3 Gold + 1 Silver

Kamloops Road Trip  |  We came and we conquered. Congratulations to Ilya Tihanenoks, Ray Wang and Tyron Wheatley for their impressive run of success at the Richard Schmok Junior Challenger Tennis Tournament. Tihanenoks won the Boys U18 singles category. Wang was the winner in both the Boys U14 and U16 singles. It's Wang first victory in Canada. Wheatley finished behind Wang in the Boys U16 singles event and also collected his first singles trophy. This is in addition to his two runner-up doubles trophies he won this year. We had warm and sunny weather in Kamloops which made this trip even better!

On our way to Kamloops. 

Dinner at Boston Pizza: from left, Tyron, Ilya, Ray, Ivan, Terry, Adrian and Grant

Did they play a mixed doubles match?

Our group in Kamloops with Mount Paul in the background.

Ray's final match on Sunday against Shane Black, and he wins it in 3 sets: 6-2, 1-6, 6-3

Boys Under 18 singles  |  Winner Ilya Tihanenoks (left), George Lea (Head Pro), and runner-up Teodoro Ruiz

Boys Under 16 Singles  |  A smiling Ray Wang receives his winner trophy from the tournament director

Boys Under 16 Singles  |  (above 2 pictures) Tyron Wheatley, runner-up (left) and Ray Wang, winner

Boys Under 14 Singles  |  Ray Wang, left, with his second winner trophy, and Kenneth Theodore, runner-up

Ilya's nice back swing.

Grant's fine form.

Taking a swing at it.

Swinging a golf club for the very first time.

The coaches, from left Terry Lowe, Adrian Tan and Grant Mcrae

From tennis to grand prix racing.

In their regular-performance blue go-karts, Grant and Adrian are ready to take on the high-performance team.

Edit PostsIlya, Tyron and Ivan are ready to go in their high-performance go-karts.

Ilya leads the way in the first round.

Rounding up the rear are Grant, with his very slow-performance blue go-kart, and Ivan.

Adrian's leading at the mid point of the race, followed by Tyron and Ilya. So who won the race? Is it the driver that makes the difference or the high-performance go-kart that determines the final outcome?