipping out and widening the cracks
then filling them with concrete.
After smoothing this concrete
out by sanding, the courts were
cleaned and the layering of the
different fabrics and adhesives
used in the Armor stage began.
After close to 3 weeks of crack
preparation, we arrived at the
painting stage which involved 2
coats of paint on the inbound and
outbound areas of the court. All
in all, the project took around a
month to complete. Many delays
(Photo credits: Soo Hum)
were experienced due to rain and
that club management always wanted to keep 2 courts open for camps and adult programming/free play.
Our members and program participants were happy that they were able to play on top of the "Armored
cracks" even though, in some areas, views of the court lines were obstructed. The club is pleased with the
job that Canada Court Supplies and especially happy that they came in on budget at a reasonable cost (compared with quotes from 2 other companies).
From www.armorcrackrepair.com:
"The most common problem with asphalt tennis courts is cracking. Cracking is caused, in part, by asphalt's
natural tendency to shrink as it weathers and ages. In addition, asphalt loses its flexibility and becomes more
brittle over time. Since outdoor tennis courts are also exposed to temperature extremes that cause expansion and contraction, cracking is inevitable almost without exception. Quality design and construction may
minimize or delay cracking but it cannot completely eliminate it. Once cracks appear, it may be impossible
to repair their cause, but it is not impossible to repair the cracks themselves with the ARMOR®Crack Repair
System.
The ARMOR® Crack Repair System utilizes a knitted fabric that will expand as the crack widens. The secret
to making this repair work is how it is purposely NOT bonded to the court in the vicinity of the crack, thereby allowing more of the fabric to absorb any movement or growth of the crack without the fabric tearing or
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delaminating from the surface. Thus, the reason why the ARMOR® Crack Repair System works so well is that it effectively
spreads the stress of the crack over a wide area of expandable
fabric-other brand name repair "systems" do not do this.
Although your tennis court is technically still cracked, the
filled cracks are hidden beneath our repair and then covered
over completely with color-coating materials. Although it will
not prevent cracks from developing elsewhere on the court, or
prevent cracks from growing in length out beyond the repair,
the ARMOR® Crack Repair System successfully keeps repaired
structural cracks from reappearing on the surface. There are some limitations and not all cracks are repairable with our product, so talk to your contractor about your specific court."
2nd Annual Rogers Cup Bus Trip!
By BRIAN BRIGGS
2
nd Annual Rogers Cup Bus Trip. Participants watched the quarterfinal day session on Friday July 29th at
Centre Court in Montreal. A special thanks to our sponsors for providing draw prizes to the group: Sean
Sweeney, Arthur Quenco, Sean Fowler, Baja Burger and Brian Briggs. On behalf of the group eighty dollars
was donated in support for Danielle Smith and her non-profit A Love for Tennis which focuses on providing
under privileged kids the opportunity to develop a wide range of skills through the sport of tennis. We look
forward to our ongoing partnership, and we hope to see you next year!
If you are interested in participating next year, contact Brian Briggs before the Rogers Cup! You’re in the mix
for some sponsor prizes, you’re helping a local tennis cause and you won’t find a better deal for a quarterfinals match and of course some great company!
Contact Brian for more details: [email protected]
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Tournaments and Leagues in
Ottawa 2016
A Thank You Letter from the NCTA Tournament Director
2016 NCTA Leagues
U12 National Selection Main Draw #2 (July 15th-17th)
NCTA City Championships
NCTA Masters O35/O55 Tournament
NCTA Masters O45/O65 Tournament
2016 Kunstadt Open
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A Thank You Letter from the NCTA Tournament Director
By FEI WU
W
hat a great summer of tennis! Ever since I started working as the NCTA league and tournament coordinator, I have found myself surrounded by great people in the Ottawa tennis community.
Here are some of the highlights of each tournament I organized over the summer:
NCTA Intermediate Championships at Britannia Yacht Club
BYC is a great place to play tennis and relax by the river after your match. The intermediate tournament is
the first step for a recreational tennis player is seeking to being their journey in regional competitive tournament play. We had great weather over the 9 days of the tournament and I couldn’t have been happier to work
with all the wonderful players as well as Sandy Nash, a volunteer and member at BYC. What’s more is I think
I just discovered one of the best places to watch a sunset in Ottawa.
If you have been looking for opportunities to compete but have always stopped yourself because you think
you will likely get eliminated in the first round in any tournament, why not try to sign up for the NCTA Intermediate Championships next year? We welcome all intermediate players to join us, and remember, we do
offer consolation round for this tournament!
(Left: Intermediate Championships engraved glass; Middle: Women’s Doubles champions Sam Nickles and Joan Emery;
Right: Sunset at BYC)
NCTA Masters O35/O55 Championships at Tennis Centre West Ottawa
Best BBQ ever! We started the championships with a BBQ
dinner on Friday, and oh boy, TCWO really knows what they
are cooking! Besides that, this is the first tournament that I ran
on the clay courts. Players signed up for the tournament and
brought with them a lot of passion and ambition to compete!
We had wild weather including a massive thunderstorm which
unleashed over 20 mm of rain in only 3 hours. Luckily, we
had access to the indoor courts and enjoyed playing as the rain
pounded the top of the bubble.
Hats off to the club manager, Sarah Labonte, and all TCWO
(Men’s Singles player James Ferguson)
staff! They were incredibly accommodating when we were
faced with multiple changes to our match schedule. We organized a small Wimbledon Watching Party on
July 10th, serving strawberries and cream throughout the day. Even though Raonic didn’t come through this
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year, our hopes remain high!
NCTA Masters O45/O65 Championships at Ottawa New Edinburgh Club
What a great tennis club ONEC is! Great quality red clay courts,
helpful and professional staff, and what's more, a incomparable tennis atmosphere nestled into the Rockliffe Park forest! Many players
signed up for this tournament in order to prepare for the Steve Stevens Senior Nationals. We had some rainy evenings and hot summer
days but it didn't dampen our players' enthusiasm. Learning from this
year's experience which saw some players struggle with the heat and
admittedly tough match schedule, we will likely to extend the schedule to a full-week, next year.
This tournament also changed my mindset towards senior tennis and
competitions. People sometimes picture senior sports as something (Women’s singles from left to right: Louise
Lanoix, Li Yu, Louise Leslie )
mellow, relaxing and fun-focused. From my observations in this
event, competition always brings out the passion, power and players' mental strength, regardless of age!
NCTA City Championships at Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club
The City Championship is the biggest championships the
NCTA organizes every year and the event I was looking
forward to the most! The NCTA is about encouraging tennis
players to always achieve excellence, mentally and physically.
Approximately 100 players signed up for this tournament,
and to have players like Petra Januskova and Marc Abdelnour competing, the standard this year was excellent. People
came to cheer for their friends, families showed up together
to support their loved ones, students showed up as a group
to cheer for their teachers. That's what tennis is about. Tennis
(Men’s doubles champions and finalists with the lineunites and inspires people. It motivates recreational players to
umpires and chair umpire Mark )
improve their skills and inspires young kids who bring their
racket to bed and dream about tennis at night. It is absolutely
an honor for me to represent the NCTA, working with one of the most prestigious tennis clubs in Ottawa, to
present a stage for all tennis players to compete at such high level.
A special thanks to Peter Heinermann, Phil Johnson, Yu Shen, Charlene Liu, who volunteered as Line
Umpires during the City Championships finals and did an excellent job; Mark Armstrong, who acted as the
chair umpire for the Men's Doubles and Men's Singles final matches; Maria, the OTLBC manager, who has
always been so helpful, patient and accommodating.
Last but not the least, thanks to you, the tennis players and fans who are reading this article. Every tennis
player in Ottawa has somewhat contributed to the NCTA and the growing tennis scene in Ottawa. Even if
you didn’t compete in any of the tournaments this year, your attention to the tennis community is great motivation for me and the NCTA to make the tournament experience better and better each and every year.
I hope you enjoyed tennis this summer, and I want to finish this article by quoting one sentence I heard from
a tennis friend:
"It doesn't really matter You Win or You Lose, it matters that You Play."
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2016 NCTA Leagues
By DANIEL PRINN
T
he National Capital Tennis Association runs leagues in the
Ottawa area throughout summer and autumn, and in the
summer there is an advanced league that plays on Wednesdays. I
caught up with David Case, the team captain of St. James Tennis
Club’s, who has played in the Wednesday league for three years,
largely as a spare for St. James.
“I enjoyed the season,” said Case in an e-mail. St. James came in
third place in Division B for the summer with a 7-8 record in the
mixed league. “There was a good variety of play and I got to play
(City View TC league players in their orange
both men’s and mixed (matches). Most of the other clubs were
team jersey, photo by Daniel Prinn)
hospitable with king players.”
His role as team captain had little influence on how often he played. For St. James, there were six men and
four women for the first session of the season. “The women generally play every week,” said Case. “I personally played about two out of every three weeks.”
One of the reasons Case signed up was for the social aspect. “I like the opportunity to have a higher level of
competition than offered at my home club and to play at various other clubs through the summer,” said Case
in an e-mail.
“It’s a good group that wants to play at the Wednesday league level.”
U12 National Selection Main Draw #2 (July 15th-17th)
By DANIEL PRINN
S
ome of the endings at the U12 National Selection Main
Draw #2, which ran from July 15-17, saw expected results
and others were upsets.
In the girl’s doubles U12 action, the No. 2 seed Jessica Luisa
Alsola and Dharani Niroshan defeated the No. 1 seed Arina
Artemyeva and Kelly Norkor Dowuona 8-5 in the finals. The
Artemyeva-Dowuona pair only allowed two points to be
scored on them throughout the tournament prior to their
loss in the finals. The final score of 8-5 was also the highest-scoring girls doubles match of the tournament.
(Owen Dunn in action, photo by Daniel Prinn)
The boy’s doubles U12 draw saw a victory from the No. 1
seeded Owen Dunn and Spencer Keung against the No. 2 seeded Sasha Rozin and Nemanja Stefanovic,
where Dunn-Keung won 8-3 in the finals.
The boy’s singles draw saw a different story with some of the same players as the No. 1 seed Spencer Keung
and the No. 4 seed Sasha Rozin faced off. Rozin ended up winning the draw in a 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-1 victory.
Rozin had already defeated No. 2 seed Vlad Andreescu 6-3, 6-2 in the second round, and he defeated
Keung’s doubles partner Owen Dunn (No. 2) 6-2, 6-2 in the semi-finals hours before besting Keung.
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The No. 4 seed also prevailed over the No. 1 seed in girl’s singles action, as well, when Arina Artemyeva
defeated Jessica Luisa Alsola in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 in the finals on Saturday, July 17. For Artemyeva, three
games was the highest amount scored on her in a single set.
NCTA City Championships
By DANIEL PRINN
A
t the NCTA City Championships, professional tennis player Petra Januskova was the star of the tournament – winning the women’s singles draw, women’s doubles and mixed doubles, playing all of the finals
over a course of five hours.
“I find the stamina to play three matches in a row from competing and training all year round,” said Januskova in an e-mail. “Being a tennis player isn’t just about hitting tennis balls – we have to put in a lot of
work behind the scenes.”
Januskova has been playing on the pro tour since 2013 after she graduated from Pennsylvania State University, and she’s been on the road a lot this year and since being on the pro tour, she’s played in the Rogers Cup
twice.
She doesn’t play the OTA events often – and she was unable to play in the
Ontario Open because of a conflict in her schedule.
She was dominant in this City Championships, playing three matches in
the women’s singles draw, where she was the No. 1 seed, and not dropping a single game (she finished 36-0 in terms of games). In the finals,
she defeated the No. 4 seed Li Yu in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0.
“My most difficult match was the finals (against Yu). She was a competitor and she really appreciated the challenge which was nice,” said
Januskova, who also commented on the strongest part of her game. “The
best part of my game was staying aggressive and really being present
every point.”
On the men’s side of the tournament, Marc Abdelnour (No. 1) defeated
Nicolas Vincent (No. 2) in men’s singles action in the finals 6-3, 7-6 (4).
For men’s doubles, John Wins-Purdy and Sasha Mironov (No. 4) defeated
(Petra Januskova being awarded the
Grant Gibson and James Ferguson (No. 5) in straight sets 7-6(6), 6-2.
P. D. Ross Trophy, photo by Daniel
In the women’s doubles bracket, Prinn)
Januskova and partner Rachel
Cruickshank (No. 1), only played two matches (dropping one game
overall), and defeated Li Yu and Huiping Zhang 6-0, 6-0 in the
finals. In the mixed doubles bracket, Januskova and James Ferguson
(No. 1) defeated Adrian Frei (No. 2) and Liz Fournier in the finals
6-1, 6-2.
“Going into the tournament my confidence was high,” said Januskova in an e-mail. “Tennis is 90 per cent mental so going into a
match confident about your abilities gives you a tremendous advantage compared to being timid.”
(Men’s Singles finalist Nicolas Vincent
and the champion Marc Abdelnour, phoJanuskova still loves playing on the tour because of the opportuto by Daniel Prinn)
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nity she has, even if she isn’t getting rich off the pro tour. “I would regret if I quit now. I really enjoy traveling, learning about different cultures and competing. It’s always been my dream to play pro and play in the
Grand Slam tournaments so I’m going to keep going for it.”
Featured Player: Marc Abdelnour
Former professional tennis player Marc Abdelnour is still active during the summer months of the Ottawa
tennis scene. “I play three or four (in the year) and they’re back to back in the summer,” said Marc Abdelnour.
The tournaments he played in this summer included the Ontario Open, the Kunstadt Open and the NCTA
City Championships. He stopped playing the pro tour in September 2013. The 28-year-old’s body couldn’t
take the extensive movement, and he gets injured quickly.
“I’m not consistent anymore and my body can’t run
anymore or slide on clay court,” said Abdelnour. “I used
to love clay. Not now. Now I like short rallies on hard
court.”
Abdelnour played in the Gus Morhart Ontario Open
in July, where he was the No. 12 seed, defeating Ivan
Radomirovic in three sets 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the second
round. He says it’s often took him some time at the beginning of the match to “wake up a little bit”. “Usually in
the beginning of the first set, I’m just trying to find my
rhythm and timing and that’s why I was a bit off.”
He played through a slight groin injury, playing with it
(Marc playing the NCTA City Championships, photo since the end of the second set. The turning point of his
by Daniel Prinn)
match was when he was down 0-2 in the second set. “After a long rally, I changed my whole mindset and changed my strategy and all of the sudden I won 10 games
in a row and I managed to pull it out.”
He went on to lose in the singles to eventual winner
Egor Koleganov (No. 2) 1-6, 1-6 in the quarter finals,
and also lost in doubles in the semi-finals. At the Kunstadt Open he lost in the semi-finals 4-6, 6-4, 4-6 to
Washi Gervais, and he won the NCTA City Championships singles against Nicolas Vincent in the finals 6-3,
6-3.
Some of Abdelnour’s favourite career moments were at
the Davis Cup, where he’s played many times and the
last time playing at the Davis Cup was in 2015.
“I’m very honoured to play for my country and it’s
something not many people would be able to have that
feeling in their life,” said Abdelnour. “It’s beautiful – a (Marc played for Syria Davis Cup team in the year of
lot of tension, pride and fight. Usually, tennis is played 2015; photo from tennis.com)
for yourself the whole time. The Davis Cup is the one
tournament that you play for a team. I love it.”
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NCTA Masters O35/O55 Tournament
By DANIEL PRINN
T
he star of National Capital Tennis Association’s over-35 and over-55 tennis tournament was James
Ferguson, a local tennis professional at the Britannia Yacht Club, who won each draw he was in – men’s
over-35 singles, won the top spot in mixed doubles alongside Li Yu and won the men’s doubles 35 draw with
partner Benoit Lacasse.
The top-seeded Ferguson defeated Ludovic Marcon in the
quarter finals 6-3, 6-2 and Ferguson commented that he
was “serving particularly badly so that made it interesting.”
Ferguson went on to face the fourth-seeded Andrew Rowe
in the semi-finals and won 6-0, 6-1.
The finals against the third-seeded Bill McEachern was
played indoors, and Ferguson finds indoors helps his serve.
“Most people kind of rely on a bigger serve and you don’t
have to worry about the breeze or the sun and everything’s
more basic when serving indoors,” said Ferguson. He also
(Men’s Doubles players from left to right: Roch Pasuggests the biggest part of his game is serving well and get- risien, David Large, Robert Donders, Paul Marchi;
ting his first serve in a lot.
photo by Daniel Prinn)
Ferguson said of McEachern that he’s “definitely the best opponent I’ve faced so far so it’s a proper final.”
Ferguson was up 5-0 in the second set and had a match point, but the game at 5-0 lasted about 10 minutes
and at the point where McEachern stayed alive in the match, Ferguson’s ball hit the net and if it were an inch
higher, he would have closed it out there. “I wanted to make it interesting because it would have been too
ho-hum if I had gotten that match point,” Ferguson joked.
Instead, McEachern won three more games before Ferguson closed out the match at 6-1, 6-3. “I got tight
and he got loose. It was a Bill special with long rallies. When I’m running him side to side, I’m the one who’s
somehow getting tired. I don’t consider myself out of shape but I’ve never really seen him get tired. I’m not
sure if he’s fully human or what.”
According to Ferguson, McEachern’s style of play is getting everything back and playing long rallies, as well
as hitting accurate passing shots. Ferguson’s style of play is using a big serve and volley, so he naturally prefers hard court.
Ferguson plans to play in the senior nationals at the end of August, as well as the City Championships –
which will both be held in Ottawa this year. “The city’s the perfect level for me. I’m usually a quarter or
semi-finalist,” said Ferguson. “The carrot’s there that I could potentially win if I put it all together.”
Ferguson also went 3-0 in mixed doubles with partner Li Yu in the mixed doubles over-35 draw. In the men’s
doubles over-35 draw, Ferguson (seeded 1st) and his partner Benoit Lacasse took the top spot against Bill
McEachern (seeded 2nd) and partner Marcos Valencia 6-3, 6-4.
In men’s singles over-55 action, the unseeded Robert Donders defeated the draw’s second-seeded player
Miguel Macias 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. The top-seeded player of over-55 singles, David Large, was defeated by Donders
6-2, 6-3 in the semi-finals.
Donders was seeded second in the men’s doubles over-55 bracket and won that 6-2, 6-1 with partner Paul
Marchi against Roch Parisien and David Large.
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NCTA Masters O45/O65 Tournament
By DANIEL PRINN
A
fter being the runner-up in the over-35 men’s singles at the O35/O55 NCTA Masters tournament, Bill
McEachern (No. 3 seed) took home the men’s O45 singles title over the No. 2 seed Cameron Montgomery in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4.
“He had a few chances to go up on me,” said McEachern of the match. “I had to get into the mindset and
bear down and concentrate and I pulled through.”
On his road to the finals, McEachern didn’t face any
seeded players, since his semi-final opponent, Glen
Fujiwara, defeated the No. 1 seed Jim Cameron because
of a walkover. McEachern also didn’t drop a set. On the
other side of the draw, Cameron Montgomery had to
go through the No. 4 seed David Large in the semi-finals, but came out on top after Large had to retire (4-6,
6-2, ret.).
McEachern suggested that being runner-up in the O35/ (Men’s Singles O45 champion Bill McEachern, photo
O55 NCTA Masters, and then winning this tournament, by Daniel Prinn)
that he built on the momentum and was able to get into
the right mindset for the tournament, which helped him overcome some obstacles.
“On Thursday I had a bit of a stomach issue so I thought, ‘Let’s please get through the tournament’ and
hopefully I don’t have to run off the court,” said McEachern. “Only Thursday that really bothered me.”
Still, that wasn’t the most difficult part of the tournament.
“Saturday was tough because I played one of my best friends Glen Fujiwara,” said McEachern, who still won
the match 6-3, 6-3.
“We’ve played each other a thousand times since we were
kids so when I go to do a shot and I figure I have a good
shot, he’s standing there waiting for it. He knows my game
inside out and I know what he’s going to do and he knows
what I’m going to do.”
In the other draws, Bill Macphail and Gary Maffett won
the men’s doubles over-65 round robin draw, finishing
with a 3-0 record. In the men’s singles over-65 draw, Bill
Macphail faced Mike Herzig in the finals (but there wasn’t
any information online about who won). In the mixed
doubles over-45 draw, Louise Lanoix and Miguel Macias
(Mixed Doubles O45 player Louise Lenoix, photo defeated Chantal Desjardins and Serge Richard in a 5-7,
by Daniel Prinn)
6-4, 6-0 match.
Finally, Li Yu won the round robin draw in women’s singles over-45 action with a 4-0 record, only dropping
six games throughout the tournament.
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2016 Kunstadt Open
By DANIEL PRINN
I
n the 20th Annual Kunstadt Open (Aug. 3-7), the Ottawa-born
No. 2 seed Malik Bhatnagar defeated the No. 4 seeded Washi
Gervais in a close 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 match.
For Bhatnagar, 17, the turning point was in the first set, which he
won 7-5. “I think I saved four set points in the first so that was
huge. In the third set, I was down a break early and came back
strong. We had some close games.”
For the underdog Washi Gervais, he defeated the No. 5 seed Nicolas Vincent in the quarter-finals (7-6, 6-4) and then had to defeat
the top seed Marc Abdelnour, who used to play on the pro tour, in (Malik Bhatnagar, photo by Daniel Prinn)
a lengthy 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory.
Bhatnagar was also playing in front of the head coach from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
“I’ve had quite a few coaches watching my matches over the past few months so I don’t really think about it.
I’m more concerned about what’s happening in front of me on court and keeping my focus.”
He also believes the open tournaments bring out the best in him. “I like to play tough matches as it keeps my
timing and footwork sharp,” said Bhatnagar.
In a much smaller women’s draw of eight players, last year’s winner,
and the No. 1 seed, Claudelle Labonte-Frey, faced off against the No. 2
seed Tereza Susen in the finals and pulled off a 1-6, 6-1, 7-5 victory.
Labonte-Frey, the 16-year-old native of Cantley, Quebec, won her
semi-final match against Anna Iglewski 6-2, 6-3 and when she was
waiting for her finals match to begin, she was stung by a wasp on her
right hand.
To start the match, she dropped the first 10 points, and the 6-1 loss
in the first set was largely a product of adjusting to her painful and
swelling hand. “In the first set I couldn’t hold my racket properly,” she
said. “It felt like I had a big cushion between my hand and the grip of
my racket.”
(Claudelle Labonte-Frey, photo by
Daniel Prinn)
“I never thought I would win this match, my hand was so swollen and
it was hurting. I decided to still go on the court to warm up and try to
play. I almost gave up after losing 6-1, but then my hand started to get
better and I started to play better.”
What’s more impressive is the fact that she was down 5-2 in the third
set and Tereza Susen, 21, even had a double championship point when she was up 5-4.
“You cannot let the score distract you whether you are up or down, you have to keep playing one point at a
time because the match is not over until the last point is played,” said Susen, a Montreal native who plays on
the McGill University tennis team. “I let myself get distracted, there was a point where I was leading in the
third set where we were both unsure of what the chair umpire had called and I let that affect me.”
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Labonte-Frey managed to keep her composure in the third set.
“I just wanted to play and have fun,” she said. “Many people were
supporting me and there was a really nice atmosphere that motivated me. At 2-5, I was playing one point at a time, not focused
on winning or losing. I started to play better, I think she was
getting nervous and I was making a comeback.”
For Labonte-Frey, she was worried she wouldn’t be able to play in
this tournament as she was also playing in the Gatineau Challenger in the same week. “When the draw came out, I was relieved to see that I just had three matches to play.”
Both Susen and Labonte-Frey looked forward to
playing against each other
again, as in last year’s
semi-finals, Labonte-Frey
beat Susen in three sets in
a four-hour marathon. “I
really like to play against
her,” said Labonte-Frey.
(Tereza Susen, photo by Daniel Prinn)
“She’s a good player and I was ready – mentally, not physically – for
(Peter Kunstadt and Claudelle Labon- another long, tough and good match.”
te-Frey, photo by Daniel Prinn)
About Kunstadt Sports
Kunstadt Sports is a family business that provides
affordable sports equipment and service to customers
through a unique merchandising selection of quality
used and new sports equipment. Nearly twenty five
years of experience translates into the highest level of
professionalism. Kunstadt Sports is a highly recognized
local retailer and service centre for ski, bicycle and tennis equipment.
Kunstadt Sports has been a prominent local tennis authority ever since its inception. We have become the
National Capital’s Tennis Headquarters. Kunstadt Sports is the prominent sponsor of the NCTA by virtue of
providing significant annual cash donations. Additionally, Kunstadt Sports provides prizes and other support for NCTA junior and adult tournaments, junior and adult leagues, banquets and receptions.
Kunstadt Sports provides discounts on all merchandise and services to NCTA member clubs including the
provision of tennis balls at wholesale prices to NCTA member clubs.
Kunstadt Sports offers a wide variety of products manufactured by most reputable manufacturers such as
Head, Tecnifibre, Yonex, Babolat, Price, Wilson, Penn, Dunlop, Gamma and others.
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Tournament Results
2014, 2015, 2016
NCTA Adult City Championships
Pierre Despatie Memorial
Kanata Klassic
Elmdale Open
Kunstadt Open
2016 NCTA Junior City Championship
Adult Masters Over 35/55
Adult Masters Over 45/65
Adult Intermediates
NCTA Ladies Doubles Tournament
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NCTA Adult City Championships
2016 Mens Singles Champion: Marc Abdelnour def. Nicolas Vincent
2016 Ladies Singles Champion: Petra Januskova def. Li Yu
2016 Mens Doubles Champion: Alexander Sasha Mironov & John Wins-Purdy def. James Ferguson & Grant Gibson
2016 Ladies Doubles Champions: Petra Januskova & Rachel Cruickshank def. Li Yu & Huiping Zhang
2016 Mixed Doubles Champions: Petra Januskova & James Ferguson def. Adrian Frei & Liz Fournier
2015 Mens Singles: Iancu Ghinda def. Adrian Frei
2015 Ladies Singles: Anika Tylek def. Kasia Poplawski
2015 Mens Doubles: James Ferguson & Iancu Ghinda def. Adrian Frei & Alexander Sasha Mironov
2015 Ladies Doubles: Laetitia Habimana & Claudine Rouleau def. Kelly Gordon & Jillian Jarvis
2015 Mixed Doubles: Adrian Frei & Liz Fournier def. John Wins-Purdy & Anika Tylek
2014 Mens Singles: Adrian Frei def. Sacha Mirinov
2014 Ladies Singles: Elisabeth Fournier def. Petra Januskova
2014 Mens Doubles: Adrian Frei & Taylor Ferrier def. Jim Fawcett & Mike Sutcliffe
2014 Ladies Doubles: Elisabeth Fournier & Petra Januskova def. Alison Drainie & Kasia Poplawski
2014 Mixed Doubles: Elisabeth Fournier & James Ferguson def. Petra Januskova & Jordan Sweeney
Pierre Despatie Memorial
2016 Open Champion: Marc Abdelnour
2015 Open Champion: Marc Abdelnour
2014 Open Champion: Nicolas Vincent
Kanata Klassic
2016 Mens Champion: Marc Abdelnour def. Malik Bhatnager
2016 Ladies Champion: Marc Abdelnour & Malik Bhatnager def. Grant Gibson & James Ferguson
2016 Mens Doubles Champions: Anna Iglewski def. Erica MacPhee
2016 Ladies Doubles Champions: Sharon Vien & Bridgette Walenius def. Erica MacPhee/Daryl Xavier-Wellard
2015 Mens Singles Champion: Iancu Ghinda
2015 Ladies Singles Champion: Dredi Ghinda
2015 Mens Doubles Champions: Bhatnagar & Mooksang
2015 Ladies Doubles Champions: Sim & Xu
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2014 Mens Singles Champion: Iancu Ghinda
2014 Ladies Singles Champion: Grace Xu
2014 Mens Doubles Champions: Nicolas Vincent & Patrick Robichaud
2014 Ladies Doubles Champions: Lawlor & Grass
Elmdale Open
2016: Philip Courteau def. Adrian Frei
2015: Marc Abdelnour def. Sasha Mironov
2014: Iancu Ghinda def. John Wins-Purdy
Kunstadt Open
2016 Mens Champion: Malik Bhatnagar
2016 Ladies Champion: Claudelle Labonte Frey
2015 Mens Champion: Iancu Ghinda
2015 Ladies Champion: Claudelle Labonte Frey
2014 Mens Champion: Nicolas Vincent
2014 Ladies Champion: Elisabeth Fournier
2016 Junior City Championships at OTLBC
U10 Boys Singles: Vlad Andrei Pirusca def. Ryan Fu
U12 Boys Singles: Pascal Tylek def. Alexander Lungu
U12 Girls Singles: Stacy Le Duc def. Anna-Raphaëlle Serghi
U14 Boys Singles: Ian Brander def. Connor Hickson
U14 Girls Singles: Veronika Podobed def. Scarlett Wang
U16 Boys Singles: Adrian Tudor def. Jonathan Taylor
U18 Boys Singles: Dan Pergel def. Aleksa Vladicic
Adult Masters Over 35/55
2016 Men’s Over 35 Singles: James Ferguson def. Bill Mceachern
2016 Men’s Doubles Over 35: James Ferguson & Benoit Lacasse def. Bill Mceachern & Marcos Valencia
2016 Mixed Doubles Over 35: James Ferguson & Li Yu def. Serge Richard & Chantal Desjardins
2016 Men’s Over 55 Singles: Robert Donders def. Miguel Macias
2016 Ladies Over 55 Singles: Louise Lanoix def. Teresa Beauregard
2016 Men’s Doubles Over 55: Robert Donders & Paul Marchi def. David Large & Roch Parisien
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2015 Men’s Over 35 Singles: James Ferguson def. Scott Ventureya
2015 Men’s Doubles Over 35: Scott Ventureyra & Chris Goldrick def. Kevin Palframan & Dave Large
2015 Ladies Over 35 Singles: Elise St-Antoine def. Rowena Orok
2015 Mixed Doubles Over 35: Debbie Schauer & Stacy Elliott def. Christine Rivas & Huyen Nguyen
2015 Men’s Over 55 Singles: David Large def. Irek Szczudlowski
2014 Men’s Over 35 Singles: James Ferguson def. John Savone
2014 Men’s Over 35 (Consolation): Kosta Dujic def. Frederic Massicotte
2014 Men’s Doubles Over 35: Chris Trubiani & Justin Date def. Hollands & Aggarwal
2014 Ladies Over 35 Singles: Teresa Beauregard def. Mary Jean Comfort
2014 Ladies Doubles Over 35: Monica Hollands & Christine Rivas def. Emery & Orok
2014 Mixed Doubles Over 35: Joan Emery & Reg Tilbenny def. Jette & Huneault
2014 Men’s Over 55 Singles: Yin-Leong Lian def. Shaheer Mikhail
2014 Men’s Over 55 Doubles: Barry Padolsky & Shaheer Mikhail def. Ramsay & Ramsay
Adult Masters Over 45/65
2016 Men’s Over 45 Singles: Bill Mceachern def. Cameron Montgomery
2016 Ladies Over 45 Singles: Li Yu def. Jane Thompson
2016 Mixed Doubles Over 45: Miguel Macias & Louise Lanoix def. Serge Richard & Chantal Desjardins
2016 Men’s Over 65 Singles: Bill Macphail def. Mike Herzig
2016 Men’s Over 65 Doubles: Bill Macphail & Gary Maffett def. Chris Fisher & Roger Kerrison
2015 Men’s Over 45 Singles: Bruce Acland def. Imran Syed
2015 Men’s Over 45 Doubles: Imran Syed & Bruce Acland def. Denis Bureau & Paul Delisle
2015 Mixed Doubles Over 45: Serge Richard & Chantal Desjardins def. Kosta Dujic & Snezana Atanaskovski
2015 Men’s Over 65 Singles: Jean-Pierre Paradis def. Llyod Rossman
2014 Men’s Over 45 Singles: Bill Mceachern def. Bruce Acland
2014 Men’s Over 45 Singles (Consolation): Shaheer Mikhail def. Mark Chew
2014 Men’s Over 45 Doubles: Imran Syed & Bruce Acland def. Henkelman & Large
2014 Men’s Over 45 Doubles (Consolation): Auger & Bourassa def. Eikenberry & Lalonde
2014 Ladies Over 45 Singles: Jane Thompson def. Teresa Beauregard
2014 Mixed Doubles Over 45: Chantal Desjardins & Serge Richard def. Lalonde & Beaudoin
2014 Men’s Over 65 Singles: Gary Maffett def. Ian Ramsay
2014 Men’s Over 65 Singles (Consolation): Mark Armstrong def. Bob Hutchins
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Adult Intermediates
2016 Mens Singles: Andrew Rowe def. Brad Nesrallah
2016 Mens Singles (Consolation): Nabil Afodjo def. Alex Wong
2016 Ladies’ Singles: Adrainne Song def. Dorette Pollard
2016 Men’s Doubles: Kosta Dujic & Etienne Sevigny def. Brad Nesrallah & Alex Wong
2016 Men’s Doubles (Consolation): David Case & Dave Hemphill def. Zhiqiu Lin & Maykel Rodriguez
2016 Ladies’ Doubles: Joan Emery & Samantha Nickel def. Laurie Maybury & Anna Messore
2016 Mixed Doubles: Jeff McCarthy & Li Yu def. Nigel Parker & Angela Veitch
2016 Mixed Doubles (Consolation): Alex Peisachovitz & Joan Emery def. Paul MacDonald & Biljana Miljusevic
2015 Mens Singles: Kosta Dujic def. Derek McGovern
2015 Ladies’ Singles: Huiping Iler def. Thersa Beauregard
2015 Men’s Doubles: Munzil Qureshi & Ed Nera def. Alex Brander & Ian Brander
2015 Ladies’ Doubles: Kelly Gordon & Claudine Rouleau def. Sandy Braden & Claire Millar
2015 Mixed Doubles: Anna Beben & Derek McGovern def. Judy Collins & Bob
2014 Mens Singles: James Worrall def. Stevan Zonjic
2014 Mens Singles (Consolation): Nabil Afodjo def. Ashwin Jain
2014 Ladies Singles: Sunita Mulpuru def. Anna Beben
2014 Mixed Doubles: Greg Orchard & Baerbel Newman def. Mulrooeny & Kalil
NCTA Ladies Doubles Tournament
2014 June 12-15
Largest draw to date: 16 teams
Main Draw Winners: Christa Cameron & Michelle Brunette
Main Draw Finalists: Nathalie Bordua & Nicki Terrier
Consol Winners: Claudine Rouleau & Laetitia Habimana
Consol Finalists: Diana Smith & Gana Hamilton
2013 June 21-23
12 teams
Main Draw Winners: Christa Cameron & Mary Bowen
Main Draw Finalists: Nathalie Bordua & Nicki Terrier
Consol Winners: Diana Smith & Gana Hamilton
Consol Finalists: Farnaz Ogaick & Sheila Copps
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NCTA League Results
2014, 2015, 2016
2014 NCTA Summer Leagues [79]
Fall 2014 - Sunday Mixed Singles League [81]
Fall 2014 - Mixed Team League [82]
Winter 2015 - Sunday Mixed Singles League [82]
Winter 2015 - Saturday Mixed Team League [84]
Summer 2015 - Mixed Singles League [84]
Summer 2015 - Ladies’ Singles League [86]
Summer 2015 - Mixed Team League [86]
Fall 2015 - Mixed Singles League [87]
Fall 2015 - Men’s Doubles League [89]
Fall 2015 - Mixed Team League [89]
Winter 2016 - Mixed Singles League [90]
Winter 2016 - Men’s Doubles League [91]
Winter 2016 - Mixed Team League [91]
Summer 2016 - Mixed Singles League [92]
Summer 2016 - Mixed Team League [93]
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2014 NCTA Summer Leagues
Singles League
Session 2, Box 1
Singles League
Session 2, Box 2
Singles League
Session 2, Box 3
Team Standings
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Jerry Yamashita 5
Michael Parker 2
Jacqueline Nemesvary
2
Eddy Kwan 3
Dan Delorey 1
Renate Pilon 1
Jana Kriz 3
Paul Vaccani 1
Heather Dufault 1
Robert Bulpin 3
Ed Dods 1
Claire Millar 0
Stan Slosar 3
Sharon Vien 1
Katie Derkach 0
Steven Rae 1
Shannon Lapierre 0
Karen Li 0
Al Roberts 0
Wednesday League
Kevin Massé 0
Div 2 Session 2
Patrick Seguin
0
Wednesday League
Div 1 Session 2
Team Standings
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Manotick “A” 45
OAC “A” 43
Craig Henry 43
The Glens 40
St. James (Comerton) 35.5
Elmdale 39
Orleans 32
Rideau “A” 39
St. James (Emery) 24
OTLBC “A” 30
City View 23.5
TCWO “A” 27
Gen Burns 6
Glen Cairn “A” 14
Singles League
Session 1, Box 2
Team Standings
Total Points
Singles League
Session 1, Box 3
Team Standings
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Tuesday League
Div 3 Session 2
Team Standings
Total Points
OTLBC “B” 44
Manotick “C” 40
Rideau “B” 28
Glen Cairn “B” 26
TCWO “B” 16
St. James (Kerr) 9
OAC “B” 8
Singles League
Session 1, Box 1
Team Standings
Total Points
Matt Derkach 6
Chap Dam 4
Jana Kriz 3
Steven Rae 3
Stan Slosar 4
Ed Dods 6
Robert Bulpin 1
Michael Parker 4
Dan Delorey 5
Patrick Seguin 1
Paul Vaccani 3
Teresa Beauregard 5
Jerry Yamashita 1
1
Heather Dufault 2
Al Roberts 0
Kevin Masse 1
Claire Millar 1
Sharon Vien 0
Renate Pilon 0
Katie Derkach 1
Shannon Lapierre 0
Eddy Kwan
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Wednesday League
Wednesday League
Tuesday League
Div 1 Session 1
Div 2 Session 1
Div 3 Session 1
Team Standings
Team Standings
Total Points
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Rideau “A” 41
Glen Cairn “A” 52 OTLBC “B” 44
The Glens 39
St. James (Comerton) 48
Glen Cairn “B” 34
TCWO “A” 33
Manotick “A”
42
Rideau “B” 26
Elmdale 24
Craig Henry 34
Manotick “C” 25
OTLBC “A” 24
Orleans 31
St. James (Kerr)
22
OAC “A” 15
St. James (Emery) 22
TCWO “B”
15
OAC “B”
14
Gen Burns 12.5
City View 10.5
2014 NCTA Adult Mixed League Session 1 (May-July 2014)
• Div 1 Winner: Rideau “A” (Captains Farnaz Ogaick, Sheila Copps)
• Div 2 Winner: Glen Cairn “A” (Captain Mike Drover)
• Div 3 Winner: OTLBC “B” (Captain Teresa Beauregard)
2014 NCTA Adult Mixed League Session 2 (July-September 2014)
• Div 1 Winner: The Glens (Captain Rob Fontaine)
• Div 2 Winner: OAC (Captain Andrew Winder)
• Div 3 Winner: Manotick B (Captain Trevor DeFreitas)
2014 Summer Singles League Session 1 (May-July 2014)
• Box 1 Winner: Matt Derkach
• Box 2 Winner: Stan Slosar
• Box 3 Winner: Ed Dods
2014 Summer Singles League Session 2 (July-September 2014)
• Box 1 Winner: Jerry Yamashita
• Box 2 Winner: Michael Parker
• Box 3 Winner: Jacqueline Nemesvary
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2014/2015 Leagues
T
hanks to all those players who participated in the NCTA leagues this year. The leagues have always
been a great success in connecting players across the region, and among the city clubs; providing everyone an opportunity to play some fun, friendly, and competitive tennis. We had a good turn out in the fall
and winter months of 2014-2015 maxing out our available court time at Rideau, TCWO, and Carleton. We
would like to thank each club warmly for providing playing space at affordable rates to the NCTA player
community. We got some great warm weather over the summer months and we took advantage by holding
mixed singles, mixed team, and ladies singles leagues for NCTA players. Please take a look at the league
results.
Fall 2014 - Sunday Mixed Singles League
Sunday@Rideau, Div 1
Player Standings
Total Points
Sunday@Rideau, Div 2
Player Standings
Total Points
Sunday@Rideau, Div 3
Player Standings
Total Points
Ludovic Marcon
10
Tim Trinh
10
Luc Parent
10
Kosta Dujic
8
Derek
8
David Coletto
8
Andrew Rowe
4
Gerard Nina
4
Roger Tymchuk
6
Brooke Stephens
4
B Techs
4
Gary Eikenberry
2
Steven Rae
2
Mohsen
2
Nathan Joshua
2
Samuel Roy
0
Eric The Red
2
Ryan Gordon
2
Sunday@Rideau, Div 4
Player Standings
Total Points
Sunday@TCWO, Div 1
Player Standings
Total Points
Sunday@TCWO, Div 2
Player Standings
Total Points
Brigette Walenius
8
Ludovic Marcon
10
Soonwon Kim
10
Nicole Roller
8
Kosta Dujic
8
Jana Kriz
8
Lynne Nina
6
Steven Zonjic
6
Al Roberts
6
May May
2
Jerry Yamashita
4
Laurentiu Solomon
4
Julie Besner
2
Alexandre Leroux
0
John Donohue
2
Kelly Williams
0
Philipe Sarrazin
0
Deanne Donohue
0
Player Standings
Total Points
Player Standings
Total Points
Randy Hilderman
10
Sunday@TCWO, Div 3
Sunday@TCWO, Div 4
Jean Trudel
8
Thang Nguyen
8
Jennifer Payne
6
Rowena Orok
6
Dorette Pollard
6
Adrian Costea
4
Rita Illinich
4
Yong Sun
2
David Odumodu
2
Robyn Holland-Ayoub
0
Snezana Atanaskovski
0
Kelly Williams
0
82
Winners of Fall Mixed Singles@Rideau
Winners of Fall Mixed Singles@TCWO
• Division 1 winner - Ludovic Marcon
• Division 2 winner - Tim Trinh
• Division 3 winner - Luc Parent
• Division 4 winner - Brigette Walenius
• Division 1 winner - Ludovic Marcon
• Division 2 winner - Soonwon Kim
• Division 3 winner - Randy Hilderman
• Division 4 winner - Jean Trudel
Fall 2014 - Mixed Team League
Sunday@TCWO, Div 1
Team Standings
Total Points
Sunday@TCWO, Div 2
Team Standings
Total Points
Friday@Carleton, Div 1
Team Standings
Total Points
Manotick-Tennis the Menace 34
Glen Cairn – A
34
Manotick – Fisher
35
Delta Fours
33
St. James–Breaking Bad 2
27
Trevor D’s
26
Team Dianne
19
Glen Cairn – B
17
St. James–Pollard Park
23
Britannia - Funlover
18
OTLBC – Slammers
16
Grenfell Glen
18
Glen Cairn – Love-40
12
March – Hopeful
14
General Burns – A
16
Glen Cairn – Legends
4
March – MTC1
13
Moncat
2
Winners of Fall Mixed Team League
• TCWO, Division 1 winner - Manotick - Tennis the Menace
• TCWO, Division 2 winner - Glen Cairn – A
• Carleton, Division 1 winner - Manotick – Fisher
Winter 2015 - Sunday Mixed Singles League
Sunday@Rideau, Div 1
Player Standings
Total Points
Sunday@Rideau, Div 2
Player Standings
Total Points
Sunday@Rideau, Div 3
Player Standings
Total Points
Stevan Zonjic
15
Sanjay Murthy
12
Nathan Joshua
16
Kosta Dujic
14
Gérard Nina
10
Eric the Red
12
Kenneth Li
10
Darwin Toreja
8
Mohsen
12
Luc Parent
9
David Coletto
7
Lynne Nina
8
Steven Rae
8
Samuel Roy
6
Gary Eikenberry
6
Vincent Lin
4
Brigette Walenius
5
Julie Besner
4
Brooke Stephens
4
Roger Tymchuk
4
Don
1
Swingin Stallion
0
Jan Triska
0
Nicole Roller
1
Julian L
0
83
Sunday@Rideau, Div 4
Player Standings
Sunday@Rideau, Div 5
Sunday@TCWO, Div 1
Total Points
Player Standings
Total Points
Stan Slosar
12
Lavinia Dubovan
13
Stevan Zonjic
16
Louay Assem
10
Albert Opeña
9
Kosta Dujic
14
Alex Peisachovitz
8
Shehryaar Ahmad
8
Soonwon Kim
9
Ivan
4
Faris Alfarhan
6
Ludovic Marcon
8
Pierre Audette
2
Julie An
4
Joel Joseph
6
Shehryaar Ahmad
2
Caillin Rudnick
2
Tim Trinh
4
Matthew Carter
2
Chris Messina
2
Jana Kriz
3
Francois Proulx
2
Kelly Williams
2
Elli Nasrallah
0
Eleanor Miller
0
Sunday@TCWO, Div 2
Player Standings
Total Points
Player Standings
Total Points
Sunday@TCWO, Div 3
Player Standings
Total Points
Al Roberts
16
Yong Sun
14
Adrian Costea
14
Deanne Donohue
13
Randy Hilderman
11
John Donohue
12
Rowena Orok
8
Robyn Holland-Ayoub
7
David Case
8
Shiraz Meghji
6
Eric the Red
5
David Odumodu
4
Dorette Pollard
0
Katie Derkach
4
Jennifer Payne
0
Kelly Williams
2
Scheherzade van Aarle
0
Chris Messina
0
Winners of Winter Mixed Singles at
Rideau
Winners of Winter Mixed Singles at
TCWO
• Division 1 winner - Stevan Zonjic
• Division 2 winner - Sanjay Murthy
• Division 3 winner - Nathan Joshua
• Division 4 winner - Stan Slosar
• Division 5 winner - Lavinia Dubovan
• Division 1 winner - Stevan Zonjic
• Division 2 winner - Al Roberts
• Division 3 winner - Yong Sun
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Winter 2015 - Saturday Mixed Team League at TCWO, Carleton, Rideau
Division 1
Team Standings
Division 2
Total Points
Team Standings
Division 3
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Manotick–Tennis the Menace 32
Manotick – Fisher
38
Grenfell Glen
44
Glen Cairn – A
25
Glen Cairn – B
33
Trevor D’s
34
Britannia - Funlover
20
Glen Cairn – Love-40
19
Topspin Turvies
34
Delta Fours
19
March – MTC1
12
Moncat
16
St. James–Breaking Bad 2
16
City View – Black Aces
12
Dianne
8
St. James – Pollard Park
6
Winners of Winter Mixed Team League
• TCWO, Division 1 winner - Manotick - Tennis the Menace
• TCWO, Division 2 winner - Manotick – Fisher
• Carleton, Division 1 winner - Grenfell Glen
Summer 2015 - Mixed Singles League
Session 1, Division 1
Player Standings
Session 1, Division 2
Total Points Player Standings
Total Points
Session 1, Division 3
Player Standings
Total Points
Said Zaripov
6
Elie Nasrallah
8
Julie Besner
6
Louay Assem
6
Nigel Parker
6
Nicole Roller
6
Robert Bulpin
4
Alan Roberts
4
Alex Peisachovitz
6
Lawrence Springstead
2
Brooke Stephens
2
Dan Delorey
6
Stevan Rae
2
Eric the Red
2
Eric Glernalczyk
2
David Case
0
Eddy Kwan
0
Chris Messina
0
Session 1, Division 4
Player Standings
Session 2, Division 1
Session 2, Division 2
Total Points
Player Standings
Total Points
Player Standings
Total Points
Ed Dods
6
Julien Champagne
6
Ricardo Vidale
10
Joey Chow
6
Elie Nasrallah
2
David Case
6
Kelly Williams
0
Robert Bulpin
2
Nigel Parker
4
Lawrence Springstead
0
EJ Eikenberry
4
Kosta Dujic
0
Steven Rae
2
Alan Roberts
0
Gerry Leung
0
85
Session 2, Division 3
Player Standings
Total Points
Session 2, Division 4
Player Standings
Total Points
Session 3, Division 1
Player Standings
Total Points
Eddy Kwan
4
Joey Chow
8
Ricardo Vidale
6
Alex Peisachovitz
4
Dan Delorey
6
Nigel Parker
4
Paul McDonald
2
Chris Messina
6
Lawrence Spingstead
2
Ed Dods
2
Eric Giernalczyk
4
Louay Assem
2
Julie Besner
0
Biljana Miljusevic
4
Alex Peisachovitz
2
Brooke Stephens
0
Kelly Williams
0
Ed Dods
0
Dan Deloery
0
Session 3, Division 2
Player Standings
Total Points
Session 3, Division 3
Player Standings
Total Points
Eddy Kwan
8
Julie Besner
2
Steven Rae
8
Brian Whitestone
2
Eric the Red
8
Christopher Rolle
0
Elie Nasrallah
6
Kelly Williams
0
Paul MacDonald
4
Biljana Miljusevic
4
Eric Gieralczyk
0
Chris Messina
0
2015 Summer Mixed Singles Session 1
• Div 1 Winner: Said Zaripov
• Div 2 Winner: Elie Nasrallah
• Div 3 Winner: Julie Besner
• Div 4 Winner: Ed Dods
2015 Summer Mixed Singles Session 2
• Div 1 Winner: Julien Champagne
• Div 2 Winner: Ricardo Vidale
• Div 3 Winner: Eddy Kwan
• Div 4 Winner: Joey Chow
2015 Summer Mixed Singles Session 3
• Box 1 Winner: Ricardo Vidale
• Box 2 Winner: Eddy Kwan
• Box 3 Winner: Julie Besner
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Summer 2015 - Ladies’ Singles League
Session 1, Division 1
Player Standings
Total Points
Session 2, Division 1
Player Standings
Total Points
Robyn Holland-Ayoub
4
Anna Beben
4
Angela Veitch
2
Biljana Miljusevic
4
Heather Dufault
0
Joy Hansri
2
Dorette Pollard
0
Angela Veitch
2
Susan Chad
0
Heather Dufault
0
Winners of Summer Ladies’ Singles League
• Session 1, Division 1 winner - Robyn Holland-Ayoub
• Session 2, Division 1 winner - Anna Beben
Summer 2015 - Mixed Team League
Wednesday League
Session 1, Division 1
Team Standings
Total Points
Wednesday League
Wednesday League
Session 1, Division 2 East Session 1, Division 2 West
Team Standings
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
TCWO – Sweet Spots
41
OAC – A
49
Craig Henry – Cruisers
45
Sportheque
38
Manotick – II
26
St. James – Comerton
30
Glens Tennis Club
29
Rideau – A
17
General Burns
17
Orleans
14
City View – Black Aces
17
Manotick–Tennis the Menace 22
St. James – Breaking Bad 2 16
Glen Cairn – A
15
Wednesday League
Wednesday League
Tuesday League
Session 2, Division 1
Session 2, Division 2 East
Session 1, Division 1
Team Standings
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Sportheque
45
Glen Cairn – A
50
Glen Cairn – B
28
OTLBC
42
Rideau – A
36
OTLBC – Hit and Run
28
TCWO – Sweet Spots
34
Manotick – II
31
Manotick – Tuesday
13
OAC – A
30
St. James – Breaking Bad 2 27
Rideau – B
6
Manotick–Tennis the Menace 30
Orleans
25
St. James – Hard Hitters 4
Glens Tennis Club
29
City View – Black Aces
16
Craig Henry – Cruisers
27
St. James – Comerton
5
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Tuesday League
Session 2, Division 1
Team Standings
Total Points
Glen Cairn – B
32
OTLBC – Hit and Run
32
General Burns
24
Manotick – Tuesday
6
St. James – Hard Hitters 2
Rideau – B
0
2015 Summer Mixed Team Wednesday League Session 1
• Div 1 Winner: TCWO – Sweet Spots
• Div 2 East Winner: OAC – A
• Div 2 West Winner: Craig Henry – Cruisers
2015 Summer Mixed Team Wednesday League Session 2
• Div 1 Winner: Sportheque
• Div 2 East Winner: Glen Cairn – A
2015 Summer Mixed Team Session 1
• Div 1 Winner: Glen Cairn – B
2015 Summer Mixed Team Session 2
• Div 1 Winner: Glen Cairn – B
Summer 2015 - Mixed Team Playoff Champions
TCWO – Sweet Spots
Fall 2015 - Mixed Singles League
Friday@Carleton, Div 1
Player Standings
Total Points
Friday@Carleton, Div 2
Player Standings
Friday@Carleton, Div 3
Total Points
Player Standings
Total Points
Alex Peisachovitz
10
Kosta Dujic
10
Thang Nguyen
10
Ludovic Marcon
8
Tom Levesque
8
Joey Chow
8
Andrew Rowe
6
Mike Harrison
6
Robyn Holland-Ayoub
4
Jeff Yuan
3
David Case
4
Paul MacDonald
2
Adrian Costea
2
Eric the Red
2
Biljana Miljusevic
2
Nigel Parker
1
Mark S Gordon
0
Angela Sandri
0
88
Friday@Carleton, Div 4
Player Standings
Sunday@Rideau, Div 1
Total Points
Player Standings
Ryan Lalonde
10
Ludovic Marcon
10
Alex Grieb
10
Zein Mroué
8
Luc Parent
10
Elie Nasrallah
10
Eric Giernalczyk
6
Kosta Dujic
6
Gérard Nina
6
Dorette Pollard
4
Stevan Zonjic
4
Steven Rae
4
George Chen
2
Adrian Costea
4
Mohsen
4
Kelly Williams
0
Louay Assem
3
Darwin Toreja
4
Laurie Gillis
0
Matthieu Hamel
1
Eric the Red
2
Juan Sebastian Aragon
0
Lynne Nina
0
Antonio Otell
0
Sunday@Rideau, Div 3
Player Standings
Total Points
Sunday@Rideau, Div 2
Sunday@Rideau, Div 4
Total Points
Player Standings
Total Points
Tom Levesque
10
Rene Lamontagne
10
Steven Shaw
8
Katherine Kurdyla
8
Julian L
8
Eric Giernalczyk
8
Michel Gour
6
Biljana Miljusevic
6
Derek 1
4
Doina Andrei
2
Brigette Walenius
2
Kelly Williams
2
Roger Tymchuk
0
Ewelina Sosnowska
2
Nathan Joshua
0
Chris Messina
2
Player Standings
Total Points
Winners of Fall Mixed Singles@Carleton
• Division 1 winner - Kosta Dujic
• Division 2 winner - Thang Nguyen
• Division 3 winner - Alex Peisachovitz
• Division 4 winner - Ryan Lalonde
Winners of Fall Mixed Singles@Rideau
• Division 1 winner - Ludovic Marcon
• Division 2 winner - Alex Grieb
• Division 3 winner - Tom Levesque
• Division 4 winner - Rene Lamontagne
89
Fall 2015 - Men’s Doubles League
Session 1, Division 1
Player Standings
Total Points
Manotick A
18
Parker-Ba
12
Mulrooney - Fisher
12
Tennis Hull Ion
10
Dodgy backhands
6
Peter & Miroslav
2
Winners of Fall Men’s Doubles League
• Manotick A
Fall 2015 - Mixed Team League
Sunday@TCWO, Div 1
Team Standings
Total Points
Sunday@TCWO, Div 2
Team Standings
Total Points
Delta Fours
32
Black Aces
32
Funlovers
28
Dianne
28
Breaking Bad
26
Glen Cairn Shiraz
24
Love-40
16
Playin in the Bubble
18
Manotick Fisher
13
TNight
14
Black Cannon
5
green fluffy
4
Winners of Fall Mixed Team League
• TCWO, Division 1 winner - Delta Fours
• TCWO, Division 2 winner - Black Aces
90
Winter 2016 - Mixed Singles League
Sunday@Rideau, Div 1
Player Standings
Total Points
Sunday@Rideau, Div 2
Player Standings
Total Points
Sunday@Rideau, Div 3
Player Standings
Total Points
Kosta Dujic
16
Tom Levesque
16
Michel Gour
16
Yves Bastiand
14
Steven Shaw
13
Darwin Toreja
12
Ludovic Marcon
12
Adrian Costea
11
Julian L
12
Luc Parent
6
Steven Rae
8
Mohsen
10
Elie Nasrallah
5
Rene Lamontagne
4
Eric the Red
4
Louay Assem
3
Antonio Otell
4
EJ Eikenberry
4
Alex Grieb
2
Stan Slosar
2
Gary Eikenberry
2
Joy Hansri
2
Shiraz Meghji
2
Katherine Kurdyla
0
Mira Olah
0
Sunday@Rideau, Div 4
Friday@Carleton, Div 1
Friday@Carleton, Div 2
Player Standings
Total Points
Player Standings
Total Points
Player Standings
Total Points
Clayton Dignard
12
Kevin Mcllvenna
16
Zein Mroué
16
Roger Tymchuk
12
Kosta Dujic
14
Marjorie Saulnier
12
Eric Giernalczyk
10
Ludovic Marcon
12
Eric Giernalczyk
12
Doina Andrei
8
Adrian Costea
12
Joey Chow
12
Kelly Williams
4
Nigel Parker
10
Claude Doucette
8
Ewelina Sosnowska
4
Eddy Kwan
6
Esther Doucette
8
Jennifer Payne
2
Mike Harrison
6
Kushal Choksi
8
David Odumodu
0
Jana Kriz
5
Dorette Pollard
6
David Case
4
Pao Yeh
4
Louay Assem
3
Candace Mergle
2
Clayton Dignard
0
Elsbeth Vaino
2
Ryan Lalonde
0
Kelly Williams
0
Winners of Winter Mixed Singles@Rideau
Winners of Winter Mixed Singles@Carleton
• Division 1 winner - Kosta Dujic
• Division 2 winner - Tom Levesque
• Division 3 winner - Michel Gour
• Division 4 winner - Clayton Dignard
• Division 1 winner - Kevin Mcllvenna
• Division 2 winner - Zein Mroué
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Winter 2016 - Men’s Doubles League
Session 1, Division 1
Player Standings
Total Points
Manotick A
29
Mulrooney - Fisher
22
Parker-Ba
22
Grenfell Glen
15
Dodgy backhands
4
Stephen - Miroslav
2
Winners of Winter Men’s Doubles League
• Manotick A
Winter 2016 - Mixed Team League
Sunday@TCWO, Div 1
Team Standings
Total Points
Sunday@TCWO, Div 2
Team Standings
Total Points
League Playoffs, Div 1
Team Standings
Total Points
Delta Fours
30
Glen Cairn B
31
GCTC “A”
14
Funlovers
30
Love-40
25
Breaking Bad
12
GCTC “A”
28
TNight
20
Delta Fours
12
Breaking Bad
20
GAME
17
Funlovers
10
Manotick Winter
8
green fluffy 4
14
Black Aces
4
FlyingBird
13
League Playoffs, Div 2
League Playoffs, Div 3
Team Standings
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Manotick Winter
15
TNight
17
Glen Cairn B
12
FlyingBird
14
Black Aces
7
green fluffy 4
9
Love-40
6
GAME
8
Winners of Winter Regular Season
Winners of Winter Playoffs Season
• TCWO, Division 1 winner - Delta Fours
• TCWO, Division 2 winner - Glen Cairn B
• TCWO, Division 1 winner - GCTC “A”
• TCWO, Division 2 winner - Manotick Winter
• TCWO, Division 3 winner - TNight
92
Summer 2016 - Mixed Singles League
Session 1, Division 1
Player Standings
Kosta Dujic
Session 1, Division 2
Total Points Player Standings
10
Total Points
Session 1, Division 3
Player Standings
Total Points
Ivan
10
Wuchong Ma
14
10
Phuong Hoang
12
Elie Nasrallah
9
Marjorie Saulnier
Mike Harrison
8
Jana Kriz
8
Paul Martin
6
Thang Nguyen
6
Afan Zhu
8
Geoffrey Jacobsen
4
Robert Bulpin
5
David Case
6
Alper Cetinyilmaz
2
Nigel Parker
4
Samuel Roy
6
Cole Cetnarski
2
Steven Rae
4
Christian Yeon
2
Lorne Russell
2
Joey Chow
2
Kushal Choksi
0
Kelly Williams
0
Eric Giernalczyk
0
Alex Peisachovitz
0
Session 2, Division 1
Player Standings
Total Points
Session 2, Division 2
Player Standings
Total Points
Session 2, Division 3
Player Standings
Total Points
Kosta Dujic
12
Afan Zhu
10
Adrainne Song
10
Elie Nasrallah
10
David Case
10
Eric the Red
8
Wuchong Ma
6
Marjorie Saulnier
6
EJ Eikenberry
6
Robert Bulpin
2
Alex Peisachovitz
4
Mohammad Rahmatian
4
Phuong Hoang
2
Samuel Roy
4
Kushal Choksi
4
Mike Harrison
2
Alper Cetinyilmaz
2
Geoffrey Jacobsen
4
Ivan
0
Joey Chow
2
Lorne Russell
2
Steven Rae
0
Eric Giernalczyk
0
Kelly Williams
0
2016 Summer Mixed Singles Session 1
• Div 1 Winner: Kosta Dujic
• Div 2 Winner: Ivan
• Div 3 Winner: Wuchong Ma
2016 Summer Mixed Singles Session 2
• Div 1 Winner: Kosta Dujic
• Div 2 Winner: Afan Zhu
• Div 3 Winner: Adrainne Song
93
Summer 2016 - Mixed Team League
Wednesday League
Wednesday League
Wednesday League
Session 1, Division 1
Session 1, Division 2
Session 2, Division 1
Team Standings
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Ottawa Athletic Club ‘A’
42
Orleans
28
OTLBC
33
Sweet Spots
42
Black Aces
27
Glens Tennis Club
28
Craig Henry Cruisers
32
St. James TC
21
Ottawa Athletic Club ‘A’ 27
ONEC
32
Manotick B
21
Sweet Spots
20
Glens Tennis Club
31
Rideau A
20
Craig Henry Cruisers
16
OTLBC
28
General Burns TC
18
ONEC
Manotick A
22
Glen Cairn A
20
9
Wednesday League
Wednesday League
Tuesday League
Session 2, Division 2
Session 2, Division 3
Session 1, Division 1
Team Standings
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Team Standings
Total Points
Manotick A
46
Rideau A
40
OTLBC - Hit and Run
33
Glen Cairn A
41
St. James TC
26
Manotick C
27
Black Aces
11
Manotick B
25
Glen Cairn B
21
Orleans
11
General Burns TC
12
City Viewers
18
Mango Delicious
12
Rideau B
12
Tuesday League
Session 1, Division 2
Team Standings
Total Points
2016 Summer Mixed Team Wednesday League Session 1
• Div 1 Winner: Ottawa Athletic Club ‘A’
• Div 2 Winner: Orleans
City Viewers
33
2016 Summer Mixed Team Wednesday League Session 2
OTLBC - Hit and Run
29
Manotick C
24
Glen Cairn B
22
• Div 1 Winner: OTLBC
• Div 2 Winner: Manotick A
• Div 3 Winner: Rideau A
Rideau B
20
Mango Delicious
7
2016 Summer Mixed Team Tuesday
• Session 1 Winner: OTLBC - Hit and Run
• Session 2 Winner: City Viewers
Summer 2016 - Mixed Team Playoff Champions
Glens Tennis Club
94
NCTA Past Champions
From 1910 to 2016
NCTA City Championships [95]
NCTA Intermediate Championships [101]
NCTA Seniors Over 35 [106]
NCTA Seniors Over 40 [108]
NCTA Seniors Over 45 [109]
NCTA Seniors Over 55 [111]
NCTA Seniors Over 65 [113]
NCTA Boys Under 18 Singles – H. S. Southam Trophy [113]
NCTA Girls Under 18 Singles – Mrs. H. F. Wright Trophy [114]
(Photography by Daniel Prinn)
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NCTA City Championships
Men’s Singles – Sir Percy Lake Trophy
2016 – Marc Abdelnour
1986 – Ted Thompson
1956 – Hamilton Quain
2015 – Iancu Ghinda
1985 – Colin McAlpin
1955 – Hamilton Quain
2014 – Adrian Frei
1984 – Rob Cartwright
1954 – Hamilton Quain
2013 – Iancu Ghinda
1983 – Colin McAlpin
1953 – J. J. Sarra-Bournet
2012 – Mike Sutcliffe
1982 – Colin McAlpin
1952 – Rudi Mikowetz
2011 – Adrian Frei
1981 – Colin McAlpin
1951 – Gerry LaFortune
2010 – Galin Nizortchev
1980 – Shaheer Mikhail
1950 – Gaetan Valois
2009 – Galin Nizortchev
1979 – Dale Power
1949 – Dick Cherry
2008 – Galin Nizortchev
1978 – Cameron Monroe
1948 – Don McDiarmid
2007 – Zhenya Kondratovsky
1977 – Cameron Monroe
1947 – Don McDiarmid
2006 – Luis Gomez
1976 – Charles Dionne
1946 – Don McDiarmid
2005 – Michael Verney
1975 – Cameron Monroe
1945 – No Event
2004 – Colin McAlpin
1974 – Scott Dunlop
1944 – No Event
2003 – Jonathan Adamson
1973 – Michael Cowpland
1943 – No Event
2002 – Robin Clark
1972 – Jean Paquette
1942 – No Event
2001 – Zhenya Kondratovsky
1971 – Marinus Wins
1941 – Don McDiarmid
2000 – Zhenya Kondratovsky
1970 – Marinus Wins
1940 – Edgar J. Murphy
1999 – Martin Michalofski
1969 – Terry Leach
1939 – Eddie O’Hara
1998 – Martin Michalofski
1968 – Pierre Robillard
1938 – Don McDiarmid
1997 – Zhenya Kondratovsky
1967 – Tony O’Donnell
1937 – J. W. O’Hara
1996 – Philip Cheung
1966 – Howard Simpson
1936 – J. W. O’Hara
1995 – Jim Catton
1965 – Howard Simpson
1935 – J. W. O’Hara
1994 – Colin McAlpin
1964 – Howard Simpson
1934 – Georges LeClerc
1993 – Rob Cartwright
1963 – Ralph Oliver
1933 – Georges LeClerc
1992 – Colin McAlpin
1962 – Maurice Landry
1932 – J.C. I. Edwards
1991 – Rob Cartwright
1961 – Redmond Quain Jr.
1931 – Phil Hurcomb
1990 – Colin McAlpin
1960 – Hamilton Quain
1930 – J. W. O’Hara
1989 – Colin McAlpin
1959 – Frank Korpas
1929 – Roy Pennock
1988 – Colin McAlpin
1958 – Frank Korpas
1928 – T. M. Brown
1987 – Simon Cadoret
1957 – Gerry LaFortune
1927 – G.E. Strike
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1926 – A. J. Belliveau
1920 – Dr. J. R. O’Brien
1914 – P. W. Murphy
1925 – E. E. Heppenstall
1919 – Dr. J. R. O’Brien
1913 – G. E. McClelland
1924 – H.F. Wright
1918 – No Event
1912 – M. B. Bonnell
1923 – A. J. Belliveau
1917 – No Event
1911 – Victor Woodland
1922 – E. A. Thomas
1916 – No Event
1910 – M. B. Bonnell
1921 – J. F McKinley
1915 – P. L. Armstrong
Women’s Singles – P. D. Ross Trophy
2016 – Petra Januskova
1990 – Kerri Cartwright
1964 – Carol Stevenson
2015 – Anika Tylek
1989 – Kerri Cartwright
1963 – Patricia Marks
2014 – Elisabeth Fournier
1988 – Jennifer Kalnitsky
1962 – Carol Stevenson
2013 – Petra Januskova
1987 – Dominika Gregorova
1961 – Ann Macklin
2012 – Petra Januskova
1986 – Jennifer Kalnitsky
1960 – Carol Stevenson
2011 – Jenny Sheng
1985 – Martine Guerin
1959 – Patricia Ryan
2010 – Rachel Cruickshank
1984 – Kerri Cartwright
1958 – Carol Stevenson
2009 – Kasia Poplawski
1983 – Elizabeth McDougall
1957 – Mariette Laframboise
2008 – Petra Januskova
1982 – Martine Guerin
1956 – Marguerite Pineau
2007 – Elisabeth Fournier
1981 – Martine Guerin
1955 – Miriam Raitboth
2006 – Ashley Smith
1980 – Evelyn Hustwit
1954 – Carol Turcotte
2005 – Ashley Smith
1979 – Janet Biewald
1953 – Carol Turcotte
2004 – Janie Soublière
1978 – Evelyn Hustwit
1952 – Sonia Ladouceur
2003 – Erin Moore
1977 – Julie Cobb
1951 – Janeth Rutherford
2002 – Erika Januskova
1976 – Christa Kruse
1950 – Patricia Lowe
2001 – Aleksandra Paliga
1975 – Evelyn Hustwit
1949 – Patricia Lowe
2000 – Aleksandra Paliga
1974 – Evelyn Hustwit
1948 – Vera Lewis
1999 – Kelly Giffin
1973 – Patricia Marks
1947 – Vera Lewis
1998 – Geneviève Lafontaine
1972 – Linda Khan
1946 – Pat Rappell Adams
1997 – Geneviève Lafontaine
1971 – Patricia Marks
1945 – No Event
1996 – Michelle Brunette
1970 – Evelyn Hustwit
1944 – No Event
1995 – Jessica Rush
1969 – Pamela McManus
1943 – No Event
1994 – Christine Nichols
1968 – Susan Butt
1942 – No Event
1993 – Janie Soublière
1967 – Rosemarie Fletcher
1941 – D. W. (Beryl) Mundell
1992 – Jennifer Kalnitsky
1966 – Rosemarie Fletcher
1940 – Winnifred McConnell
1991 – Kerri Cartwright
1965 – Patricia Marks
1939 – Winnifred McConnell
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1938 – Elaine Devine
1933 – H. L . (Doris) Beer
1928 – Phyllis Rykert
1937 – H. L . (Doris) Beer
1932 – H. L . (Doris) Beer
1927 – Alice Dexter
1936 – Winnifred McConnell
1931 – Phoebe Grierson
1926 – Muriel Bremner
1935 – H. L . (Doris) Beer
1930 – Lillian Wattsford
1925 – Phyllis Rykert
1934 – Phyllis Rykert
1929 – Phoebe Grierson
Men’s Doubles – Dr. F. C. Hanna & Birks Trophies
2016 – Alexander Sasha Mironov, John Wins-Purdy
1989 – Jim Catton, Keith Leech
2015 – James Ferguson & Iancu Ghinda
1988 – Paul Valois, Rick Valois
2014 – Adrian Frei, Taylor Ferrier
1987 – Ted Thompson, John Bedward
2013 – Jim Fawcett, Mike Sutcliffe
1986 – John Savone, Rob Cartwright
2012 – Jim Fawcett, Mike Sutcliffe
1985 – Colin McAlpin, Bill MacPhail
2011 – Nicholas Vincent, Patrick Robichaud
1984 – Ted Thompson, John Bedward
2010 – Galin Nizortchev, Matt Sherman
1983 – Colin McAlpin, Stewart McAlpin
2009 – Jim Cameron, Galin Nizortchev
1982 – Jim Cameron, Ted Thompson
2008 – Galin Nizortchev, Adrian Frei
1981 – Michel Hurtubise, Paul Valois
2007 – Colin McAlpin, Zhenya Kondratovsky
1980 – Les Hockey, Bill MacPhail
2006 – Colin McAlpin, Zhenya Kondratovsky
1979 – Dale Power, Michael Carroll
2005 – Brandon Alguire, Alain Regier
1978 – Jim Boyce, Gabriel Rona
2004 – Marcos Valencia, Andrew Hawel
1977 – Jim Cameron, Ted Thompson
2003 – Winner Not Known
1976 – Cameron Monroe, Steve Segal
2002 – Jonathan Adamson, Robin Clark
1975 – Bud Leroux, Bill MacPhail
2001 – Peter Worthing, Tomas Veskimae
1974 – Michael Carroll, Michael Cowpland
2000 – Matthew Scoppa, Sven Bruening
1973 – Scott Dunlop, Paul Henry
1999 – Marko Vuckovic, Zhenya Kondratovsky
1972 – Murray Wiggins, Eugene Robillard
1998 – Rob Cartwright, Tim Thompson
1971 – No Event
1997 – Zhenya Kondratovsky, Marko Vuckovic
1970 – Tony O’Donnell, Gary Hockey
1996 – Rob Cartwright, Tim Thompson
1969 – Rick Marshall, John McManus
1995 – Jim Cameron, Paul Valois
1968 – Terry Leach, Marinus Wins
1994 – No Event
1967 – Tony O’Donnell, David Ryan
1993 – Rob Cartwright, Tim Thompson
1966 – Ray Greenhall, Brian Graham
1992 – Rob Cartwright, Tim Thompson
1965 – David Ryan, Guy Rainville
1991 – Mark Ernst, Paul Valois
1964 – Gerry Lafortune, Maurice Landry
1990 – Colin McAplin, Paul Valois
1963 – David Low, Ralph Oliver
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1962 – Marcel Chartrand, Gerry Lafortune
1935 – E. C. Connolly, Georges Leclerc
1961 – Hamilton Quain, Robin Lees
1934 – E. C. Condon, Georges Leclerc
1960 – Hamilton Quain, Robin Lees
1933 – J. C. I. Edwards, Georges Leclerc
1959 – Hamilton Quain, Robin Lees
1932 – E. C. Connolly, C. P. Connolly
1958 – Gerry Lafortune, George House
1931 – E. C. Condon, James Woods
1957 – Gerry Lafortune, Gaetan Valois
1930 – E. C. Connolly, C. P. Connolly
1956 – Gerry Lafortune, Gaetan Valois
1929 – E. E. Heppenstall, E. E. Pennock
1955 – Gerry Lafortune, Ben Pozitsky
1928 – E. C. Condon, Jerome Paradis
1954 – Redmond Quain Jr., Hamilton Quain
1927 – L. W. Moore, T. M. Moore
1953 – Art McKight, Gerry Lafortune
1926 – L. W. Moore, T. M. Moore
1952 – Art McKight, Gerry Lafortune
1925 – A. M. Milne, E. E. Heppenstall
1951 – Art McKight, Gerry Lafortune
1924 – H. F. Wright, Dr. J. R. O’Brien
1950 – Art McKight, Gerry Lafortune
1923 – E. A. Thomas, L. W. Moore
1949 – Don McDiarmid, Gaetan Valois
1922 – E. A. Thomas, L. W. Moore
1948 – Art McKnight, Edgar Murphy
1921 – H. F. Wright, J. F. McKinley
1947 – Don McDiarmid. Eddie O’Hara
1920 – Lionel Hunter, Ronald Sharp
1946 – Art McKnight, Edgar Murphy
1919 – Lionel Hunter, Ronald Sharp
1945 – No Event
1918 – No Event
1944 – No Event
1917 – No Event
1943 – No Event
1916 – No Event
1942 – No Event
1915 – No Event
1941 – Art McKnight, Edgar Murphy
1914 – M. B. Bonnell, P. L. Armstrong
1940 – E. C. Connolly, Gord Shorter
1913 – R. S. Raby, G. E. McClelland
1939 – E. C. Connolly, Gord Shorter
1912 – M. B. Bonnell, William Duthie
1938 – E. C. Connolly, Don McDiarmid
1911 – R. S. Raby, G. H. Wattsford
1937 – J. W. O’Hara, Don McDiarmid
1910 – R. S. Raby, G. H. Wattsford
1936 – E. C. Connolly, Georges Leclerc
Women’s Doubles – Hon. Charles Murphy Trophy
2016 – Petra Januskova, Rachel Cruickshank
2011 – Maria Klokotsky, Rachel Cruickshank
2015 – Laetitia Habimana, Claudine Rouleau
2010 – Rachel Cruickshank, Elaine Douglas-Miron
2014 – Elisabeth Fournier, Petra Januskova
2009 – Christine Nichols, Sue Feldman
2013 – Eva Januskova-Lehmann, Petra Januskova
2008 – Petra Januskova, Rachel Cruickshank
2012 – Eva Januskova-Lehmann, Petra Januskova
2007 – Laura Pola, Rachel Cruickshank
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2006 – Christine Li Wan Po, Christine Nichols
1973 – Evelyn Hustwit, Frances Green
2005 – Anne-Marie Belleau, Elise St.Antoine
1972 – Patricia Marks, Marguerite Wagner
2004 – Janie Soublière, Christine Nichols
1971 – Evelyn Hustwit, Frances Green
2003 – Winner Not Known
1970 – Rosemary Jull, Evelyn Hustwit
2002 – Aleksandra Paliga, Maria Klokotsky
1969 – Rosemary Jull, Evelyn Hustwit
2001 – No Event
1968 – Elizabeth Mordasewicz, Evelyn Hustwit
2000 – Maria Klokotzky, Erika Januskova
1967 – Rosemarie Fletcher, Sheila Robertson
1999 – Jennifer Stiell, Sue Simmons
1966 – Patricia Marks, Barbara Cotton
1998 – Michelle Brunette, Catherine Rea
1965 – Patricia Marks, Jean MacPherson
1997 – Kerri Cartwright, Janie Soublière
1964 – Carol Stevenson, Jean MacPherson
1996 – Michelle Brunette, Catherine Rea
1963 – Patricia Marks, Jean MacPherson
1995 – Kerri Cartwright, Janie Soublière
1962 – Barbara Cotton, Jean MacPherson
1994 – Christine Nichols, Evelyn Hustwit
1961 – Lorna Rice, Rosemarie Fletcher
1993 – Joelle Lipski, Christine Nichols
1960 – Barbara Cotton, Patricia Ryan
1992 – Alex Kalnitsky, Jennifer Kalnitsky
1959 – Barbara Cotton, Patricia Ryan
1991 – Evelyn Hustwit, Patricia Marks
1958 – Barbara Cotton, Patricia Ryan
1990 – Alex Kalnitsky, Jennifer Kalnitsky
1957 – Barbara Cotton, Mariette Laframboise
1989 – Jennifer Bland, Dominika Gregorova
1956 – Rose Fletcher, Ann Macklin
1988 – Jennifer Kalnitsky, Dominika Gregorova
1955 – Rose Fletcher, Ann Macklin
1987 – Jennifer Kalnitsky, Dominika Gregorova
1954 – Lorna Rice, Janeth McKinley
1986 – Hilje Paradis, Patricia Marks
1953 – Lorna Rice, Joan Batterton
1985 – Martine Guerin, Tracey Clark
1952 – Sonia Ladouceur, Patricia Cockburn
1984 – Elizabeth McDougall, Christa Cameron
1951 – Lorna Rice, Rosemarie Fletcher
1983 – Elizabeth McDougall, Kerri Cartwright
1950 – Janeth Rutherford, Ilse Sprung
1982 – Christa Cameron, Gail Blake
1949 – Patricia Lowe, Diane Lowe
1981 – Kerri Cartwright, Martine Guerin
1948 – Vera Lewis, Sonia Swift
1980 – Evelyn Hustwit, Lynne Hustwit
1947 – Vera Lewis, Sonia Swift
1979 – Evelyn Hustwit, Patricia Marks
1946 – Vera Lewis, Sonia Swift
1978 – Evelyn Hustwit, Patricia Marks
1945 – No Event
1977 – Evelyn Hustwit, Patricia Marks
1944 – No Event
1976 – Evelyn Hustwit, Patricia Marks
1943 – No Event
1975 – Brenda Shoemaker, Cynthia Nowlan
1942 – No Event
1974 – Evelyn Hustwit, Patricia Marks
1941 – Vera Lewis, Winnifred McConnell
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1940 – Vera Lewis, Winnifred McConnell
1932 – Mrs. H. L. Beer, Phyllis Rykert
1939 – Doreen Graham, Marguerite Lanthier
1931 – Margaret Best, Doreen Kenny
1938 – Ora Davis, Rejane Matte
1930 – Margaret Best, Doreen Kenny
1937 – Mrs. H. L. Beer, Phyllis Rykert
1929 – Margaret Best, Doreen Kenny
1936 – Mrs. H. L. Beer, Phyllis Rykert
1928 – Mrs. H. L. Beer, Phyllis Rykert
1935 – Mrs. H. L. Beer, Phyllis Rykert
1927 – Mrs. G. S. Macfarlane, Phyllis Rykert
1934 – Mrs. H. L. Beer, Phyllis Rykert
1926 – Mrs. G. S. MacFarlane, Lola Beliveau
1933 – Mrs. H. L. Beer, Phyllis Rykert
Mixed Doubles – John Murphy Trophy
2016 – Petra Januskova, James Ferguson
1992 – Janie Soublière, Rob Cartwright
2015 – Adrian Frei, Elisabeth Fournier
1991 – Michelle Brunette, Ed Hladkowicz
2014 – Elisabeth Fournier, James Ferguson
1990 – Jennifer Kalnitsky, Rob Cartwright
2013 – Petra Januskova, Malik Bhatnagar
1989 – Eva Januskova, Tim Thompson
2012 – Elianne Douglas-Miron, Daniele Longo
1988 – Jennifer Kalnitsky, Jim Catton
2011 – Eva Januskova-Lehmann, Chris Wheeler
1987 – Jennifer Kalnitsky, Ted Thompson
2010 – Elaine Douglas-Miron, Adrien Frei
1986 – Christine Nichols, Jim Catton
2009 – Rachel Cruickshank, Adrien Frei
1985 – Martine Guerin, John Savone
2008 – Rachel Cruickshank, Galin Nizortchev
1984 – Shona Brown, Colin McAlpin
2007 – Laura Pola, Andrew Hawel
1983 – Elizabeth McDougall, Michel Hurtubise
2006 – Christine LiWanPo, Jose Gomez
1982 – Martine Guerin, François Poirier
2005 – Christine LiWanPo, Jose Gomez
1981 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
2004 – Janie Soublière, Dale Power
1980 – Christa Cameron, Jim Cameron
2003 – Winner Not Known
1979 – Marjorie Blackwood, Harry Blackwood
2002 – Aleksandra Paliga, Andre Paliga
1978 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
2001 – Erin Moore, Jonathan Adamson
1977 – Patricia Marks, Eric Smith
2000 – Erika Januskova, Jonathan Sklenar
1976 – No Event
1999 – Sue Simmons, Hugo Aubry
1975 – Patricia Marks, Bob Geoffrion
1998 – Celine Depaul, Jimmy Carreau
1974 – Patricia Marks, Michael Carroll
1997 – Susan Stone, Marko Vuckovic
1973 – Sheena McKenzie, Reg Lian
1996 – Martine Guerin, Marko Vuckovic
1972 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Cowpland
1995 – Christine Nichols, Olivier Guillaume
1971 – Pamela McManus, Gary Hockey
1994 – Dominika Gregorova, Tony Roth
1970 – Michelle Parent, Marinus Wins
1993 – Janie Soublière, Rob Cartwright
1969 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Cowpland
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1968 – Susan Butt, Tony O’Donnell
1946 – Vera Lewis, Art McKnight
1967 – Evelyn Hustwit, Ray Greenhall
1945 – No Event
1966 – Carol Gibson, Ben Pozitsky
1944 – No Event
1965 – Sonia Ladouceur, Gerry Lafortune
1943 – No Event
1964 – Carol Stevenson, Gerry Lafortune
1942 – No Event
1963 – Carol Stevenson, Gerry Lafortune
1941 – Vera Lewis, Art McKnight
1962 – Carol Stevenson, Gerry Lafortune
1940 – Vera Lewis, Art McKnight
1961 – Carol Stevenson, Robin Lees
1939 – Winnifred McConnell, Eddie O’Hara
1960 – Patricia Ryan, Hamilton Quain
1938 – Ora Davis, E. C. Connolly
1959 – Patricia Ryan, Hamilton Quain
1937 – Mrs. H. L. Beer, E. C. Connolly
1958 – Carol Stevenson, Gerry Lafortune
1936 – Phyllis Rykert, E. C. Condon
1957 – Mariette Laframboise, Gerry Lafortune
1935 – Mrs. H. L. Beer, Georges Leclerc
1956 – Patricia Cockburn, Gerry Lafortune
1934 – Mrs. H. L. Beer, Georges Leclerc
1955 – Carol Turcotte, Gerry Lafortune
1933 – Mrs. Edwards, J. C. I. Edwards
1954 – Carol Turcotte, Gerry Lafortune
1932 – Phoebe Grierson, J. C. I. Edwards
1953 – Carol Turcotte, Gerry Lafortune
1931 – Phoebe Grierson, E. C. Condon
1952 – Sonia Ladouceur, Gerry Lafortune
1930 – Doreen Kenny, E. C. Condon
1951 – Sonia Ladouceur, Gerry Lafortune
1929 – Phyllis Rykert, Phil Hurcomb
1950 – Sonia Swift, Gerry Lafortune
1928 – Phyllis Rykert, Phil Hurcomb
1949 – Sonia Swift, Edgar Murphy
1927 – Alice Dexter, Grant Dexter
1948 – Vera Lewis, Bob Duford
1926 – Muriel Bremner, E. C. Condon
1947 – Vera Lewis, Bob Duford
1925 – Muriel Bremner, E. C. Condon
NCTA Intermediate Championships
Intermediate Men’s Singles
2016 – Andrew Rowe
2008 – Francisco Alvarez
2000 – Jason Staples
2015 – Kosta Dujic
2007 – Rob Fontaine
1999 – Rodrigo Salinas
2014 – James Worrall
2006 – Juan Delgado
1998 – Steve Bryce
2013 – Chris Halliday
2005 – John Wins-Purdy
1997 – Hugo Aubry
2012 – Kirk Davies & Kosta Dujic
2004 – Scott Ventureyra
1996 – Jimmy Carreau
(2 intermediate events that year)
2003 – Bernard Fortier
1995 – Bruce Acland
2010 – Olivier Bassett
2002 – Bill Stunt
1994 – Vince Littke
2009 – Sacha Krishna
2001 – David Wu
1993 – Sanjay Ghandi
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1992 – Kevin Pendergrast
1972 – Bob Geoffrion
1952 – Guy Cloutier
1991 – Olivier Guillaume
1971 – Gerry Filion
1951 – Ben Pozitsky
1990 – Chris Dorey
1970 – Arnaud DeGouville
1950 – John Johnson
1989 – Barry Casselman
1969 – Scott Dunlop
1949 – J. J. Sarra-Bournet
1988 – Marc Adler
1968 – Michael Cowpland
1948 – Redmond Quain Jr.
1987 – Yvon Roy
1967 – Terry Leech
1947 – Barney Lawrence
1986 – Bill McEachern
1966 – Don Douglas
1946 – No Event
1985 – Attella Nagy
1965 – Paul Henry
1945 – No Event
1984 – Marko Vuckovic
1964 – Rick Marshall
1944 – No Event
1983 – Pat Wu
1963 – Jean Paquette
1943 – No Event
1982 – David Crabbe
1962 – Don Gilchrist
1942 – No Event
1981 – No Event
1961 – Jacques Ranger
1941 – Yvon Pepin
1980 – Pat Wu
1960 – Ed Stevenson
1940 – Forbes Munroe
1979 – Rob Cartwright
1959 – Denis Page
1939 – Charles LeRoyer
1978 – Kevin Hamilton
1958 – Pierre Lamoureux
1938 – E. D. Berry
1977 – David Large
1957 – Maurice Landry
1937 – J. de Jocas
1976 – Allan MacDonald
1956 – Eugene Robillard
1936 – Gordon Shorter
1975 – Marc Lepage
1955 – Harold Lithwick
1935 – G. R. Green
1974 – Bud Leroux
1954 – Victor Macklin
1934 – Jardine Day
1973 – Terry Hill
1953 – Jean Paquette
Intermediate Women’s Singles
2016 – Adrainne Song
2002 – Patti Kidd
1990 – Lesley Hulse
2015 – Huiping Iler
2001 – Baerbel Newman
1989 – Sandra MacLeod
2014 – Sunita Mulpuru
2000 – Baerbel Newman
1988 – Robina Pearce
2013 – Heather Dufault
1999 – Jennifer Wong
1987 – Annette McGlynn
2010 – Li Yu
1998 – Madeleine Bérubé
1986 – Michelle Brunette
2009 –
1997 – Jane Hazel
1985 – Karen Chan
2008 – Baerbel Newman
1996 – Michelle Gagnon
1984 – Margo Greenberg
2007 – No Event
1995 – Hélène Coulombe
1983 – Pierrette Lamirande
2006 – Jana Kriz
1994 – Cathy O’Halloran
1982 – Rachel Adm
2005 – Ana Solajic
1993 – Annette McGylnn
1981 – No Event
2004 – No Event
1992 – Manuela Savini
1980 – Barbara Kerr
2003 – No Event
1991 – Anhthu Vu
1979 – Hilje Paradis
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1978 – Kea von Michalofski
1963 – Valmai Elley
1948 – Jean Kitchin
1977 – Jessica Chutter
1962 – Vera Ablack
1947 – Rita Hartney
1976 – Stans van Wijk
1961 – Jean MacPherson
1946 – No Event
1975 – Barbara Louch
1960 – Barbara Cotton
1945 – No Event
1974 – Christa Kruse
1959 – Anne Heggtveit
1944 – No Event
1973 – Agnes Carriere
1958 – Yvette Houle
1943 – No Event
1972 – Louise Coulombe
1957 – Barbara Ritchie
1942 – No Event
1971 – Janet de Verteuil
1956 – Ella Ritchie
1941 – Adrienne Larose
1970 – Judy Argue
1955 – Georgette Delecreataz
1940 – Mrs. D. L. Ralston
1969 – Amy Mantsch
1954 – Georgette Delecreataz
1939 – Doreen Graham
1968 – Joan Taylor
1953 – Muriel Finlayson
1938 – Marguerite Lanthier
1967 – Michelle Parent
1952 – Marguerite Pineau
1937 – Jeanne Francis
1966 – Carol Steers
1951 – Carol Turcotte
1936 – Eileen Devine
1965 – Joan Guenault
1950 – Edith O’Halloran
1935 – Phyllis Darch
1964 – Marguerite Wagner
1949 – Diane Lowe
1934 – Clair Bigras
Intermediate Men’s Doubles
2016 – Kosta Dujic, Etienne Sevigny
1993 – Sanjay Ghandi, Mark Boudreau
2015 – Munzil Qureshi, Ed Nera
1992 – Kevin Pendergrast, Mark Boudreau
2008 – Brian Riley, Martin Maione
1991 – Derek Koenig, Doug Johnson
2007 – Bruce Ramsay, M. Salat
1990 – Chris Dorey, Walter Roucek
2006 – No Event
1989 – Keven Ward, Colin Harding
2005 – Peter Reinecke, John Wins-Purdy
1988 – Craig Mook-Sang, Pierre Despatie
2004 – No Event
1987 – Graham Gardner, Kevin Ward
2003 – Bernard Fortier, Rob Edwards
1986 – Phil Hurcomb, Jim Hurcomb
2002 – Andrew Verney, Kelly Kinahan
1985 – David Mabson, Don MacLeod
2001 – Greg Orchard, Jean-Paul Pham
1984 – Jim Hurcomb, Marko Vuckovic
2000 – Bryan Macmillan, David Rutkay
1983 – Phil Hurcomb, Jim Hurcomb
1999 – François Cyr, Normand Boulé
1982 – Elmer Hara, Pat Wu
1998 – Wayne Cheung, Steven Bryce
1981 – No Event
1997 – Rob Fountaine, Bruce Hickson
1980 – Gregg Shimokura, Pat Wu
1996 – Hugo Aubry, Ryan Zeman
1979 – Rudy Slozil, Terry Jamieson
1995 – Imran Syed, Eric Bowie-Reed
1978 – Randy Rosenthal, Robert Power
1994 – Chris Jordan, Gary Maffett
1977 – Elmer Hara, Ed Hladkowicz
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1976 – Phil Hurcomb, Jim Hurcomb
1961 – Gerry Capello, Bill Cunningham
1975 – Bill MacPhail, Russ Levia
1960 – Eugene Robillard, Jacques Tomaro
1974 – Bud Leroux, Russ Levia
1959 – Guy Rainville, Denis Page
1973 – Bill McRae, Gordon Liang
1958 – Hugh Edgar, Jeff Jeffries
1972 – Bill MacPhail, Cameron Munroe
1957 – George House, Logie Macdonnell
1971 – Ray Kimoto, Graeme Forrester
1956 – Rick Marshall, Eugene Robillard
1970 – Claude Marleau, Ray Kimoto
1955 – Gordon Smith, Don Montgomery
1969 – Scott Dunlop, Paul Henry
1954 – Gordon Smith, Jeff Jeffries
1968 – Michael Cowpland, Jacques Tomaro
1953 – Jean Paquette, Maurice Croteau
1967 – Terry Leech, Uwe Nahnsen
1952 – John Milliken, Joe Atyeo
1966 – Ray Greenhall, Brian Graham
1951 – Marcel Viau, Denis Delisle
1965 – Brian Wilson, Roger Waters
1950 – Gilbert Jolicoeur, John McQuaig
1964 – Paul Henry, David Ryan
1949 – John Blackburn, Gilbert Jolicoeur
1963 – Rick Marshall, Jean Paquette
1948 – John Blackburn, Gilbert Jolicoeur
1962 – Don Douglas, Peter Maltby
1947 – John Blackburn, Gilbert Jolicoeur
Intermediate Women’s Doubles
2016 – Joan Emery, Samantha Nickel
1993 – Ellen Heide, Diane Pelton
2015 – Kelly Gordon, Claudine Rouleau
1992 – Manuela Savini, Michelle Brunette
2008 – No Event
1991 – Carol Rosenthall, Ahnthu Vu
2007 – No Event
1990 – Ellen Heide, Barbara Kerr
2006 – No Event
1989 – Michelle Brunette, Linda Spence
2005 – No Event
1988 – Robina Pearce, Gwen Sarkadi
2004 – No Event
1987 – Roxanne Nelson, Katie Jarvis
2003 – No Event
1986 – Michelle Brunette, Barbara Spiva
2002 – D. Andrei, A Smith
1985 – Ann Bostock, Stans van Wijk
2001 – No Event
1984 – Annette McGlynn, Gwen Sarkadi
2000 – No Event
1983 – Joan Dixon, Jan Steele
1999 – No Event
1982 – No Event
1998 – Sheila McQueen, Cathy Carter
1981 – Rachel Adm, Vivien Van Breemen
1997 – Sue Simmons, Jennifer Stiell
1980 – Barbara Kerr, Flo Szabo
1996 – Beverly Verney, Pierrette Lamirande
1979 – Maureen Ball, Madeleine Hamilton
1995 – Hélène Coulombe, Louise Coulombe
1978 – Diane Hilary, Joy Donald
1994 – Stans van Wijk, Rosemae Blackwood
1977 – Gail Black, Marilyn Brown
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1976 – Joy Donald, Audrey Braid
1961 – Jean MacPherson, Yvette Houle
1975 – Maureen Garbutt, Barbara Forster
1960 – Heather Blaine, Linda McCarthy
1974 – Barbara Knapp, Lynne Noel
1959 – Audrey Braid, Pat Morton
1973 – Barbara Knapp, Sheena McKenzie
1958 – Jeanette Buchanan, Jean Southworth
1972 – Rose Fletcher, Joy Kelly
1957 – Mariam Little, Jean Southworth
1971 – Rose Fletcher, Janeth McKinley
1956 – Janette Buchanan, Ella Ritchie
1970 – Joan Taylor, Robin Lee Munroe
1955 – Georgette Delecreataz, Dawn McDonald
1969 – Amy Mantsch, Catherine Sidebottom
1954 – Miranda Lawson, Maria van Spanje
1968 – Sue Power, Shirley Watson
1953 – Eleanor Bates, Anne Budreo
1967 – Lorna Rice, Elizabeth Mordasewicz
1952 – Marguerite Pineau, Anne Budreo
1966 – Margaret Burrows, Sheila Robertson
1951 – Carol Turcotte, Penny Low
1965 – Joan Guenault, Carol Steers
1950 – Marguerite Pineau, Cecile Richard
1964 – Marguerite Wagner, Joan Guenault
1949 – Audrey Braid, Marguerite Wall
1963 – Marguerite Wagner, Joan Guenault
1948 – Jean Kitchin, Jane O’Neill
1962 – Peggy Jardine, Sue Driver
1947 – Rita Hartney, Beatrice Carroll
Intermediate Mixed Doubles
2016 – Li Yu, Jeff McCarthy
1993 – Ann Laubstein, Mark Boudreau
2015 – Anna Beben, Derek McGovern
1992 – Sue Feldman, Bill Shannon
2014 – Greg Orchard, Baerbel Newman
1991 – Sandra Trattles, Imran Syed
2008 – Baerbel Newman, Martin Maione
1990 – Sue Feldman, Bill Shannon
2006, 2007 – No Event
1989 – Karen Chan, Michel Dalpe-Charron
2005 – Ana Solajic, John Wins-Purdy
1988 – Flo Szabo, Ed Sienkiewicz
2004 – No Event
1987 – Lucie Oliver-Cyr, François Cyr
2003 – No Event
1986 – Stephanie Tibbits, Jamie Laschinger
2002 – No Event
1985 – Karen Chan, Mike Best
2001 – Sheila McQueen, Basil Bowen
1984 – Mirjam Goossens, Leon Goossens
2000 – No Event
1983 – Ria Kruyne, Craig Leverman
1999 – Jane Hazel, Paul Zeitoun
1982 – Rachel Adm, Pierre Adm
1998 – Sheila McQueen, Scott Noyes
1981 – No Event
1997 – Baerbel Newman, Michel Abrogoua
1980 – Maureen Morgan, Ed Stevenson
1996 – Michelle Brunette, Hugo Aubry
1979 – Maureen Ball, Geoffrey Ball
1995 – Gudrun Brune, Bruce Hickson
1978 – Diane Hilary, Elmer Hara
1994 – Sue Simmons, Eric Bowie-Reed
1977 – Jane Van Ingen, Elmer Hara
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1976 – Ria Kruyne, Eugene Robillard
1966 – Margaret Burrows, Dave Smith
1975 – Marguerite Wagner, Elmer Hara
1965 – Shirley Watson, Paul Henry
1974 – Lynne Noel, Gerry Filion
1964 – Sheila Robertson, Dave Smith
1973 – Barbara Knapp, Elmer Hara
1963 – Valmai Elley, Warwick Elley
1972 – Frances Green, Gordon Laing
1962 – Diane Simard, Jean Paquette
1971 – No Event
1961 – Yvette Houle, Howard Simpson
1970 – Edith Connolly, Glen Larocque
1960 – Maureen Morgan, Ed Stevenson
1969 – Amy Mantsch, Don Hambling
1959 – Miriam Little, Denis Page
1968 – Doris Turner, Jack Hambling
1958 – Jean Southworth, Ed Stevenson
1967 – Michelle Parent, Ray Greenhall
1957 – Maureen Nash, Al Livingston
NCTA Seniors Over 35
Masters Men’s Singles Over 35
2016 – James Ferguson
2002 – Jim Cameron
1990 – Yvon Roy
2015 – James Ferguson
2001 – Jim Cameron
1989 – Paul Melia
2014 – James Ferguson
2000 – Jim Cameron
1988 – Chad Gaffield
2013 – Ben Etheve-Meek
1999 – Jim Cameron
1987 – John Tibbits
2010 – James Ferguson
1998 – Jim Cameron
1986 – Shaheer Mikhail
2009 – Bruce Acland
1997 – Stan Bhend
1985 – Gary Maffett
2008 – Jim Cameron
1996 – Jim Cameron
1984 – John Tibbits
2007 – Bruce Acland
1995 – Bill Stunt
1983 – Paul Henry
2006 – Peter Worthing
1994 – No Event
1982 – Paul Henry
2005 – Matt Bellamy
1993 – Reg Lian
1981 – Michael Carroll
2004 – Barry Casselman
1992 – Ted Thompson
1980 – Joe Scott
2003 – Jack Newton
1991 – Marinus Wins
Masters Women’s Singles Over 35
2016 – No Event
2007 – Christine Nichols
2000 – Baerbel Newman
2015 – Elise St-Antoine
2006 – Baerbel Newman
1999 – Jennifer Wong
2014 – Teresa Beauregard
2005 – No Event
1998 – Sue Simmons
2013 – Nicole Terrier
2004 – No Event
1997 – Diane Dodds
2010 – Christine Nichols
2003 – No Event
1996 – Evelyn Hustwit
2009 – Nicole Terrier
2002 – Sue Simmons
1995 – Evelyn Hustwit
2008 – Christine Nichols
2001 – Christine Nichols
1994 – Evelyn Hustwit
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1993 – No Event
1986 – Evelyn Hustwit
1992 – Evelyn Hustwit
1985 – Beverly Tibbits
1991 – Evelyn Hustwit
1984 – Beverly Tibbits
1990 – Evelyn Hustwit
1983 – Joanne Eartly
1989 – Evelyn Hustwit
1982 – Anne Fanthome
1988 – Evelyn Hustwit
1981 – Anne Fanthome
1987 – Evelyn Hustwit
1980 – Anne Khare
Masters Men’s Doubles Over 35
2016 – James Ferguson, Benoit Lacasse
1996 – Michael Cowpland, Paul Valois
2015 – Scott Ventureyra, Chris Goldrick
1995 – Ted Thompson, David Large
2014 – Chris Trubiani, Justin Date
1994 – Marinus Wins, Paul Henry
2013 – Jim Hurcomb, Phil Hurcomb
1993 – Gary Roberts, Kirby MacKay
2010 – Martin Marion, Bruce Acland
1992 --Ted Thompson, David Large
2009 – Bruce Acland, Bill McEachern
1991 – Paul Melia, Yvon Roy
2008 – Imran Syed, Bill McEachern
1990 – Paul Melia, Yvon Roy
2007 – No Event
1989 – Phil Hurcomb, Jim Hurcomb
2006 – Imran Syed, Samir Bhatnager
1988 – Gary Maffett, Jim Hurcomb
2005 – Kurt Carter, Jack Newton
1987 – Gary Maffett, Stuart Adam
2004 – Kurt Carter, Marcel Charette
1986 – John Tibbits, Michael Cowpland
2003 – Bruce Acland, Pat Charr
1985 – Paul Henry, Marinus Wins
2002 – Kurt Carter, Marcel Charette
1984 – Paul Henry, Marinus Wins
2001 – Marko Vuckovic, Imran Syed
1983 – Paul Henry, Marinus Wins
2000 – John Tokos, Nathan Levine
1982 – Steve Glavin, Rudy Slozil
1999 – Glen Fujiwara, Bill MacEachern
1981 – Steve Glavin, Rudy Slozil
1998 – Marko Vuckovic, Nathan Levine
1980 – Bruce Kinsella, Steve Morvai
1997 – Stan Bhend, Allan MacDonald
Masters Women’s Doubles Over 35
2016 – No Event
2002 – Evelyn Hustwit, Pat Marks
2014 – Monica Hollands, Christine Rivas
2001 – Pat Marks, Christine Nichols
2010 – Baerbel Newman, Kathy Baird
2000 – Baerbel Newman, Shelia McQueen
2009 – Baerbel Newman, Michelle Gagnon
1999 – Patricia Marks, Annette McGlynn
2008 – Baerbel Newman, Michelle Gagnon
1998 – Patricia Marks, Annette McGlynn
2003 - 2007 – No Event
1997 – Kathy Baird, Baerbel Newman
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1996 – Annette McGlynn, Gwen Meireles
1987 – Hilje Paradis, Patricia Marks
1995 – Shan Ross, Penny Goldrick
1986 – Evelyn Hustwit, Beatrice Short
1994 – Pat Marks, Karen Chan
1985 – Beverley Tibbits, Ria Kruyn
1993 – Ria Kruyne, Stans van Wijk
1984 – Beatrice Short, Adrienne Williams
1992 – Patricia Marks, Evelyn Hustwit
1983 – Isabelle Southwell, Joanna Scissons
1991 – Patricia Marks, Evelyn Hustwit
1982 – Mary Balfour, Kea von Michalofski
1990 – No Event
1981 – Brigitte Bonus, Beatrice Short
1989 – Patricia Marks, Hilje Paradis
1980 – Anne Khare, Mary Balfour
1988 – Patricia Marks, Shan Ross
Masters Mixed Doubles Over 35
2016 – Li Yu, James Ferguson
1995 – Karin Fisscher, Andy Talbot
2015 – Debbie Schauer, Stacy Elliott
1994 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
2014 – Joan Emery, Reg Tilbenny
1993 – Ellen Heide, Ian Heide
2013 – Joan Emery, Reg Tilbenny
1992 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
2010 – Baerbel Newman, Greg Orchard
1991 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
2009 – Baerbel Newman, Kevin Palframan
1990 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
2008 – Christine Nichols, Matt Bellamy
1989 – Evelyn Hustwit, Gary Maffett
2007 – Christine Nichols, Matt Bellamy
1988 – Rosemae Blackwood, Gerry Filion
2003 - 2006 – No Event
1987 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
2002 – Sue Simmons, Paul Zeitoun
1986 – Beverley Tibbits, John Tibbits
2001 – Baerbel Newman, Bill McEachern
1985 – Gail Blake, Stuart Adam
2000 – Baerbel Newman, Bill McEachern
1984 – Beverley Tibbits, John Tibbits
1999 – Jennifer Stiell, Imran Syed
1983 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
1998 – Baerbel Newman, Michel Abrogoua
1982 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
1997 – Baerbel Newman, Michel Abrogoua
1981 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
1996 – Ann Laubstein, Michel Abrogoua
1980 – Mary Balfour, Dinesh Khare
NCTA Seniors Over 40
Masters Men’s Singles Over 40
1979 – Don Gilchrist
1974 – Don Coates
1969 – Don Coates
1978 – David Low
1973 – Don Coates
1968 – John Kyle
1977 – Jean Paquette
1972 – Don Coates
1967 – John Kyle
1976 – David Low
1971 – Don Gilchrist
1966 – John Kyle
1975 – Don Coates
1970 – Don Coates
1965 – Ben Pozitsky
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1964 – Bill Munro
1962 – Ben Pozitsky
1963 – Bill Munro
1961 – John Fletcher
1960 – Lewis Leach
Masters Women’s Singles Over 40
1977 – Evelyn Hustwit
1975 – Marguerite Wagner
1973 – Betty Boyd
Masters Men’s Doubles Over 40
1979 – Ken Cross, Elmer Hara
1972 – Don Coates, John Bonus
1978 – Laurent Dutil, Jean Paquette
1971 – Don Coates, Don Gilchrist
1977 – Don Coates, David Low
1970 – Don Coates, Don Gilchrist
1976 – Don Coates, David Low
1969 – Don Coates, Don Gilchrist
1975 – Elmer Hara, Forbes Munroe
1968 – Bill Munro, Ian Harlock
1974 – Don Coates, Bill McRae
1967 – Bill Munro, Ian Harlock
1973 – Don Coates, Don Gilchrist
Masters Women’s Doubles Over 40
1977 – Evelyn Hustwit, Stans van Wijk
1973 – Betty Boyd, Rose Fletcher
1976 – Diana Soame, Brigitte Bonus
1972 – Marguerite Wagner, Joan Taylor
1975 – Diana Soame, Brigitte Bonus
1971 – Marguerite Wagner, Sonia Ladouceur
1974 – Joy Donald, Audrey Braid
1970 – Marguerite Wagner, Sonia Ladouceur
Masters Mixed Doubles Over 40
1978 – Evelyn Hustwit, Joe Byrnes
1977 – Stans van Wijk, Elmer Hara
NCTA Seniors Over 45
Masters Men’s Singles Over 45
2016 – Bill Mceachern
2006 – Marko Vuckovic
1996 – Shaheer Mikhail
2015 – Bruce Acland
2005 – David Rutbay
1995 – Bill MacPhail
2014 – Bill McEachern
2004 – No Event
1994 – No Event
2013 – Bill McEachern
2003 – Reg Lian
1993 – Terry Hill
2012 – Bruce Acland
2002 – Jim Cameron
1992 – Paul Henry
2011 – Giovanni Savone
2001 – Jim Cameron
1991 – Dell Pendergrast
2010 – Bill McEachern
2000 – Jim Cameron
1990 – Dell Pendergrast
2009 – Bill McEachern
1999 – Jim Cameron
1989 – Rudy Slozil
2008 – Jim Cameron
1998 – Jim Cameron
1988 – Albert Roy
2007 – Richard Theriault
1997 – Marinus Wins
1987 – Claude Marleau
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1986 – Albert Roy
1983 – Steve Glavin
1985 – Stuart Adam
1982 – Steve Morvai
1984 – Jean Paquette
1981 – Jean Paquette
1980 – Jean Paquette
Masters Women’s Singles Over 45
2016 – Li Yu
2007 – No Event
1991 – Evelyn Hustwit
2014 – Jane Thompson
2006 – Baerbel Newman
1990 – No Event
2013 – Teresa Beauregard
2005 – Annette McGlynn
1989 – Evelyn Hustwit
2012 – Ann Gay
2002 – Denise Martel
1988 – Pat Marks
2010 – Ann Gay
2001 – Evelyn Hustwit
1987 – Penny Goldrick
2009 – No Event
1993 – Evelyn Hustwit
1986 – Evelyn Hustwit
2008 – No Event
1992 – Evelyn Hustwit
1985 – Evelyn Hustwit
Masters Mens Doubles Over 45
2016 – No Event
1995 – Marinus Wins, Paul Henry
2015 – Imran Syed, Bruce Acland
1994 – Marinus Wins, Paul Henry
2014 – Imran Syed, Bruce Acland
1993 – Frank St. Marseille, Lloyd Rossman
2012 – Bruce Acland, Marko Vukovic
1992 – Fred Gormley, Gary Maffett
2010 – Phil Hurcomb, Jim Hurcomb
1991 – Steve Glavin, Rudy Slozil
2008 – Phil Hurcomb, Jim Hurcomb
1989 – Steve Glavin, Rudy Slozil
2007 – Phil Hurcomb, Jim Hurcomb
1988 – Steve Glavin, Rudy Slozil
2006 – Reg Lian, Shaheer Mikhail
1987 – Jean Paquette, Maurice Croteau
2005 – Reg Lian, Shaheer Mikhail
1986 – Rudy Slozil, Pavil Kurfurst
2002 – Reg Lian, Shaheer Mikhail
1985 – Graeme Forrester, David Low
2000 – Rudy Slozil, Shaheer Mikhail
1984 – Scott Hatfield, Don Johnson
1999 – Reg Lian, Marinus Wins
1983 – David Low, Don Johnson
1998 – Marinus Wins, Paul Henry
1982 – Laurent Dutil, Jean Paquette
1997 – Marinus Wins, Paul Henry
1981 – Ken Cross, Elmer Hara
1996 – Gary Maffett, Bill MacPhail
1980 – Dick Lafountaine, Jacques Tomaro
Masters Women’s Doubles Over 45
2006 – Baerbel Newman, Marika Sesztak
1990 – Patricia Marks, Paula Dugdale
1998 – Rosemae Blackwood, Stans van Wijk
1989 – Patricia Marks, Paula Dugdale
1992 – Evelyn Hustwit, Patricia Marks
1988 – Patricia Marks, Paula Dugdale
1991 – Evelyn Hustwit, Patricia Marks
1987 – Penny Goldrick, Shan Ross
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1986 – Evelyn Hustwit, Beatrice Short
1985 – Evelyn Hustwit, Beatrice Short
Masters Mixed Doubles Over 45
2016 – Louise Lanoix, Miguel Macias
1999 – Anka Magnus, Tony Brunst
2015 – Chatal Desjardins, Serge Richard
1998 – Jana Ramsay, Bruce Ramsay
2014 – Chatal Desjardins, Serge Richard
1997 – Penny Goldrick, Michael Carroll
2012 – Baerbel Newman, Greg Orchard
1996 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
2010 – Ann Gay, Gilles Bergeron
1995 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
2009 –
1994 – No Event
2008 – Baerbel Newman, Greg Orchard
1993 – No Event
2007 – No Event
1992 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
2006 – Baerbel Newman, Richard Theriault
1991 – No Event
2005 – No Event
1990 – Evelyn Hustwit, Michael Carroll
2004 – No Event
1989 – Pat Marks, Claude Marleau
2003 – No Event
1988 – Pat Marks, Claude Marleau
2002 – No Event
1987 – Penny Goldrick, Claude Marleau
2001 – No Event
1986 – Irene Bossons, Fred Bossons
2000 – No Event
1985 – Kea von Michalofski, Elmer Hara
NCTA Seniors Over 55
Masters Men’s Singles Over 55
2016 – Robert Donders
2005 – Marinus Wins
1996 – Albert Roy
2015 – David Large
2004 – Marinus Wins
1995 – Albert Roy
2014 – Yin-Leong Lian
2003 – Marinus Wins
1994 – Albert Roy
2013 – Jim Cameron
2002 – Shaheer Mikhail
1993 – Graham Charette
2010 – Shaheer Mikhail
2001 – Mike Cowpland
1992 – Jean Paquette
2009 –
2000 – Shaheer Mikhail
1991 – Steve Glavin
2008 – Jim Cameron
1999 – Guru Gurswami
1990 – Steve Glavin
2007 – Yvon Roy
1998 – Shaheer Mikhail
1989 – Steve Glavin
2006 – Yvon Roy
1997 – Albert Roy
1988 – Steve Glavin
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Masters Women’s Singles Over 55
2016 – Louise Lanoix
1997 – Ann Laubstein
2002-2008 – No Event
1996 – Ann Laubstein
2001 – Elizabeth Robertson
1995 – Fran Going
2000 – No Event
1994 – Fran Going
1999 – No Event
1993 – No Event
1998 – Penny Goldrick
1992 – Libby Staveley
1991 – Nell Khandkar
1990 – Kay Marshall
1989 – Nell Khandkar
1988 – Nell Khandkar
Masters Men’s Doubles Over 55
2016 – Robert Donders, Paul Marchi
1999 – Barry Padolsky, Claude Marleau
2014 – Barry Padolsky, Shaheer Mikhail
1998 – Shaheer Mikhail, Guru Guruswami
2010 – David Large, Gary Roberts
1997 – Barry Padolsky, Claude Marleau
2009 – Marinus Wins, Paul Henry
1996 – No Event
2008 – Marinus Wins, Paul Henry
1995 – Barry Padolsky, Claude Marleau
2007 – Shaheer Mikhail, Reg Lian
1994 – No Event
2006 – Graham Gardiner, Bruce Ramsay
1993 – Jean Paquette, Max Smith
2005 – No Event
1992 – Jean Paquette, Maurice Croteau
2004 – Lloyd Rossman, Graham Gardner
1991 – Jean Paquette, Maurice Croteau
2003 – Mike Cowpland, Tony Brunst
1990 – Jean Paquette, Maurice Croteau
2002 – Mike Cowpland, Tony Brunst
1989 – Steve Glavin, Fred Bossons
2001 – Claude Marleau, Mike Carroll
1988 – Steve Glavin, Fred Bossons
2000 – No Event
Masters Women’s Doubles Over 55
2008 – No Event
1997 – Nell Khandkar, Libby Staveley
2007 – No Event
1996 – Nell Khandkar, Libby Staveley
2006 – No Event
1995 – Kay Marshall, Claire Darling
2005 – No Event
1994 – Shan Ross, Penny Goldrick
2004 – No Event
1993 – Nell Khandkar, Libby Staveley
2003 – No Event
1992 – Edith Monson, Claire Darling
2002 – No Event
1991 – Edith Monson, Claire Darling
2001 – Ann Laubstein, Paula Dugdale
1990 – Kay Glavin, Vivian Malcolm
2000 – Nell Khandkar, Libby Staveley
1989 – Irene Bossons, Sylvia Baenziger
1999 – Evelyn Hustwit, Pat Marks
1988 – Josie Braden, Kay Glavin
1998 – Ann Laubstein, Penny Goldrick
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Masters Mixed Doubles Over 55
2008 – No Event
1997 – Patricia Marks, Claude Marleau
2007 – No Event
1996 – Patricia Marks, Claude Marleau
2006 – No Event
1995 – Shan Ross, Chuck Johnson
2005 – No Event
1994 – Shan Ross, Chuck Johnson
2004 – No Event
1993 – Shan Ross, Chuck Johnson
2003 – No Event
1992 – Shan Ross, Chuck Johnson
2002 – No Event
1991 – Shan Ross, Chuck Johnson
2001 – Evelyn Hustwit, Mike Carroll
1990 – Jean Southworth, Paul Olivier
2000 – Nell Khandkar, Libby Staveley
1989 – Irene Bossons, Fred Bossons
1999 – No Event
1988 – Irene Bossons, Fred Bossons
1998 – Patricia Marks, Claude Marleau
NCTA Seniors Over 65
Masters Mens Singles Over 65
2016 – Bill Macphail
2013 – Gary Maffett
2015 – Jean-Pierre Paradis
2012 – Gary Maffett
2014 – Gary Maffett
Masters Mixed Doubles Over 65
1999 – Edith Monson, Bob Faulker
Masters Mens Doubles Over 65
2016 – Bill Macphail, Gary Maffett
1999 – René Gelhay, Bill Grove
Masters Mixed Doubles Over 65
1999 – Edith Monson, Bob Faulker
NCTA Boys Under 18 Singles – H. S. Southam Trophy
2016 – Dan Pergel
1999 – Jonathan Sklenar
1993 – Vince Littke
2004 - 2008 - No Event
1998 – Michael Verney
1992 – Todd Nicholl
2003 – Matthew Pothen
1997 – Tomasz Grzyb
1991 – Tony Milo
2002 – No Event
1996 – Philip Cheung
1990 – James Ferguson
2001 – Michael Verney
1995 – Scott Ventuereyra
1989 – Tate McLeod
2000 – Jonathan Sklenar
1994 – Clayton Ramnarine
1988 – Glen Harwood
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1987 – Keith Leech
1966 – Terry Leach
1945 – Gilbert Jolicoeur
1986 – Geoffrey Pearce
1965 – Michael Hamman
1944 – Bob Duford
1985 – Paul Mantha
1964 – Michael Hamman
1943 –
1984 – François Poirier
1963 – Michael Hamman
1942 – Gaetan Valois
1983 – Rob Cartwright
1962 – Michael Hamman
1941 – Gaetan Valois
1982 – Jay Cromb
1961 – Andre Tielemans
1940 – Leo J. Heaps
1981 – Stephen Philip
1960 - Claude Savaria
1939 – Leo J. Heaps
1980 – Michel Hurtubise
1959 – Phil Johnston
1938 – Forbes Munroe
1979 – Greg Wardlaw
1958 – Mel Bower
1937 – Charles LeRoyer
1978 – Harry Blackwood
1957 – Marcel Chartrand
1936 – Gordon Shorter
1977 – Laird Dunlop
1956 – Maurice Landry
1935 – Gordon Shorter
1976 – Allan MacDonald
1955 – Ralph Stahan
1934 – Don McDiarmid
1975 – Bob Smith
1954 – Alex Kalil
1933 – John Cheley
1974 – Walter Crane
1953 – Jean Paquette
1932 – George Goodwin
1973 – Don Gilchrist
1952 – Jean Paquette
1931 – Harris Crowson
1972 – Dave Robinson
1951 – Jean Paquette
1930 – Edwin C. Connolly
1971 – Eric Pierce
1950 – Wally Mellor
1929 – Edwin C. Connolly
1970 – Blake Dunlop
1949 – Ned Rainboth
1928 – Jerome Paradis
1969 – Scott Dunlop
1948 – Jules Quesnel
1927 – Charles Connolly
1968 – Gerry Filion
1947 – Gilbert Jolicoeur
1926 – Beverley Mitchell
1967 – Scott Dunlop
1946 – Gilbert Jolicoeur
NCTA Girls Under 18 Singles – Mrs. H. F. Wright Trophy
2002 – 2008 – No Event
1991 – Anna Iglewski
1980 – Elizabeth McDougall
2001 – Erika Januskova
1990 – Eva Januskova
1979 – Elizabeth McDougall
2000 – No Event
1989 – Eva Januskova
1978 – Jessica Cutter
1999 – No Event
1988 – No Event
1977 – Janet Biewald
1998 – Aleksandra Paliga
1987 – Dominika Gregorova
1976 – Debbie Greenberg
1997 – Kasia Gryczon
1986 – Lesley Kathnelson
1975 – Julie Cobb
1996 – Kasia Gryczon
1985 – Remmick McCready
1974 – Margot Greenberg
1995 – Kasia Gryczon
1984 – Sylvia Mantha
1973 – Marjorie Blackwood
1994 – Davida Williams
1983 – Anne Olivier
1972 – Marjorie Blackwood
1993 – Ruth Sanchez
1982 – Kerri Cartwright
1971 – Jennifer Stiell
1992 – Jussara Dourado
1981 – Martine Guerin
1970 – Mary Gravel
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1969 – Pat McCarthy
1954 – Barbara Cotton
1939 – Shirley Geldart
1968 – Judy Hart
1953 – Denise Coderre
1938 – Betty Bell
1967 – Frances Hurcomb
1952 – Carol Turcotte
1937 – Germaine Coucke
1966 – Robin Lee Munroe
1951 – Diana Lowe
1936 – No Event
1965 – Louise Barry
1950 – Mariam Rainboth
1935 – Phyllis Darch
1964 – Rosemarie Fletcher
1949 – Mariam Rainboth
1934 – Barbara Chubb
1963 – Madeleine Fox
1948 – Patricia Lowe
1933 – Winnifred McConnell
1962 – Rosemarie Fletcher
1947 – Patricia Lowe
1932 – Winnifred McConnell
1961 – Rosemarie Fletcher
1946 – Patricia Lowe
1931 – Norma Hall
1960 - Rosemarie Fletcher
1945 – Janeth Rutherford
1930 – Barbara Hart
1959 – Patricia Ryan
1944 – Dorothy O’Brien
1929 – Barbara Hart
1958 – Patricia Ryan
1943 – Janeth Rutherford
1928 – Doreen Kenny
1957 – Patricia Ryan
1942 – Ruth Freedman
1927 – Doreen Kenny
1956 – Yvette Houle
1941 – Muriel Finlayson
1926 – Anna Connor
1955 – Barbara Cotton
1940 – Sonia Swift
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