Coquitlam Tennis Club Junior Program 2016

That's All Folks!

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PINNED TO THE TOP | Wednesday, February 24, 2016

To parents and juniors:

Due to a rather unfortunate situation that had arisen during 2014 with the club, I won't be back to do the junior program from here on. All 10 instructors on my team has decided not to come back to teach either. I want to thank everyone who had supported me and the junior program over the past 8 years. Since the restart in 2008 I truly enjoyed putting this program together as the junior program director on a volunteer basis, singularly managed it and made it accessible to everyone who wanted to participate in it. Up to 300 juniors were registered each year and it was a pleasure to introduce tennis to so many youngsters, while many more juniors cultivated their game each year to compete against their peers in tournaments around the province. Many trophies were won.

This website belongs to me and I will continue to update it to include the few juniors whom I will carry on helping with their game. I will also continue to keep track of the other juniors and the junior program alumni whenever they have done well. I will see out my men's and ladies' league teams for the season. Both teams consist of junior program alumni and is in principle an extension of the junior program. The ladies' league team is actually a newly put together team that was three years in the making. This will be my final involvement with this club.

You can still reach me through the usual email address. If anything changes, I will post it on this website.

Thank you all.

Sincerely,
Adrian Tan

March 6 Update: I'm aware that some parents have written to the club and expressed their support for this junior program. Again thank you for your ongoing support.

Friend Hangs On to be the Best Again

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Junior Club Awards 2015 | For the second year in a row the Best Junior Player of the Year Award belongs to Riley Friend. This year the race to win this coveted award was so close that it could have gone to Dilraj Phull. It all came down to the consistency of Friend's tournament results through the season. The last time it was this close was in 2011 and the race was between Alexander Baumann and Jedi Tetik. The five time award winner Baumann took the award because his results were more consistent that year.

After Friend had been to the finals several times, he finally won his first open tournament in July when he took the Stanley Park Open tournament in the development category as an unseeded player. He fought hard through all his matches and came back from a set down in his last three matches. As the 2014 award holder, Friend was pressured by Phull early in the season and the rivalry pressed on until the end of the season.

Phull's overall game has improved greatly and it had shown up in his results as well. He won his first award as the Most Improved Junior Player of the Year. Phull also had his first tournament victory early in the season. He first open title victory came from the club hosted Evergreen Cup in May when he took the under 14 singles title.

Thirteen years old Steven Baumann, already a seventh time nominee at this year end awards and his third time nominated in the Best Effort category, won his second award during the evening. His Best Effort Award this year will go along with his Most Improved Junior Player of the Year Award he won last year.

The fourth award went to Keiko Pan who was in her last year as an eligible junior. She collected the Sportsmanship Award after earning the most votes in this category.

BEST JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Nominees:
Danica Davidovic
Riley Friend (Winner)
Inaya Halaba
Dilraj Phull
Matthew Wong

Riley Friend's 2015 Tournament Highlights

Singles Winner
• 84th Stanley Park Open – Development (July)
U18 Singles Main Draw
• Evergreen Cup – Competition (May)
U18 Singles Consolation Draw

Singles Runner-Up
• Coquitlam Open – Development (August)
U18 Singles Main Draw
• CTC Junior Club Closed (July-October)
U18 Singles Main Draw

Singles Semi-Finals
• Biondo Junior Grass Court Championships – Competition (July)
U18 Singles Main Draw

Singles Quarter-Finals
• Coquitlam Open – Competition (August)
U18 Singles Main Draw
• Bob Putnam Junior Challenger – Competition (August)
U18 Singles Main Draw

Doubles Runner-Up
• Coquitlam Open – Development (August)
U18 Doubles Main Draw
• Biondo Junior Grass Court Championships – Competition (July)
U18 Doubles Main Draw
• CTC Junior Club Closed (July-October)
U18 Doubles Main Draw

Doubles Quarter-Finals
• Coquitlam Open – Competition (August)
U18 Doubles Main Draw

MOST IMPROVED JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Nominees:
Danica Davidovic
Riley Friend
Alexandra Mandewo
Jean Paul Pamarang
Dilraj Phull (Winner)
Colin Wang

BEST EFFORT AWARD
Nominees:
Zach Amaral
Steven Baumann (Winner)
Aleksandar Davidovic
Jean Paul Pamarang
Matthew Wong

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Nominees:
Zach Amaral
Steven Baumann
Sidney Lin
Keiko Pan (Winner)
Gary Ren
Shu-Lei Wu

The Best Once More

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2015 Club Best Juniors

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Simon Lin
Junior U8 Singles Club Champion

Arnav Bhattacharya
Junior U8 Singles Finalist

Daniel Chen
Junior U8 Singles 3rd Place

Sean Lee
Junior U10 Singles Club Champion

Diego Gonzalez
Junior U10 Singles 3rd Place

Aleksandar Davidovic
Boys' U14 Singles Club Champion

Steven Baumann
Boys' U14 Singles Finalist

Danica Davidovic
Girls' U14 Singles Champion

Inaya Halaba
Girls' U14 Singles Finalist

Alexandra Mandewo
Girls' U14 Singles 3rd Place

Matthew Wong
Boys' U18 Singles Club Champion

Riley Friend
Boys' U18 Singles Finalist

Tiana Andjelic
Girls' U18 Singles Club Champion

Keiko Pan
Girls' U18 Singles Finalist

Alaina Ge
Girls' U18 Singles 3rd Place

Stevan Baumann/Aleksandar Davidovic
Boys' U14 Doubles Club Champions

Armandt Hediger/Michael Mo
Boys' U14 Doubles Finalists

Alexandra Mandewo/Danica Davidovic
Girls' U14 Doubles Club Champions

Dauntae Turnquest/Inaya Halaba
Girls' U14 Doubles Finalists

Zach Amaral/Kevin Baumann (above)
Boys' U18 Doubles Champions

Riley Friend (above)/Jean Paul Pamarang
Boys' U18 Doubles Finalists

Evan Chen
Junior U8 Singles Consolation Winner

Sarah Kadic
Junior U10 Singles Consolation Winner

Daniel Sawyer
Junior U10 Singles Consolation Finalist

Alejandro Granados
Boys' U14 Singles Consolation Winner

Armandt Hediger
Boys' U14 Singles Consolation Finalist

Alaire Chen
Girls' U14 Singles Consolation Finalist

Steven Baumann
Boys' U18 Singles Consolation Finalist

Sidney Lin
Girls' U18 Singles Consolation Winner

Evening Moments

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November Cover

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October Cover

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A Summer to Remember

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William Baumann, a 2011 junior program graduate,

had an impressive run of 5 tournament titles in the summer.

Juniors Alumni | Since winning his first title of the season in early July, see "Willy's Game Keeps Moving Forward", William Baumann went on an incredible run of tournament titles to finish his 2015 season on a high note. After the success of the Burnaby Open where he won the men's 4.0 singles title, he went on to win three more singles titles and a doubles title. The only hiccup he had was at the Stanley Park Open. He played in the 4.5 singles category. He managed to get to the quarter-final round after beating two players in his previous matches. The third seeded player Pho Nguyen stopped him with 7-6, 3-6, 6-2 match outcome.

At the Coquitlam Open, he played in both the 4.0 and 4.5 singles events. He was seeded number one in the 4.0 event due to his recent results at the Burnaby Open. He won all five rounds in this event but it was not a straight forward run to the title. He was taken to three sets in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. He beat the eight seed Andrew Van Gaans 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 and then had a 3-6, 6-1, 7-6 victory over Joe Guiotto. Finally he beat Jason Sunaryo, seeded No. 5, 6-0, 6-4 to win the event.

In the 4.5 event, he defeated the fifth seed, third seed and the top seed to get to the final. His first round match against Joel Milne went three sets and he won the match 7-6, 3-6, 7-6. His victories over the seeded players were 6-2, 6-3 against No. 5 seed Patrick Caffrey, 6-4, 6-2 against No. 3 Greg Rash, and 6-3, 6-2 over No. 1 seed Daniel Dziarmaga. The final was won over Leo Tang in three sets 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.

In the same 4.5 singles draw, other former juniors were Steven Shen (2014), lost his semi-finals match to Leo Tang, Marcin Walenczykiewicz (2008), lost the second round to Rash, and Ken Chang (2011), also lost in the second round to the fifth seed Greg Davis.

Over in the Men's Open singles level, Alexander Baumann (2013) managed to put in a good performance despite the lack of match practice. He beat Michal Suchanek in his first match 6-2, 6-2, and faced the the third seed Peter Sowinski in the quarter-finals. After taking the first set 6-3, and serving at 5-2 and 5-4 and had two match points, he could not wrap up the match and lost the second set 7-6. The match was over after he lost the third set 6-3. Riley Friend, who is still a current junior but is limited by the tournament rules to enter only in the 5.0 or Open level events, played one of his best tennis against his opponent Greg Davis. Friend battle hard against Davis in a match that lasted 2.5 hours long and a score of 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

After the Coquitlam Open, it was a road trip to Whistler for the Fall Classic tournament with Shen, Mark Lintott (2012), Walenczykiewicz and his brothers Alexander and Gerhard. In the 5.0 singles event, William was seeded No. 1 and he managed to beat Alexander 7-5, 6-4 in the semi-finals before taking down the second seed Brian Fung 7-5, 6-4 as well. Both Walenczykiewicz and Lintott won their first round matches in the 4.0 singles event. Lintott moved past his quarter-finals match against the No. 3 seed Philippe riendeau 6-2, 7-5, but Walenczykiewicz was not so lucky against the No. 2 seed Tony Leyland. He lost 6-2, 6-4. In the semi-finals, Lintott took the No. 1 seed Jamie Conway to three sets but lost a third set 10-8 super-tiebreaker.

All six players teamed up for the doubles event. Lintott and Walenczykiewicz faltered early. Alexander and Gerhard seeded No. 1 lost in the semi-finals in a 10-8 third set super-tiebreak decision to Darcy Lawrence and Allan Lawry. William and Shen seeded No. 2 won the title over Lawrence and Lawry 6-2, 6-3. They beat two other teams to reach the finals.

By the end of this road trip, William chalked up 21-1 in his singles matches, winning four consecutive tournament titles (3 singles and 1 doubles) along the way for a total of five titles. He ended up ranked as high as No. 1 in BC and Canada in the 4.0 singles category, as well as No. 5 in BC and No. 13 in Canada in the 4.5 singles category. Well done!

September Cover

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Friend Loses His U18 Titles, Andjelic Retains Her Crown

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2015 CTC Junior Club Closed – U18 | A year ago it was top seeded Matthew Wong versus second seeded Riley Friend in the final. Wong came up short in the three sets match after taking the first set 6-1 and went on to lose the next two sets 6-2, 6-2. This year's final also showcased the top two players but with Friend seeded No. 1.

In an almost identical set up to last year's final, Wong took the first set 6-2. But Friend came stomping back with a 6-1 second set. Flashback to the 2014 final was in Wong's mind, as history was going to repeat itself. Here was a chance for Wong to re-write the script to have a different ending to this new rivalry. With mustered determination and increased confidence, Wong brave the fight and set the final set in his favour with a 6-1 score. The ending was what he wanted, the under 18 singles club champion crown. Friend, the defending club champion from the previous year, was dethroned. A consolation thought for the fallen champion is that the trend that began in 2010 had seen no club U18 singles champion retained their title the following year. Wong will now proudly add this title to the one he won in 2011 for the boys under 14 singles trophy.

In the semi-finals, Wong managed to defeat Dilraj Phull 6-1, 1-6, 10-5 in a tightly contested match. Friend had an easier time pushing aside Kevin Baumann 6-1, 6-1.

Friend also had to give up his under 18 club doubles title. Zach Amaral, last year's finalist and partnered with Wong, teamed up with Baumann this year to claim the club champion crown. The 2014 club doubles champion, Friend and Jean Paul Pamarang, lost the match 6-4, 6-4. Amaral and Baumann had survived a close encounter with Wong and Phull in the semi-finals. After splitting the first two sets, the match went to the eventual champions in a score of 6-3, 6-7, 10-7. Friend and Pamarang also fought through their semi-finals against Jeremy Arciaga and Gary Ren and they finally won it 7-5, 7-6.

Tiana Andjelic retained her club title in the girls' U18 singles event over Keiko Pan. Pan was also the runner-up in the same event last year. The defending champion had little trouble disposing her challenger 6-2, 6-2.

2015 U18 Boys' Singles Club Champion –
Matthew Wong

ROUND TWO BOYS UNDER 18 SINGLES MAIN DRAW

Championships Final

Matthew Wong (2) bt Riley Friend (1) 6-2, 1-6, 6-1

3rd Place not played

Semi-Finals

Riley Friend (1) bt Kevin Baumann 6-1, 6-1

Matthew Wong bt Dilraj Phull 6-1, 1-6, 10-5

ROUND TWO BOYS UNDER 18 SINGLES CONSOLATION

Consolation Final

Gary Ren bt Steven Baumann 6-2, 4-6, 10-6

Semi-Finals

Steven Baumann bt Alex Dong 8-2

Gary Ren bt Jason Wu 8-1

Quarter-Finals

Steven Baumann bt Bogdan Petrovic w/o

Alex Dong bt Dominic Kasal 8-3

Gary Ren bt Colin Wang 8-1

Jason Wu bt Ivan Barjasic 8-6

ROUND ONE BOYS UNDER 18 SINGLES ROUND ROBIN

2015 U18 Boys' Doubles Club Champion –
Zach Amaral/Kevin Baumann

ROUND TWO BOYS UNDER 18 DOUBLES MAIN DRAW

Championships Final

Zach Amaral/Kevin Baumann bt

Riley Friend/Jean Paul Pamarang (1) 6-4, 6-4

Semi-Finals

Riley Friend/Jean Paul Pamarang (1) bt

Jeremy Arciaga/Gary Ren 7-5, 7-6 (7-3)

Zach Amaral/Kevin Baumann bt

Dilraj Phull/Matthew Wong (2) 6-3, 6-7 (3-7), 10-7

ROUND ONE BOYS UNDER 18 DOUBLES ROUND ROBIN

ROUND TWO GIRLS UNDER 18 SINGLES MAIN DRAW

Championships Final

Tiana Andjelic (1) bt Keiko Pan (2) 6-2, 6-2

3rd Place

Alaina Ge bt Gurminder Phull 6-1, 6-3

Semi-Finals

Tiana Andjelic (1) bt Alaina Ge 6-1, 6-0

Keiko Pan (2) bt Gurminder Phull 6-0, 6-1

ROUND TWO GIRLS UNDER 18 SINGLES CONSOLATION

Consolation Final

Sidney Lin bt Kimberly Woo 8-2

ROUND ONE GIRLS UNDER 18 SINGLES ROUND ROBIN

Brother and Sister Win It All in the U14

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2015 CTC Junior Club Closed – U14 | In the past, we had siblings (brother-brother and brother-sister) winning club events in the same year. This year one pair of siblings have a unique take on history. Aleksandar (Sasa) and Danica Davidovic claimed both the singles and doubles club titles in their respective boys and girls categories and will go down in the history book as the first pair of siblings to win both the singles and doubles titles in the same age group in the same year.

Sasa faced the same opponent this year as he did in last year's under 12 singles final. He won last year's final against Steven Baumann in straight sets. This year's final once again went to three sets 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 as both players battled it out on the tennis court. In the semi-finals Davidovic easily defeated Carlos Rengifo 6-0, 6-0 and Baumann beat James Huang 6-2, 6-3. Rengifo took third placing when he out played Huang 6-1, 4-6, 10-4 in their third place match.

Incidentally, the same result happened this year between Davidovic and Baumann as it also had happened last year in the round-robin stage. Baumann had beaten Davidovic in the round-robin match but the table was turned both times when they met again in the championship final.

Davidovic and Baumann teamed up to take the doubles crown after going undefeated in their round-robin draw. The second place went to Armandt Hediger and Michael Mo whose only loss was against the champions.

Danica Davidovic retained her under 14 singles title after being pushed hard from Inaya Halaba in the final. The match went to three sets with Halaba taking the first set 6-4 and Davidovic taking the second and third sets 7-5, 7-5. What is surprising was Davidovic did not take a single game off Halaba in their round-robin match. Halaba won that match 8-0. In the semi-finals Davidovic beat Alexandra Mandewo 6-1, 6-4, while Halaba triumphed over Dauntae Turnquest with a score 8-1.

Davidovic and her doubles partner Mandewo easily won their doubles crown by beating the team of Halaba and Turnqueset 8-1.

2015 U14 Boys Singles Club Champion –
Sasa Davidovic

ROUND TWO BOYS UNDER 14 SINGLES MAIN DRAW

Championships Final
Aleksandar Davidovic (2) bt Steven Baumann (1) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

3rd Place
Carlos Rengifo bt James Huang 6-1, 4-6, 10-4

Semi-Finals
Steven Baumann (1) bt James Huang 6-2, 6-3
Aleksandar Davidovic (2) bt Carlos Rengifo 6-0, 6-0

ROUND TWO BOYS UNDER 14 SINGLES CONSOLATION

Consolation Final
Alejandro Granados bt Armandt Hedieger 8-3

Semi-Finals
Alejandro Granados bt Michael Mo 6-3, 6-0
Armandt Hediger bt Roy Han

ROUND ONE BOYS UNDER 14 SINGLES ROUND ROBIN

BOYS UNDER 14 DOUBLES ROUND ROBIN

Champions: Steven Baumann/Aleksandar Davidovic
2nd Place: Armandt Hediger/Michael Mo

2015 U14 Girls' Singles Club Champion –
Danica Davidovic

ROUND TWO GIRLS UNDER 14 SINGLES MAIN DRAW

Championships Final
Danica Davidovic (2) bt Inaya Halaba (1) 4-6, 7-5, 7-5

3rd Place
Alexandra Mandewo bt Dauntae Turnquest 8-4

Semi-Finals
Inaya Halaba (1) bt Dauntae Turnquest 8-1
Danica Davidovic (2) bt Alexandra Mandewo 6-1, 6-4

ROUND TWO GIRLS UNDER 14 SINGLES CONSOLATION

Winner: Silvana Huang
Runner-up: Alaire Chen

ROUND ONE GIRLS UNDER 14 SINGLES ROUND ROBIN

GIRLS UNDER 14 DOUBLES ROUND ROBIN

Champions: Danica Davidovic/Alexandra Mandewo
2nd Place: Inaya Halaba/Dauntae Turnquest

Lee Dominates the U10 and Wins His First Title

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2015 CTC Junior Club Closed – U10 | Sean Lee earned his first ever tournament title when he was crowned the club champion in the under 10 singles category. Lee was a class above his competitors and he had no trouble winning his round-robin matches with ease. With the top four juniors moving to the main draw semi-finals, Lee easily beat Diego Gonzalez 6-0, 6-2 to set up a match against his closest competitor Aaron Xie in the final. Xie only loss was to Lee in the round-robin stage. In his semi-final match, Xie defeated Alexis Nguyen 6-0, 6-0. Lee made it a short match in the final when he beat Xie 6-1, 6-2 to claim his victory.

2015 U10 Boys Singles Club Champion – Sean Lee

ROUND TWO BOYS UNDER 10 SINGLES MAIN DRAW

Championships Final
Sean Lee (1) bt Aaron Xie (2) 6-1, 6-2

3rd Place
Diego Gonzalez bt Alexis Nguyen 6-1, 6-4

Semi-Finals
Sean Lee (1) bt Diego Gonzalez 6-0, 6-2
Aaron Xie (2) bt Alexis Nguyen 6-0, 6-0

ROUND TWO BOYS UNDER 10 SINGLES CONSOLATION

Consolation Final
Sarah Kadic bt Daniel Sawyer 8-3

Semi-Finals
Sarah Kadic bt Alyssa Huang 8-2
Daniel Sawyer bt Alya Bicic 7-6

ROUND ONE BOYS UNDER 10 SINGLES ROUND ROBIN

Lin Jumps From Third to First in the U8

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2015 CTC Junior Club Closed – U8 | A year ago Simon Lin finished in third position behind Owen Nguyen and Arnav Bhattacharya. This time he moved into first place and became the U8 club singles champion. Lin had much going for him as he had also achieved his first ever open title just a few weeks prior at the Coquitlam Open – Future Stars Tour U8 event. Playing in the short sets final, he triumphed over Bhattacharya by taking both sets in the tie-breakers 7-4 and 8-6. In the semi-finals, Lin had a harder time taking down his opponent as compared to Bhattacharya. He was taken to three sets by Daniel Chen and he only earned his spot after winning the third set tie-break 8-6. Bhattacharya lost only one game in beating Philip Alexandru in the semi-finals. Chen took third placing when he easily defeated Alexandru 6-0.

2015 U8 Boys Singles Club Champion – Simon Lin

ROUND TWO BOYS UNDER 8 SINGLES MAIN DRAW

Championships Final
Simon Lin (1) bt Arnav Bhattacharya (2) 4-3 (7-4), 4-3 (8-6)

3rd Place
Daniel Chen bt Philip Alexandru 6-0

Semi-Finals
Simon Lin (1) bt Daniel Chen 3-4 (8-6), 4-1, 4-3 (8-6)
Arnav Bhattacharya (2) bt Philip Alexandru 4-1, 4-0

ROUND TWO BOYS UNDER 8 SINGLES CONSOLATION

Consolation Final
Evan Chen bt Bruce Huang 8-0

ROUND ONE BOYS UNDER 10 SINGLES ROUND ROBIN

4 Gold, 7 Silver and 6 Bronze + 4 Consolation Gold & 5 Silver Placings

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2015 Coquitlam Open – Junior Divisions | Last August the Coquitlam Junior Open tournament became an expanded Coquitlam Open tournament when it was held simultaneously with the adult events. It also welcomed two new divisions into its fold: the Future Stars and the Rookie Tour.

The Future Stars Tour is a more competitive tournament, whereas the Rookie Tour is as the title suggests it is a more introductory level into the competitive world of tennis. As far as the results went for these two divisions, our kids tennis program enjoyed a wondrous success reaching the finals of all four events offered. Winning success came in the U8 and the U10 events of the Future Stars Tour.

Eight years old Simon Lin won the U8 singles event beating West Vancouver's and Hollyburn Country Club member Ewan John Robertson 6-2 in the final. Lin came through his qualifying round without a loss. Arnav Bhattacharya achieved a third placing when he defeated Jeevyn Sing Rattan 6-2. Sean Lee won the U10 singles event by topping Uku Feldman of Vancouver 6-3 in the finals. Aaron Xie lost to Feldman, who trains at the UBC Tennis Club, in his first match but made it through the consolation rounds to beat Aaron Ye 5-3 in his last match. Lin and Lee achieved their first open tournament victory with their respective titles.

In the Rookie Tour division, eight years old Philip Alexandru came in second best after he lost out to Nicholas Kwan of Vancouver in the U10 event finals. Alexandru lost 4-5. Evan Chen claimed third placing in the same event. In the U12 singles event, 11 years old Michael Mo came up a bit short in the finals after being victorious in his three previous matches. Vancouver's Ishaan Modi beat him 6-5. Alexis Nguyen won the consolation finals beating club mate Nicole Baumann 6-3.

Over to the competition series division, Alexandra Mandewo reached the semi-finals of the Girls U12 singles event. After two impressive 6-0, 6-0 dribbling of her opponents in the early round, she had to fight hard in her semi-finals, but was edged out in a tight 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 score to Brianne Jim of Vancouver. Alaina Ge, seeded number 2, lost to Maryjoe Crisologo 6-1, 6-0 in her U16 singles semi-finals. The number two seeded team of Danica Davidovic and Inaya Halaba lost to the top seed Ella Nielsen and Stefanie Silva in the Girls U14 doubles finals.

Aaron Xie second entry was in the U10 singles category in this division. He lost in the first round to Roan Priatel in three sets 6-3, 4-6, 10-8, but he went on to beat two other opponents to make the consolation finals. He came up short when Jack Division beat him 6-0, 6-2. Davidson is from West Vancouver's Hollyburn Country Club. Dauntae Turnquest also reach the consolation finals and she won it 8-4 over Clair Wang. Zach Amaral also had a very close first round match. Pitting his game against Paul Bao he lost his first match in the third set in a 10-8 decision. He set up the consolation finals against Gregory Dee after going through three earlier matches in an easy fashion. Amaral lost 6-4, 6-4 to Dee.

Other notable result in this division: Aleksandar Davidovic, or Sasa as he would like to be called, won both this singles matches in the Boys U12 singles event to set up an encounter with the top seed Denny Bao. Davidovic lost 6-2, 6-3 in the quarter-finals. Kasra Karimi made past the first round of the Boys U16 singles event, but could not move past the third seed Andrew Huang. Both Jean Paul Pamarang and Riley Friend won their first round matches in the Boys U18 singles event but failed to move through their seeded opponent in the next round. Pamarang lost to Martin Lorayes the third seed. Friend went down to the fourth seed David Zoric 7-6, 6-4. In the Boys U18 doubles, Friend and Pamarang partnered up and won their first round match easily but lost out to Gregory Dee and Tylo Roberts in a tight 6-4, 3-6, 10-5 quarter-final matchup.

Our juniors had more success in the developmental series division. After reaching the semi-finals in the previous week, Alexandra Mandewo made the Girls U14 singles finals and won it with an impressive 6-0, 6-0 score over the top seed Lilian He.

Sasa also won two matches in the Boys U14 singles event only to lose to the number 3 seed Lawrence Ivanov in the quarter-finals. After winning the first set 6-3, Davidovic lost the second set tie-breaker and then the third set 6-1. He fared much better in his doubles event. Seeded number one, with his doubles partner Markus Marosits, they won the finals beating the second seeded team of Atsa Cridge and Etienne Talasi 6-1, 6-1.

Sasa's older sister Danica Davidovic made the semi-finals of the Girls U16 singles, but was defeated easily by the top seed Sara Zupanc. The top seed from Richmond then went on to beat Inaya Halaba 6-1, 6-1 in the finals. Halaba was seeded number 2 in the event. Keiko Pan reached the Girls U18 singles finals after she defeated Jimi Lee and her club mate and the top seed Alaina Ge in her previous rounds. Pan lost to unseeded Lucia Kristof in the finals.

Riley Friend battled through four matches before meeting the top seed Solal Batiste Pont in the finals of the Boys U18 singles. Pont was born in France but moved to New Zealand to live for a few years before coming to Canada in the latter part of 2014. He proved to be the better player by defeating Friend 6-1, 6-1. Friend also achieved a second finals in the Boys U18 doubles event with his partner Pamarang. As an unseeded team they defeated the top seeded team of Mark and Lawrence Ivanov before extending the second seeded team of Andrew Huang and Raymond Lee to three sets in the finals. Friend and Pamarang lost 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

Dauntae Turnquest won her second consolation finals when she beat Cheryl Gu 6-2, 6-2 in the Girls U16 singles event. After failing to get past Edward Sun in three sets, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8, Steven Baumann beat three opponents in the consolations rounds before being stopped in the finals by the second seed Denny Bao. Bao trains at the Vancouver Lawn and Tennis Club. Baumann lost 6-2, 7-6. Sidney Lin also made the consolation finals in the Girls U18 singles but Jimi Lee beat her 6-4, 6-3.

Other notable results: Zach Amaral, Matthew Wong, Kevin Baumann and Pamarang all won their first round matches in the Boys U18 singles events, but could not keep the winning momentum going in the round of 16.

Winners' Circle

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Boys' U10 Competition Singles:

Jason Nybo def. Roan Priatel 6-7, 6-4, 11-9

Boys' U10 Competition Consolation Singles:

Jack Davison def. Aaron Xie 6-0, 6-2

Boys' U12 Competition Singles:

Lawrence Ivanov (2) def. Denny Bao (1) 6-4, 6-2

Boys' U12 Competition Consolation Singles:

Koby Lai def. Thomas Friesen 6-2, 6-1

Boys' U14 Competition Singles:

Ethan Churchill def. Aram Noroozian (3) 6-4, 6-4

Boys' U14 Competition Consolation Singles:

Jacky Chen def. Dominic Haston 6-3, 2-6, 6-1

Boys' U16 Competition Singles:

Andrew Huang (3) def. Sebastian Dee (4) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Boys' U16 Competition Consolation Singles:

Gregory Dee def. Zach Amaral 6-4, 6-4

Boys' U18 Competition Singles:

Jared Maclean (1) def. Christopher Radloff (3) 7-5, 7-5

Boys' U18 Competition Consolation Singles:

Julien Makrai def. Sean Hayre 6-1, 0-6, 10-7

Girls' U10 Competition Singles:

Sutthida Sutthasilp def. Carling Allaye-Chan 3-6, 6-1, 10-7

Girls' U12 Competition Singles:

Alessia Cau (1) def. Brianne Jim 6-0, 6-0

Girls' U12 Competition Consolation Singles:

Anelle Tait def. Sierra Duffy 7-6, 6-3

Girls' U14 Competition Singles:

Ella Nielsen (1) def. Lucia Kristof 6-2, 6-1

Girls' U14 Competition Consolation Singles:

Dauntae Turnquest def. Clair Wang 8-4

Girls' U16 Competition Singles:

Stefanie Silva (1) def. Maryjoe Crisologo 6-2, 6-3

Girls' U16 Competition Consolation Singles:

Hana Rahili def. Sidney Lin 8-5

Girls' U18 Competition Singles:

Victoria Macfarlane (above) def. Hana Cho 6-3, 6-1

Girls' U18 Competition Singles:

Victoria Macfarlane def. Hana Cho (above) 6-3, 6-1

Boys' U10 Competition Doubles:

Rain Zhai/Eric Wang def. Ethan Ko/Jack Davison 6-4, 6-2

Boys' U14 Competition Doubles:

Aram Noroozian/Christopher Radloff (2)(right) def.

Mark Ivanov/Lawrence Ivanov (1) 6-0, 6-4

Boys' U18 Competition Doubles:

Brandon Leung/Martin Lorayes (2) def.

Tyler Radloff/David Zoric (1) 6-3, 6-2

Girls' U14 Competition Doubles:

Ella Nielsen/Stefanie Silva (1) def.

Danica Davidovic/Inaya Halaba (2) 6-0, 6-1

Boys' U12 Development Singles:

Stewart Aronson def. Eric Wang 6-0, 6-0

Boys' U12 Development Consolation Singles:

Isaac Liedemann (1) def. Cameron Jim (2) 6-2, 6-4

Boys' U14 Development Singles:

Nelson Leung (1) def. Lawrence Ivanov (3) 4-6. 6-4, 6-0

Boys' U14 Development Consolation Singles:

Denny Bao (2) def. Steven Baumann 6-2, 7-6

Boys' U16 Development Singles:

Darren Ho (1) def. Markus Marosits 6-1, 6-3

Boys' U16 Development Consolation Singles:

Aram Norrozian (2) def. Johnpaul Demetrio (6) 6-1, 6-3

Boys' U18 Development Singles:

Solal Batiste Pont (1) def Riley Friend 6-1, 6-1

Boys' U18 Development Consolation Singles:

Matthew Bees (8) def. Julien Curlier 8-1

Girls' U14 Development Singles:

Alexandra Mandewo def. Lilian He (1) 6-0, 6-0

Girls' U14 Development Consolation Singles:

Neer Brimbrahw def. Madeleine Nolan 4-6, 6-3, 10-8

Girls' U16 Development Singles:

Sara Zupanc (1) def. Inaya Halaba (2) 6-1, 6-1

Girls' U16 Development Consolation Singles:

Dauntae Turnquest def. Cheryl Gu 6-2, 6-2

Girls' U18 Development Singles:

Lucia Kristof def. Keiko Pan 6-0, 6-0

Girls' U18 Development Consolation Singles:

Jimi Lee def. Sidney Lin 6-4, 6-3

Boys' U10 Development Doubles:

Owen Nguyen/Tiger Xiao def.

Andrew Chan/Antoine Villeger (1) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4

Boys' U14 Development Doubles:

Markus Marosits/Aleksandar Davidovic (1) def.

Etienne Talasi/Atssa Cridge (2) 6-1, 6-1

Boys' U18 Development Doubles:

Andrew Huang/Raymond Lee (2) def.

Riley Friend/Jean Paul Pamarang 6-4, 7-5

U10 Rookie Tour Singles:

Nicholas Kwan (2nd from left) def.

Philip Alexandru (2nd from right) 5-4

U12 Rookie Tour Singles:

Ishaan Modi def. Michael Mo 5-3

U8 Future Stars Tour Singles:

Simon Lin (right) def Ewan Robertson 6-2

U10 Future Stars Tour Singles:

Sean Lee def. Uku Feldman 6-3

Around the Tennis Courts

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3 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronzes + 2 Consolation Gold & 1 Silver Placings

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2015 Duncan Road Trip | As we set forth on our annual trip to Vancouver Island to compete on the grass courts of the South Cowichan Lawn Tennis Club, we brought along 21 of our juniors from our High Performance groups. This is our largest contingent in the past eight years and it proved to be more successful than the one made 12 months ago. Our team was rewarded with 3 titles, 2 finalist positions, and 3 semi-final appearances, plus 2 consolation wins and 1 consolation runner-up placement. This resulted in a huge change from 2014 when we returned home without any appearances in the finals of the main draw . This was understandably due to our rebuilding effort.

Let's get a run down of the results. The boy who brought home two winning trophies is Dilraj Phull. Only 13 years of age, he won both the boys under 14 singles and doubles events. The last time someone from our club did this double titles in this age group was none other than Alexander Baumann who had achieved this feat in 2009. Seeded number 5 in his singles draw, he beat three opponents before getting to the finals. In the finals, he lost the first set at love in a very quick manner, but managed to pulled himself up to take the second set in a tie-breaker. With a super-tiebreak third set, he battled with his number 3 seed opponent and eventually took the title by narrowly defeating Reid Picken 10-8.

For his doubles event, he and partner Jackson Carl Boone were the top seeded team. They easily won the title in the finals with a 6-1, 6-3 score over Thomas Lyle-Hartloper and Reid Picken.

Likewise, Inaya Halaba also reached two finals. She won the under 14 doubles titles with Danica Davidovic with ease. They were both seeded number one and had little trouble disposing of their opponents along the way to their title victory. In her under 12 singles event, Halaba was seeded second and made her way to the finals to face the top seeded player Elizabether Prilepin. Her opponent proved to be a stronger player and Halaba conceded the finals in a 6-1, 6-1 score.

For Riley Friend competing in the boys under 18 singles event, he put up a brave fight all the way until he met the top seed Anmoson Pan in the semi-finals. In his first round match, he faced the number three seeded player Tony Liu and won the match in a tight 7-5, 6-7, 10-7 scoreline. His next opponent was Gregory Dee whom he battled to a 7-6, 7-5 victory. Facing Pan, Friend took the first set 6-4 but couldn't stay on course and lost the next two sets, 6-0 and 10-1. Friend did a step better in his under 18 doubles event. He and Jean Paul Pamarang, an unseeded team in the draw, put up a hard fought contest against the top seeded team of John Dempsey and Ryan Picken in the finals before losing in a 6-4, 7-5 decision.

Danica Davidovic and Keiko Pan reached their respective semi-finals. Davidovic lost to top seed Prilepin 6-1, 6-0 and Pan lost her match to Victoria Macfarlane, the second seed, 6-1, 6-0.

Other notable results in the main draws. Alexandra Mandewo won her under 12 first round singles match against Nicole Stein 6-4, 6-2 but lost out to club mate Halaba in her next match. Steven Baumann defeated Laim Velonic 6-0, 6-4 in his first match but conceded the second round match to the number four seed Jackson Carl Boone in his under 14 singles event. His older brother Kevin Baumann beat club mate Gary Ren 6-4, 2-6, 11-9 in his under 16 singles first round match, but he wasn't successful in getting through his next match against the fourth seed Ryan Picken. Over in the boys under 18 singles event, Matthew Wong won his first round match against Hong Huang 6-2, 7-5, but had to face the top seed in his next round. Wong lost to Anmoson Pan.

In the consolation draws, Steven Baumann and Aleksander Davidovic collected their consolation win in the finals when they defeated the second seeded team 8-4. Their opponents were Matthew Chan and Alexander Priatel. Our team collected our second consolation win when Zach Amaral and Kevin Baumann defeated Kasra Karimi and Matthew Wong 8-2. Both Karimi and Wong are club mates.

Winners' Circle

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Boys' U14 Competition Singles:

Dilraj Phull (5) def. Reid Picken (3) 0-6, 7-6, 10-8

Boys' U14 Competition Doubles:

Jackson Boone/Dilraj Phull (1) def.
Thomas Harloper/Reid Picken 6-1, 6-3

Girls' U12 Competition Singles:

Elizabeth Prilepin (1) def. Inaya Halaba (2) 6-1, 6-1

Girls' U14 Competition Doubles:

Danica Davidovic/Inaya Halaba (1) def.
Veronica Dee/Brianne Jim 6-0, 6-0

Boys' U18 Competition Doubles:

John Dempsey/Ryan Picken (1) def.
Riley Friend/Jean Paul Pamarang 6-4, 7-5

Boys' U18 Competition Consolation Doubles:

Zach Amaral/Kevin Baumann def.
Kasra Karimi/Matthew Wong 8-2

Boys' U14 Competition Consolation Doubles:

Aleksandar Davidovic/Steven Baumann def.
Matthew Chan/Alexander Priatel (2) 8-4

Snap Shots

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Season's Greetings

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One for the Road

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Saying goodbye to Aaron Xie, second from left, who is moving away.

Tennis Camp E

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Tennis Camp D

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Tennis Camp C

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Awards+Banquet at Milestones!

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Tickets for the year end Awards & Banquet event will be available for purchased at the clubhouse on the following times:

Friday, October 23 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm

Saturday, October 24 from 4 pm to 5:30 pm

Sunday, October 25 from 12 pm to 1:30 pm

Other than the above dates and times, please contact me by email at ctcjuniorprogram (at) telus (dot) net.

Buffet Menu:

COLD

Asian Salad

field greens, thinly sliced cabbage, carrots, green onions

tossed with honey lime vinaigrette

HOT

Chorizo Flat Bread

roma pesto sauce, Fontina cheese, caramelized red onions and fresh basil

Chicken Wings

dry creole

Portobella Chicken

basil, roasted garlic cream sauce

Chili Crusted Tilapia

blackened

Spicy Thai Basil Noodles

prawns, chicken, coconut milk and basil infused chili sauce

Smoked Chicken Penne Carbonara

double-smoked bacon, forest mushroom and sweet peas

Jasmine Rice

Red Skin Fries

Seasonal Vegetable Medley

DESSERT

Celebration Cake

Chef’s Choice of Assorted Desserts

Fresh Seasonal Fruit Platter

assorted melons, fruit and fresh seasonal berries

Coffee, Tea and Fountain Soft Drinks