May 17 Update      Our tournament is now completed! Our tournament director, Sergio Garces, and the Referee, from Tennis BC, Anissa Chung would like to say THANK YOU to the following members who came out to help with our tournament: Karen Patten, Ray Lebrun, John Looye, Heather Coxell, Nathan Lee, Kiyoshi Nishihama, Edmund Wu, Grace Kinakin, Sergey Kamshilin, Banny Hu, Lyn de Vaal, Winnie Fox, Trish Mandewo, Philip Kim Reza Heshami,  Kuniko Cruickshank, Sager & Ria Jan, Aubrey Samuels, Shinji Akiyama, and Boe Ho.  Without your support, this event would not have been possible.  This is our major fundraiser for the club and helps to keep our membership fees affordable.           This year's tournament was a great success with all matches being played outdoors, at our club, thanks to great weather and good work from Anissa and Sergio.  Congratulations to the following players who made it to the winning circle, and special congratulations to our members (highlighted) who represented our club very well. Men’s Open Singles - Winner- Henry Choi,  Finalist- Justin Guay Ladies Open Singles - Winner - Vivian Tsui - Finalist - Kelly McNabney Mixed 9.0 Doubles - Winner - Vivian Tsui & Yvon Haessig Men's 4.5 Doubles - Winner - Tony & Steve Iliesu, Finalist - Dmitri Ryssev & Greg Morris Men's 4.5 Singles - Winner - Alfonso Napoletano, Finalist Steve Bower Men's 4.0 Doubles - Winner - Grant Clark & Chuck Peries, Finalist - Brian Bella & Tim Crowell  Men's 4.0 Singles - Winner- Roger Hou, Finalist  - Trung Do Ladies 4.0 Singles - Winner - Laurenne Emond - Finalist - Dragana Kosoric Mixed 8.0 Doubles - Winner - Jose David Alaniz & Frances Murphy, Finalists - Brian Bella & Katherine Kadler Men's 3.5 Singles - Winner - Andrey Gilvanov, - Finalist - Michael Olango Ladies 3.5 Singles - Winner – Elena Foxcroft, - Finalist – Heather Coxell Men's 3.5 Doubles -Winner -  Dale Nguyen & Sergio Garces, Finalist - David Emond & Ramiro Dominguez Mixed Doubles 7.0 - Winners - Sharon & Len Hatlelid, Finalist - Chris Weingand & Leah Plummer Men's 3.0 Singles - , - Winner -Min Soo Kim, - Finalist - Daniel Marks Ladies 3.0 Singles - Winner -  Rose Pennington - Finalist - Sandy Gower To View photos from the tournament click “HERE”   --  REMEMBER THIS COMING THURSDAY   THURSDAY MAY 20, 2010 WE ESPECIALLY WELCOME NEW MEMBERS FOR OUR 1ST OUTDOOR SOCIAL OF THE SEASON TENNIS PLAY WILL START AT 6:30 PM HOT PIZZAS WILL ARRIVE FOR 7:00 PM  Come and join us for a good mix of tennis and           Pizzas --   In order to ensure we have enough food, please reply to this email, indicating if you plan on coming.  If you prefer a certain style pizza you can include that info as well. -- Our Junior Spring Challenger Tournament is taking place at our club this coming long weekend.  Come and see our juniors compete, and keep in mind that court availability will be limited to the tournament.  For draw information please click “HERE” --                           Court Resurfacing…..Yea! Please note that the city has advised us that our courts are scheduled to be resurfaced starting May 25.  As a result, the city has allotted us court time on the public side from May 25 to June 5.  Tuesday and Thursday socials will go on as usual but on the public side.  Monday Men’s Doubles ladder may lose 1 court for May 31. --              Petition: Help Bring Tennis Channel to Canada Please visit this site: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/tennis-channel.html and register your vote. --                             Wheel Chair Tennis       The PoCoMo Society is looking for support from our members.  They host a yearly tournament at our club every year.  This year's event  will be held on July 16 to 18.  Attached to this email, is a brochure for the event, and you are invited to share it with anyone you know that may be interested in participating.  For more info on the PoCoMo Society visit: http://pocomo.org/home.html                 ----------------------------------------------

March 21 Update Hello fellow Members         Spring is here and our club will be opening next weekend.  March 27 is our scheduled Open House where everyone is invited to the club to:                   a) renew your membership for the year                   b) play a little tennis and maybe meet some new members or renew old tennis acquaintances.                   c) enjoy some light food and refreshments.          The club will be open from noon to 4 pm and, should the 27th be rained out, we will try again on the 28th. St Patrick's Social           I would like to thank Heather Coxell, who filled in for me and organized the social play, Jack and Boe who organized the food, and Reza who took some time out to take a few photos, for our St Patrick's Social held last weekend at People's court.  Like last time our numbers were smaller than normal so everyone got to play more tennis, and Reza did manage a few action shots of some of the members who played.  To view click on this link: http://picasaweb.google.ca/coquitlamtennisclub/StPatrickSocial2010?feat=email# From all accounts everyone had a great 'green' time!      MONDAY NIGHT MENS       For the Men members,  Monday night men's doubles will be starting on March 29.  Like last year Kiyoshi will be organizing the play and I will look after the emails and website communications.     Those interested in joining our competitive doubles ladder play, please send an email to publicity@coquitlamtennisclub.org  indicating that you wish to participate in Monday night doubles and also indicate if you will be available for play either on Monday March 29.  Please arrive well before 6:30 pm. If we have more than 20 players we will organize another group for 8:15 pm.   As for the format, nothing much will change other than Kiyoshi will not be supplying balls this year.  Instead, we are asking that everyone bring a can of balls and a "Looney" to the tennis court.  Players can flip to decide which player will supply the balls for the evening and the other three players will give him their "Looney".    The order of play will be based from where we finished last September.  The members' area of our website still has the results..  in case you have forgotten, to enter the members' area, you need a password and id..... the id is "cottonwood" and the password is "1washroom".   The rules document is also posted on this page.   Members who need more information can contact Kiyoshi at 604-942-0921.      Tennis BC Leagues          Those players wishing to play league.... remember to renew your Tennis BC membership.  You can renew online at this link: http://www.karelo.com/register.php?&&BID=59&orf=4 or you can go to the following website: http://www.tennisbc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=130&Itemid=2 print out a form and mail it in.                       See you on the courts                         Ray   ************************************************************************

March 1, Update   Hello Fellow Tennis Players       Well, are we all charged up now!!!! What an Olympic event!  Great incentive to get off our couches and get active.       Our February Chinese Social had a moderate attendance of 30 members.   This was quite good, considering the rest of you were probably out enjoying the games with all it's venues and extracurricular activities .   I had lots of volunteers to take on more tennis playing duties.... must be that Olympic spirit.... which made my job much easier.    It would be nice to see us fill up our last indoor social coming up on March 14 ---- Our St Patrick's Day Social.   Click on the picture to go to our EVENT link which has all the details including a link to pictures of all our socials this year.                         Another day to mark on your calendar is March 27 which will be our Club Open House starting at noon.  That's right!!!! Outdoor tennis at our club will be back in full swing in less than a month's time.                      Ray                      CTC Publicity  ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

January 24 Update  Our January Social was a hit with 38 members joining in the fun.   Thanks again to Boe & Jack  for organizing the food and picking up the pizzas.  Click on this link to view pictures from this event:  http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/sredir?uname=coquitlamtennisclub&target=ALBUM&id=5430014417393521809&authkey=Gv1sRgCPLI3_--2PCHFg&feat=email Our next social will be the "Chinese New Year Social" on Feb 21 starting at 6:30 pm.  To sign up please send an email to publicity@coquitlamtennisclub.org  .  Cost will be $5 for adults and as always you can confirm that you are registered by visiting the EVENTS link on our website. http://www.coquitlamtennisclub.org/EVENTS.php                            ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Please join me in welcoming two new members who have signed up this past month.  Cathy Ashbury and Faisal Beg.   Faisal joined after playing as a guest at our recent January social.                             ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LEAGUE TENNIS                             League meetings are being held this month to finalize the teams that will be playing for our club this coming spring.  As it stands now the Ladies will have 3 night league teams: Div 2 captained by Heather Coxwell - hcoxell@telus.net Div 5 captained by Irina Kgrouglova - ikroug@gmail.com Div 5 #2 (new team; core players from People's Court) captained by - Cathy Ashbury - jenkins-ashbury@shaw.ca Our men will also have 3 teams: Div B2 captained by Vince Stewart - vincent.stewart@nbf.ca Div C1 (new team; core players from junior graduates)   captained by Adrian Tan - adriantan@aol.com  Div C2 captained by Martin Hymovitch - catheidi123@aol.com If you would like to play for any of these teams you can contact the captains and if you are uncertain as to which team you should try out for, the men can contact Sergio Garces - Sergio@jetsam.ca and the ladies can contact Kiyo Breiting - kbreiting@yahoo.com                                               ----------------------------------------------------- Mark you Calendar:  Club Opening is scheduled for: Saturday March 27  12:00 - 4:00 pm                       *****************************************************************

http://picasaweb.google.com/coquitlamtennisclub/Christmas2009TennisSocial       News Update: Dec 11, 2009 Updates from our last executive meeting A new date has been set for our Coquitlam Open Tournament.  It will now run one week later than in previous years and for 2010 those dates will be May 5th to May 16th. Ladies Div 4 has moved from a daytime league to a Night time league and Marie Baluk will be the captain. Men's League: We hope to have a new C1 division made up of graduates from Adrian's Junior program.  They may be calling on some of the older members should their numbers not be high enough.   The entry is also subject to Tennis BC approval. Alex Szabo has had to resign his position as Club Maintenance Director.  Rick Purdom was nominated and Rick has graciously accepted the position for 2010.  Thanks Rick. Social Evenings :  The socials for Jan17th, Feb 21st and Mar 14th have all been booked and confirmed at People's Court.                                         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The December Social on Dec 8 was another great success with a full house of attendees.  The Christmas Spirit was high with many members bringing food items for the food bank.  Also, as you can see from the pictures, at the link below, the red color theme was very prominent and it provided for a festive atmosphere.  Again, Boe outdid herself with decorating and organizing of the food.  Check out the link below for some of the pictures from the event: http://picasaweb.google.com/coquitlamtennisclub/Christmas2009TennisSocial Our next social will be on Jan 17, and for something different we will be ordering in Pizzas.   As a result we will be asking for a $5 nominal charge to help pay for the food. As always, please send an email to publicity@coquitlamtennisclub.org to book your spot.                                         --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I also received a communication from Karaoke regarding the possibility of playing tennis in the evening during the winter time.  Here is an excerpt from the letter from the city. Lights at 2 tennis facilities over the winter. We changed out the controller at Town Centre Park so that the north and south courts can be operated separately. The north will be available for the rest of this winter and we'll keep an eye how it works out to determine if this becomes our standard practice.   The second location is Mackin Park - both were selected due to their low elevation - presumably translating to less snow and frost.   I've also asked to have this posted on the City's website so the rest of the tennis court users can take advantage of this opportunity.       Kathleen Bernheimer Urban Park Operations Manager City of Coquitlam               604-927-6311         604-927-6311 kreinheimer@coquitlam.ca                    NOTE: I am assuming you will still need to hit the button on the wall of the washroom to turn the lights on.                                    ________________________________________________________________________    On behalf of the executive I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas with your family and friends.           Ray CTC Publicity

Nov 10, 2009    Remembrance day Social report           We had a full house for our first winter social of 2009.   As usual Boe with her helpers organized all the pot luck donations and it was a great feast before the fun began on the tennis courts.            Another good news story is that everyone who signed up.... showed up!  Thanks for keeping your publicity coordinator informed of any last minute changes.  This allowed the maximum number of members to enjoy a fun evening.          I am trying out a new method (one that is a lot easier) of showing pictures of our events.  You can even post some comments with the pictures. To see some pictures of the evening check out this web link: http://picasaweb.google.com/coquitlamtennisclub/TennisRemembranceDaySocialNov2009?feat=email#

**************************************************************************  Oct 11, 2009 Update        We had a reasonable turnout for our AGM on Thursday.   We would have liked to have seen the building overflow, but, as it was, we did fill the clubhouse.     Thank you to those who attended.  At the end of the general meeting, the "Johan de Vaal memorial trophy" was presented, by Lyn de Vaal, her son, Malcolm and daughter, Theresa, to Karen Patten's team made up  of Sergio Garces, Kiyo Breiting, Jeanette MacLean, and Joe Collins,  Stephanie Bird, Jerome Bouvier, and Juan Escobedo.

From left to right: Sergio, Kiyo, Karen, Theresa, Lyn, Jeanette, Malcolm, Joe

After the meeting, we held our election for the 2010 Executive.   Congratulations to our new executive and thank you for offering your services for 2010.                          Our Executive for 2010                              Position                                      Name             President                              Edmund Wu             Vice-President:                    Karen Patten             Treasurer:                            Kuniko Cruickshank             Membership:                        Winnie Fox             Publicity/Website:                Ray Lebrun             Secretary:                            Leonora Eldridge             Social Event Coordinator    Boe and Jack Ho             Social Night Cordinator      John Looye/Sager Jan             Clubhouse Maintenance     Alex Szabo             Junior Coordinator:             Adrian Tan             Tournament Director          Sergio Garces               NETS Representative         Jeanette MacLean                         ************************************************************************