SSC Hosts National Qualifying Tennis Tournament
(December 3, 2008)
The Saville Sports Centre (SSC) hosted the first of six provincial junior sanctioned tennis tournaments on November 7-9th, 2008. The tournaments are part of a province wide circuit that provides Alberta junior players an opportunity to earn points towards qualifying for the Rogers Cup Canadian Indoor Junior Tennis Championships in April 2009.
The SSC tournament attracted 150 of the best junior tennis players from across Alberta and Saskatchewan, making for some fierce competition.
A number of the SSC juniors played some great tennis and achieved some outstanding results. Congratulations to all the SSC juniors! A summary of those who achieved a top five finish in their age category are listed below.
Under 12 Boys
3rd – Nolan Chan
4th – Bryce Nelson
5th – David Laschuk
Under 14 Boys
2nd – Vuk Radovic
3rd – Akhil Mehta
5th – Cass McCann
Under 14 Girls
1st – Jena Cheng
Under 16 Girls
1st - Kristina Sanjevic
3rd- Britt Voaklander
4th- Erika Voaklander
Under 18 Boys
3rd – Marko Laschuk
4th – Paul James
Under 18 Girls
1st – Kristina Sanjevic
5th – Ariel Wiebe
The SSC Juniors will travel to Calgary January 2-5th, 2009 to play the Calgary Winter Club Junior Open the next event on the circuit.
The next SSC Tournament is scheduled for January 16-18th, 2009. The tournament will offer both Open and Play Tennis Events.
