The Wilson Ontario Senior Mixed Doubles
celebrated it's 50 anniversary with a great weekend of tennis at the Toronto
Lawn Tennis Club on June 19 to 21. More
than 115 players competed in age category events, Over 30,40 50.60 and 70 as
well as a special century (total age 100) event. This was so successful that
the organizers plan to keep the same entire format for next year.
The winners and finalists were as follows:
Junior Masters: Karla Mancinas and Kevin Chang;
Leigh Bradwell and Ravi Mehta. Consolation:Mariam AlShikarchy and Matt Vrooman;
Suzan Reisman and Andrew Podnieks.
Seniors: Jennifer Bishop and Jason Christie; Julie
Staples and Garrett Prins. Consolation: Lesley McCLure and David Lee; Nancy
Behm and Eugen Malea.
Masters: Pauline Noteboom
and Owen Pellew; Kelly Stobbe and Paul Kingston. Consolation: Martina and Rosti
Brankovsky; Linda Love and Dennis Ing.
Grand Masters: Anke Magnus
and Jim Boyce; Mary Ann Gaskin and John Payne. Consolation: Margie Lansens and
Ryan Treffers; Varda Jourdan and Christopher Albertyn.
Legends: Christine Kingsley
and Peter White; Inge and Guido Weber. Consolation: Gerti and Gerhard Weiss;
Ingrid Moore and Bob Awrey.
Century: Jennifer Bishop and
Joe Murphy; Jane Mitchell and Coulter Wright. Consolation: Leigh and Norm
Bradwell; Heather and Ian Cruickshank.
Thanks to Mike McLoughlin and his daughter, Stephanie,
Ravi Mehta, Kelly Stobbe and everyone at the Toronto Lawn who helped make the
event a great success and to Doug Coombs of Wilson Sports for their sponsorship and the racquet bags which were a gift to all participants.
Unfortunately, Steve Stevens
was unable to amuse us with one of his speeches at the Saturday evening dinner
but I’m sure he would have been delighted to see so many people attending this
event. He was able to come to the club
on Sunday to watch some of the finals (see photo above with the winners of the seniors and junior masters).
