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Check out the schedule of tournaments on Vancouver Island in 2012. View either the Adult Tournament page or the Junior Tournament page.
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Dear SITA Members,
Happy New Year! We hope that all of you are enjoying this brisk winter season and haven't forgotten to play a few matches at your local rec centre. Some of us (I proudly include myself) even have chosen a few clear days to continue playing outdoors. Whatever your preference, we hope that eveyone has continued to play tennis and is gearing up for the great year that lies ahead!
Riley Trottier
South Island Tennis Association
SITA recently held a raffle for a Davis Cup gift package which included several tickets and accomodation for one night during the Davis Cup weekend. Many tickets were sold, and we are happy to announce that Lou Crawford was the lucky winner! Congratulations to Lou and to all the other lucky people who will be in Vancouver to cheer on Canada was we face our French foes!
It's time to start organizing your doubles league team. Entries open Feb. 19 and close Mar. 30. League play will start a week later this year than in 2011. We play every Tuesday at 6:00 pm from Apr 24 to Jun 26, though not all teams play the first week. Once again this year, Miele and TennisBC will sponsor province-wide league playoffs in the summer.
Pick up your entry form at rec centres and tennis shops, or download it from our web page at http://www.sitatennis.ca/leagues.shtml. The entry form contains everything you need to know, from the format of play and team composition to league rules. We've also posted some Frequently Asked Questions on the web.
To see 2011 results and team rosters (including some great team names!), go to www.tennisbcleagues.com and select the 2011 SITL tab.
One of SITA's main goals is to promote and foster the development of junior players in Victoria. We are happy to announce that several junior players have recieved travel grants for their participation in tournaments outside the city. Congratulations to the following junior players!
Boys U12- Toni Dela Pena
Girls U12 - Sybella Garvin
Girls U14 - Mateya Radisavljevic
Girls U16 - Nina Radisavljevic
We hope that they and other juniors will continue to develop and excel at the sport of tennis and take advantage of all the opportunites that are available to them.
Recently, a survey was sent out to the tennis community regarding interest in building a brand new eight clay court facility at Cedar Hill Rec Centre. The results of the survey have come back and they are very positive. To see the survey and its results, check out the link below:
http://islandtennis.net/tournaments/view/cedar-hill-clay-court-proposal
SITA fully supports this proposal and has offered assistance to the clay court committee. We hope that this excellent proposal will develop quickly and offer Victoria a fantastic opportunity to improve the growth of tennis on the lower island.
SITA is happy to announce that we have completed this years tournament and information brochure! It can be found at the SITA webpage and also around the city at rec centres, racquet stores and other facilities.
For those of you who haven't seen it, here's a good article about this years New Year's Classic, featuring Kieran and Wesley Bertsch who played in all three finals:
Click here to read the article
Feb. 17-19
Panorama Valentine's Mixed Doubles 3KO ... Panorama Recreation Centre
Entry deadline Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
Eric Knoester (250) 655-2177; eknoester@panoramarec.bc.ca
Feb. 18
Progressive Tennis - Future Stars Tour
BGs U8, 9, 10
Cedar Hill
Dean Gillis (250) 475 7126; dean.gillis@saanich.ca
Feb. 22-26
Cedar Hill Doubles ... MWd 3KO
Cedar Hill Recreation Centre
Dean Gillis (250) 475-7126; dean.gillis@saanich.ca www.islandtennis.net
Mar. 16-18 St.
Patrick's Mixed Doubles Mxd 3KO
Panorama Recreation Centre,
Entry deadline Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2012
Eric Knoester (250) 655-2177; eknoester@panoramarec.bc.ca
Mar. 16-18
Junior Spring Break Champions *
BGs 10, 12, 14, 16, 18; BGd 12, 14, 18
Oak Bay Recreation Centre
Ed Bakker (250) 370-7109; tennis@oakbay.ca
SITA would love to hear from you, dear readers. We would like to know about your tennis experiences in Victoria, and from around the world. Have you found any problems on courts in Victoria recently? Tell us about it. What about playing on a new or unique surface somewhere else in the world? What country were you in, and what was the tennis facility called? Where would you recommend people go to play if they happened to be in another country you just visited? Please tell us al about your experiences, and we'll publish some in every newsletter from this point forward!
Djokovic-Nadal 2012. Nothing else needs to be said. If you haven't seen it, than click below and enjoy the best match since Federer-Nadal at Wimbledon in 2008.
Check out the video here
Know any other awesome videos you think tennis fans would appreciate? Email them in and we'll put some more in the next newsletter!
