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Van Lawn Masters Indoor Championships - 2009
Vancouver Lawn Tennis Club hosted their 32nd Masters Tournament
April 3-12, with 351 players competing in 33 categories.
This year's event introduced four new categories - Men's and Women's 30, both
singles and doubles.
Stephen
Kimoff, above centre, beat
the top seed Glenn Richards 6-2, 6-3 in
the final of the Men's 45 Singles to defend his title,
Photo 1(left):
Lubomir Chobot, the winner of last year's Men's 75 Singles, passed away on
January 19, 2009 from cancer. He was a West Vancouver Club member who
represented Canada in senior tennis numerous times on travel teams. Lubo will be dearly missed by the tennis community.
Photo 2: Thanks to the sponsors, Floyd Hill of Odlum Brown, left, and Jeff Carrie
of BMO Nesbitt Burns. Floyd reached the semis of the Men's 65 Singles
where he lost to the top seed John Hylton-Foster in a close match 6-4,
6-7, 7-6. Floyd is the chair of the
Odlum Brown Vancouver Open,
an ATP Challenger event.
Photo 3: Julie Reynolds, left, and Leah MacFarlane. Julie,
the second seed,
reached the final of
the Women's 45 Singles, and Leah advanced to quarters of the Women's 40 Singles. Leah
and Dave Pentland were the two lucky winners of free tickets to the
Vancouver Open.
Photo 4: Hold it! Trevor Richards failed to stop Joachim Nierfeld
in the final of Men's 40 Singles. Trevor lost 3-6, 4-6.
Photo 5: Top seed Jean Martin lost to Jandi Fraser
in the semis of the Women's 60 Singles 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. Jandi, the
un-seeded lefty, later went on to beat Patricia McLachlan, last year's
winner, 6-3, 6-1 in the final to capture the title.
Photo 6: At the Players Reception, from let to right,
Lance Stiles, Amir Somji and Bill Nordmark.
Lance beat John Hylton-Foster to win the Men's 65 singles title. Amir
and Bill were doubles partners in the
Men's 65 Doubles. Bill Nordmark, president of the
West Vancouver
Tennis Club, is inviting you all to play at the Senior Open
scheduled in August.
Photo 8: Russ Hartley, who missed the event last year because of
knee surgery, beat Paul Shellard 6-2, 6-4 to win the Men's 50
singles. Ed Bakker, last year's winner, did not play this year.
Photo 9: "It's time!" Referee Joel Brobecker is
keeping time in the final of the
Men's 30 Singles. Jerry Turek beat Stan Puskas 6-1, 6-0 to capture the title.
Photo 10: Tennis forever! Friends forever!
Sheila Kerin of West Vancouver, left, and Margot Thomson of North
Vancouver playing in the Women's 75 Singles.
More ....
Stefano Walker this year teamed up with his brother
Fabio to beat his last year's partner J.J. Mahoney,
playing with Robert Exell, 6-4, 6-3 to win
the Men's 35 Doubles. Max Brown did not show up to play this year,
but his last year's doubles partner Julien Heine
was on the courts and beat Collin Koo to
win
the Men's 35 Singles.
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Entries
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2008 Winner
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2009 Winner |
Men's 30 Singles
Men's 35 Singles
Men's 40 Singles
Men's 45 Singles
Men's 50 Singles
Men's 55 Singles
Men's 60 Singles
Men's 65 Singles
Men's 70 Singles
Men's 75 Singles
Women's 30 Singles
Women's 35 Singles
Women's 40 Singles
Women's 45 Singles
Women's 50 Singles
Women's 55 Singles
Women's 60 Singles
Women's 65 Singles
Women's 70 Singles
Women's 75 Singles
Men's 30 Doubles
Men's 35 Doubles
Men's 45 Doubles
Men's 55 Doubles
Men's 65 Doubles
Men's 70 Doubles
Men's 75 Doubles
Women's 30 Doubles
Women's 35 Doubles
Women's 45 Doubles
Women's 55 Doubles
Women's 65 Doubles
Women's 70 Doubles
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Brown, Max
Tuhten, Trevor
Kimoff, Stephen
Bakker, Ed
Lea, George
Ranney, David
Bojesen, Eric
Underhill, Chuck
Chobot, Lubomir
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Stuart, Shiera
Lydon, Anne
Li, Vivian
Wills, Cora
Berry, Micheline
McLachlan, Patricia
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Hopkinson / Raabe
Devine / Yesowick
Harvey / Koren
Dammholz / Ling
Lowe / Underhill
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Stuart / Walker
Cameron / Wills
Holloway /Rosenbaum
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Turek, Jerry
Heine, Julien
Nierfeld, Joachim
Kimoff, Stephen
Hartley, Russ
Yesowick, Steven
Lea, George
Stiles, Lance
Dammholz, Horst
Verge, Gordon
Aardmaa, Margit
Roxburgh, Shelley
Badenhorst, Marianne
Southwell, June
Holloway, Janice
Fraser, Jandi
Conrad-Rice, Joy
Walker /
Walker
Macken / Macken
Bardsley / Wright
Lowe / Underhill
Roxburgh / Stuart
Van Santen /
Wills
Holloway /Rosenbaum
Chan / Savino
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