South Island Tennis Association

This weekend also saw the Gllangcolme mixed doubles triple-knockout tournament take place at Bear Mountain. The results: A Final: Mariko Takimura/Chris Freitag defeated Josee Paris/Mike Nichol B Final: Tracy Stone/Bernard Deschenes defeated Nancy Hancock/Dave Pendleton... C Final: Jo-anne & Rob Bettauer defeated Rosa Vivas Alcaraz/John LaPointe

The South Lake Cowichan Tennis Club hosts the Grass Court Classic tournament this weekend. If you are up island, swing by for take in some of the matches and the club's hospitality! You can keep an eye on the tournament online: http://tc.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/tournament.aspx

The Victoria Open wrapped up this weekend at Henderson Rec Centre. Congrats to all winners and to everyone who braved the heat to play the event. Curious to see the results? Find them online here: http://tc.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx

A special shout out to all those involved in the 2017 Encore FX $15,000 Victoria International Tennis Event. Thank you for making it another successful tourna...ment. Congratulations to Alexa Graham of Long Island as the tournament champion. Sunday’s final was a two set affair. Alexa came out of the gate fast right from the first ball and jumped out to 6-1, 5-1 lead. Tori Kinard of California fought to get back in the second set but at 5-4 Graham was able to hold serve after several match point to seal the victory. The final culminated 8 days of world class tennis action at Panorama Recreation Centre. Graham with the victory will see her world ranking rise from 902 to somewhere in the range of 725 on the the WTA ( Women’s Tennis Association) ranking list. Great tennis was featured with 48 competitors from 8 countries competing for the top prize in singles and doubles. Tennis Canada Tennis BC

There's a survey up about Cedar Hill Park - make sure to fill it out and indicate you'd like to see more indoor tennis facilities and an expansion of Rec Centre facilities there! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CedarHillPark