WTC NEWS

Canada 55+ Games, Quebec 2024
held in Quebec City on August 27 – 30

All Tennis Players from District 24 won GOLD

Fran Doran & Kim Laidlaw won Gold in Ladies 65 plus
Maria Dinga & Rosalyn Hatch won Gold in Ladies 70 plus
Maria Dinga & Manny Umoquit won Gold in a mixed 70 plus
Hank Andrulis and Gerry McIlhone won Gold in Men’s 60 plus
George Nijbert and Manny Umoquit won gold in Men’s 70 plus

JUNIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
WERE HELD this past week

TheJim Doerr Memorial Award for Junior Tennis Achievement
is given out annually to the Girl and Boy who perform best in terms of commitment potential achievement and sportsmanship.

The Boy winner is 9 year old Henry Momot
and
the Girl winner is Molly Mencfeld.

Congratulations to both of you.

Henry is heading back to his hometown of London, England. He was staying with friends here this summer.

Molly and Henry with trophy below

Men’s and Ladies Doubles Club Championship
Results

Men’s Doubles

Steve Szeplaki & Dan Portanova- top right photo- right two players
Nathan Sousa & Gil White- top right photo- left two players
Mike Robinson & Peter Bedard- bottom photo- right two players
Hal Evans & Drew Kernaghan- bottom photo- left two players

Ladies Doubles

Mariya Yurokova & Nancy Drope- top left photo- right two players
Elizabeth Coward & Sarah Edwards- top left photo- left two players
Maria Dinga & Roz Hatch (by default)- no photo available
Brianne Robinson & Johanne Crawford- no photo available

Photos below

Men’s and Ladies Singles Club Championship
Results

Men’s A- Nate Czajkowski won over Kiril Yurukov
6-0, 3-6, 10-4

Men’s B- Shayan Ashoori- First Place
Juan Martin Delgado- 2nd Place

Elizabeth Coward- Ladies A Club Champion
Mariya Yurokova- 2nd Place

Nate and Kiril and Elizabeth (and son) in the photos below

Upcoming EventsCheck website for further details
https://wellandtennisclub.com/club-events-calendar

Thursday, September 5 – Sunday, September 8 – 45+ Mens and Ladies Singles Club Championship

Thursday, September 12- Sunday, September 15– Mixed Doubles Club Championship- $20, Deadline to sign up- Sept 10 at 6 pm, If you don’t have a partner, sign up and we’ll find you one

Thursday, September 19 – Sunday, September 22 – Junior/ Senior Mixed Club Championship- $20, No Juniors in top 30 in Ontario if U 16 or U18/Pro permission required. Sign up at club

Saturday, September 21– Flex League-Social- 4 pm – 6 pm, $20, Dinner served after dinner, Sign up at club

Tuesday, October 1 – Sunday, October 6– Oktoberfest Regional Tournament- Sign up by e-transfer Mike Robinson, mjracquetman@yahoo.ca

Recycling of Balls and Cans

This is a reminder to all WTC tennis players to put your old tennis balls/cans and lids in the bins by the door to Court 1 and 2
by
October 12th – 14th, Thanksgiving Weekend.“A big “Thank You” to the membership for making this an outstanding year for recycling at WTC with over 20 bags of ball and cans.
NOTL Tennis Club has also increased their tennis recycling and this year we welcome Grimsby Tennis Club’s participation. We continue to hope that Ft Erie Tennis Club will join us in our efforts to reduce landfill overflow.”

Gene Kiernicki
Tennis Recycling Coordinator

Thank you Gene for coordinating this worthwhile recycling effort!

September 2024 WTC Newsletter

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