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P.O. Box 566198601 Warden AvenueMarkham, ON L3R 0M6(905) 470-7059www.unionvilletennisclub.com

September 2005 Newsletter

President’s Message

As one of the hottest summers on record draws to a close there are still plenty ofopportunities to play tennis before the season comes to an end. I hope that many of youwere able to attend the Rogers Cup in August and the Davis Cup in September.

My thanks to all the volunteers who have helped make the 2005 season a resoundingsuccess. Due to the flooding at Mayfair, we have decided to defer the VolunteerAppreciation night until their facilities are up and running again. We will advise you assoon as we have a date for this event.

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday October 22nd at 2.00 p.m. at theUTC clubhouse. This is also the time when we will be handing out the year endtournament trophies and other special awards. Please plan on attending in our newlyrefurbished clubhouse and join us for refreshments afterwards. The courts will still beopen at that time so, weather permitting; some tennis may also be possible.

We are fortunate that the majority of the 2005 Executive have indicated their willingness tostay on for at least one more year. However there will be some open positions and I wouldalso like to encourage more than one candidate for each position. If you are interested insupporting the active tennis community of children and adults in Unionville, and you havesome time to be able to offer up, we would love to have you come forward for anexecutive position in 2006. Positions can generally be tailored to meet individual timecommitments and it can be a fun and rewarding experience.

IMPORTANT DATE TO REMEMBER

Annual General MeetingOctober 22nd

2 PMUTC Clubhouse

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I think everyone would agree that our primary achievement this year has been theupgrading of the clubhouse. I hope you approve of the changes we have made. We will bereporting the final numbers at the AGM but thanks to the combined efforts of ourClubhouse Director, David Spisak and our Treasurer, Alison Horne we will bring the costin close to budget and have a fully refurbished clubhouse to take us forward over severalyears to come.

I would also like to thank Joan Henry and her team of volunteers for all their work inputting together a great package of social events. Of course they haven’t finished yet withthe big one still to come but I know it will also be a great success.So let’s keep playing as long as we can. We won’t take the nets down until we absolutelyhave to and the fall is a great time to play.After that – we look forward to having you back in 2006.

Mark Wakefield

Membership and Newsletters via the Website

Our membership grew this year to 1202 and we have 358 who have subscribed to receivenewsletter notifications, news flashes, and reminders via email.This represents 699 members or 58% of our membership at last mailing. We have alreadyrealized a savings with the summer newsletter for copy and mailing costs. To subscribe,you simply go to the homepage at www.unionvilletennisclub.com, enter your emailaddress in the indicated box (lower right corner of page) and click subscribe.

If you have any questions or comments do not hesitate to contact our CommunicationsDirector, Suzanne Grattan at communications@unionvilletennisclub.com or HarryEaglesham, our website coordinator at info@unionvilletennisclub.com.

COMPETITIVE NEWS

Men’s ladderAfter a very competitive and hard fought season, we are happy to announce the first placefinishers.1] Will Sherman2]Roumen Saltchev3]Randy Fong

Congratulations to all participants

Inter-County Team Results

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Congratulations to all of our Inter-County Team players and a big “thank you!” to all of ourteam captains who volunteered their time to organize and field their teams each week.Here’s how we faired across all teams whose results were posted as of press time:

# MIXED “MAJORS”C: Yvonne Lue

Pts

1 Thorncliffe Park 1 652 German Mills 1 573 Unionville 1 454 Winston Churchill 1 405 Timberlane 1 386 Aurora 1 347 Milton 1 34

#MIXED “A” EASTC: Matt Shamelikian/Joan Henry

Pts

1 Dentonia 532 Tam Heather 373 O’Connor Hills 344 Hillcrest 335 Parkway Valley 316 Seneca Hill 297 Unionville 25

#MIXED “A”NORTHC: Debra Inrig

Pts

1 Richmond Hill CC 512 Unionville 503 Thornhill Park 474 Richmond Hill TC 475 Newmarket 366 Timberlane 357 Aurora 328 Mayfair East 26

#MIXED “B” NORTHC: LorraineEaglesham

Pts

1 Glenway 572 German Mills 553 RHTC 544 Unionville 485 Newmarket 346 Markham 327 Seneca Hill 258 Thornhill 15

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MIXED “B” YORKC: RoumenSaltchev/ KeithRawlins

Pts

1 RHCC 412 Timberlane 413 RHTC 404 Unionville 375 Glenway 366 Aurora 327 Newmarket 19

#MIXED “C” YORKC: NathanOpatowski

Pts

1 Richmond Hill TC 672 King City 513 Thornhill Park 434 German Mills 425 Bayview CC 366 Unionville 327 Mayfair East 29

# MIXED “C” NORTHC: Peter Budreo

Pts

1 Richmond Hill TC 672 Markham 513 Nobleton 454 Aurora 425 Timberlane 296 Glenway 257 NewMarket 248 Unionville 23

#+55 DIVISION 1EASTC: Irv Sweica

Pts

1 Richmond Hill 692 Ajax 673 Sandy Beach 604 Ballantrae 585 Aurora 576 Unionville 387 Parkway Valley 28

# LADIES “MAJORS”C: Barbara Peters

Pts

1 Unionville n/a2 Timberlane n/a3 Whiteoaks n/a4 Stephen Leacock n/a5 Newmarket n/a6 Belfountain n/a7 Markham n/a8 Central n/a9 Ontario Racquets n/a

10 Tecumseh n/a

#LADIES “A”CENTREC: Gisella Andrews

Pts

1 Glenway 1232 King City 1103 Hillcrest 884 Newmarket 865 Unionville 756 Palgrave 477 Richmond Hill CC 45

# LADIES “B” EASTC: Anne Harris

Pts

1 Unionville n/a2 Markham n/a3 Banbury 3 n/a4 Timberlane n/a5 Oshawa n/a6 Bayview CC n/a7 Banbury2 n/a

# LADIES “C” EASTC: Brenda Strecker

Pts

1 Unionville n/a2 Markham n/a3 Bellbury n/a4 Timberlane n/a5 Richmond Hill TC n/a6 Parkway Valley n/a7 Palgrave n/a

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YEAR END TOURNAMENT RESULTS

As of press time, the Unionville Year EndSingles and Doubles tournaments arecompleted with only the Mixed Doublestournament still to be played.

There were lots of exciting matches to thrillboth the competitors and the spectators.

Prizes will be awarded to all of theChampions and Finalists at the AnnualGeneral Meeting October 22nd.

Congratulations to all champions and to allparticipants for taking part!!

GIRLS U16 SINGLESTiffany Au defeated Jessica Chee

7-5,6-4

BOYS U12 SINGLESKevin Mok defeated Rohan Khosla

6-2,6-3

BOYS U14 SINGLESKirby Mendes defeated Andrew Gaasenbeek

6-2,7-5

LADIES “A” SINGLESKathy Rintoul defeated Inger Lauritsen

6-3,6-0

LADIES “B” SINGLESJuliet Vergera defeated Joyce Lue

7-6,6-2

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MENS “A” SINGLESAndrew Cheung defeated David Li

6-2,6-4

MENS “B” SINGLESWilliam Lum defeated Clayton Madokoro

6-2,0-6,6-4

MENS “C” SINGLESMichael Reyes defeated Matt Meagher

6-0, 6-1

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BOYS U14 DOUBLESKevin Mok & James Yang defeated Rohan Khosla

& Andrew Gassenbeek6-4,7-5

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LADIES “A” DOUBLESDebra Inrig & Kathy Rintoul defeated Regina

Doebel & Heidi Strassguertt6-4,3-6,6-4

MENS “A” DOUBLESZane & Asad Hussain defeated Andrew Cheung &

David Li4-6,6-2,6-4

MENS “B” DOUBLESHarry Eaglesham & Edward Kim defeated

Mark Wakefield & Paul Alter6-2,6-3

MENS “C” DOUBLESZac Manankil & Michael Reyes defeated Neil Jones

& Harry Goh6-0,6-1

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JUNIORS NEWS:

Four Juniors teams competed for Unionville Tennis Club this year, which enabled manymore players to gain competitive experience and friendships to develop – great to see!Thanks to each of the Junior Captains for their efforts each week during the season:Kristina Tarascio, Moe Ostubo, Dellen Moens, and Dan Shaw.Teams’ Results: Girls 1- 6th, Girls 4- 5th, Boys A East 4th, Boys A North 5th.

Juniors Party/Round Robin: The Juniors took over the club on Sunday, July 17 for theirannual party, with lots of round robin action, target shooting for prizes, and lots of greatfood and fun. Thanks go to Sally Coles, Kimberley Dunsmoor and Christine Rand-Jonesfor your help!

Juniors Ladder:Great participation in the Juniors Ladder this year! 22 juniors participated in at least onematch with many of the players playing numerous matches from May until September.Congratulations to the following winners:Highest total score (most active player): Kito Chee with 50 pointsSecond highest score and top August score: Rohan Khosla with 40 points3rd highest score: Jessica Chee with 37 points

Prizes can be picked up in the clubhouse during September. There will be an open ladderfor the remainder of the season – challenge any player.

Kevin Cheung Juniors Award – the second recipient of this award, introduced last yearin honour of Kevin Cheung, a past UTC member who was greatly involved and dedicatedto Junior Development, will be presented at the Annual General Meeting to be held onOctober 22nd. This award goes a Junior player who is an active UTC junior member,demonstrates leadership qualities, sportsmanship qualities and is a role model to youngerplayers at the club. Last year’s recipients were: Prab and Gur Chandhoke.

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NOTICE OF MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Unionville Tennis Club will be held onSaturday, October 22nd, 2005 at the UTC clubhouse , beginning at 2:00pm.

Agenda

1. Approval of the Minutes of the 2004 Annual General Meeting2. President’s Report – Mark Wakefield3. Treasurer’s Report – Alison Horne4. Election of Directors for 2005-20065. Proposed By Law Amendment re limitation of term of President6. Question Period7. Awards and Special Recognition

Proposed Slate of Directors 2005-2006

President Mark Wakefield**Vice President Sandra Edwards**Treasurer Alison Horne**Secretary Alethea Wakefield**Courts Director Colin StefanescuRecreational Director Irv SwiecaCompetitive Director Kathy RintoulWomen’s Programs Director Jose RochonMembership Director Laurie TarascioSocial Director (Open)Communications Director Suzanne GrattanClubhouse Director David SpisakJunior Development Director (Open)

** The bylaws allow for alternative candidates to be nominated for these positionsprovided the nomination is received in writing no later than seven days prior to themeeting. Nominations can be sent to Mark Wakefield, President atpresident@unionvilletennisclub.com.

Alternative candidates for all other positions may be nominated from the floor at themeeting.

Proposed By Law amendment

At last year’s AGM, Peter Budreo proposed an amendment to the by laws of the clublimiting the tenure of a President to two years. We would like to put this proposal to a voteby the members at this year’s AGM.

Proposed Amendment to Article 6 of the by laws. Add the following sentence: “Themaximum number of years that a member is eligible to serve as President is limited totwo.”