Kingsway Platform Tennis Club
50 Montgomery Road M8X 1Z4 Toronto, ON, Canada

Paddlers - near and far! Dates for Canadians as follows: Mixed Open - January 25 Canadian Mens & Womens - April 25 Mark down the dates and loosen your livers

The KPTC Men's Summer league is a 33 year success story. Tonight marks the last official night of the 2019 Season and supplies are at the ready to commemorate. Thanks to Paul Stulac for organizing (again .. ) and to all the 40 players for participating. Fall leagues are a few weeks away - make sure you get your membership $$ in!!

KPTC-ers!! ALL HANDS ON DECK!! The work on the courts has been completed and this weekend we are looking for your help to do light fixing up around the clubhouse. Saturday May 25 from 9-12. Planting, painting, organizing - if you can assist please let your league convened know so we can plan for numbers. See you at the club!!

KPTC-ers.. you know those fun paddlers from Columbus? Well, they are hosting their annual Paddle Prom tourney on Saturday May 18 !! A mixed event for all levels of play. Not busy on May 2-4 .. get down to Columbus and have some paddle fun!! email [email protected] for info, housing, to register.

CANADIAN OPEN A RETURN TO THE HILL IN 2019 The 2019 Canadian Open tourney was due for some good karma. Following the ice storm of 2018 that saw cancellations, reduced draw sizes and an eventual shutdown of the tournament, 2019 (thankfully) did a complete ‘180’ and we got back to an amazing day of fabulous weather. Warm enough for spectacular viewing from ‘The Hill’ and cool enough to make sure the beer was at prime temperature. Both Men’s and Women’s draws saw all American... final matches and four of truly the most kind and supportive teams playing it out for the titles. Kelly Fischer and Sharon Fair-Rogalski (Pittsburgh) lost a tight 6-4, 6-4 final to first time Canadian Open Champs - Mandy Newell and Amanda Siebert. Mandy joins her Dad, Fritz Odenbach as the first father-daughter pair to hold Canadian Open titles. On the Men’s side, under the lights after a long day of matches and a few pints, who would have thought we would get to watch such an amazing display of paddle from our finalists Eric and Brian Heil (Columbus) v. Chris Chiu and Jordan Keen (DC). Eric and Brian prevailed in a 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 thriller (after being down 2-5 in 3rd). Daytime party winner honours (who’s kidding who ..that’s what really matters) go to: On the Men’s side: Fonthill who always have the best hill set up. And for the women: the partiers from Pitt - Kelly and Sharon, narrowly edging out Deb Gallagher who is a perennial front runner. Nighttime party winners: It’s a double win for Mandy and Amanda whose rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody at The Sod was .. well, and on the men’s side Fu gets the nod for being out and in fine form after a not-so-pretty foot/ankle injury during his last match. With teams travelling from Detroit, Pittsburgh, DC and Rochester, a total of 64 paddlers participated this year in the Canadian Open where, as you can imagine, what happens off the court is just as important as what happens on the court. Our deep thanks to Barry Pletch of Great Lakes Brewing and Mark Harrop of Spirit of York Distilleries for their contributions the refreshments over the weekend. I would like to give a special thanks to my pals Paul Stulac, Brad McIlroy and Louise Evans, the Snatinksy’s and all of those who helped out this weekend. As a club run entirely by volunteers, it takes a combined effort to make sure everyone has a great time .. which is our #1 goal always. Here’s hoping that the good karma is back to stay. Thanks to everyone for participating! See you in 2020!

Paddlers near and far, the 2020 Canadian Open tourney scheduled for April 25 has been canceled due to the ever-increasing health and safety concerns over COVID-19. We may look to a fall date once the environment becomes more clear. Until then, be safe and healthy. Can't wait to see you on the hill with a tasty beverage in the future!

Friends south of the border - if anyone is planning on coming up for the Canadians on April 25 and would be willing to receive the order of balls and backpacks from Master Athletics to bring up with you, please email me at [email protected]

Entries for Mixed Canadian Open are ... OPEN. January 25, 2020. One Day - One Draw - One heck of a lot of fun. Enter by email to [email protected]

Welcome to the KPTC - 9 cities represented!