CORRECTION : The League Finale and AGM will be held on July 16 at Lambrick Park this year - a fun day of social tennis, free pizza lunch and league awards. Details will be sent to team captains. Please note the change of location. The SITA Annual General Meeting is scheduled at 12:15PM. If it rains the meeting will move indoors to the Bert Richman auditorium.
Dear SITA Members,
Summer has finally arrived (to be fair, it was very late this year) and hopefully you've had the chance to get outside and soak in some of that long awaited sun on the tennis court. This will be our last newsletter until September, so please take careful notice of the important events and tournaments that are taking place over the summer!
Riley Trottier
South Island Tennis Association
Congratulations to the 2011 Winning Teams!
Men's 4.5 - Bubble Boys
Men's 4.0 - Game Set & Match
Women's 4.5- Slice Girlz (by one set!)
Women's 4.0 - Langford First String (by one set!)
Women's 3.5 - Belles of the Ball
See details and division standings here: www.tennisbcleagues.com
Who said it was a wet spring? During the entire season this year, only 6 meets were rained out! That was on April 26 at locations scattered across the city.
Miele and TennisBC team up during the final weekend of the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open (Aug 5 -7) to host a province-wide league playoff. Four SITL winning teams are invited to play against Lower Mainland, North Island and Interior teams. Includes a Saturday night social and tickets to the finals of the Vancouver Open on Sunday.
Love tennis and have some time?
SITA is looking for new volunteers who are passionate about tennis and willing to commit one evening each month (only for nine months) to attend board meetings and provide input on matters in which SITA is involved. For those people who are especially interested, there will be opportunities during the year to take on other projects that are related to tennis in the South Island. SITA is proud to have contributed to developing tennis at all levels entirely through the efforts of volunteers. If you feel moved to become a part of our passionate organization, please contact Mike Wyeth at mike.wyeth@gmail.com
SITA would like to thank those people who $133 to SITA during the South Island Challenge. SITA appreciates any and all contributions to its Junior funds as we continue to support Junior development on the southern part of the island.
Also, we will soon be awarding the junior grants to those people who successfully applied this year. Thanks again to all our applicants, and congratulations to our very deserving recipients!
Finally, the BC High School Tennis Championships recently took place, with the lower island being represented by its undefeated champion the Claremont Spartans. The Spartans had a perfect record in the lower islands and ended up coming 6th at the Provincial Championships, one of the best finishes by an island school in recent years.
Thank you to all those people who recently attended the Power to Be Rally at Panorama Rec Centre. A grand total of $8,000 was raised for the charity, which is a fantastic accomplishment that all participants can be proud of.
The 3rd Annual Bill Davison Memorial Tournament is coming up fast! Many of you had a chance to participate last year & remember Bill with a fun filled weekend of tennis. This mixed doubles TKO tourney will be held July 28th - August 1st, 2011, with the main venues being Stadacona Park & James Bay Courts, where Bill enjoyed his tennis for many years. The event also includes Saturday night dinner & Silent Auction at the Victoria Marriott Hotel. All proceeds from the silent auction go to BC Cancer Agency at the request of the Davison Family. Dinner tickets are also available to non - participants.
For entry information:
Eric Knoester - 250-655-2177
Silent Auction Donations & Non-Participant Dinner Tickets:
Shirley McCrodan - 250-658-1590 (evening) or shirleymccrodan@shaw.ca
July 24 - 30
124th Vancouver Island Grass Court Championships*
Events: MWsd 35, 45, 55, 60, 65, 70, Msd 75, 80, Mxs Comb 70, 100, 120, 135
SCLTC, Duncan
Contact: Charles Ayers 250-748-4810
Odlum Brown Summer Series - City of Victoria Island Open*
Events: Ws 2.5, MWs 3.0, MWsd 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0+
Stadacona Park, Victoria
Contact: Dean Gillis 250-475-7126
August 6 - 28
Gulf Islands Open
Events: Mxd (August 6) Wd & Md (August 13 - 14) Ms & Wd (August 27 - 28)
Portlock Park, Salt Spring Island
Contact: Virginia Giles 250-538-0321
August 11 - 14
Kay Wilson Memorial Open Tournament
Events: Open: MWsd, Mxd
South Cowichan Lawn Tennis Club, Duncan
Contact: Sheila Blondo
August 30 - September 4
South Island Singles Championships
Events: MWs 5.0+ MWs 45+
Victoria
Entry deadline August 23, 2011
Contact: Eric Knoester 250-655-2177
SITA is pleased to announce that this year will mark the return of the South Island Singles Championships to crown the top players in the lower island.
The tournament will be held at Stadacona Park and the James Bay courts from August 30th to September 4th.
Yes, this is a long way away but it will be one of the biggest tournaments of the summer and carries with it bragging rights for the rest of the year, so clear your schedule now to make space for an awesome week of tennis!
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 starting in the fall.
Having just watched the Wimbledon final for this year, I thought back to a much better final from 2008 between Federer and Nadal. Often called the Greatest Match Ever Played, it was immortalized through Youtube and has over 20 minutes of highlight video (20 MINUTES!! THAT'S HOW AMAZING IT WAS!) For your viewing pleasure, I have attached link below for you to view the first part of it.
Click here for videos
Know any other awesome videos you think tennis fans would appreciate? Email them in and we'll put some more in the next newsletter!
Dear Tennis Players,
Leaving your Tennis racquet in your car is not a good idea, especially in hot weather. When a racquet is exposed to heat, strings will lose tension faster. Even on an overcast summer day, the heat inside the car or trunk can act like an oven and is high enough to affect your strings.
At higher temperatures, molecules move more easily relative to each other, so the creep curve is accelerated and this results in greater tension loss. In addition, allowing your racquet to get extremely cold and then warm up again can also cause changes in your string's performance.
If you have to leave your racquet in the car, for an extended period of time, make sure it's not exposed to direct sunlight. Keep it in the dark trunk, underneath a thick blanket or better yet, use one of the new racquet bags with silver lined, thermo-controlled insulated compartments to protect your frames and strings against extreme temperature fluctuations.
Sincerely,
Al Klieber
Courtside Sports
250.386.6263
