Bailey takes OVC Player of the Week honors

Manitoban student athlete, Sean Bailey, is awarded
conference tennis player of the week honors.
 (Courtesy: B Sparn/APSU Sports Information)

Courtesy: Austin Peay Sports Information

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. - Senior Sean Bailey, of the Austin Peay State University men's tennis team, has been named Ohio Valley Conference men's tennis Player of the Week, the conference office announced, Wednesday.

The Manitoba, Canada native easily dispatched Northern Kentucky's Guillaume Berman (6-2, 6-1) in Saturday's No. 1 singles match in his lone match last week. Bailey and junior Jasmin Ademovic teamed up to defeat Berman and Andre Correa, 8-4, in No. 1 doubles. He is now 5-2 in singles this spring and 6-1 in doubles.

This is Bailey's first weekly honor since March 21, 2012. He and the rest of the Govs return to action in the OVC opener against Eastern Kentucky, Saturday.

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2013 TM AGM Updates

Didn't get a chance to attend the 2013 Tennis Manitoba annual general meeting? No worries, here are some of the highlights.


To view the above presentation, click on the slide or select arrow buttons to advance slides.

See also:

• Tennis Manitoba announces board members for 2013
• 2013 Tennis Manitoba AGM announcement

Kids Dental crowns junior champs

Tournament director, Peter Otto, with Marcello Audino
(red shirt) and Ryan Gottfried.

The Kids Dental Junior Open recently held at the Winnipeg Winter Club successfully kicked off the 2013 Tennis Manitoba Junior Tour, which is aimed at junior tennis players 18 years of age and younger. The tournament is a national qualifying event for players residing in Manitoba and also provides national ranking points for those players residing in Canada.

The singles champions were:

• Jeslyn Peng boys/girls U8
• Marcello Audino boys U12
• Marco Trstenjak boys U14
• Chantel Wallack girls U14
• Patrick Fu boys U16
• Kylie Waschuk girls U18

For a complete listing of tournament results, visit tc.tournamentsoftware.com

Tennis Manitoba looks to hire Community Development Manager

Looking for a career in sports? Tennis Manitoba may have an opportunity for you.

We are currently looking to hire a Community Development Manager to help run tennis programs in schools, community clubs, as well as with our member tennis clubs. The position combines program administration, communications, as well as some on court entry level tennis instruction.

Tennis Manitoba hopes to have the position filled by April 15, 2013. Those interested in applying for the position should submit cover letter and resume by Friday, March 22, 2013. For additional position details, click here.

Tennis Manitoba announces board members for 2013

At its Annual General Meeting recently held on February 23rd, Tennis Manitoba welcomed back five board members who will be returning to serve a second term. They are:

• Barry McArton
• Marni Miller
• David Scrapneck
• Bruce Waschuk
• Glen Ziprick.

Board members currently serving a second year of a two year term are:

• David Blatt
• Mohamed Ismath
• Heath Vermette.

Tennis Manitoba would like to thank outgoing director, Trevor Skidmore, for his commitment to the tennis community in our province. During the past year Trevor chaired Tennis Manitoba's Community Development committee, and was responsible for leading several new initiatives in 2012.

The board of directors is responsible for leading the administration and governance of Tennis Manitoba for a combination of one and two year terms. At the next board meeting, the directors will appoint an executive as well as committee chairs. Tennis Manitoba is actively seeking more volunteers to get involved at a committee level. Please contact Tennis Manitoba if you are interested in helping out with one of these areas:

The Community Development committee implements programs aimed at attracting new players to the sport. This includes the schools program, Building Tennis Communities initiative and parks and recreation programs.

The Competitive Structures committee oversees the sanctioned tournament schedule, officiating programs, rankings, and leagues.

The Player Development committee (formerly High Performance) deals with issues pertaining to junior and senior nationals, Canada Summer Games, provincial team programs, and coaching development.

The Resource Development committee plans communications and fundraising strategies to promote tennis in Manitoba. This includes the website, newsletters, magazines, and sponsorship programs.

College tennis spring season update

Evann Waschuk of the Bellarmine University Knights

A big shoutout goes to our Manitoba students who claimed match wins during the opening weeks of the NCAA spring tennis season.

Evann Waschuk with Bellarmine University women's tennis was able to get wins at the No. 1 singles and No. 2 doubles positions, in an 7-2 win over Campbellsville University. More at http://ow.ly/hVfxK

Alan Gardiner has started with a very hot hand, picking up two wins for Bellarmine University men's team vs. University of the Cumberlands (story at http://ow.ly/hVgkn ), as well as two wins vs. Campbellsville University, St. Catharine College and Brescia University. More at http://ow.ly/hVgUk

Sean Bailey helped Austin Peay State University men's tennis team get off to a good start, picking up match wins at No. 1 singles and doubles in their season opener against Chattanooga. (Story at http://ow.ly/hVhqs) Sean was also able to duplicate his efforts for the Govs home opener vs. Southern Illinois. More at http://ow.ly/hVhUP

Clarissa Chen provided the Robert Morris University women's tennis team with No. 3 singles wins vs. Mercyhurst (http://ow.ly/hVij4) and Niagara, as well as picking up a No. 1 doubles win vs. St. Bonaventure. More at http://ow.ly/hViUA

Aleksandra Ochrymowicz helped her St. Scholastica women's tennis team defeat Hamline University 9-0, picking up a match win in the No. 6 singles position. More at http://ow.ly/hVk3f

Alex Lesiuk was able to get a win at No. 3 singles as Colorado State University-Pueblo took on the defending RMAC champs Western New Mexico University. More at http://ow.ly/hVjCb

For a listing of Tennis Manitoba college updates, visit facebook.com\tennismanitoba

2013 Tennis Manitoba Junior Tour

Kylie Waschuk pictured here at the Canadian Mid-West
ITF U18 2012 held at the Winnipeg Lawn Tennis Club.

The 2013 schedule for the Tennis Manitoba Junior Tour is now available, and includes eight tournaments held in Manitoba from February through to October. Competitive tennis players 18 years of age and younger will want to circle the tour dates on their calendars, as the local tournament circuit is used to qualify Manitoba players for the Canadian Junior National Championships, as well as track annual tour points races in four age categories.

Returning to the 2013 tour, is a clay court tournament hosted by Taylor Tennis. The last clay court tournament for juniors was the LM Architectural Group Junior Open, hosted at Taylor back in June 2009. The 2013 Junior Tour stop at Taylor is scheduled for September 16th to 20th, and provides players an opportunity to try out their game on Manitoba's only clay courts. Tennis Canada intentionally hosts three out of four age categories at the outdoor junior nationals on the clay surface. The softer surface is recognized internationally for a player’s greater all round development, injury prevention and longevity, and integration onto the professional tour.

New to several tour tournaments this year will be a 3/4 court event for those eight years old and younger. Participants in the U8 event will play short sets of up to 4 games in a round robin format using modified balls, courts, and racquets. This is a great way to introduce our future tennis stars to the game.

Tennis Manitoba is also introducing a new tournament publication system for the 2013 season, which will offer increased player match statistics, rankings, and an iPhone and Android mobile app later in the year. Participants of Tennis Manitoba sanctioned events will now be required to create an online member account which will enable them to register and pay for tournaments.

The 2013 Junior Tour gets kicked off at the Winnipeg Winter Club with the Kids Dental Junior Open being run February 21st through to the 24th. The registration deadline for players is Monday, February 18th at 11:59 pm.

The 2013 Tennis Manitoba Junior Tour schedule also includes dates for junior national and international events that take place in Canada. For complete details, check out tennismanitoba.com