June 2010 - Waterloo Tennis Club

The Waterloo Tennis Club
Newsletter
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2010
Membership
Referral
Program
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Follow the WOW Challenger on
Pg, 2 Coach’s Corner
Pg. 5 WOW Challenger Schedule
Pg. 6 WTC What’s Going On?
Heidi El Tabakh, 2009 Singles and Doubles Finalist.
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2009 WOW challenger Singles and
Doubles finalist Heidi El Tabakh
(Oakville, ON) played the first
Grand Slam main draw match of
her career at the French Open in
Paris. She played on the main
stadium court at Roland-Garros
against local favourite Aravane
Rezai,
Rezai seeded fifteenth in the
French Open. El Tabakh has been
ranked as high as #149 in singles
and #179 in doubles on the WTA
rankings and has earned close to
$100,000 as a pro player.
You never know who you might get
to watch when you come to the
WOW Challenger at the Waterloo
Tennis Club, July 18—25. The likes
of Maria Sharipova have played
Challenger level tournaments.
“It’s always interesting to watch
the girls playing during the week
and get to know their games and
then see how they do in other
tournaments through the year,”
says Mike Ratcliff veteran tennis
professional at the Waterloo Tennis Club. “It puts the pro game into
perspective.” The WOW Challenger
provides a valuable opportunity for
Canadian players to compete close
to home.
Several Canadian women have
participated in the past two WOW
Challengers.
Canadians in the 2009 singles
main draw included: Sonja Molnar,
Brittany Wowchuk, Dominique
Harmath, Rebecca Marino, Stephanie Roy, Marianne Jodoin, Heidi El
Tabakh, Maureen Drake and Valerie Tetreault.
Another nineteen Canadians competed in the qualifying draw of 32
players, competing to get into the
main draw. The top eight gain
entry into the main draw. That is
how Brittany Wowchuck made it
into the main draw in 2009. Dominique Harmath of Toronto recently
won the Rogers Under 18 Junior
National National Tennis Championships. Harmath was given a
wildcard entry into the WOW Challenger main draw in 2009. She will
be attending Rice University in
Houston on a tennis scholarship.
In all, twelve different countries
were represented in the singles
draw. It is truly an international
event in the heart of Waterloo.
The WOW Challenger is the only
clay-court, women’s professional
tournament played on Canadian
soil. It is a valuable training ground
for our Canadian players.
Your support could mean the difference in getting our Canadian
girls to the next level.
Tennis Fair
at Waterloo Town Square
Monday July 19th
11:30 am - 2:30 pm
Summer Wine Tours
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Aussie Wine Tour
Tou – Friday June 18,
18 6.30pm
Wimbledon Wine Party – Friday July 2nd 6.30pm.
(Dress in whites bring your oldest racquet)
Tastes of Tuscany – Friday August 13 6.30pm
Join us for the best night out at WTC. $25 pp
includes round robin tennis and sensational
food and wine.Awesome
Awesome Value!
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Coach’s
Corner
With
Gary Winter
Strike Zone
In the last issue of Coach’s Corner I
talked about the Contact Zone (the
space just before and after contact)
and how the racquet needs to stay
stable in this zone for added control.
Another zone to be aware of is what I
call the Strike Zone (as in a baseball
strike zone). The pictures speak for
themselves. The better you can move
to contact the ball in your strike zone,
the easier it is to control your racquet
in the Contact Zone and thus control
the shot. The more the ball is out of
your strike zone, the more you will
have to adjust and improvise the hit.
This is why tennis is often referred to
Outside!
Low!
“Stee-rike!”
Contact Zone
Inside!
High!
as a game of movement. The ability
to move to get set up to hit the ball in
your strike zone is key to improving
your level, especially as you are developing top-spin technique and hitting the ball more aggressively.
Drill
Next time you are rallying, be aware
and count how often you are able to
hit the ball when it is in your strike
zone. Can you move better or take
the ball on the rise in order to get it
in your strike zone more often?
Looking Good Abbey!
Coach Gary Winter volunteering with
junior players participating in the Jane
/ Finch Family Day at Tennis Canada.
For Lessons
Waterloo Tennis Club
519—
519—885—
885—3920
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VOLUNTEER
FOR THE
WOW
CHALLENGER
disadvantage, but his
credibility only to
change ends.
IN 2010
WTC
A simple type of alibi is
the playing surface.
Whether the surface is
clay, grass or hard
court, the player, at the
outset, makes it plain
that it is not the surface
that he is accustomed
to winning on. A pregame conversation
goes something like:
Be part of a great
community event.
We have positions
available in
Ball Kids
Hospitality
Court Maintenance
Player Transport
Front Desk
Player Relations
For further information
or to sign-up, contact
John Bezear
Tournament Director
519 885 3920
[email protected]
“Good God, we’re playing on asphalt.”
“Not asphalt actually,
old man. It’s called HarTru-.”
“Of course, of course.
Stupid of me to think
that we’d be playing on
clay. I learned to play
tennis in Poona, you
see. Lovely red clay of
the Indian outback.
Little chaps dash out
between games sweep
the canvas tapes,
brush your balls, give
you a sip of toddy to
sluice down the
dust….”
A superior type of alibi
is pertaining to physical limitations of the
loser. But the player
must be cautious about
overkill. Arriving at the
court on crutches does
put one’s opponent at
an initial psychological
Tennis is one of the
few games to have a
chronically painful
joint named after it
and tennis elbow is
such a popular alibi. It
is an absolutely classic alibi in that almost
nothing can be done
for it. Except rest,
which the owner of
the elbow bravely
ignores, along with
the excruciating pain,
in order to oblige his
opponent by playing a
game with him.
A typical tennis-elbow
alibi dialogue:
“Would you mind fastening the pin in this
bandage for me?
Don’t worry about
pricking me. I won’t
even notice, my tennis elbow is that painful.”
“I say, old man, are
you sure you should
be playing tennis?”
“Oh yes. Ouch. The
doctor says I may as
well use the elbow
since it isn’t going to
get any better.”
“Tennis elbow that
bad, eh?”
“Terminal. I’m afraid.
But don’t let it affect
your play. It only hurts
when I hit the ball….”
The knowledgeable
tennis player gets
much more mileage
out of tennis elbow.
He knows that in lastresort cases doctor
orders injections of
cortisone or hydrocortisone. Cortisone treatment can cause sex
change characteristics:
women grow hair on
their faces, men develop breasts. Do not,
therefore, try your tennis
elbow alibi against a
male opponent who
shows up wearing a
training bra, or a female
opponent who has to
stop and shave in between sets. You are up
against someone whose
tennis-elbow alibi is in
the top 100 professional rankings.
Remember: alibi preparation is an important as
stroke preparation. Essential are good footwork, bending the truth,
and following through
with a gallant smile
despite hurting.
This article is from: TENNIS, It Serves You Right!
Authors: Eric Nicol &
Dave More
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WOW Challenger 2010
July 18 - 25
Lija
Ladies Summer
Fashion
Made In Canada
The Waterloo Tennis Club is hosting the 3rd annual WOW Tennis Challenger presented by 91.5 the Beat from July 18th until July 25th, 2010. The tournament is an
International Tennis Federation (ITF) $25,000 event and attracts professional
women tennis players from around the world as they attempt to accumulate points
in order to improve their worldwide rankings.
This event is hosted by the Waterloo Tennis Club and provides the only Har-Tru
(clay) surface for the women to compete on in Canada.
Admission to the event is FREE
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Ball kids with the 2009 Doubles finalists.
It takes a lot of volunteers to make the WOW Challenger a success.
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WOW
Challenger
Pro-Am
WOW Challenger 2010
Schedule of Events
Qualifying Tournament
10:00 am July 18 & 19
Tennis Fair
at Waterloo Town Square
Monday July 19th
11:30 am - 2:30 pm
‘Your chance to play with
the pros’
$100 per ticket
Main Draw
11:00 am Tuesday - Thursday
5:00 pm Feature Match
Wednesday July 21,
6pm – 8pm
10 professional
female tennis
players from the
WOW Challenger will
be participating
First come first serve
basis
limited spaces
available!
Sumptuous BBQ catered
by D’Lish Café
To Enter
Contact Dennis Huss
[email protected]
Make cheques payable to: Tennis
Canada attn WOW Challenger
Charity Pro-Am Tournament
benefiting Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program
Wednesday July 21st
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Important Notice
4 Clay courts will be
available for regular
play at 6pm daily
(excluding Pro-Am)
18—25 July, subject to
weather conditions.
Indoor court hire will
be FREE 18—25 July,
2010.
Quarterfinals
12:00 pm Friday, July 23
5:00 pm Feature Match
Singles Semi-Finals
followed by Doubles Final
12:00 pm Saturday, July 24
Singles Final
Members Appreciation Day
12:30 pm Sunday, July 25
FREE MEMBERS BBQ
CATERED BY M&M MEATS
11.30am—12.30pm
Important Notice
4 Clay courts will be
available for regular
play at 6pm daily
(excluding Pro-Am)
18—25 July subject to
weather conditions.
Indoor court rental will
be FREE 18—25 July,
2010.
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What’s Going On at WTC
WTC Donates
Balls for cause
Summer
Singles Ladder
WTC donated hundreds of
tennis balls for the Roadbreakers Road Hockey Tournament
held April 24 at the University
of Waterloo. The WTC set up
three mini tennis courts in the
parking lot for the kids to try
their hand at tennis when they
were not playing road hockey.
Kids having fun with the Big
Wilson racquet during PEP
Silver tennis classes.
Kye Allen gets his serve speed
clocked by Pat Plant at
Opening Day Activities.
Over 40 participants
cant be wrong
the best way to build
your game and make
new friends.
Close to 1,000 kids spent the
day playing road hockey
games.
Tiny tots building tennis cream
cones.
No Entry Fee
No Limits
Kye Allen hanging with the
teenagers
If you take lessons then you
get pretty good at picking up
tennis balls.
Email Kye Allen for details
[email protected]
Gary Winter at the information.
Desk. Thanks also to Walter
Schaefer for his help setting
up the courts.
Congratulations
Guido
WTC member Guido Weber
accepts congratulations from
Rico Policarpo for his first
place finish in the 70+ division
at the Western Indoor Senior
Nationals in Calgary. In April.
Guido also played in the Senior
Indoor Nationals and placed
third in Montreal in April. He
lost a tough three-setter in the
semis to the #1 seed and
eventual champion David
Thompson. Guido then won the
third place playoff.
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WTC
Summer
Tournament
schedule
• WTC Junior French Open –
Sunday June 20 – entry fee $25
pp
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COFFEE ANYONE?
Pure freshness and hassle-free! That’s what everyone is
saying about Flavia coffee. Now at Waterloo Tennis Club
you can enjoy single-serve coffees, real leaf teas, wellbeing
options and pure indulgence at the touch of a button. Even
creating your own "hot cocktail" is simple. Let your imagination run wild with authentic frothy cappuccinos, mochaccinos and chococcinos. Thanks to the innovative FLAVIA technology, this cutting-edge drinks station brews direct from
pack to cup, for a fresh taste no matter what the previous
brew. Flavia coffee can be purchased at the front desk for
$1.25 and $2.00 for cocktail creations.
Summer
Junior Camps
• WTC Junior Wimbledon –
Sunday July 11 – entry $25 pp
• WTC Junior US Open – Monday August 31 – entry $25 pp
• WTC Women’s Doubles
Championship – August 7 & 8,
entry Fee $10 pp
• WTC Men’s and Women’s
Singles Championship –August
14 & 15, entry fee $10 pp
• WTC Men’s Doubles Championship – August 28 & 29, entry
fee $10 pp
•
WTC Mixed Doubles Championship – September 11 & 12,
entry fee $10 pp
• Marten Johnston Memorial
(Team Tennis) Saturday August
21- entry fee $40 pp
Tennis Access (Team Tennis)
Sunday September 19 - entry Fee
$40
All registrations for club championships will be available on the
notice board at least 1 month in
advance.
‘Get Active, Get Playing’
A ball machine is a great way to train. By having a consistent ball sent to you so you can
groove your strokes, it’s like batting practice.
The new Playmate ball machine is available to
rent for $10.00 (plus applicable court fee). It
is only for use indoors. There is also a new
Ball Mower to help pick up all those hundreds
of balls you will be hitting. You can book the
ball machine through the front desk.
519 885 3920
Full Day (9—4)
Morning (9—12)
Afternoon (1—4)
PEP Program (12—4)
Don’t miss out! Register now
519 885 3920
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WTC World Wine Tour Presents
Tastes of Tuscany
When: Friday, August 13
Time: 6.30pm
Cost: $25 pp
Your Host Chef Renzo Personally Guarantees
Delectable Cuisine
Exquisite Etruscan Beverages
Fantastic Tennis
join us !
Waterloo Tennis Club is heading towards it’s 100th Anniversary. This will be an amazing milestone for the club and we are preparing for
this event NOW! If you have any great stories or tales, paper clippings, photos or memorabilia that you would like to contribute, please contact Mary Liz Hearn at [email protected]
We are rejuvenating our club trophies. We need the names of Club Champions between 2002—2008. If you can help with any of this information please contact Mary Liz Hearn as soon as possible. Many Thanks!
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Entry fees are available at the front desk— ph: 519 885 3920 – e:[email protected]
All net proceed generated from the tournament will be donated to the WTC Tennis Development Fund
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Make Your
Pledge
Title Sponsor $15,000
Platinum Sponsor $5,000
Gold Sponsor $3,000
Silver Sponsor $1,500
Ace Patron $1000
Winner Patron $500
Point Patron $100+
Contact Waterloo Tennis Club for further
details 519 885 3920