2007 Archived News
2008 Indoor Junior National Qualifying
Dec 21: Tennis Saskatchewan has announced today important information regarding the qualifying process for juniors wishing to compete in the Indoor Nationals. For more information, please click on the following link.
2009 Canada Summer Games Head Coach Job Opportunity
Nov 11: Tennis Saskatchewan invites interested parties to apply for the 2009 Canada Summer Games Head Coach position. After the succesful Games in Regina in 2005, the Games moves to Charlottetown, PEI. For more details, follow the Employment Opportunities link under 'About Tennis Sask menu to the left.
Rankings Database
Oct 29: The rankings for Open and 4.5 categories have been updated. Tennis Sask maintains a list of players in a database and is based on results submitted by the clubs. Since home towns (and sometimes player names) are missing or not spelled correctly, Tennis Sask seeks your help in ensuring the players details are accurate. If you notice a name incorrectly spelled or a home town that is missing or incorrect, please email the office with the correction.
Lakewood Indoor Open and 4.5
Oct 22:
Top seed Jordan Christiansen made light work in winning the last Open event for 2007 when he defeated second seed Adrian Urteaga in straight sets, 6/0, 6/2. The going was tougher in the doubles however, when Jordan teamed up with Adrian and as top seeds battled out a close encounter with second seeds John Carroll and Carl Johnson, winning in 3 sets 6/4,5/7,6/4. Christiansen and Urteaga won the provincial doubles earlier this year in a very close round robin event that included Carroll and Johnson (who had withdrawn after Carroll had sustained an injury).
In the 4.5 events, Dave Bella continued his winning form after a close battle with Martin Huard, winning 4/6,6/4, 6/4, while second seed Fiona Conlon captured the womens singles.
4.5 and 3.5 Rankings updated
Sept 9:The 4.5 and 3.5 Rankings were recently updated to reflect results from the Corlac and Lakeshore Classic tournaments. Dave Bella of Melville has maintained his No 1 ranking, while Blair Schlosser's win at Corlac and runner-up finish in Regina immediately moved him into the No 4 position. Bella has had a busy and successful run in the 4.5's, entering 5 tournaments and winning 3 of them.
Meanwhile, Lili Wiebe has maintained her rtop ranking in the Womens events, and Powel Nowak has maintained his lead in the 3.5 Mens events.
Urteaga captures Lakeshore Classic title
August 26: Regina Adrian Urteaga of Saskatoon rallied to win the Mens Open title at the Lakeshore Summer Classic. Urteaga seemed to do it the hard way, fighting off a 3 set marathon against Kevin Tam of Regina in the Pool B round robin match, and then rallying from behind to beat Adam Van Der Merwe, also of Regina, in 3 sets in the semi-finals. In the final, Urteaga defeated Michael Hurman of Saskatoon in straight sets.
In the 4.5 events, top seed Dave Bella of Melville defeated 3rd seed Blair Schlosser of Saskatoon, Tim McMahon and Ed Holowaty of Regina defeated Schlosser and Gord Bell, Gina Escanlar and Lori Parley captured the womens doubles crown, while Tim and Judy McMahon won the mixed doubles event. For photos, visit the Lakeshore Tennis Club website.
Sean LaCap downs Carl Johnson to capture the 2007 Provincial Open Mens Singles Championship
July 5:Under warm conditions, Sean LaCap rallied to defeat top seed Carl Johnson of Antigua 6/4,6/1 in the Mens Singles final of the Bill Ebbels Provincial Open, played at the Lakeshore Tennis Club in Regina. LaCap, who was runner-up last year, showed too much strength in his run through the tournament. His opponent came with many credentials, having played Davis Cup for his native country, and also having an undefeated run through the tournament. However, LaCap had too many weapons at the end of the day and ran out a comfortable winner.
Kyla McNicol captured her second consecutive Womens Singles title, and also repeated in the Womens Doubles with partner Evann Waschuk and in the Mixed with Sean LaCap.
It didn't prove to be a Manitoba clean-sweep, however. Saskatoon players Jordan Christianson and Adrian Urteaga captured the Mens Doubles title after one of the closest fought battles in recent memory. The event was a 5 man round robin with all teams in contention. A withdrawal by Carl Johnson and partner John Carroll had the tournament director scrambling to review the tie-break rules after a number of teams had beaten each other. After some cross-checking, Christianson and Urteaga came out on top, with 3 wins and 1 loss, yet each of those 3 wins went to closely fought 3 sets.
In the 4.5 & Below events, Ed Holowaty captured the mens singles title, Lili Wiebe of Saskatoon captured the Womens Singles, Gregg Tkachuk and Gilbert Lee of Manitoba captured the Mens Doubles, Lori Mann and Darlene Lee of Manitoba captured the Womens Doubles, and Glayne Axtell and Dave Bella captured the Mixed Doubles event.
Look under Tournament Schedule for full results.
2006 Tennis Saskatchewan Junior Award Winners
June 4:The 2006 Tennis Saskatchewan Junior Awards were presented during the Provincial Junior Open, at the Lakeshore Tennis Club, in Regina on Saturday, June 2, 2007. President Tim McMahon presented the Awards to five deserving junior players.
The Junior Award recipients are as follows:
Most Outstanding Junior Male - Jordan Christiansen, Saskatoon
Most Outstanding Junior Female - Anna Nelke, Regina
Most Improved Junior Male - Jonathan Waslen, Saskatoon
Most Improved Junior Female - TBA
Most Sportsmanlike Junior Male - Eric Yee, Saskatoon
Most Sportsmanlike Junior Female - Fiona Conlon, Saskatoon
May 31:Tennis Saskatchewan is pleased to announce that Don Axtell will this year be inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. Don follows in the footsteps of Doug Bruce, Bill Ebbels, Don Hodges, Dr J.B. Kirkpatrick, Dr. John Leicester, Judge Walter Martin, Arthur Sihvon and Annie Thomson as the only tennis representatives to made it to the Hall. Don has a long and distinguished career in tennis both as a player and a builder of tennis in this province. He has represented Canada in international events and has won 39 provincial titles. He has served on Tennis Canada committees and Tennis Saskatchewan boards, and has been a long time volunteer at the Lakeshore Tennis Club. For more information on Don's career, follow this link.
Don Axtell Bio
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