| Dear Members, It’s been quite the season with reconstruction of the 5 courts but aren’t they lovely to play on!! Courts 6, 7 and 8 were used extensively all day during those months. |
| Here’s what you need to know: Annual General Meeting (AGM) The AGM is scheduled to run on Tuesday, October 3, 2023. It will again be a video conference meeting with coordinates sent to the club membership the day before the meeting. At the AGM, you will be voting for the next Executive Board for 2024. The board consists of 7 to 10 members and once voted in, will be responsible for the management of the club going forward. The agenda for the meeting will include: 1. Approval of 2022 Minutes 2. The President’s Report 3. Voting for the 2024 Executive Board Sadly, our membership Director passed away this year and needs to be replaced. This is a key position on the Executive Board with duties including: • Being very knowledgeable about membership rules • Using the club software system i.e. jegysoft to manage membership issues • Excellent interpersonal skills to work with members • Participating in executive meetings to manage the club Please consider running for the Board and this important vacant position. The nomination form for the 2024 Executive Board is provided by clicking here. If you are interested in applying to be a member of the Board, please complete the form, obtain a nominee and seconder and submit the form by email to info@whiteoaksparktennis.com no later than 5 p.m. on September 30th, 2023. The AGM requires a quorum of at least 25 members. It is our hope that you will take the time to join the meeting and vote on October 3rd at 7:30 pm. |
| Tournaments 2023 The club devoted 5 weekends to tournaments this summer. There was good participation and the weather mostly cooperated. Below are the tournament results in the various categories: Junior Tournament We had great juniors tournament this year with about twenty entries across red, orange, green and regular ball categories. Following are the tournament results: |
| Regular Ball Girls Champion: Zynah Salar Finalist: Camila Kroupetski |
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| Regular Ball Boys Champion: William Hong Finalist: Silos Ren |
| Green Ball Champion: Daryl Chauhan Finalist: Rishaan Chattopadyay |
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| Orange Ball Champion: Aurelio Serpe Finalist: William Garrett |
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| Red Ball Champion: Luciano Serpe Finalist: Azhaan Khan |
| Adult Tournament |
| Ladies Doubles – Main Draw Champion – Miriam Castellanos & Catalina Mejia Finalist – Maggie Li & Crystal Pan Ladies Doubles |
| Ladies Doubles – B Draw Champion – Caroline Feeley & Shelley Li Finalist – Michelle Dai & Emma Ma |
| Men Doubles – Main Draw Champion – Humza Khalid & Usama Khalid Finalist – Wei Zhang & Wei Xie |
| Men Doubles – B Draw Champion – Xiaofeng Peng & Jonathan Huang Finalist – Callum Marshall & Eric Bigos |
| Ladies Singles – Main Draw Champion – Zynah Salar Finalist – Camilla Kroupetski Ladies Singles – B Draw Champion – Tracy Zhang Finalist – N/A |
| Men Singles – Main Draw Champion – Zain Raza Finalist – Humza Khalid |
| Men Singles – B Draw Champion – Fei Shao Finalist – Ching Zheng |
| Mixed Doubles Tournament – Main Draw Champion – Mohammed Zaahir Salar & Zynah Salar Finalist – Usama Khalid & Camilla Kroupetski |
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| Mixed Doubles Tournament – B Draw Champion – Brian Weston & Yoko Kodaira Finalist – Henrik Li & Rita Wang |
| Men Over 50 Singles – Main Draw Champion – Eric Bigos Finalist – Danut Dobre |
| Men Over 50 Singles – B Draw Champion – Steven Wald Finalist – Kevin George |
| Special thanks to: Tarique Khan Yoko Kodaira Vincent Nan Attilla Nagy For the successful completion of the club tournament. they spent countless hours making draws, responding to emails, creating the tournament daily schedule, ordering and getting tournament trophies and prizes and making sure this year’s club tournament would run smoothly. |
| League Results This was a tough year for our teams as there were no HOME matches until mid July. Kudos to our captains for their hard work managing each team. Here are this year’s results: Intercounty League Teams Majors: Captained by Catalina Mejia Rozo placed 4th in the division Ladies A: Captained by Carm Ruffolo, won their division, won their first match in the playoffs but lost in the quarterfinals Captained by Nancy Hubbs, placed 3rd in the division 55+A: Captained by Carol Ann Burgmann, placed second in the division, qualified for the playoffs but lost the first match 55+B: Captained by Nancy Hubbs, placed 3rd in the division Lakeshore League Teams: Division 1: Captained by Dan Dobre, placed 7th in the division Division 3: Captained by Lily Zhou, placed 3rd in the division Division 4: Captained by Shelley Li, placed 3rd in the division Last Social Event of the Year With the season ending, the club is holding one more social event, Pizza Night at the Mixed Round Robin. This event, will be held on Friday September 29, 2023 with no rain date. In addition to free pizza for the participants, a raffle will be held. All 8 courts will be used with the event limited to 100 participants. The evening will begin at 6:00 pm and run until 10:00 pm. From 7:30 until 8:00 p.m., pizza will be available for players and the raffle will be held. To participate, the Club Sign-Up Calendar will open on Saturday, September 23rd at 9:00 a.m. Register as you do when you sign up for the evening round robins. Come and enjoy the last social event of the season!! Club Survey As in the past, the club survey is provided to you to obtain your opinions and suggestions about the management and activities of the club. The results of the survey will be discussed at the AGM so please complete the survey and help us improve the management of the club for all members! Please click here to start the survey. Last Word In order to keep all the Whiteoaks Park Tennis Club members updated with current events and to create a digital community, we have created a WhatsApp group and encourage all members to join it. Please use the link below to join the group https://chat.whatsapp.com/JeYcv8Xd2QhDpDXg9xMHbc The club will be removing its windscreens around mid October. We will be looking for volunteers to help with this important task. More details will be provided in October. This is often asked so we remind members that the club courts will remain open until the end of November, weather permitting. Have a healthy and safe winter and see you at the AGM! Whiteoaks Park Tennis Club Executive Board |
