Morden to resurface tennis courts

Tennis courts in Morden, Manitoba are
scheduled to be resurfaced.

The City of Morden, located in the Pembina Valley region of southern Manitoba, has announced that it will be resurfacing some of its public tennis courts. Tennis has been a recent focus in Morden. The community will be participating in Tennis Canada's Building Tennis Communities Initiative (BTC). Through the BTC program, grass-roots tennis will be promoted by a local Community Champion with equipment and funding from Tennis Canada.

Contact Tennis Manitoba for more information about tennis in Morden, or how your community can participate in the Tennis Canada BTC program.

See also The Winkler Modern Voice article 'Tennis courts to get a major makeover'.

Tennis Manitoba goes mobile

The new Tennis Canada Android app (shown here), makes
 it easy to stay up to date with tournaments in Canada.

Tennis tournaments in Manitoba, as well as across the country, have just become easier to find. With your iPhone or Android smartphone, you are now able to stay in touch with current events and search for ones close to you. The new Tennis Canada mobile apps provide instant access to players, draws and results.

    

You can also find tournament details on the web at tc.tournamentsoftware.com

Related news: Tennis Manitoba launches new tournament system

Tuxedo Tennis Club looks to hire manager

Tuxedo Tennis Club is looking to hire a club manager to handle club operations for the up-coming 2013 outdoor tennis season. The club is a non-profit, public/private club that promotes fitness, recreation, community, and the sport of tennis. Located just off of Corydon Avenue, near Kenaston Blvd in Winnipeg, the club has 6 courts, and many activities and programs for active children, teens and adults.

The work hours for the club manager position could vary from week to week and will involve weekdays, evenings, weekends, and holiday hours. This is an excellent opportunity for a recreation studies or business student to gain valuable managerial and customer service experience.

You can get additional position details at tuxedotennis.com

Pack's Shrom named RMAC Player of the Week

Manitoban student athlete, Saul Shrom, is awarded
RMAC conference tennis player of the week honors.

Courtesy: Colorado State University-Pueblo Department of Athletics

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - CSU-Pueblo junior Saul Shrom (Jr., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) has been named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Week.

Shrom is in the midst of a five-game singles play win streak after going undefeated last week and getting a singles play win when the ThunderWolves hosted No. 20 Cameron. In that match, he defeated the Aggies' Duje Janjic (6-4, 2-6, 10- 6) in the No. 2 slot, for CSU-Pueblo's lone singles win.

So far this season, Shrom is 6-6 overall and a perfect 5-0 playing out of the Pack's two-singles hole, where he's snagged his past five wins. With doubles partner Alex Lesuik (Sr., Winnpeg, Manitoba, Canada), the duo is 3-7 as the Pack's one-doubles combo, but has won its last two matches.

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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