Member
News
Congratulations to ILTC members Muffie Grieve, Keith Porter, Jim Cameron and
Terry Redvers for being awarded Tennis Canada Excellence Awards for 2013.
Many members competed in the Steve Stevens
Senior Nationals in August with a number of members taking nationals
titles. Congratulations to the following members who
won titles.
Chrit Ritchie (MD 35), Coulter Wright (MD
35 & 40), Gary Meanchos (MS 55 & MD 50), Dale Kozicz (WD 50), Fraser
MacDonald (MD 55), Erin Boynton (WS & WD 55), Diana Dimmer (WD 55), Keith
Porter (MS 60), Jim Cameron (MD 60), Susan Stone (WD 60), Hani Ayoub (MD 65),Mary
Ann Gaskin (WS & WD 65), Shaheer Mikhail (MD 70), Guido Weber (MD 75), Inge
Weber (WS 75), Evelyn Hustwit (WD 75), Muffie Grieve (WS 80 & WD 75), Lorne
Main (MS 80).
A
Celebration of 50 Years of ILTC of Canada in 2015
We will be hosting a team competition Sept 2 to 5, 2015 to
celebrate IC Canada's 50th anniversary within the IC family. It is hoped there
will be opportunity for many Canadian members to participate with either a
Canadian team or to help other countries complete their teams. Any IC member
willing to volunteer to help at the event or to join the fund raising
committee, please contact Hani Ayoub.
If you are able to make or secure a donation for this event, please send
funds to Cary Willson at 4344 Harvard Ave, Montreal,
QUE, H4A 2X1 indicating they are for this event. It
would be much appreciated if members over the age of 75 made a donation as they
are no longer required to pay annual dues.
Match
Reports
Gengler Trophy (Canada v USA) June 6
to 8 2014
It is always a pleasure to organize the
ladies team to go to the Piping Rock Club, NY.
Louise Gengler Thomas as the US ladies captain makes sure the date is
set as early as possible and anyone who has ever been on the trip is eager to
go again, their schedules permitting.
Making the event even more of a special occasion is the opportunity to
stay with Mary Lenore Blair, who will billet up to 6 ladies, provided they
don’t mind sharing rooms and provided she doesn’t have any family members or
others already booked in. In fact this
year she suggested we arrive on the Thursday to give us time to see a little of
the local scenery.
Normally we have left at 5:30 am on Friday to make practice time – but this year we were able to make a leisurely trip on the Thursday. Louise told us that they might have as many as 20 players there to play against our 7. She has been using the match to help recruit more (and younger) members to the USIC.
Normally we have left at 5:30 am on Friday to make practice time – but this year we were able to make a leisurely trip on the Thursday. Louise told us that they might have as many as 20 players there to play against our 7. She has been using the match to help recruit more (and younger) members to the USIC.
After a leisurely drive to Long Island and
a comfortable dinner with Mary Lenore on Thursday evening, and a short hike to
see Long Island Sound in the morning, we all assembled at Piping Rock on Friday
afternoon for practice. For Kathy
Mueller and Janice Hebert, it was their
first time playing on grass and they appreciated the chance to practice more
than those low bounces on grass. Friday
evening both teams and their supporters went to the Basil Leaf restaurant in
Locusi Valley for dinner and it made a pleasant social evening.
The official Gengler Cup matches began
Saturday morning. 1 singles and 3 doubles matches were played before lunch and
US and Canada tied 2-3, the afternoon another singles and 3 doubles were
played, three of which were decided by tie-breakers. At the end of play the two teams were
tied. The dinner at Piping Rock Country
Club was spectacular – I think we would all like the recipe for the stuffed
whole salmon dish they prepared, it was certainly the best I have ever
tasted. At the dinner the Canadian IC
presented Margie Cooper with membership in the Canadian IC and Janice Longhurst
was honoured with membership in the USIC.
Sunday morning the US put their strongest
players out and the Canadian ladies were unable to match them and so the USA
claimed the tie 7 matches to 5 and therefore retained the Gengler trophy. We then played some social mixed and ladies
doubles until it was time for lunch and the drive back to Canada. We had all enjoyed a great weekend of tennis
on the grass and blessed by sunshine, but more important it had been a weekend
of wonderful camaraderie.
Canadian women’s team members: Janice Hebert, Dale Kozicz, Janice Longhurst,
Kathy Mueller, Pam Olley, Sue Smylie, Susanna Sekely.
USIC women’s team members: Stella Ip, Leslie Wargo, Paula Myslivecek,
Jackie Hoffman, Akiko Tohmatsu, Lisa Hoffstein, Sheila Chiricosta, Jeanne
Swiacki, Margaret Lumia, Carolyn Grace, Connie Jones, Louise Gengler Thomas,
Lisa Evans, Margie Cooper, Frances Dickenson, Judith Aydelott.
Photo: All the ladies with the flags.
Baker Bowl (Canada v USA) June 6 to 8
2014
The
Baker Bowl competition between Canada and the USA teams was held at Piping Rock
in Locust Valley, NY on June 7-8. Captain David Dickenson, with Bob Litwin's
help in recruiting local players, coached the team to a 17-3 win. The first day
began with the USA winning all six singles matches. Litwin, Kyle Permut, Gary
Antenberg, Bill Bruder, Whitney Kraft and Carlos Gomez Diaz got the team off on
the right foot. During the two day event, all team members scored victories.
Included were first timers Howard Dorman and Whitney Kraft, who won all three
of their matches. Also victorious were Paul Slayton, Rob Weissman, Bill
Blodgett, Bill Caler, Pete Bostwick, David Dickenson, Bob McKenna, Mike Powers
and Adam Rosen.
It was
a wonderful weekend, very competitive and very friendly. The dinner was
enjoyable with speeches by Dickenson and Canadian captain Doug Green. Captain
Dickenson presented the USIC tie to Rosti Brankovsky making him an honorary member
of the USIC. Green did the same for Bob Litwin. Both Brankovsky and Litwin have
been playing in
the event since 1992. Litwin has been undefeated in singles during this time.
