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OFFICIATING COURSE
In an effort to support the recently announced ATP Moncton Challenger and the 2009 Canada Summer Games being held in PEI, Tennis NB will be offering the following course for anyone interested in becoming trained to be considered for participation in these events. Upon completion of the course, selected individuals will be offered some practical experience at regional events being held prior to the above mentioned INTRODUCTION TO OFFICIATING COURSE Training for new line officials and roving officials Course Dates: Saturday, May 31 & Course Times: Saturday, May 31/08: Sunday, June 1/08: Course Site: Room 266, Instructor: Registration Fee: $25.00 Registration Deadline: For more information or to register, please contact the Tennis NB office at 506-444-0885 or tnb@tennisnb.net.
_____________________________________________________________________________ PROFESSIONAL TENNIS COMING TO NEW BRUNSWICK Tennis Canada Announces Addition of Moncton Challenger
Professional men's tennis event will mark the first of its kind in New Brunswick.
Jack Graham, Past Chairman of the Board of Tennis Canada, makes official announcement at Moncton City Hall on Monday.
Tennis Canada announced Monday that the City of Moncton will join the national competitive schedule as host of a newly created Challenger tournament this summer. The $35,000 Moncton Men's Challenger presented by Maritime Tennis will include complimentary hospitality for players and run from July 12-20, 2008 at the Moncton Tennis Club in Centennial Park. "We are very excited to bring a professional tennis tournament to the Atlantic region of Canada," stated Gavin Ziv, director of national events for Tennis Canada. "The creation of this tournament will enable young players from the Atlantic to witness high calibre tennis and have an opportunity to compete against the best in the world. To hold such tournaments on Canadian soil is not only beneficial, but it is essential for the progression of Canadian tennis on the International scene." This event marks the first time a professional tennis tournament is being held in the province of New Brunswick and the third time a professional tennis event is being held in Atlantic Canada. The only two previous professional tennis events hosted in the Atlantic Provinces were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In November 1992, Sebastien Lareau took home the singles title at the only Halifax Challenger and six years later the Canadian Davis Cup team defeated Mexico 3-2 at the Air Atlantic Centre in an Americas Zone Group 1 tie. The province of New Brunswick has been the location for three previous national tennis events as the Under 16 Canadian Junior Championships were held at the Dieppe Tennis Club in Dieppe in 2004, 2005 and 2006. The addition of an elite professional tournament in Moncton is a testament to the growth and vision of Tennis New Brunswick, led by executive director Mark Thibault, in addition to the strong provincial support that tennis has received in the province. "Today is an exciting day, not only for the tennis community or for sports enthusiasts, but for the entire City of Moncton," commented Mayor Lorne Mitton. "To have an international tennis event such as this one being held in our city is a major coup for Moncton, and confirms our ever-growing reputation of being a centre for major events in the region. Thank you to Tennis Canada for choosing Moncton as the host city." With the addition of the $35,000 Moncton Challenger men's event to the calendar, Canada now boasts a complete four-week professional men's tennis circuit. The Moncton Challenger is slotted in between two other very important weeks on the men's tennis schedule as the Granby Challenger begins July 5 and the Rogers Cup in Toronto, an ATP Masters Series Event, starts July 19. Directly following the Rogers Cup is the Vancouver Open from July 25-August 3, 2008. The location, timing and particpation list of this new and exciting event in Moncton makes it the perfect fit into an action-packed summer schedule for the world's best current and future men's tennis players. Tennis Canada is also pleased to welcome Maritime Tennis on board as presenting sponsor. Maritime Tennis constructed the courts at the Moncton Tennis Club in Centennial Park where the event will be held. This site is the only outdoor site in Eastern Canada capable of hosting a professional event of this calibre. Maritime Tennis is now helping to fund the legacy of tennis in the Atlantic region at the site they helped created. In addition, Tennis Canada announced Monday that a wildcard position will be reserved in the qualifying draw for a player from the Atlantic region. The four Atlantic provinces will hold a pre-qualifying tournament June 21-22 in Moncton with the winner earning a berth in the qualifying draw. "The Moncton Challenger is very significant to the growth of tennis development in the Maritimes," expressed Andrew Wright, senior director of the Atlantic Tennis Aliance for Tennis Canada. "As Tennis Canada tries to grow, promote and showcase the sport of tennis, it is important to focus on all areas of the country and New Brunswick will serve as a stepping stone to achieving this goal of adding more tounaments in Atlantic Canada."
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SPRING 2008 INSTRUCTOR COURSE Tennis NB will be offering a spring Instructor Course in Fredericton. The details of the course are as follows:
Dates: Weekend #1 Friday, April 25; 6:00pm to 10:00pm Saturday, April 26; 9:00am to 5:00pm Sunday, April 27; 9:00am to 5:00pm
Weekend #2 Friday, May 9; 6:00pm to 10:00pm Saturday, May 10; 9:00am to 5:00pm Sunday, May 11; 9:00am to 5:00pm
Registration Fee: $325.00 (includes one year TPA membership) Registration Deadline: Friday, April 18, 5:00pm
Participants must be 15 years of age or older. To register or for more information, contact the Tennis NB office at tnb@tennisnb.net or 444-0885. ___________________________________________________________________________________ 2008 Summer Schedule The 2008 Calendar of Events is now online. There are still a few tournaments to be added but most are now scheduled. ___________________________________________________________________________________
2009 Canada Games
Tennis NB is pleased to announce that Caroline Barry of Rothesay has been named Manager for the 2009 NB Canada Games Tennis Team. This will be Caroline's 3rd Canada Games as she represented the province as a player in both the 2001 & 2005 games. ________________________________________________________________________________________________
2007 Wilson Male and Female Player of the Year Awards
The winners of the inaugural Wilson Male and Female Player of the Year Awards was announced at the Tennis NB Annual General Meeting held recently in Moncton. The winner of the Male Player of the Year is Mathieu Girouard (Pat Lyons, runner up) and the winner of the Female Player of the Year is Colette Beaulieu (Audrey Kim, runner up). This awards program will be developed to include other categories in the future and is a new initiative of Tennis NB. Congratulations to this years winners.
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2009 Canada Games
Tennis NB is pleased to announce that Mark White of Sackville has been named Head Coach of the 2009 NB Canada Games Tennis Team. The 2009 Games will be held in Charlottetown, PEI. The selection procedure and criteria will be available in early spring for interested players.
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NOTICE OF MEETING Please note that Tennis NB will be holding its 2007 Annual General Meeting on Note the following: Election of Officers - to fill the vacant positions of President, Secretary, and Treasurer - a slate of officers will be presented by the Nominating Committee. Note that paragraph 5 of the constitution states that "Only executive members of voting members (clubs, tennis associations, and parks & recreation departments), and current executive members of the Association may have their names placed in nomination for office with the Association, for a 2-year term, by one of the following methods: 1. through the slate of officers prepared and presented at the Annual General Meeting. 2. through a nomination from the floor by a voting member at the Annual General Meeting. Such a nomination requires a seconder. RAISING A RACQUET FOR KIDS in support of Atlantic Training Program
Tennis Exhibition and Gala Reception singles match featuring: Daniel Nestor, Olympic Gold Medalist, Davis Cup Member and 3 time Grand Slam Champion and Peter Polansky, Davis Cup Member, 2006 US Junior Open Finalist and ITF Player of the Month and doubles match featuring: Phil Anderson and Mathieu Girouard
November 23: Exhibition 6:00pm to 8:00pm Stand up Dinner/Open Bar/Silent and Live Auction 8:00pm to 10:00pm Tickets: $175
Hosted by the Courtyard Club Tickets available at the Courtyard Club call 902-450-1016 for more information.
FALL INSTRUCTOR COURSE
Tennis NB and the Province of NB GoNB Program will be offering a Tennis Instructor Course in September at the Moncton Tennis Club. The details of the course are as follows: Dates: Weekend #1 Friday, September 28th: 6:00pm to 10:00pm Saturday, September 29th: 9:00am to 5:00pm Sunday, September 30th: 9:00am to 5:00pm Weekend #2 Saturday, October 13th: 9:00am to 5:00pm Sunday, October 14th: 9:00am to 5:00pm
Registration Fee: $150.00 Deadline to Register: Friday, September 21st, 2007
Course Facilitator: Horia Iancu
Participants must be 15 years of age or older. To register or for more information, contact the Tennis NB office at 444-0885 or tnb@tennisnb.net
CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND RESULTS
The outdoor summer tennis season wrapped up this past weekend with 3 Championships: the NB Closed Championships, the NB Masters Provincial Championships, and the Wilson Elite 8 Boys Championships, held at the Dieppe Tennis Club and the Moncton Tennis Club. Thirteen provincial champions were crowned in the adult events as follows:
NB Closed Results: Men’s “A” Open Singles: Mathieu Girouard (Pointe-du-Chene) def. Pierre Gallant (Moncton) 6-2, 6-2 Men’s ‘A’ Open Singles Consolation Winner: Yves Losier ( Men’s Open Doubles : Pat Lyons (Quispamsis) & Allen Olsen (Quispamsis) def. Pierre Gallant ( Men’s ‘B’ Open Singles : Christian Lanteigne (Tracadie-Sheila) def. Seela Lahti (Fredericton) 6-4, 6-1 Men’s ‘B’ Open Singles Consolation Winner: Francis Cormier (Memramcook) NB Masters Provincials Results : Men’s 35+ Singles: Pat Lyons (Quispamsis) def. Men’s 35+ Singles Consolation Winner: Men’s 45+ Singles: Marc Deschenes ( Men’s 45+ Singles Consolation Winner: Francis Cormier (Memramcook) Men’s 55+ Singles: Camille Vautour ( Men’s 60+ Singles: Rao Byrapaneni ( Ladies 40+ Singles: Colette Beaulieu ( Ladies 55+ Singles: Raymonde Breau ( Men’s 35+ Doubles: Men’s 45+ Doubles: Ladies 40+ Doubles: Francoise St.-Onge ( Mixed 40+ Doubles : Raymonde Breau (Moncton) & Camille Vautour (Moncton) def. Colette Beaulieu ( Under 12: Noah Belliveau (Memramcook) def. Alex Rice-Hoyt ( Consolation Winner: Melika LeBlanc (
Daniel Blake ( Consolation Winner: Alex Rice-Hoyt (
Under 16: Alex Lavoie (Dieppe) def. Rene Comeau (Fredericton) 6-0, 6-0 Consolation Winner : Simon Belliveau (Memramcook)
Under 18: Dominic Belliveau (Memramcook) def. Denis Cormier (Riverview) 6-1, 6-1 Consolation Winner: Simon Belliveau (Memramcook) Congratulations to everyone for making this event so successful and to all newly crowned Provincial Champions.
GIROUARD TAKES MEN'S SINGLES TITLE AT NOVA SCOTIA OPEN
For the first time in the 98 year history of the Nova Scotia Open, the Men's Open Singles Title was taken by a New Brunswick player. Mathieu Girouard defeated rival Phil Anderson in the final of the week long event by scores of 6-3, 6-4. He cruised through the draw without dropping a set and had wins over Daryl MacPherson in the quarterfinals (6-1, 6-2) and Joel Ayer in the semifinals (7-5, 6-4) along the way. Also taking home titles in the event were Raymonde Breau in the Ladies 50+ Singles, Camille Vautour in the Mens 55+ Singles, and Marc Pepin (who has just returned to the game after a long illness) won the Mens 45+ Doubles title.
Congratulations to all!!!!!!!!
RIVERVIEW JUNIORS
Event Results
Under 12 Boys Singles Winner-Noah Belliveau Runner up-Alex Rice-Hoyt
Under 14 Boys Singles Winner-Simon Comeau Runner up-Callum Stewart
Under 16 Boys Singles Winner-Alex Lavoie Runner up-Patrick Hache
Under 18 Boys Singles Winner-Patrich Hache Runner up-Jonathan Roy
ROTHESAY MASTERS RESULTS
35+ Men's Singles: Winner-Richard Harvey Runner up-Tak Koyama
45+ Men's Singles: Winner-Mark Wright Runner up-Dave Gresh
55+ Men's Singles: Winner-Randy Piercey Runner up-Alan Thompson
Mixed Doubles Winners-Colette Beaulieu & Thane McCarty Runners up-Julie Devlin & Mark Thibault
Men's Doubles Winners-Dave Gresh & Andrew Wilson Runners up-Richard Harvey & Marc Deschenes
HAMPTON JUNIORS RESULTS
Under 12 Boys: Winner-Brendan Wilson Runner up-Noah Belliveau
Under 14 Boys: Winner-Sean Healy Runner up-Callum Stewart
Under 16 Boys: Winner-Daniel Blake Runner up-Geoff Wilson
Under 18 Boys: Winner-Dominic Belliveau Runner up-Geoff Wilson
Under 16 Girls: Winner-M.F. Pare Runner up-Lynda Rogers
MONCTON TOURNAMENT RESULTS
JUNIORS: Under 10 Boys Winner-Hielke Moore Runner up-Jeremy Gallant
Under 12 Boys Winner-Noah Belliveau Runner up-Francois Michaud
Under 14 Boys Winner-Evan McNicol Runner up-Callum Stewart
Under 16 Boys Winner-Patrick Hache Runner up-Alex Lavoie
Under 18 Boys Winner-Dominic Belliveau Runner up-Michael Knowles
OPEN: Men's "A" Singles Winner-Louis Blanchette Runner up-Mathieu Girouard
Men's "B" Singles Winner-Patrick Hache Runner up-Mark Dilag
Men's Doubles Winners-Pierre Gallant & Mathieu Girouard Runners up-John Caulfield & J.F. Cormier
MASTERS: 35+ Men's Singles Winner-Rob Thompson Runner up-Paul Elliott
45+ Men's Singles Winner-Tony Ahn Runner up-Kevin Godwin
55+ Men's Singles Winner-Camille Vautour Runner up-Alan Thompson
45+ Women's Singles Winner-Marcia Jackson Runner up-Colette Beaulieu
35+ Men's Doubles Winners-Paul Elliott & Roger Nason Runners up-Rao Byrapaneni & Thane McCarty
45+ Women's Doubles Winners-Raymonde Breau & Marcia Jackson Runners up-Pauline Martin & Colette Beaulieu
40+ Mixed Doubles Winners-Raymonde Breau & Camille Vautour Runners up-Colette Beaulieu & Thane McCarty
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FREDERICTON JUNIORS
Event Winners:
Under 10 Winner: Hielke Moore Runner-up: Rory Lantz
Under 12 Winner: Brendan Wilson Runner-up: Nicholas Dempsey
Under 14 Winner: Geoff Wilson Runner-up: Taylor Thorne
Under 16 Winner: Patrick Hache Runner-up: Michael Knowles
Under 18 Winner: Robert O'Donnell Runner-up: Patrick Hache
Under 16 Girls Winner: Audrey Kim Runner-up: Marie-France Pare
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2007 NB OPEN Event Winners
Men's Singles Champion: Pierre Gallant Runner-up: Mathieu Girouard
Women's Singles Champion: Colette Beaulieu Runner-up: Kaylie Cunningham
Men's Doubles Champions: Pierre Gallant and Brian Gallant Runners-up: Pat Lyons and Allen Olsen
Mixed Double Champions: Heather MacMillan and Paul Elliott Runners-up: Colette Beaulieu and Thane McCarty
Complete draws and results are available in the DRAWS section.
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NB JUNIOR PROVINCIAL OPEN After 3 full days and almost 200 matches, the Junior Provincial Open was completed this past weekend at the Dieppe Tennis Club. With 65 registered participants, this was the biggest Junior Provincial event held in a number of years. Thanks to Horia Iancu, tournament organizer, and Tennis Dieppe, for successfully hosting this tournament. Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2007 COMPETITIVE SCHEDULE
Tournament Date Place Wilson Elite 8 Junior Championships Sept. 8 & 9/07 Moncton NB Masters Provincial Championships Sept. 7-9/07 Dieppe NB Open Provincial Championships Sept. 7-9/07 Dieppe
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