Coquitlam Tennis Club Junior Program 2016

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

That's All Folks!

PINNED TO THE TOP | Wednesday, February 24, 2016

To parents and juniors:

Due to a rather unfortunate situation that had arisen during 2014 with the club, I won't be back to do the junior program from here on. All 10 instructors on my team has decided not to come back to teach either. I want to thank everyone who had supported me and the junior program over the past 8 years. Since the restart in 2008 I truly enjoyed putting this program together as the junior program director on a volunteer basis, singularly managed it and made it accessible to everyone who wanted to participate in it. Up to 300 juniors were registered each year and it was a pleasure to introduce tennis to so many youngsters, while many more juniors cultivated their game each year to compete against their peers in tournaments around the province. Many trophies were won.

This website belongs to me and I will continue to update it to include the few juniors whom I will carry on helping with their game. I will also continue to keep track of the other juniors and the junior program alumni whenever they have done well. I will see out my men's and ladies' league teams for the season. Both teams consist of junior program alumni and is in principle an extension of the junior program. The ladies' league team is actually a newly put together team that was three years in the making. This will be my final involvement with this club.

You can still reach me through the usual email address. If anything changes, I will post it on this website.

Thank you all.

Sincerely,
Adrian Tan

March 6 Update: I'm aware that some parents have written to the club and expressed their support for this junior program. Again thank you for your ongoing support.

Friday, 5 February 2016

Friend Hangs On to be the Best Again

Junior Club Awards 2015 | For the second year in a row the Best Junior Player of the Year Award belongs to Riley Friend. This year the race to win this coveted award was so close that it could have gone to Dilraj Phull. It all came down to the consistency of Friend's tournament results through the season. The last time it was this close was in 2011 and the race was between Alexander Baumann and Jedi Tetik. The five time award winner Baumann took the award because his results were more consistent that year.

After Friend had been to the finals several times, he finally won his first open tournament in July when he took the Stanley Park Open tournament in the development category as an unseeded player. He fought hard through all his matches and came back from a set down in his last three matches. As the 2014 award holder, Friend was pressured by Phull early in the season and the rivalry pressed on until the end of the season.

Phull's overall game has improved greatly and it had shown up in his results as well. He won his first award as the Most Improved Junior Player of the Year. Phull also had his first tournament victory early in the season. He first open title victory came from the club hosted Evergreen Cup in May when he took the under 14 singles title.

Thirteen years old Steven Baumann, already a seventh time nominee at this year end awards and his third time nominated in the Best Effort category, won his second award during the evening. His Best Effort Award this year will go along with his Most Improved Junior Player of the Year Award he won last year.

The fourth award went to Keiko Pan who was in her last year as an eligible junior. She collected the Sportsmanship Award after earning the most votes in this category.

BEST JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Nominees:
Danica Davidovic
Riley Friend (Winner)
Inaya Halaba
Dilraj Phull
Matthew Wong

Riley Friend's 2015 Tournament Highlights

Singles Winner
• 84th Stanley Park Open – Development (July)
U18 Singles Main Draw
• Evergreen Cup – Competition (May)
U18 Singles Consolation Draw

Singles Runner-Up
• Coquitlam Open – Development (August)
U18 Singles Main Draw
• CTC Junior Club Closed (July-October)
U18 Singles Main Draw

Singles Semi-Finals
• Biondo Junior Grass Court Championships – Competition (July)
U18 Singles Main Draw

Singles Quarter-Finals
• Coquitlam Open – Competition (August)
U18 Singles Main Draw
• Bob Putnam Junior Challenger – Competition (August)
U18 Singles Main Draw

Doubles Runner-Up
• Coquitlam Open – Development (August)
U18 Doubles Main Draw
• Biondo Junior Grass Court Championships – Competition (July)
U18 Doubles Main Draw
• CTC Junior Club Closed (July-October)
U18 Doubles Main Draw

Doubles Quarter-Finals
• Coquitlam Open – Competition (August)
U18 Doubles Main Draw

MOST IMPROVED JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Nominees:
Danica Davidovic
Riley Friend
Alexandra Mandewo
Jean Paul Pamarang
Dilraj Phull (Winner)
Colin Wang